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- 🇵🇹PT · Books#135500 to 3K
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250 to 1.5K🎙 ~2x weekly·394 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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500 to 3K🇵🇹100% - Active Followers
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#537 - Roman Fantasy is Romantasy?
Jul 4, 2026
Unknown duration
#536 - That's So Ender's Game
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
#535 - Slow Wings
Jun 5, 2026
48m 02s
#534 - No Noox, Just Boox
May 22, 2026
42m 53s
#533 – Octavia Butler's Ghost
May 8, 2026
43m 58s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/4/26 |  #537 - Roman Fantasy is Romantasy? | Starlog is back! The Le Guin shortlist is out. Why Tom is naked. We kick off our July read and struggle to understand why some people think Red Rising is Romantasy. Now we know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  #536 - That's So Ender's Game | We check in on our June reading of Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Why do romantasy people like this? Veronica is making a tincture. And we have fun coming up with a Sci-Fi/Fantasy equivalent of the EGOT. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/5/26 |  #535 - Slow Wings✨ | book discussionliterature+3 | — | Slow GodsDungeon Crawler Carl+1 | — | Slow GodsClaire North+3 | — | 48m 02s | |
| 5/22/26 |  #534 - No Noox, Just Boox✨ | AI personalitybook discussions+3 | — | Dungeon Crawler CarlSlow Gods | — | Dungeon Crawler CarlSlow Gods+3 | — | 42m 53s | |
| 5/8/26 |  #533 – Octavia Butler's Ghost✨ | Hugo votingOctavia Butler+4 | — | Slow Gods | — | Hugo votingOctavia Butler+5 | — | 43m 58s | |
| 4/23/26 |  #532 - Chekhov's Dead Body✨ | literaturebook discussion+4 | — | The Raven Scholar | — | ChekhovHugo+5 | — | 44m 19s | |
| 4/9/26 |  #531 - Interesting Nacho✨ | Veronica's injuryCadbury eggs+4 | — | Cadbury eggsThe Raven Scholar+1 | — | VeronicaTom Merritt+5 | — | 53m 55s | |
| 3/12/26 |  #530 – You’re Pulling My Noodle✨ | March tournamentnoodle review+2 | — | Automatic Noodle | — | March tournamentnoodle review+3 | — | 39m 06s | |
| 2/27/26 |  #529 - Fuzzy Edges✨ | March Madness tournamentgenre definition+3 | — | Someplace to Be Flying | — | March Madnessgenres+3 | — | 58m 02s | |
| 2/12/26 |  #528 - Dazed and Crowfused✨ | book tournamentreading challenges+3 | — | March book tournament | — | book tournamentnominations+4 | — | 40m 01s | |
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| 1/29/26 |  #527 - I'm Starting to Worry This Book Isn't Sci-Fi✨ | sci-fibook discussion+3 | Andrew Heaton | I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom | — | sci-fibook+5 | — | 55m 10s | |
| 1/15/26 |  #526 - Halfway Happy✨ | conventionsawards+3 | — | LACon VPhilip K. Dick Award+1 | — | LACon VPhilip K. Dick Award+3 | — | 52m 31s | |
| 12/19/25 |  S&L Podcast - #525 - The Beans That Wouldn't Burn✨ | beanschili+3 | — | Mark Lawrence’s book | — | beanschili+3 | — | 47m 37s | |
| 12/5/25 |  #524 - 4 Stars: Clean, Not Cozy!✨ | mysteryhotel+3 | — | The Floating Hotel | — | Floating Hotelmurder+3 | — | 48m 55s | |
| 11/21/25 |  #523 - Ship Happens✨ | space cruise shipFloating Hotel+3 | — | — | — | space cruise shipFloating Hotel+3 | — | 33m 09s | |
| 11/7/25 |  #522 - Punchin' Shrimp and Grits | Robert Jackson Bennett deserves more kudos. We clarify it's a tapas bar, not a topless bar. And our thoughts on the new book, Floating Hotel, and the wrap-up of Interview with the Vampire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/10/25 |  #521 - The Portions Are Too Big! | We revel in the Lammy Awards, follow the tale of root beer, and discuss our first, or most recent, impressions of Interview with the Vampire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/25/25 |  #520 - Alternate Batman | Tom reports from the Matt Dinniman book event in LA, we kick off our Interview with the Vampire read, and share our last spoilery thoughts on The Hexologists and why we think the writing doorway is the strongest one for this book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/11/25 |  #519 - No Stomach for Old Salad | #519 - No Stomach for Old Salad by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/5/25 |  #518 - Hugo Bump Yourself | #518 - Hugo Bump Yourself by Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/15/25 |  #517 - She Who Became Herstory | We get a history listen and revisit accents. And the clean blade battle is confirmed for WorldCon 2029. Plus our non-spoilery first impressions of She Who Became the Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/25 |  #516 - I Know What You Did Last Book Briefing | Why taste in books is like taste in food. Plus, our final thoughts on Joe Abercrombie's The Devils. And the Ruth-Veronica feud heats up. Also, Tom likes fish sticks. Literally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/17/25 |  #515 - The Details in the Devils | We cast The Devils, try to apologize to Ruth, and recall other food-related romantasy. Plus, Veronica has a shameful tequila revelation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/4/25 |  #514 - The Rebirths of Wesley Chu | Wesley Chu joins us to talk about The Lives of Tao and Jan is back, so we have loads of news including Locus Award Winners and the British Fantasy Society shortlist. Plus Tom sings. We're all sorry about that. Also, we almost named this episode The Lives of Wesley Chu until we realized we had already done that in 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/19/25 |  #513 - A Civil War-burton | Everything is out of context. But we do have interesting thoughts about The Lives of Tao and lots of congrats for the winners and nominees of the Nebulas and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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Chart history for The Sword and Laser
Peaked at #135 in PT, currently #135 in PT.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| PT | — | #135 | #135 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.