Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Jena Brown as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Oracle, TikTok, the Slush Pile, and LibGen. Then, stick around for a chat with John Scalzi!
John Michael Scalzi II is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man’s War series, three novels of which have been nominated for the Hugo Award, and for his blog Whatever, where he has written on a number of topics since 1998.
Check It Out!
John Scalzi – https://whatever.scalzi.com/
When the Moon Hits Your Eye – https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765389091/whenthemoonhitsyoureye/
Looking Inside the Slush Pile – https://laurabmcgrath.substack.com/p/textcrunch-no-2-looking-inside-the
Oracle is reportedly in the lead to save TikTok from US ban – https://www.theverge.com/news/631999/oracle-tiktok-ban-deal-project-texas
Atlantic Allows You to Search Pirated Books on LibGen – https://societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/the-libgen-data-set-what-authors-can-do/#:~:text=Yesterday%20(20%20March%202025)%2C,systems%20by%20tech%20giant%20Meta.
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James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Dick Wybrow – https://www.dickwybrow.com/
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Stephen Graham Jones – https://www.demontheory.net/
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