RIP: Sara Douglass

Locus Magazine has broken the news that Sara Warneke (better know to SF/F readers as Sara Douglass) passed away from ovarian cancer earlier today.  She was 54. Readers will remember her for her fantasy novels, such as Enchanter, etc. (of which Jen has read a few).  You can find out more about her various works […]

Episode 68 — Torture Cinema Meets 2012

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow5.5–TortureCinemaMeets2012/Sandf–Episode5.5–TortureCinemaMeets2012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSYou voted for it…and we unhappily obliged your fascination with terrible movies.  This week we take on 2012, that terrible John Cusack and Amanda Peet flick […]

Tobias S. Buckell Hits Kickstarter with New Xenowealth Novel

Caribbean-born Tobias S. Buckell hasn’t published a new book in his Xenowealth saga since 2008.  Fans of Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, and Sly Mongoose have been hoping for another book in the series, particularly since Sly Mongoose ended with a huge plot shift that opened up Buckell’s “universe” to an infinite number of new stories.  But […]

Torture Cinema #5 Poll Results

You voted for it, and on Monday, we’ll deliver our bitter, slightly humorous review. And what did you vote for? This piece of crap: Thanks again, guys. We love you all like we love an undiscovered brain tumor…

Episode 67 — An Interview w/ Clay and Susan Griffith (a.k.a. The Elephant Lords)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow5.4–AnInterviewWClayAndSusanGriffith/Sandf–Episode5.4–InterviewWClayAndSusanGriffith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with another interview, this time riding on the back of a giant bespectacled elephant from the Equatorian Empire!  Okay, so we’re not actually on […]

A Book By Its Cover: Envy by J. R. Ward

Marlando Marosivic is the last of the Glamangels, a near-extinct race of angels whose power stems not from their ability to heal or fly, but from their beauty.  The last of his race were exterminated by the Fuglangels, led by Turpista Foetidangelus, and now Marlando must hide among the Mediocrangels and humans of Evangelis.  But […]