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146. Artificial Intelligence and You w/ Mary Robinette Kowal (A Discussion)

15 May

Runaway robots, evil computers, and automatons, oh my!  Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the recently released Without a Summer, joins us to discuss one of science fiction’s longest-lived concepts:  artificial intelligence.  We explore the motivations behind their prevalence in SF, early examples of AI (pre-Victorian Era), and more.  Plus, we talk a little bit about Mary’s new book, which we’re sure a lot of you will love!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 146 — Download (MP3)

Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal

Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:28:58)

Check out Mary’s books!  They are awesome!

You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone.

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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Call for Authors / Filmmakers / etc.: We Want You (Aug. to Dec. 2013)

24 Apr

Once again, we’re putting out a call for authors with upcoming books, etc. for interviews and discussions.  If you have something dropping at some point between Aug. and Dec. 2013, please send an email to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com letting us know what you’ve got going on (or have your publicist yell at us).

What we’re looking for:

  1. New novels, short stories, video games, movies, or related books (science, some non-fiction, etc.).
  2. With rare exception, we prefer traditionally published books, whether from a small or large press or transferred over from a different format to the traditional model.
  3. Works that are either broadly defined as science fiction or fantasy (the “literary” is just as desired as “standard genre,” whatever that means) OR that are related or of interest to SF/F fans (biographies, science books, some history, and so on).
  4. The book must have a release date in either August, September, October, November, or December of this year.  We’ll put out another call for 2014 stuff later this year (things are changing for us).
  5. Books written by anyone.  We do our best to have as wide a range of authors as we can manage.  As such, we want authors who are women, men, people of color, Westerners, non-westerns, QUILTBAG, and anything else I can’t think of right now.

Things we’d like to see more of:

  • Space opera
  • Cyberpunk
  • YA SF/F
  • New Weird or General Weird Fantasy
  • Literary SF/F (like Jane Rodgers, Samuel R. Delany, Kurt Vonnegut, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Thomas Pynchon, John Crowley, etc. — yes, this category is flawed, so I hope the names will give you a sense of what I mean by “literary”)
  • SF/F from perspectives other than the West
  • Feminist SF
  • Ninjas

We have a limited number of interview slots, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do our best to include you in discussion episodes, etc.

If you are not an author, please spread the word.  There are all kinds of things being published these days, so we don’t want to miss out on something great!

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143. Paul Cornell (a.k.a. The Cricket Whisperer) — London Falling (An Interview)

23 Apr

Coppers, monsters, and blood blisters, oh my!  This week, the multi-talented Paul Cornell joins us to talk about his latest fantasy novel, London Falling, the power of London for fantasy writers, the supernatural vs. the real world, Doctor Who, and so much more.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 143 — Download (MP3)

London Falling by Paul Cornell

Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:21)

Check out Paul’s book!  It’s good stuff!

You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone.

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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142. Brian McClellan (a.k.a. Das Schwarzpulver) — Promise of Blood (An Interview)

17 Apr

Muskets, magic, and books, oh my!  Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood, joins us to talk about his new novel, writing fantasy set in industrializing cultures, cultural changes, and much more.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 142 — Download (MP3)

Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:15:07)

Check out Brian’s book!  It’s good stuff!

You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone.

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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140. New Pulp, Reviews, and Amazon w/ Tim Pratt and Adam Christopher (A Discussion)

9 Apr

Pulp sensibilities, Amazonian acquisitions, and authorship, oh my!  Authors Adam Christopher and Tim Pratt take a little time out of their evenings to talk to us about review etiquette for published authors, Amazon’s recent acquisition of Goodreads, their new books, and much more.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 140 — Download (MP3)

Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:26)

Check out their books.  Tis good stuff!

You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone.

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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