Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt

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About

The Sword and Laser (S&L) is a science fiction and fantasy-themed book club, video show and podcast, started by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt. The main goal of the club is to build a strong online community of sci-fi / fantasy buffs, and to discuss and enjoy books of both genres.

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San Francisco, CA, USA

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DTNS Supercast links
April 27, 2015 15:04:50
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DTNS Supercast links

Hey all, This Tuesday (tomorrow) is the DTNS Supercast with all our contributors chatting about tech. The stream starts at 3 PM Pacific/ 6 PM eastern/ 10 PM UTC If you want to bookmark it here's the link: https://plus.google.com/events/ciq38oue7lag89akbms2dt1eijc Thanks again for the amazing ongoing support. We're almost there! Tom

Tom Merritt

April 27, 2015 15:04:50

August Naranjo Is there a way to watch this now?

April 29, 2015 19:05:56 · Reply

Tom Merritt Yes it's up on the DTNS blog and in the feeds now. IN fact that link up here will take you to the archived YouTube video.

April 30, 2015 15:21:53 · Reply

Denis Murc https://www.patreon.com/user?u=919190&ty=h

July 16, 2015 22:34:08 · Reply

An iconic satellite and the space icons on your phone
April 28, 2015 00:31:35
Telstar 1 & the Icons of the Early Space Age - Space Pod 04/27/15
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Ariel Waldman talks about the iconic impact of Telstar 1 and shows where you can find relics of the space race in your emoji. TMRO is a crowd funded show. If you like this episode consider contribu...
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An iconic satellite and the space icons on your phone

This week, I made a short video about the iconic Telstar 1 satellite and chatted about some of the space emoji you can find on your phone. Had fun with a few video effects again :) As always, if there's a topic you'd like me to consider doing a video about, feel free to leave a comment! I'm keeping an ongoing list that I pull from each week.

Ariel Waldman

April 28, 2015 00:31:35

April 13, 2015 16:33:33
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I finally added my Earth-credits/coppers to support for Sword & Laser. Thanks for getting me back into reading my favorite genres!

Robert Guthrie

April 13, 2015 16:33:33

December 23, 2014 00:32:57
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On episode 198 you talked about fantasy and sci-fi you have not read. I highly recommend Storm Dancer, Kinslayer and Endsinger in the Lotus War Series by Jay Kristoff. I hope you at least view these books or at least mention my comment on the next sword and laser. Love your show!

Randall James Andrews

December 23, 2014 00:32:57

Episode 42: We're #2 [PRE/AFTERSHOW]
December 18, 2014 02:56:55
Episode 42: We're #2
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http://nightattack.tv/episode/42
Night Attack 3: Too Old to Talk has been released! To celebrate the occasion, Veronica Belmont and Bonnie Brushwood join the show to be reminded of the horrific things they said on this album.
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Night Attack

December 18, 2014 02:56:55

We hit our first milestone!!
October 10, 2014 20:02:16
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We hit our first milestone!!

You guys are awesome! We hit our $500/episode milestone, and as a result we're working on our new hit S&L jingle with some very well-known songmeisters (since, you know, Tom and Veronica don't play any instruments). Oh, there will be singing. And rejoicing. So gird your earholes, people... the song is coming soon!

Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt

October 10, 2014 20:02:16

Mike Weissmann Most excellent!

October 10, 2014 21:16:53 · Reply

Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt We think so too!!

October 10, 2014 23:09:08 · Reply

October 2, 2014 15:39:05
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Kristina Bunnell

October 2, 2014 15:39:05

October 10, 2014 19:19:44
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I first saw Tom and Veronica on Sword and Laser when they were on Geek and Sundry. I recognized Veronica from Tekzilla stuff but I hadn't seen Tom before. I don't know why but I was hooked on Sword and Laser from that first viewing (still hooked). That led to other discoveries like TWIT TV, DTNS, Night Attack various podcast etc. It would be nice if every GoodReads member of Sword and Laser could pledge just 1$ per month.... even if half the members were able to pledge. It's the value for value model. The anthology they produced was awesome. Loved it! The video interviews and podcast are some of the best things happening in the publishing world that you can actually watch and listen too (imho). It has to be worth something to us/you/me. This is a great way to empower Tom and Veronica and at the same time promote the content we/you/me want to see. That's why I became a patron (patreon) Tom and Veronica, keep up the good work! Cheers!

Vernon Schroder

October 10, 2014 19:19:44

Tom Merritt Thanks Vernon!

October 10, 2014 22:10:45 · Reply

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