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The Sword and Laser — 398 episodes

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#535 - Slow Wings

2

#534 - No Noox, Just Boox

3

#533 – Octavia Butler's Ghost

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#532 - Chekhov's Dead Body

5

#531 - Interesting Nacho

6

#530 – You’re Pulling My Noodle

7

#529 - Fuzzy Edges

8

#528 - Dazed and Crowfused

9

#527 - I'm Starting to Worry This Book Isn't Sci-Fi

10

#526 - Halfway Happy

11

S&L Podcast - #525 - The Beans That Wouldn't Burn

12

#524 - 4 Stars: Clean, Not Cozy!

13

#523 - Ship Happens

14

#522 - Punchin' Shrimp and Grits

15

#521 - The Portions Are Too Big!

16

#520 - Alternate Batman

17

#519 - No Stomach for Old Salad

18

#518 - Hugo Bump Yourself

19

#517 - She Who Became Herstory

20

#516 - I Know What You Did Last Book Briefing

21

#515 - The Details in the Devils

22

#514 - The Rebirths of Wesley Chu

23

#513 - A Civil War-burton

24

#512 - Deep Dish is SciPie

25

#511 - Throw Me in the Corpse Hole

26

#510 - A New Theseus

27

#509 - New Achievement!

28

#508 - Sexy, Sexy, Mind Palace

29

#507 - Book Goblin

30

#506 - SECs Unit

31

#505 - The Roman Empire is My Roman Empire

32

#504 - The Miéville Effect

33

#503 - Tapeworms and Time Travel

34

#502 - Rhubarb Abercrumble

35

#501 - One Missed S-Call-Zi

36

#500 - 500 Gargle Blasters!

37

#499 - Hugs for Your Ears

38

#498 - Weird Things With Burritos

39

#497 - Some Desperate Sniffles

40

#496 - Leminal Space

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#495 - All The News That's Fit to Squee

42

#494 - Wheel of Thyme

43

#493 - Bunny Lamps and Bad Decisions

44

#492 - Smokey and the Narrator

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#491 - Next Month, Trauma!

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#490 - Cosy Adjacent

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#489 - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Veronicas

48

#488 - Barrayar Your Sword

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#487 - Have We Reached Critical Maas?

50

#486 - Pre-re-read

51

#485 - Triangles Are Stronger

52

#484 - It's Giving "Mad"

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#483 - C is for Chestburster

54

#482 - Let's Talk About Seax, Baby

55

#481 - Big Trouble in Little Worldcon

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#480 - What You Can Do With Mickey Mouse

57

#479 - Where Have All The Beef Suits Gone?

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#478 - Without A Lick of Condensation

59

#477 - I Said What I Said, She Said

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#476 - Don't Get Your Atmoscarf In A Bunch

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#475 - Father Knows Best

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#474 - The Vibe-rary at Mt. Char

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#473 - Dewey Decimated

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#472 - Felicia Day Opens Her Third Eye

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#471 - PSL: Pumpkin Sword and Laser

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#470 - Hammfisted

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#469 - Venomous Breaded Hairtail Sucker

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#468 - Go Tweed Lions!

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#467 - It Was Good Filk

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#446 - Spoon & Ladle

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#465 - Skirting on the Edge of Danger

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#464 - Awesome Bundle

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#463 - OK Ant Computer

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#462 - $5 FOR SCI-ANTS!

75

#461 - CheckItOut!

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#460 - Thimble's Kitchen

77

#459 - Leave the Broadsword, Take the Biscotti

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#458 - Pikastew is Off the Menu

79

#457 - Timecozy

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#456 - The Clarkesworld Flood

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#455 - When Life Gives You Bones, Make a Bone Dog

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#454 - Baltimore, City of Baltars

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#453 - And That's How the News Goes

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#452 - Having Feelpinions

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#451 - When Your Anti-Hero Gets a Little Too Anti

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#450 - Where the Wild Nerds Are

87

#449 - Finding a Leggy Blonde

88

#448 - The Reverse Heisenberg

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#447 - Sword and Lazy

90

#446 - Don't Blurb on a Dime

91

#445 - Release the S&L Cut!

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#444 - Cut Thieves and Purses

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#443 - The Land of MoarTor

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442 - Multiverse Penguin

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#441 - Multiverse Tom Read It

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#440 - Mr. Darcy in Space

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#439 - And the Rest is History

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#438 - New Ruth Rising

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#437 - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine

100

#436 - It's About the Howdunnit

101

#435 - Cultural Appreciation

102

#434 - Are Sequel Prequels Equal?

103

#433 - Slow Burns

104

#432 - Does the Crow Rooster?

105

#431 - A Peach Blossom of a Novella

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#430 - What's Your Fantasy Flavor Profile

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#429 - Pivot to Therapy

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#428 - Ein kleiner Nachtmarkt

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#427 - Dead Family Trees

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#426 - Pillow Friends

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#425 - Literary Mosaic

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#424 - Prefect's Progress

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#423 - Shrike Stans

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#422 - Horror is Like Cheese

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#421 - N0T4U2?

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#420 - Spoopy Spoilers

117

#419 - Trust me, It's SciFi

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#418 - Don't Fart on My Art

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#417 - Bong!

120

#416 - Does The Droid Die Dot Com

121

#415 - DisCon is not for Disco

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#414 - The Age of Aquarium Shoes

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#413 - Herlock Shlomes and the Loss of Innocence

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#412 - The Year Veronica Returned to Sword and Laser

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#411 - Is Murderbot Art's Murderboo?

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#410 - My Kind of Murderbot

127

#409 - Home is the People We Choose

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#408 - You Can't Spell Young Adult without Adult

129

#407 - The Strength of Family and Ghosts

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#406 - The Joy of Rat Skeletons

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405: Above the Fold

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#404 - A Page Turner in the Best Sense

133

#403 - Like a Santa Hat on Ursula K. Leguin

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#402 - A tripod has three legs....

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401 - More Like Dys-HOPE-ia, right?

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#400 - Boxing Day Experts

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#399 - Sneaky Alternate Pick?

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#398 - Stand for the Strain at the Strand

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#397 - Squeeherent

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#396 - Antsy with Mars

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#395 - Spider Belmont

142

#394 - Speaking of Books

143

#393 - Three-Body No Problem

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#392 - Audible Minus?

145

#391 - Audiobook Drama

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#390 - Interview with Dennis E. Taylor

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#389 - Embracing the Challenge

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#388 - Interview with Sam Maggs

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#387 - The Nanobots Are Coming?

150

#386 - Interview with L.E. Modesitt Jr

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#385 - What do you mean HORROR?

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#384 - Teenaged Wiccan

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#383 - TerpTalk

154

#382 - Great Movie, I Hate It

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#381 - Happ-E-Anding?

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#380 - The One Where Veronica Forgets

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#379 - Interview with Veronica Roth

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#378 - Ointment for Your Brain

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#377 - How to Hopefully WIN the Time War

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#376 - The Corona Light Brigade

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#375 - 16 Books Enter, One Becomes Pick

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#374 - Chaotic Neutral

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#373 - Generation Sword & Laser

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#372 - Hmmm... hmmm.

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#371 - Science Fungus

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#370 - Death is Her Favorite Character

167

#369 - Jeffety Jeff Jeffers of Planet Jeff

168

#368 - But is it Art?

169

#367 - Shitposting Stephen King with Sam Sykes

170

#366 - Just Crack Me Open and Take a Look

171

#365 - But Lin-Manuel Miranda!

172

#364 - Kick Your Problems in the Face

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#363 - Extremely Unbalanced

174

#362 - Live from Dublin WorldCon 2019!

175

#361 - My Little Space Brain Friends

176

#360 - Cuddling with Direwolves

177

#359 - We Have Literary Opinions

178

#358 - Nebula Interview with Greg van Eekhout

179

#357 - The Last Beagle

180

#356 - Greetings from Tom Merritt, Illinois

181

#355 - Rebecca Roanhorse at the Nebulas!

182

#354 - More Than a Bookstore to Me

183

#353 - Whiskey by Bob

184

#352 - The Sword Conspiracy

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#351 - Uncanny Collateral with Brian McClellan

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#350 - Rye-ear-ah

187

#349 - Sit Down Kid, I Got This

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#348 - Book Battle Royale

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#347 - Interview with S.A. Chakraborty

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#346 - Accio Book Pick!

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#345 - Math as a Magic System w/ Mary Robinette Kowal

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#344 - Steamy

193

#343 - Math Is Hard

194

#342 - So, You're a Crow Nut?

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#341 - All You Need is Brain

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#340 - No Birdy Poos

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#339 - Nope Ropes on a Tren

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#338 - Hygge Punk

199

#337 - Hackers, but Bears

200

#336 - Optional Excitement

201

#335 - Do You Know the Way to Slan Jose?

202

#334 - Is it a Slan Dunk?

203

#333 - Getting Timeless with R. A. Salvatore

204

#332 - Losers and Lovin' It

205

#331 - Where Have All the Good Guys Gone?

206

#330 - Best Jade Plans

207

#329 - Mad Love for Dog

208

#328 - SUPERCOMBO TEAMUP!

209

#327 - Real Housewives of the Aegean

210

#326 - Slow Down, Readers!

211

#325 - Mythology Ideology

212

#324 - Brian McClellan Knows When to Deus that Ex Machina

213

#323 - Demon Mythology

214

#322 - Analysis Paralysis

215

#321 - What is Camp? Baby Don't Yurt Me

216

#320 - We are Sword (We are Laser)

217

#319 - An Unkindness of Blurbs

218

#318 - I Wanna Know What Love Is

219

#317 - Crew Goals

220

#316 - Why'd Ya Do It, Ernie?

221

#315 - Philip K Dick Move

222

#314 - Not-So-Young Frankenstein

223

#313 - No Bones to Pick

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#312 - Eating Bones for Fun and Magic

225

#311 - Science Fiction Triggers Clickbait Headline

226

#310 - Apocalypse 1870

227

#309 - League of Extraordinary Ladies

228

#308 - A Decade of Us

229

#307 - Annihilation is the new Arrival

230

#306 - Indentured Robotude w/ Annalee Newitz

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#305 - Major in Martin Studies!

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#304 - Westeros for SciFi Fans

233

#303 - Smooth Roberator

234

#302 - Why the Robots Need Us

235

#301 - Long Days and Pleasant Nights

236

#300 - Don't Pee in the Gene Pool

237

#299 - NK Jemisin Says FanFic Makes Good Practice

238

#298 - Don't Get Eaten By a Bear

239

#297 - Haint a Plot Hole if You Ask Me

240

#296 - A Talk with James S. A. Corey

241

#295 - Don't Put Spiders on Your Head

242

#294 - Live at BayCon with Whiskey!

243

#293 - Post-apocalyptic Protopia (w/ Cory Doctorow)

244

#292 - Cozy Space Opera

245

#291 - Falling Backwards into Screenwriting Success

246

#290 - Let’s Get Stuck in Fantasyland!

247

#289 - Love Letter to the Solar System

248

#288 - Slow Readers Unite!

249

#287 - You Do Like Your Alternate Londons

250

#286 - Secrets of a Powder Mage

251

#285 - Why You Should Like Bad Characters

252

#284 - Living Fen’s Dream

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#283 - The Madness Begins

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#282 - Where The Salt Roads Lead

255

#281 - Worldbuilding Through Pinterest

256

#280 - Good Omens for 2018

257

#279 - Myke Cole, Man Hunter

258

#278 - Don’t Trust Turkey Data

259

#277 - January No-Beer Problem

260

#276 - By Hook or by Rook

261

#275 - Get Hip With the Rook

262

#274 - Wrap Up of Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

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#273 - Han Solo’s Big Sister

264

#272 - Best Cats and Dogs of SciFi

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#271 - Awkward Jinni Conversations

266

#270 - Be a Cat Burglar for Good!

267

#269 - Artisanal Analog Tree-Sourced Reading Material

268

#268 - "Underrated" is Not a Dirty Word

269

#267 - We Pick the Best Wizard School

270

#266 - Are You Reading Too Much?

271

#265 - Zombies and LARPers: The Nerdist Inkshares Winners!

272

#264 - Will the Real Witcher Please Stand Up

273

#263 - When to Judge a Book by its Cover

274

#262 - G. Derek Adams Breaks The Rules, And You Win!

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261 #261 - The Restaurant At The End Of The Barnes & Noble

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#260 - Why Young Adult Is For Everyone W Fran Wilde

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#259 - The Adventures Of The Giant Space Hedgehog

278

#258 - When To Worry About The Singularity W Ramez Naam!

279

#257 - Shakespeare Was A Genre Writer

280

#256 - Interview With Hardcore Game Of Thrones

281

#255 - Just The One Planet

282

#254 - Wheel Of Boobies

283

#253 - A Tale Of Two Styles

284

#252 - Andrew Mayne's Magical Writing Secrets

285

#251 - How Veronica Tamed Tyrion

286

#250 - Ken Liu Explains Why Silkpunk Is Not What You Think

287

#249 - Secrets Of All The Birds In The Sky W Charlie Jane Anders

288

#248 - The Truth About Vampires w/ Jim McDoniel

289

#247 - Parents Just Weren't Understood

290

#246 - The 34 Rules Of Robotics With J - F Dubeau

291

#245 - Terry Pratchett Helps Us Feel Better

292

#244 - It's OK To Like Junk Fiction Sometimes

293

#243 - Hugo Nominations Are Open!

294

#242 - The Animal In Our Collection

295

#241 - A.I. Animal Flesh Carvers

296

#240 - Wish We Were There

297

#239 - King Arthur Is A Mary Sue

298

#238 - W.E.B. Dubois' 1908 GoT Reference

299

#237 - Charles E. Gannon And Big Idea Books

300

#236 - Time Travel Is Frustrating

301

#235 - The Practical Effects Of Mallory O'Meara

302

#234 - We Think We Know How Game Of Thrones Ends

303

233: Publishing Inside And Out, With Jaym Gates (Con-Volution 2015)

304

S&L Podcast - #232 - Is This Book A Traitor To Its Genre?

305

S&L Podcast - #231 - Can An Author Spoil Herself

306

S&L Podcast - #230 - Reading Makes You A Better Person, Says Science

307

S&L Podcast Rewind: 'The Martian Influx' Redux

308

S&L Podcast - #229 - Taylor Swift Is A Fremen

309

S&L Podcast - #228 - Is Present Tense For Baby Brains?

310

S&L Podcast - #227 - Cherie Priest And The Caverns Of Inspiration

311

S&L Podcast - #226 - Embrace The Manic Pixie Dream Witch

312

S&L Podcast - #225 - Why You Should Welcome The Robots

313

S&L Podcast - #224 - Scott Sigler Keeps Us Alive!

314

S&L Podcast - #223 - Why Station Eleven Is Horror AND Science Fiction

315

S&L Podcast - #222 - Neil Gaiman Writes All The Things

316

S&L Podcast - #221 - From Authors To Hollywood Moguls!

317

S&L Podcast - #220 - Why The Healer Deserves To Be A Hero

318

S&L Podcast - #219 - We Make People Win Nebula Awards. Maybe.

319

S&L Podcast - #218 - Why There's No Such Thing As Writer's Block

320

S&L Podcast - #217 - Apply John Scalzi Directly To Forehead

321

S&L Podcast - #216 - Why Genres Don't Matter On The Internet

322

S&L Podcast - #215 - Is The Magician S Quentin Too Handsome

323

S&L Podcast - #214 - Discworld's Inner Rage

324

S&L Podcast - #213 - Our Thoughts On The Hugos

325

S&L Podcast - #212 - Do You Have The Right To Delete Swear Words

326

S&L Podcast - #211 - Why Peter V. Brett Empathizes With George RR Martin

327

BUMPERX - Who Is Veronica Belmont

328

S&L Podcast - #210 - Are You The Goblin Emperor?

329

S&L Podcast - #209 - The Secret To Inventing Your Own Language

330

S&L Podcast - #208 - Who Will Win This Year's Nebula

331

S&L Podcast - #207 - Crowdfunding An Abomination With Gary Whitta!

332

S&L Podcast - #206 - How Tyrion Could Die

333

S&L Podcast - #205 - Brian McClellan Grows His Own Spaghetti Sauce

334

S&L Podcast - #204 - Annihilation Is Not The End

335

S&L Podcast - #203 - Myke Cole's Secret Unicorn

336

S&L Podcast - #202 - Ready Player Two

337

S&L Podcast - #201 - Don't Fear The Roomba

338

S&L Podcast - #200 - Best Books Of 2014

339

S&L Podcast - #199 - Integrity For Sale

340

S&L Podcast - #198 - The Most Hated Phrases In SciFi

341

S&L Podcast - #197 - Veronica Is A Cannibal

342

S&L Podcast - #196 - Would Vegetarians Eat Electric Meat

343

S&L Podcast - #195 - Why It's OK To Hate My Favorite Book

344

S&L Podcast - #194 - Delilah S. Dawson: Why Whimsydark Rules

345

S&L Podcast - #193 - Kiss From A Queen (on The Face)

346

S&L Podcast - #192 - Sexual Experiences With Robert Jackson Bennett

347

S&L Podcast - #191 - Tom Merritt, Kindle Hater

348

S&L Podcast - #190 - Timothy Zahn Minds Your Soul

349

S&L Podcast - #189 - Literary Virginity, Literally

350

S&L Podcast - #188 - It's A Dragon Con Plex

351

S&L Podcast - #187 - How To Win A Hugo

352

S&L Podcast - #186 - The Name Of The Wind Is Dave

353

S&L Podcast - #185 - Traveling By Bubble!

354

S&L Podcast - #184 - Threeways To Save Humanity

355

S&L Podcast - #183 - The Damon Inside Me

356

S&L Podcast - #182 - Ken Liu Translates Success

357

S&L Podcast - #181 - The Promise Of More Blood

358

S&L Podcast - #180 - Emily Jiang: Cinderella, Secret Agent

359

S&L Podcast - #179 - Flintpunk And Geekomancy

360

S&L Podcast - #178 - David Weber Talks Honor At BayCon 2014

361

S&L Podcast - #177 - A Chat with Grand Master Delany

362

S&L Podcast - #176 - Martians And Panda Pants

363

S&L Podcast - #175 Ann Leckie Wins it All

364

S&L Video: Author Spotlight -N. K. Jemisin

365

S&L Author Spotlight - Jim. C. Hines

366

S&L Podcast - #174 - A Wrap - Up Of Earthsea

367

S&L Podcast - #173 - JJ, Destroyer Of Canons

368

S&L Author Spotlight - Elizabeth Bear

369

172 S&L Podcast - #172 - The Invention Of BeerPunk

370

S&L Author Spotlight - Kevin Hearne

371

S&L Podcast - #171 - The Martian Influx

372

S&L Author Spotlight - Brent Weeks

373

170 S&L Podcast - #170 - The Lives Of Wesley Chu

374

S&L Author Spotlight - Chuck Wendig

375

169 S&L Podcast - #169 - Sneaking Peeks And Swapping Sleeves

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S&L Video: Author Spotlight - Alastair Reynolds

377

168 S&L Podcast - #168 - Promises Of Blood And Old Timey Pipes

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S&L Author Spotlight - Rachel Swirsky

379

S&L Podcast - #167 - Spitcoin

380

S&L Podcast - #166 - The Prolific Mr. Adam Christopher

381

S&L Author Spotlight - Mary Robinette Kowal

382

S&L Author Spotlight - Anne Leonard

383

S&L Podcast - #165 - SciFi Is Finally Literature!

384

S&L Author Spotlight - Max Gladstone

385

S&L Podcast - #164 - Bill Gourgey's POST - Post - Apocalyptic World

386

S&L: Author Spotlight - Hugh Howey

387

S&L Podcast - #163 - Hugh Howey Hullabaloo

388

S&L Podcast - #162 - Gregory A. Wilson's Graphic Fallen Angels

389

S&L Podcast - #161 - What Harry Potter Stole From Earthsea

390

Sky sings Dresden Files!

391

S&L Podcast - #160 - Scully Writes A Book, Ringo Is A God

392

S&L Podcast - #159 - Ian Tregillis On Angels, Superpowers, And Deathmatches

393

S&L Podcast - #158 - Read A Book, Change Your Brain -- It's Science!

394

S&L Podcast - #157 - Marie Brennan's Fantasy Brings The Science To Fiction

395

S&L Podcast - #156 - Wrapping Up Dragons!

396

S&L Podcast - #155 - Why Sam Sykes Is For Sharks And The Alliance

397

S&L Podcast - #154 - A Natural History Of Dragons

398

S&L Podcast - #153 - Peter V. Brett Is The Dark David Hasselhoff Of Fantasy