The Sword and Laser

By Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont

Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from th... more

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The podcast currently has 390 episodes available.

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June 22, 2017 #297 - Haint a Plot Hole if You Ask Me
New Game of Thrones Trailer! AHHHHH! Levar Burton reading stories on a new podcast! AHHHH! Haint plot hole in the Hum and the Shiver-- ahhhhh— maybe not that big a deal?
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37min
June 15, 2017 #296 - A Talk with James S. A. Corey
We talk to Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, the authors that make up James S. A. Corey, about coffee, distilled and fermented beverages and making The Expanse a TV show at BayCon 2017.
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58min
June 08, 2017 #295 - Don't Put Spiders on Your Head
The Hugo nominees are out and we love them all, we kick off the Hum and the Shiver with music, and a spider that looks like a sorting hat.
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29min
May 31, 2017 #294 - Live at BayCon with Whiskey!
We are excited about the winner of this year's Nebula, the finalists in the Locus awards, and so many TV shows coming from our favorite books. Plus, why Neil Gaiman will read a Cheesecake Factory Menu on stage.
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43min
May 17, 2017 #293 - Post-apocalyptic Protopia (w/ Cory Doctorow)
We chat with author Cory Doctorow about his new novel Walkaway, which is post-apocalyptic, but not dystopian. It's also DRM-free!
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30min
May 11, 2017 #292 - Cozy Space Opera
We've got more of Game of Thrones TV coming, the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominees, and our thoughts on why The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is the opposite of epic in the best way possible.
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31min
May 04, 2017 #291 - Falling Backwards into Screenwriting Success
We talk with M. R. Carey about his new book The Boy on the Bridge, and how The Girl with All the Gifts became a movie!
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29min
April 27, 2017 #290 - Let’s Get Stuck in Fantasyland!
Neil Gaiman makes sure the American Gods TV show is prepared for the sequel he hasn’t even written yet, why the Invisible Library doesn’t need to change the world to be awesome, and a plea for regular folks to get back to Fantasyland.
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35min
April 21, 2017 #289 - Love Letter to the Solar System
Matthew Isaac Sobin tells how his desire to write a beautiful story about the solar system, and how the aggressive encouragement of a friend led to the story of Jonathan, the Last Machine in the Solar System.
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22min
April 13, 2017 #288 - Slow Readers Unite!
Hugo Nominees are in! The African Speculative Fiction Society nominees are in! People pressuring you to read 200 books a year are in. But us slow readers draw the line.
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33min

FAQs about The Sword and Laser:

How many episodes does The Sword and Laser have?

The podcast currently has 390 episodes available.