Episode 58 — Interview w/ Stina Leicht
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.5–InterviewWStinaLeicht/Sandf–Episode4.5–InterviewWStinaLeicht.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with an awesome interview with Stina Leicht, author of Of Blood and Honey, a brilliant urban fantasy novel set in 1970s Ireland. Feel free to let us know what you think. Your hate mail is always appreciated! 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 58 — Download (MP3) Interview w/ Stina Leicht (0:00 – 1:05:00) Stina’s website Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht (at Night Shade Books) 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.
SFFTV: The Alphas (Pilot) of Warehouse 13 (Episode 3.1) in Eureka (Episode 411)
Yes, I realize I’m a week behind in giving you some spoilery reviews, so perhaps they’re not so spoilery anymore! Regardless, last Monday was the highlight of my Summer and tonight will be even more exciting in a super geeky way – Felicia Day makes her first appearance on Eureka!! Yay! I know you’re all super excited about that. Quick thoughts – Eureka made a strong showing for its first episode of their half season, Warehouse 13 is definitely improved for having brought in a new character, and Alphas is giving me renewed hope in the Superhero genre. Spoilers Ahead!
Feed the Machine: Life, Camera, (RN)Action!
Clicketh and Readeth This week’s FtM will be short and sweet. Simply, what would happen if scientists tried to create new life in the lab using RNA reactors and succeeded? What if they put this lifeform in a hothouse and rapidly accelerated its evolution? What would come out of it? What would be the social, cultural, political, and theological ramifications of such an outcome? Come on, I am throwing you one underhand. You better hit it out of the park. Adam
SFFTV: True Blood (Episodes 4.2 & 4.3)
Wow I’ve had a crazy busy couple of weeks, but I’m back in the game and ready to zombify myself in front of the boob tube! And what better way to enjoy the boob tube then by watching a show with actual boobs? Yes, I realize these shows objectify women, but they also objectify men so it’s equal opportunity! Lots and lots is going on in Bon Temps and Shreveport, which is still the biggest problem True Blood has. So much is going on that I’m starting to forget who has which story line and which one I even care about! Tighten it up, HBO, or you’re going to start losing viewers like flies… (or humans at a Vampire party). Spoilers Ahead!
A Book by its Cover: Bioshock: Rapture, by John Shirley
This amazing new addition to the Bioshock world is set in an ultra modern city in which people live in enclaves based on moments in history. Our hero, Lewis Snodgrass, lives in an enclave that is obsessed with the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The peculiar ladies and gentlemen that live in this enclave are convinced that the sleek outside world is merely a facade to hide the moral and cultural decay of 2267. Mr. Snodgrass is prone to agree until the body of a nursemaid is found in an airlock having died of exposure to the toxic atmosphere that plunges New York into a perpetually crystalline twilight. Mr. Snodgrass’s investigation leads him to a seedy underground world of nanodrug use, a beguiling housewife, and an eccentric sculptor. John Shirley has successfully combined hard science fiction with Steampunk noir. The world created in Bioshock: Rapture is both sleakly futuristic and depressingly gritty. The delusions of the World’s Fair Enclave are a perfect metaphor for the topsy turvy future society. If I have any complaint it is that the main characters are somewhat dull and tend to blur into the landscape, but perhaps this too is part of Shirley’s scathing critique of a society in which people cling strongly to delusions, despite all evidence to the contrary. Occasionally the plot seems haphazard and poorly thought out, but the beautiful world building makes this easy to forgive. All in all, Bioshock: Rapture is an excellent book that is well worth a good read. Available July 19, 2011. (A Book by its Cover is our new weekly column in which we review a book based solely on the cover, without any other knowledge of what it is about. Any similarities in our review to the book are purely coincidental and proof that we are awesome)
Episode 57 — Books Will Take Over the Universe
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse/Sandf–Episode4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time for some book love! When you think about it, it’s been a while since we dedicated an episode almost exclusively to talking about book things. But we’ve done it in Episode 57, so tune in and enjoy! 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 57 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 35:23) Spotlight Publishing picks up Jason Sanford’s Never Never Stories and the Million Writers Award (And we have decided to be his first official stalkers) Secret Service Confiscates Young Man’s Stuff (You know, because taking pictures of this guy is a threat to national security) Should we alter classic works of literature to make them easier? (Alternatively: should we reduce the number of laws we have to observe while driving so we don’t have to think too much while doing it?) Seattle Mystery Bookshop Sticks to Amazon (Meanwhile, Borders tries to sell its body to anyone who will pay for it…) 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.
