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The 2022 Audie Awards were handed out last night.Audiobook of the Year (and 2022 S&L March Madness #10 seed)
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Fantasy
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
#13 Sword seed The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri was a Fantasy nominee.
Science Fiction
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
More at https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2022...
Historical info on the rivers of London so you can prep for Rivers of London ;-)The Lost Rivers of London by Nicholas Barton
Bendergate Is Officially Overhttps://deadline.com/2022/03/john-dim...
Futurama will be back with its lead cast intact when the Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s cult animated sci-fi comedy returns with new episodes on Hulu in 2023
Amazon used to have a "not interested in this item" feature that I frequently used for books that I purchased elsewhere, but they retired it a few years ago. It was useful for me, but I guess Amazon doesn't think it's useful for them.
February check-inSword 15/25
Laser 6/25
Comics 2/25
YTD 29/100
I've been reading a lot of shorter Sword tales the past month. I particularly enjoyed the work of P. Djèlí Clark. One of his books, A Master of Djinn, is a March Madness 2022 competitor.
Two fresh books dropped onto my Kindle this morning, Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stross, a Laundry Files novella, and No Accident by Steven F. Havill, a Posadas County NM mystery.
Veronica wrote: "OK but did you actually or was that a set up only?"I'm guessing Trike's question about mic fuzz was serious and I made a joke about it.
I listened to the live podcast. Your sound seemed good to me, but maybe I don't really know enough to judge the quality. Tom's sound was half the volume of yours and I missed some of his comments. That has happened on previous Riverside livestreams. I rewatched the podcast after it was posted on Youtube. Tom's volume was much the same as yours and I was able to follow his comments. Comparing the Riverside livestream and the Youtube versions, both sound and video are much improved on Youtube.
What does fuzz sound like?
The Kindle edition of Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson is $3.99https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Does the cost of a book affect the odds?
There are 50 predictions over at https://challonge.com/swordandlaser20...Untitled has made 10 predictions so far ;-)
Last days of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off sale.40+ FANTASY BOOKS FOR $0.99 EACH!
February 25th – 28th, 2022
https://mlwangbooks.com/spfbo-finalis...
Spock and his Blue Yeti mic, podcasting with Bones, no fuzz apparent.
Trike wrote: "Am I the only one who heard fuzz from Veronica’s mic?"It was just peach fuzz.
This is fascinating. A pictorial NY Times article...How a Book Is Made
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
The book they follow thru the printing process is Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
Trailer for Apple TV+ mini-series based on The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosleyhttps://youtu.be/C_T1IqlQba4
This book tends to be classified as literary fiction, but it's also science fiction, kind of like Flowers for Algernon
LA Times Book Prize finalists announced today.https://www.latimes.com/entertainment...
Finalists for the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction are
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana Enríquez
The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki *S&L Pick
Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho
winners will be announced April 22
