The Sword and Laser

Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont

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Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world!

VOR 1 STD.

#515 - The Details in the Devils

We cast The Devils, try to apologize to Ruth, and recall other food-related romantasy. Plus, Veronica has a shameful tequila revelation.

40 Min.
4. JULI

#514 - The Rebirths of Wesley Chu

Wesley Chu joins us to talk about The Lives of Tao and Jan is back, so we have loads of news including Locus Award Winners and the British Fantasy Society shortlist. Plus Tom sings. We're all sorry about that. Also, we almost named this episode The Lives of Wesley Chu until we realized we had already done that in 2014.

1 Std. 10 Min.
19. JUNI

#513 - A Civil War-burton

Everything is out of context. But we do have interesting thoughts about The Lives of Tao and lots of congrats for the winners and nominees of the Nebulas and more.

41 Min.
5. JUNI

#512 - Deep Dish is SciPie

We speculate on how James Cameron will make The Devils and whether Frankenstein will be too scary for Veronica. And we further kick off The Lives of Tao.

32 Min.
28. MAI

#511 - Throw Me in the Corpse Hole

We discuss the return of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files and Frank Herbert’s posthumous SFWA Infinity Award, Audible’s AI narration plans and Amazon’s cancellation of The Wheel of Time—while nominating hamburg steak and vegan enchiladas and sharing listener stories from Matt Dinniman’s event. We round out the show with in-depth discussions of The Lives of Tao and Mickey 7.

47 Min.
10. MAI

#510 - A New Theseus

From Hugo admins resigning over AI panel vetting to the latest award winners and a fresh Murderbot clip—to set the stage for our book club pick. Then we dig into Mickey 7’s Ship of Theseus dilemma, sharing listener takes (yes, even foot‑fetishting AIs) and the questions that keep us up at night.

36 Min.
25. APR.

#509 - New Achievement!

We wrap up Dungeon Crawler Carl, including our horrible imitations of Jeff Hays. Plus, we announce the next pick for May and ponder data-driven determinations of the best SFF books of Tom’s life.

52 Min.
10. APR.

#508 - Sexy, Sexy, Mind Palace

We have Murderbot trailer! And we like it! Plus, the Hugo nominees are out and we wrap up our thoughts on The City and the City and begin our April dungeon crawl.

54 Min.

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Veronica and Tom are still the best

28.12.2024

helloworldsnafu

Heard since Tekzilla and BuzzOutLoud these guys are the best - even when V works for evil empires like Adobe (formerly freeware PS 0.99) and EA (digesters of creative sources).
The one and only book club

14.07.2017

harm82

This is a need to listen and my top3 podcasts of all times. Use the Goodreads integration and enjoy the friendly dialogue with audience feedback and content creation!
My one stop for all SFF news

07.10.2016

aldurljon

I've been listening to the Sword and Laser for quite a while now and finally had a chance to leave a review. I find the casual nature of the hosts a great way to learn about new books in the genre especially while travelling. Hopefully they continue doing this forever.

Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world!