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 405 episodes available.

The Sword and Laser episodes:

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
March 30, 2017 #287 - You Do Like Your Alternate Londons
A SciFi book is mysteriously returned after 35 years, at the same time a billionaire suddenly invests in brain implants and a skull begins to talk. Are these events connected somehow? Yes. They're all discussed in this episode along with Gateway by Frederick Pohl.
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47min
March 23, 2017 #286 - Secrets of a Powder Mage
Author Brian McClellan talks with us about his new entry point into the Powder Mage universe, Sins of Empire, why there's no wrong order to reading his books, and his attitude toward research.
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26min
March 15, 2017 #285 - Why You Should Like Bad Characters
Sometimes a character does stuff you hate. And that’s OK! We explain why. Plus: great space opera, women writer picks, and some guy named Tom wrote a book too.
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40min
March 09, 2017 #284 - Living Fen’s Dream
Brittany Curran, who plays Fen on The Magicians, talks about how her childhood love of C.S. Lewis has turned into a modern-day trip to Fillory. Plus, the best way to enjoy Walt Whitman!
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25min
March 02, 2017 #283 - The Madness Begins
The Nebula Award Nominees are out, the Gateway is in and we’re glad we traveled The Salt Roads. But most of all we’re geared up for the March Madness tournament of fantasy. Get your voting fingers clicking folks!
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36min

FAQs about The Sword and Laser:

How many episodes does The Sword and Laser have?

The podcast currently has 405 episodes available.