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If you're on the fence, here's a review (with some spoilers) of Finder published in Locus Magazinehttps://locusmag.com/2019/05/paul-di-...
I read it shortly after Silvana suggested it in Tom's book thread and got a kick out of it. I'll be reading the next book in the series soon.
Tassie Dave wrote: "Ahsoka wasn't in it.https://www.cinemablend.com/televisio..."
bummer... sorry for the false alarm
Trike wrote: "Looks cool. When does this show take place in relation to the movies?"Favreau has said that The Mandalorian is set five years after the fall of the Empire in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) and 25 years before the rise of the First Order, the authoritarian regime that is firmly in control of the galaxy when Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) begins.
Tamahome wrote: "Maybe Dune should be the next laser read. Oh yeah you did that."We could read National Lampoon's Doon
The audiobook thread ishttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
it's not as active as the ebook thread, but a deal is a deal, so any thread works ;-)
LOL!
GoT author George R.R. Martin submits plans to build fantasy castle in his New Mexico backyard - but his neighbors aren't bending the knee!https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
Historic Districts Review Board denies George R.R. Martin's request to build 'medieval castle'
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/new...
Another storybundlehttps://storybundle.com/aliens
The Alien Action Bundle
For $5 or more and get the basic bundle of four books in any ebook format:
Grunt Life by Weston Ochse
Invaders from Beyond by Colin Sinclair, Tim Major & Julian Benson
Mission Critical by Jonathan Strahan
Necropath by Eric Brown
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular books, plus SEVEN more books, for a total of eleven!
War Machine by Andy Remic
World of Fire by James Lovegrove
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Steel Frame by Andrew Skinner
Scarlet Traces by Ian Edginton
Kethani by Eric Brown
Green Jay and Crow by DJ Daniels
On sale for $2.99...Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama team up in this high-stakes thriller that combines a mystery worthy of Watson and Holmes with the laugh-out-loud bromantic chemistry of Lethal Weapon’s Murtaugh and Riggs.
and also on sale for $1.99
Hope Rides Again by the same author
In the sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel Hope Never Dies, Obama and Biden reprise their roles as BFFs-turned-detectives as they chase Obama's stolen cell phone through the streets of Chicago--and right into a vast conspiracy.
This is fantasy, right?
Dragon Award winners announced...Best Science Fiction Novel: The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal): The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel: Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth by Bella Forrest
Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel: Savage Wars by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole
Best Alternate History Novel: Witchy Kingdom by D. J. Butler
Best Media Tie-In Novel: Firefly – The Ghost Machine by James Lovegrove
Best Horror Novel: The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
https://www.dragoncon.org/mediarelati...
John (Nevets) wrote: "Just looked it over, and being a Wisconsinite, I'm interested. Note that it is open to US residents only, I'm assuming this is because this is a political donation."To make a contribution, the form says you have to be a US citizen because political parties are required by US law to collect names and addresses of donors. This isn't a charitable contribution, it's a contribution to ActBlue, a PAC (political action committee), that is supporting the Wisconsin Democratic Party. They want your money, name, email address, zip code, and phone number. Then they send you a link to the event website where you have to register with your name, email address, zip code, and phone number AGAIN. Registering leaves you on the event page which is
https://wisdems.brand.live/c/princess...
If you go directly to this URL you might be able to register without making a donation.
Edit: I'm registered as a Democrat in my home state, so I don't mind making a one-time contribution, but the registration process was irksome.
Edit #2: Now unsubscribing from mailing lists related to registering for the Princess Bride reunion
As a fundraiser for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, cast members of The Princess Bride will livestream a table read of the script...https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pri...
Chip in to attend The Princess Bride Reunion!
Chip in any amount to join us for an exclusive Princess Bride script read featuring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Pantinkin, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crysal, Rob Reiner, and special guests! This will be followed by a Cast Q&A moderated by Patton Oswalt.
It's only going to be livestreamed once at 6pm CT on September 13th.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman was the S+L pick for September 2010
Perry & Terri Rodent doing the Sword & Laser thing. Art by Melody Rondeau for Bubonicon 49, 2017
several possibilitiessomething old (1898)
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
in the public domain http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36
something less old (1984) by a SFWA Grand Master
West of Eden by Harry Harrison
a young Neil Gaiman interviewed Harrison https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/0...
and I'll second Silvana's recommendation for something recent (2019), Finder by Suzanne Palmer, because the main character sounds a little like Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat
New episodes streaming October 30 2020
On September 1, 2015, Tordotcom Publishing put out its very first book... The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Download it for free before 11:59 PM ET, September 4th, 2020 courtesy of the Tor.com Ebook Club
https://ebookclub.tor.com/
