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#504 - The Miéville Effect
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This is what happens when you get Miévilled:
Veronica was dismayed that the wiki's Video Show page only had three episodes, so...https://swordandlaser.fandom.com/wiki...
Links go to the Internet Archive because the Geek & Sundry Youtube channel no longer offers access to Sword and Laser videos, except for a trailer and a GRRM interview.
Based on comments here and on the Discord, these are some of the authors which the Miéville Effect has convinced most of us that we've read them as Sword and Laser picks:China Miéville
Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant
Jim Butcher
Timothy Zahn
S.A. Chakraborty
Bram Stoker
Gotta be some March Madness picks in there.That's it. I'm nominating Dracula this year.
I actually would have guessed that we read Embassytown by Miéville. Glad that we're all wrong.
John (Taloni) wrote: "Gotta be some March Madness picks in there.That's it. I'm nominating Dracula this year."
Oh right, March Madness is coming up. Don't we usually nominate books throughout February? Or does it start a little later in the month (No pressure Roberator)
Heard from Roberator on Discord that nominations start tomorrow. Tally heau!
We can safely skip Chakraborty whose books are massively overrated
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LIESSSS!!!!!
Veronica wrote: "Iain wrote: "We can safely skip Chakraborty whose books are massively overrated"LIESSSS!!!!!"
Hah... I only speak the truth...
I read the first book of her Djinn series and wasn't impressed. But I really liked The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. Which is funny because I would not have picked it up if I had recognized her as the author of the Djinn books.
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Our Glossary seems a bit short. Surely there should be more we can add.
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