Mark’s Comments (group member since Apr 13, 2012)

Mark’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

If you use Goodreads to keep track of what you read, here's a Goodreads list of the March Madness 2020 sweet sixteen...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Ian wrote: "Mark wrote: "I haven't read Dark Disciple by Christie Golden but it seems to be the end of Ventress' story."

I read it. It is. Good stuff."

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Well, if they can bring a final season of the Clone Wars to our eyeballs, let's hope they can also bring a Rebels sequel with that story.

It's been a while since I read any Star Wars books, but since catching up on Clone Wars and Rebels this year, I've also been reading the Rebels-related books and comics. Now I'll probably continue with some of these "final season" Clone Wars-related books and comics.

Star Wars: Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir looks like the comics version of what we might see in the final season.

I haven't read Dark Disciple by Christie Golden but it seems to be the end of Ventress' story.

io9 interview with Dave Filoni - no spoilers - but a clear picture of the plan for the 12 episode final season

https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-star-wars...

Thanks for the link. She does sound like Gideon!

Trike wrote: "Related: someone made a flying Razor Crest from an RC plane. Looks pretty cool.

https://youtu.be/C8IcIjHLTDQ"

Thanks for the link. Cool flying machine!

The Book of Magic edited by Gardner Dozois is on sale for $1.99 and contains stories by seventeen of today’s top fantasy writers.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

Rob wrote: "Has anyone seen anything indicating how many episodes this season will be?"

Wookiepedia says 12 episodes.

John (Taloni) wrote: "BREAKING: We interrupt this broadcast to note that Gail Carriger's short Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident is a great read. When it came in off library hold I dropped my other books ..."

Beware of post-incident fatigue and injuries from falling down the internet hedgehog hole.

I like where we've started out in the new season. The Bad Batch are an interesting set of characters. An article at io9 about the clone voice actor said that the Bad Batch story arc is four episodes long.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-the...

New spin-off

Silvana wrote: "Unionjill wrote: "Just about to start the latest Rivers of London book False Value"

Same here! The audio just arrived. Here I come, Kobna!"

US release date is Feb 25 SO WE HAVE TO WAIT (;*△*;)

Nebula Award nominees announced.

https://locusmag.com/2020/02/2019-neb...

For best Novel:

Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Finished the Reddit 66 episode abbreviated rewatch just in time. Someone at Disney+ has created an even more abbreviated rewatch schedule and it's in the TV Series section. The Clone Wars 20 Essential Episodes consists of

S1 E1 E5
S2 E5 E6 E7 E8 E12 E13
S3 E2
S4 E21
S4 E22
S5 E6 E1 E14 E15 E16 E17 E18 E19 E20

Emphasis seems to be on the story up to Ahsoka's decision to leave. Nothing from Season 6 on this list.

Here's the first iteration of The Light Brigade, a short story published in Lightspeed Magazine, November 2015

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

In addition to re-reading, Tor is re-printing. The 9th printing of Gideon the Ninth (and only the 9th printing apparently) has a new design.

Coming Tuesday, February 25th on Churros y Palomitas, a round table featuring Blanca López, Ian Tregillis, Mark Russell and Tom Merritt.

Different works showed us apocalyptic visions of the future but we are in the year 2020 and we surpassed pretty much all of them. What does it mean to live on a time that survived the Cold War, the Y2K, Mayan Predictions and more, and to discuss this topic we have a roundtable of excellence featuring writers and academics, they all are experts on their fields and willing to discuss about the world's end.

Live streaming will be available at Twitch, on Tuesday February 25th, at 6 PM Pacific Time, 8 PM Central (y en México).

http://www.churrosypalomitas.com/2020...

Blanca López
@NuclearWolf79
Narrative and video game researcher and professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco. Professional immoralist.

Ian Tregillis
@ITregillis
I consort with writers, scientists, & other rogues. Author of The Alchemy Wars trilogy, Something More Than Night, & the Milkweed Triptych.

Mark Russell
@Manruss
Writer of The Flintstones, the GLAAD Award-winning Snagglepuss, Red Sonja, The Wonder Twins, and Second Coming. He/him.

Tom Merritt
@acedtect
Founder of DTNS http://DailyTechNewsShow.com. Also Sword and Laser, Current Geek, Cordkillers and more. Author of Pilot X & Gallium. Coffee achiever