The Sword and Laser

The Floating Hotel was a great deal, and we really enjoyed it when we checked in. During o... more

Should the Floating Hotel be called a “space cruise ship”? Why Veronica can't make change.... more

Robert Jackson Bennett deserves more kudos. We clarify it's a tapas bar, not a topless bar... more

We revel in the Lammy Awards, follow the tale of root beer, and discuss our first, or most... more

Tom reports from the Matt Dinniman book event in LA, we kick off our Interview with the Va... more

#519 - No Stomach for Old Salad by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont Hosted on Acast. See <... more

#518 - Hugo Bump Yourself by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont Hosted on Acast. See <a styl... more

We get a history listen and revisit accents. And the clean blade battle is confirmed for W... more

Why taste in books is like taste in food. Plus, our final thoughts on Joe Abercrombie's Th... more

We cast The Devils, try to apologize to Ruth, and recall other food-related romantasy. Plu... more

Wesley Chu joins us to talk about The Lives of Tao and Jan is back, so we have loads of ne... more

Everything is out of context. But we do have interesting thoughts about The Lives of Tao a... more

We speculate on how James Cameron will make The Devils and whether Frankenstein will be to... more

We discuss the return of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files and Frank Herbert’s posthumous SFWA I... more

From Hugo admins resigning over AI panel vetting to the latest award winners and a fresh M... more

We wrap up Dungeon Crawler Carl, including our horrible imitations of Jeff Hays. Plus, we ... more

We have Murderbot trailer! And we like it! Plus, the Hugo nominees are out and we wrap up ... more

Tom forgot to write the intro to the show this week, so you’re stuck with the Veronica Edi... more

March Madness has begun, so get your votes in now. Plus do we like Alexander Skarsgard as ... more

The nominations have begun for our March Tournament! Why do we care if eBooks and print bo... more

We have the best 25 books coming out in the next six months and the best 25 books of the l... more

Tom is safe. Stephen has had three New Years, and we all love Graham Gore. But the best pa... more

We kick off our January read, wrap up Akata Witch, and welcome in new public domain charac... more

It's end-of-year book list time! And we have a list of our favorite end-of-year lists. Plu... more

We celebrate our 500th episode in the best way we know how—by asking ChatGPT to get our st... more

We decided to take a break from the usual format and recommend some BIPOC and LGBTQIA auth... more

We wrap up our thoughts on A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. Tom lays down... more