Summary: We kick off Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, debate Terry Goodkind's response to book pirates, and discuss what makes for good and kind book discussion. See what I did there? Goodkind. Good... Kind... just listen. WHAT ARE WE DRINKING? Tom: Water Veronica: Absinthe QUICK BURNS We're coming to Comic-Con Terry Goodkind publicly names and shames ebook pirate Release a deadly monster: a DRM-free ebook crowdfunding startup Summer School for Geeks: 11 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books 10 Great Science Fiction Novels with Go-Back-To-Bed Depressing Endings CALENDAR BARE YOUR SWORD Tor will serialize John Scalzi’s next Old Man’s War novel online Ben Bova defends science fiction; asteroid mining TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES Lack of Star Trek GAME OF THRONES Season 3 news round-up BOOK CHECK-IN Does co-writing cause storytelling interruption? That Zany Belter Patois! Why is the Nauvoo a generation ship? WHAT ARE WE READING Veronica: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James Tom: Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons and The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham ADDENDUMS This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature and featuring audio versions of many New York Times Best Sellers. For listeners of this podcast, Audible is offering a free audiobook, to give you a chance to try out their service. For a free audiobook of your choice go to audiblepodcast.com/sword.
