Giveaway: The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
What’s that? We have two copies of Ken Liu’s much-anticipated new novel, Grace of Kings? That’s right, and we’re going to give them away to two of our lucky listeners/readers. To enter, all you have to do is one simple thing. Leave a comment on this post which answers the following question: If you could recommend […]
265. The Black Hole (1971) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” (Childhood Destruction Edition)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode265TortureCinemaMeetsTheBlackHole/SandF%20–%20Episode%20265%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20The%20Black%20Hole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRobot blenders, mad scientists, and snarky companions, oh my! In this special “childhood destruction” edition of Torture Cinema, the crew tackles one of Paul’s favorite childhood movies, The Black […]
Short and Sublime: March 2015 Round-Up
March has been a month of unusual settings, stories of alienation and loss, and meditations on the nature of time. Tade Thompson’s “The Monkey House” (Omenana #2), dystopian horror, is a story about what it means to be trapped inside a system, and the horrors one must overlook to be a part of that system; […]
Torture Cinema Poll for April 2015: Whose childhood will we destroy next?
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Book Review: Binary by Stephanie Saulter
Several years after the events of Gemsigns (see my review here at Skiffy and Fanty), the integration of Gems into society has continued. The violent spasm of reaction to Gems in the form of the godgangs has given way, some years later, to society seeking methods to harness the talents the Gems have in modern […]
Episode 2. The Wages of Fear (1953): Playing Genre, Masculinity, and the Post-War World
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TotallyPretentiousEpisode002TheWagesOfFear/TotallyPretentiousEpisode002–TheWagesOfFear.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSPlaying Genre, Masculinity, and the Post-War World! In our second episode, we open by discussing what we’ve been watching, how films “stand the test of time,” and the […]
