The Sword and Laser discussion

Is a mystery ruined if you guess the perpetrator too early? We say maybe not! Plus good news from Peter V. Brett and more radical transparency from Veronica.

http://swordandlaser.com/home/2022/5/...
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Riverside lost our recording again, so no video version :(

I should mention that the first Thraxas book won the World Fantasy Award in 2000

Veronica wrote: "Riverside lost our recording again, so no video version :("

Please use anything other than Riverside. It's so bad. I'll listen this weekend. You guys are the only podcast I listen to. I really enjoyed MoD!

How come Tom didn't read his poetry during the podcast?

🎵 It's all about the case, about the case, Howdunnit?

Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Please use anything other than Riverside. It's so bad."

I'll ask here, just like I did during the post show, when is this moving over to Twitch?

I thought this had been picked up downthread in Quick Burns but clearly that was just in my brain. The author of Spirits Abroad is Zen Cho, not Zen Chowas.

I really enjoyed the show. I haven't finished Master of Djinn yet but hopefully soon. Things have been insanely hectic at work.

When is the show moving to Snapchat?

Ruth wrote: "I thought this had been picked up downthread in Quick Burns but clearly that was just in my brain. The author of Spirits Abroad is Zen Cho, not Zen Chowas."

I was also confused! I thought Tom was just pronouncing it oddly.

I was feeling like crap today & when I listened to the podcast & heard my name & quick burn mentioned, it made my day! Thank you!

Ruth wrote: "I thought this had been picked up downthread in Quick Burns but clearly that was just in my brain. The author of Spirits Abroad is Zen Cho, not Zen Chowas."

I am very sorry. I think I originally wrote "Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho was named winner of the 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize" and then when I rephrased it I made the mistake. :-(

Jan wrote: "Ruth wrote: "I thought this had been picked up downthread in Quick Burns but clearly that was just in my brain. The author of Spirits Abroad is Zen Cho, not Zen Cho..."

Don’t worry about it! Mistakes happen, especially when you’re such a prolific quick burner.

My podcast player was acting up, so I managed to listen to this today. And since they (to my surprise) read out a post of mine and asked for references, well, that's a fair response, so:

US English: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...
UK English: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...

The reason why "quadrology" is considered... well, "nonstandard" is probably more accurate than to say it's simply "wrong"... is that the -logy ending is Greek so, ideally, it goes with the Greek word for "four" - and "quad-" is Latin. There are some words that break this rule ("television" is probably the best known) but there are fewer than you might think.

This is why somebody who likes cats is an ailurophile, not a "feliphile". (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...).

That was probably too much detail, wasn't it...?