Adventures in SF Parenting: The Cell Phone Dilemma
Parents are continuously struggling to keep up with the technology that their children are using. We’re rather like the federal government in that our policies are often decades behind the technological curve (hence the NSA communications debacle). As such, we tend to treat things like cell phones the same way we would, say, a personal […]
My Superpower: Adrian Reynolds
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Adrian Reynolds to talk about how the […]
Book Review: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
I would normally begin with the fact that the name Lady Isabella Trent is known to every schoolchild and adult of the slightest education, but such assumptions have gotten me into trouble before here at the S&F Herald. While it’s possible that some villagers in far off corners of the world, or even in quiet […]
Top 10 Posts and Episodes for November 2013
By popular demand (Paul!), I present to you the top 10 posts and episodes for November 2013. Enjoy! Posts: Out-Brutalling the Last Guy: “Grim and gritty, yes…but make sure it’s doing some honest work” by K.V. Johansen Worldbuilding: Why It Ain’t So Easy by Stina Leicht Mining the Genre Asteroid: Where Late the Sweet Birds […]
179. Ann Leckie (a.k.a. Singularitrix) — Ancillary Justice (An Interview + Giveaway)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode179AnInterviewWAnnLeckie/SandF%20–%20Episode%20179%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Ann%20Leckie.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSEmpires, spaceships, and corruption, oh my! Author Ann Leckie joins us to discuss her much-discussed novel, Ancillary Justice. We talk about gender paradigms (in her work and elsewhere), research, […]
Geekomancer Under Glass: Fall 2013 Pilots (Part Two)
This week, I’m going to take another look at Fall TV pilots in the geekiverse, from Tesla Steampunk Tony Stark to the latest Buddy Cops With Androids. Dracula The latest in a years-long trend of re-imaginings and re-boots, the Jonathan Rhys-Meyers-fronted Dracula takes the story forward to the early 20th century, where Vlad Tepes (a.k.a. […]
