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Ernest Cline Interview on Sword and Laser


Ernest Cline Interview on Sword and Laser

Ready Player One author and Delorean restorer Ernest Cline was a recent guest on Sword and Laser, a new online show featuring Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt.

Plus they discuss their thoughts after reading Dan Simmons’s Hyperion and cover a bunch of SFF news.

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SF & Fantasy

25 Years of Spectra: HYPERION (1990) by Dan Simmons


Twenty years ago, we got introduced to one of the coolest characters of all-time: The Shrike in the now-classic novel Hyperion by Dan Simmons. And while I could go on-and-on about this book, my colleague, Del Rey editor Kaitlin Heller, does a much better job of talking about what she loves about this book. [...]

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SF & Fantasy

Cage Match 2010, Round 2: 1) The Shrike versus 17) Drizzt Do’Urden


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The ShrikeKilling Machine

Age:
Infinite

Race:
Robot

Weapons / Artifacts:
Lots and lots of knives

Special Attack:
Vivisection

Drizzt Do’UrdenDark Elf Ranger

Age:
200(ish)

Race:
Drow

Weapons / Artifacts:
Twinkle, Icingdeath, Guenhwyvar

Special Attack:
Flurry attack

Advantages

Can travel through time
Has four arms
Is covered in blades and pointy bits

Advantages

Has killed pretty much everything that walks
Has four loyal friends
Extreme fighting prowess

Disadvantages

None to speak of [...]

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SF & Fantasy

Cage Match 2010, Round 1: 1) The Shrike versus 32) Arthur Dent


A most unlikely pairing


The Shrike.jpg


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