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

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

Expanse playlists (access will vary depending on what kind of relationship you have with Amazon or Spotify)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082QVNM6R/

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/21s...

Tassie Dave wrote: "This months FREE book from tor.com is available now.

Wild Cards 1 by Various authors. Editor George R.R. Martin

Available until 11:59 PM ET, December 13th, 2019

..."

Dave, thanks for reminding us about these books.

This doesn't bode well for the integrity of the Double Secret List.

Trike wrote: "It is on the Secret List, though."

I don't see it on the Secret List. Which version so you have?

An article discussing reading order of the Witcher books

Explore the Magical Monster-Hunting World of The Witcher Books by Andrzej Sapkowski
https://theportalist.com/the-witcher-...

I was a little confused about the order of these books, but found the article helpful.

Sheila Jean wrote: "edit:Re-reading this, it appears I need to expand my vocabulary to something other than "enjoy".... "

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/ano...

Just finished Ahsoka. Now it's time to to get caught up with her adventures in Star Wars Rebels.

Silvana wrote: "Do those novellas include the recently released Auberon?"

I asked him if there were any more shorts in the pipeline and he said two. I don't think he was including Auberon.

Just got home from a free screening of the first two episodes of season 4 at GRRM's movie theater in Santa Fe. The new season will be sensational!

Daniel Abraham spoke with the audience afterwards. He was working on the finale of season 5 this weekend. No word on anything beyond that. The creative team working on the series for Amazon is mostly the same as it was before and it's clear they didn't miss a beat.

There will be two more novellas released before the final novel of the series. Lots to look forward to.

Rick wrote: "Mark - that's a great list of books and I'm adding several to the TBR list. one thing - the 2007 winner is book 2 in a series (Spin State, which I mentioned above, is #1).

So is Nova Swing ([book..."

Rick, thanks for the additional info. I think I'll take a look at Spin State and Light.

How about one of the Philip K. Dick Award winners from the last 10 to 20 years?

2000 Vacuum Diagrams, Stephen Baxter
2001 Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith
2002 Ship of Fools, Richard Paul Russo
2003 The Mount, Carol Emshwiller
2004 (We read this one Mar 2014) Altered Carbon, Richard K. Morgan
2005 Life, Gwyneth Jones
2006 War Surf, M. M. Buckner
2007 Spin Control, Chris Moriarty
2008 Nova Swing, M. John Harrison
2009 (tie) Emissaries from the Dead, Adam-Troy Castro
2009 (tie) Terminal Mind, David Walton

Now come the developmental and evolutionary studies of the Child. In Popular Mechanics no less.

An Alarmingly Deep Dive Into the Science of Baby Yoda
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cult...

More comic art from Mando fans. Artist seems to be @fightposium on twitter

Rob, thanks for setting this up.

uh oh

Trike's in Trouble

ruh roh

John (Taloni) Too!

but

Terpkristin is Terrific!

Just finished Orphan Black: The Next Chapter and got a kick out of it. If you're a fan of the tv show, have a listen.

Who's up for Roberator 2020?

Edit: I guess that would be limited to US citizens.

The Outspoken Authors Bundle, curated by Nick Mamatas

Never has a single StoryBundle offered work by so many of speculative literature's most important figures: Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel R. Delany, Michael Moorcock, and many others. We're offering twenty-three volumes in DRM-free digital formats that are yours to keep till freedom reigns over the world.

https://storybundle.com/outspoken

Read about the 23 books in this bundle at

https://storybundle.com/blog/outspoke...

Hmmmm...

https://www.jamesyusufi.com/product-p...

Rob wrote: "For me the highlight wasn't Gina Carano, but the widow. I really want to know her backstory."

Agreed, definitely the most interesting character of this episode. I wonder if the story will come back to her later?

As tropey (is that a word?) as this show is, I'm really enjoying it. Even the end credits are interesting because they display concept art of what we saw in the episode.

Where are the fumetti de Il Mandalorian?