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Has anyone seen anything indicating how many episodes this season will be?
Nominations are now closed.-----------Final Nominations----------------
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - 6 (Julie (3x5Books), Mel (booksandsundry), Scott, Elizabeth, Phil on the Hill, Sophie)
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - 5 (Jan, Anne, Rebecca, Daniel, Misti)
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone - 4 (Catarina, Ruth, Julia, Albert)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 4 (Trike, David, Maclurker, Dara)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty - 4 (Genesee, elizabeth • paper ghosts, Joe Sherry, Tyler)
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter - 4 (Eva, Lee, Mike, Robert)
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 3 (Shiela Jean, Paulo, Colin)
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - 3 (Travis, Stewart, Mer)
Rivers of London/Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch - 3 (Iain, Marti, Jo)
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson - 3 (John (Taloni), Phil, Christos)
The Black Company by Glen Cook - 3 (Andrew, Fosfor, Sean)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow - 2 (David H, Jen)
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie - 2 (Tassie Dave, Vanessa)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - 2 (Seth, Viola)
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher - 2 (Stephen, Dave)
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - 2 (Caitlin, Minsta)
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton - 2 (Tamahome, Troy)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - 2 (Adelaide, Bill)
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - 2 (Clyde, Fresno Bob)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James - 2 (Pratik, Anthony)
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu - 1 (Roberator)
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz - 1 (Tina)
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King - 1 (Melanie)
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach - 1 (Nicolas)
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington - 1 (Silvana)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams - 1 (TRP)
The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken - 1 (David)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry - 1 (Jen)
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnick - 1 (Richard)
Lightning by Dean Koontz - 1 (Ian)
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds - 1 (William)
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks - 1 (AndrewP)
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald - 1 (Jessica)
The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong - 1 (Themcbays)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 1 (Meghan)
The Outside by Ada Hoffmann - 1 (corkhead)
Idlewild by Nick Sagan - 1 (Louie)
The Female Man by Joanna Russ - 1 (Qukatheg)
House of Blades by Will Wight - 1 (Devin)
14 by Peter Clines - 1 (Robyn)
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds - 1 (Joseph)
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - 1 (Brian)
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft - 1 (Erik)
Highfire by Eoin Colfer - 1 (Joyce)
Million Mile Road Trip by Rudy Rucker - 1 (Mark)
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan - 1 (Mikala)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor - 1 (Valerie)
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence - 1 (Deborah)
Dreamwalker by James Oswald - 1 (Benedict)
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin - 1 (Richard)
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip - 1 (LadyArwen)
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins - 1 (Jordan)
Space Team by Barry J. Hutchison - 1 (James)
Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden - 1 (E)
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson - 1 (Mike)
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio - 1 (Johnfelix)
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky - 1 (John)
Relic by Alan Dean Foster - 1 (John)
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff - 1 (Anthony)
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro - 1 (Beth)
Salvaged by Madeleine Roux - 1 (Amanda)
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey - 1 (Steve)
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson - 1 (Tom)
Dark Run by Mike Brooks - 1 (Tanja)
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 1 (Kardo)
Smoke Eaters by Sean Grigsby - 1 (Matthew)
The Sparks by Kyle Prue - 1 (Sherri)
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor - (Emily)
This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman - 1 (TJ)
Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle - 1 (Fredrik)
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley - 1 (Adam)
Warcross by Marie Lu - 1 (Jon)
The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers - 1 (Dale)
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron - 1 (HobbitFromPA)
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig - 1 (Rob)
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 1 (Cory)
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham - 1 (Michael Penrow)
In Fury Born by David Weber - 1 (Marc-ids)
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland
Just 7 hours left for nominations.Most likely I'll be locking the thread then doing the final roll-up tomorrow morning.
So I think you should have a new thread to discuss Lock In.Also this is a kick-off thread, so please don't talk about the plot of the book at all in here. Make a new thread for that as well.
Hmm. OK. I did watch that. I think. My memory sucks.
35 hours to go!
Dale wrote: "Is there a list of all the previous S&L picks, in a list format? The swordandlaser.com/picks page is nice to browse, but kind a of awkward to search."The picks page is for new/recent stuff. For the complete list of what we've read
Goodreads Bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Wiki: https://swordandlaser.fandom.com/wiki...
We're in the home stretch. Just 2.5 days left to nominate a book (or change your nomination)
Yeah, I finished my rewatch a week or two ago. I thought it was a pretty good selection.I feel like there are probably some other episodes with Ventress they cut out of the "must watch" list that may be on the enjoyable list. But it could just be that my memory is bad.
Also, I hope the new season helps wrap up her story too.
Welcome Jon.
Well my hold came in from the library. I'll give it a few chapters at least.
katie wrote: "Also, are y'all on the discord server? That would be a more convenient place for communication on the day of the meet-up (like location changes and whatnot)."Yeah. This is exactly what I originally made it for. We still tend to use google hangouts for our group instead though because that's what we were already using before I made the server and Google never got rid of it like they said they were going to.
Christos wrote: "I’m surprised no one else is nominating first fifteen lives of HA m. It got so far last year"I read it last year. Ended up disappointed personally. But I wouldn't be surprised if many others also read it.
Current Nominations
Just like last year I'll be periodically rolling up the nominations as we go.
FAQ:
How Many books can I nominate? One. You cannot nominate one book and second another. You cannot nominate both a Fantasy book and a Sci-Fi book. Just ONE book total. If you mention more than one, I'm going to pick one. Likely the first one you mention. Please be CLEAR about your nomination.
Can we nominate any book we want? The only criteria is that it's a Fantasy or Sci-Fi book we haven't read. That said, it's preferable that you also nominate a book by an author we haven't read as well. Those nominations will likely have a better chance of making the final bracket.
We also have a rule to prevent author's from nominating their own books. In addition we'd like to prevent people from nominating their friend's book etc. If I see you doing this, I will first warn you to pick another book, and later simply ignore your nomination all together.
Can I change My Nomination? Yes, but if you do so, please specify which book you are changing it from, as I'm doing this by hand.
How many books will be selected? 16 (8 Fantasy, 8 Sci-Fi)
When do nominations close? Saturday, February 22nd 8:00 PM EST. This will give Tom & Veronica some time to make the final bracket.
Which books will be selected? Whichever books Tom & Veronica want. They will simply use the nominations in this thread for suggestions.
How will the books be seeded? This is entirely up to Tom & Veronica. They may take into account how many people have nominated a book, but there is no guarantee.
The book I want was already nominated. You can second a nomination made by someone else, and I'll count how many people have nominated that book and sort accordingly.
No one else is nominating my book, should I change my vote to something more popular?In my opinion, you're better off just nominating a book you're interested in us reading than hoping to game the nomination system by changing your vote. Most years some of the books in the final bracket had only a single nomination, while several books with multiple nominations didn't make it. Multiple nominations may help it get noticed or in the seeding, but really all of that is up to Tom & Veronica.
How are the Nominations Sorted? The numbering is based on number of nominations, followed by when they moved up the list (i.e. based on post order). This number will likely not reflect the actual seeding as that will be entirely up to Tom & Veronica.
My nomination is missing/wrong! Sorry about that. I'm doing this by hand. Please post again and yell at me for missing, or not grouping it with another nomination for the same book, or marking you down for the wrong book, etc. If you're not clear about your nomination (or you nominate 2) I may add the "wrong" book. Please be sure you're clear, and I can fix it.
Where can I see the list of all the books the club has read? You can either check the Goodreads Bookshelf or the S&L Wiki
-----------Nominations----------------
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - 5 (Jan, Anne, Rebecca, Daniel, Misti)
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone - 4 (Catarina, Ruth, Julia, Albert)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells - 4 (Trike, David, Maclurker, Dara)
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - 4 (Julie (3x5Books), Mel (booksandsundry), Scott, Elizabeth)
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter - 3 (Eva, Lee, Mike)
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 3 (Shiela Jean, Paulo, Colin)
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - 3 (Travis, Stewart, Mer)
Rivers of London/Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch - 3 (Iain, Marti, Jo)
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson - 2 (John (Taloni), Phil)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow - 2 (David H, Jen)
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie - 2 (Tassie Dave, Vanessa)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty - 2 (Genesee, elizabeth • paper ghosts)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - 2 (Seth, Viola)
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher - 2 (Stephen, Dave)
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - 2 (Caitlin, Minsta)
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton - 2 (Tamahome, Troy)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - 2 (Adelaide, Bill)
The Black Company by Glen Cook - 2 (Andrew, Fosfor)
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu - 1 (Roberator)
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz - 1 (Tina)
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King - 1 (Melanie)
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach - 1 (Nicolas)
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington - 1 (Silvana)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams - 1 (TRP)
The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken - 1 (David)
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry - 1 (Jen)
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnick - 1 (Richard)
Lightning by Dean Koontz - 1 (Ian)
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds - 1 (William)
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks - 1 (AndrewP)
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald - 1 (Jessica)
The Land: Founding by Aleron Kong - 1 (Themcbays)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 1 (Meghan)
The Outside by Ada Hoffmann - 1 (corkhead)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - 1 (Christos)
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny - 1 (Clyde)
Idlewild by Nick Sagan - 1 (Louie)
The Female Man by Joanna Russ - 1 (Qukatheg)
House of Blades by Will Wight - 1 (Devin)
14 by Peter Clines - 1 (Robyn)
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds - 1 (Joseph)
Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - 1 (Brian)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James - 1 (Pratik)
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft - 1 (Erik)
Highfire by Eoin Colfer - 1 (Joyce)
Million Mile Road Trip by Rudy Rucker - 1 (Mark)
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan - 1 (Mikala)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor - 1 (Valerie)
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence - 1 (Deborah)
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley - 1 (Joe Sherry)*
Dreamwalker by James Oswald - 1 (Benedict)
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin - 1 (Richard)
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip - 1 (LadyArwen)
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins - 1 (Jordan)
Space Team by Barry J. Hutchison - 1 (James)
Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden - 1 (E)
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson - 1 (Mike)
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio - 1 (Johnfelix)
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky - 1 (John)
Relic by Alan Dean Foster - 1 (John)
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff - 1 (Anthony)
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro - 1 (Beth)
Salvaged by Madeleine Roux - 1 (Amanda)
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey - 1 (Steve)
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Welcome Wade!
Joe Sherry wrote: "There is some deliberate confusion regarding the timeline, but The Light Brigade is otherwise relatively straight forward and comprehensible. It’s the most accessible of Hurley’s novels and, for ..."
Make sure you change your March Madness nomination.
So I read The Mirror Empire a few years back and didn't care for it.Has anyone read both and tell me why this book is different/better than that book?
I remember thinking that book was very dark and took a long time to get started. Is this also dark?
Our March pick will be The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley.It had 4 nominations in our March Madness thread, so those of you who haven't changed your nominations may want to do so before next weekend.
