Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

Book clubs can be tons of fun. They can expose you to new books, authors, and subjects. Unfortunately, they can also be a drag. Especially if you're into science fiction and fantasy. It's a rare book club that chooses DUNE or FOUNDATION or even THE HOBBIT (and frankly, more should try it :) ).

But sci fi/fantasy fans, there's now a book club solution for you TOO!

The Sword and Laser is a book club for fans of ... well, swords and lasers. Lately, they've read ENDER'S GAME (O.S. Card), DUNE (F. Herbert), and GAME OF THRONES (G.Martin). And the best part is, you don't even have to leave your couch.

This book club is all on-line. The hosts, Tom and Veronica, record podcasts of their discussions and take questions from readers. All you have to do is go to www.swordandlaser.com and click on the podcast you want to hear. You can click on the current podcast, or an older one. You can even go to the forums (www.swordandlaser.ning.com) and chat with others and join in the debate on topics like...will the new Wheel of Time book be any good? are there any good sci-fi audiobook recordings?

 It's EASY, GEEKY, and TOTALLY FUN :)

They do a new book every month. This month we're reading Marion Zimmer Bradley's amazing book, THE MISTS OF AVALON. I read it years ago...several times, in fact...and it's the King Arthur legend told from the perspective of Gueneviere, Morgause, and Morgan Le Fay. I'm rereading it again now, just to make sure that it's fresh in my mind :)

The new podcast should be up in early November, so get reading!

Slobbers,
Sarah and Finn

PS FROM SARAH: My favorite Arthurian legend series is THE CRYSTAL CAVES (M. Stewart), which tells the story from Merlin's perspective, but MISTS is fantastic, too ;)