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Tech News Today 392: Conspiracy Theory Tuesday

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Nicole Lee

UMG fights back against Megaupload, censors Tech News Today in the process, NTSB fights against cell phones, Microsoft embraces iOS.

Guest: Mark Turpin

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Running time: 47:50

Tech News Today 391: Where Do You Park Your Jet?

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Nicole Lee

Verizon buying Netflix? Andy Lees booted from Windows Phone, AT&T calls the whole T-Mobile thing off, and more.

Guest: John Falcone

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Running time: 45:13

Frame Rate 55: Who Hunters

Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt

Verizon interested in Netflix? Lost Doctor Who episodes surface, original Star Wars camera sold, and more.

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Running time: 1:06:58

FourCast 103: Moonifest Destiny

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

China's on the Moon, the robots beat everyone else, but at least we have voice control.

Guests: Allyn Malventano and Justin Jackson

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Running time: 57:03

S&L Podcast – #84 – Metric is for SciFi, Imperial is for Fantasy

We discuss the meaning of religion in Elantris, whether 1Q84 is boring or not, and why Ray Bradbury is so darn crotchety.

QUICK BURNS

Roy Dotrice records new edition of FEAST FOR CROWS audiobook

Rudy Rucker's autobiography: Nested Scrolls

Fahrenheit 451 becomes e-book despite author's feelings

CALENDAR

BARE YOUR SWORD

Elantris – Anyone else feel guilty?

Elantris – Favorite POV

Units of Measure in Fantasy

TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES

Westeros: Total War needs some help

GAME OF THRONES Season 2 trailer

Lost Doctor Who Episodes Surface With Chumblies, Fish People

BOOK CHECK-IN

Elantris

1Q84

EMAIL

Hello Veronica and Tom,

I have been a long time listener to FrameRate on the TwiT network and have only recently been listening to The Sword and Laser, episode number 82 to be precise. Both this and the later episode have been enjoyable to listen to whilst on long plane journeys and idle time whilst building booths and trade shows. I must admit I finished the Elantris book in a few days and agree with Veronica when she stated this has a first book feel to it. Towards the end I found Sarene to be slightly grating and almost put the book down, but I am glad I pushed through the last twenty or so pages.

I was wondering if you had a few seconds to answer a question so I may learn from people possessing greater knowledge than I? I find myself with a two week break over Christmas and I was wondering if you could suggest any major series I could start getting into? (I have never read the Mistborn, the Way of Kings or Games of Thrones series, but really enjoyed the Dark Tower books.)

I hope you manage to find sometime during your busy schedules to answer my question and I look forward to the next episode.

Kind Regards,

Wilton

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Did you guys see this? A grad student of mine sent me the links and I though Tom in particular might enjoy it:

Part 1

Part 2

– Dr. Timothy R

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Veronica and Tom, I wanted to reach out to you guys and let you know about our e-zine Flagship. Every other month (soon to be every month) for the last fifteen months we've put out an anthology of positive science fiction and fantasy short stories in both electronic text and audio formats. We were recently featured in Wired magazine's Geekdad blog and are looking for more places to get the word out about what we're doing.

– Scott Roche

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FourCast 103: Monnifest Destiny

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

China's on the Moon, the robots beat everyone else, but at least we have voice control.

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Running time: 57:03

Tech History Today 74: December 13

Host: Tom Merritt

Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on December 13th.

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Running time: 0:57

Tech History Today 73: December 12

Host: Tom Merritt

Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on December 12th.

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Running time: 1:01

Tech History Today 72: December 11

Host: Tom Merritt

Three of the most important events in tech history that happened on December 11th.

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Running time: 1:03

Tech News Today 390: WeBeOS?

Hosts: Tom Merritt, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell

WebOS where the OS stands for open source, DoJ tired of AT&T mind games, Twitter post releases murderer, and more.

Guest: Darren Kitchen

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Running time: 45:42