A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Erin Hoffman

There’s nothing quite like terrifying your enemies by riding on the back of an enormous dragomaeba! Say hello to our new recruit! The Draekon of Foleris — Vohextra Naeglerian Strength 10; Intelligence 5 Special Ability: Fear (Vohextra must be blocked by three or more amoeba) (Sword of Fire and Sea by Erin Hoffman) For the […]

Coming Soon: Mirkwood — A Movie *About* Tolkien

Cinema Blend recently reported (through The Hollywood Reporter, apparently) that a fictionalized account of Tolkien’s life called Mirkwood is currently being adapted for the screen.  Here’s an excerpt from the article: Steve Hillard’s book Mirkwood: A Novel About J.R.R. Tolkien, is being adapted into a feature-length film by EMO Films and producers Joel Eisenberg and Timothy Owens, […]

Eric Brown to Head Abaddon's Weird Space Series

Abaddon Books has announced a new shared-world space opera series called Weird Space.   The series is set to begin in Summer 2012 with Eric Brown’s The Devil’s Nebula as the opening installment. Here’s the synopsis for the series and Brown’s introductory novel: Starship Captain Ed Carew and his crew of two – ex-marine Lania […]

Episode 62 — An Interview w/ Daniel Polansky (the Literary Numismatist)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.9–AnInterviewWDanielPolansky/Sandf–Episode4.9–InterviewWDanielPolansky.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDaniel Polansky, author of Low Town, joins us for a riveting interview about his life in the Reformed Farm Animal Circus, in which he was known […]

Torture Cinema Poll #4: Pick Our Next Movie

It’s time to pick another movie.  We hope you make the right choice, because the last one you all picked as awful… And don’t forget that you can always suggest new movies to add to our larger list.  We don’t watch anything you don’t let us know about!  After all, we watch bad science fiction, […]

Episode 61 — An Interview w/ Philippa Ballantine (the Geistbuster)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.8–AnInterviewWPhilippaBallantine/Sandf–Episode4.8–InterviewWPhilippaBallantine.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSPhilippa Ballantine, author of Geist, Spectyr, and many other fun novels, joins us to discuss her Books of the Order series, the Internet, podcasting, urban fantasy, […]