296. Mishell Baker (a.k.a. The Queen of Quills) — Borderline (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode296InterviewWMishellBaker/Sandf–Episode296–InterviewWMishellBaker.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSL.A., secret organizations, and parallel worlds, oh my! Julia Rios and Paul Weimer join forces to interview Mishell Baker about her new novel, Borderline. They tackle the novel’s approach to parallel worlds and Los Angeles, characters with disabilities or personality disorders, and much more! We hope you enjoy the episode! 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):
Book Review: The Race by Nina Allan
Ecological collapse, genetically modified dogs that bond with their human trainers and owners, the darker side of decaying worlds and the people trapped within them, and metatextual games. The Race by Nina Allan is a SF novel that is much more on the literary end of science fiction, much more Rachel Swirsky than Linda Nagata. The Race is composed of several interlinked and interlaced stories, and finding and discovering the connections, even below the immediately obvious, is part of the joy of the novel. In part one, Jenna’s story is of a hardscrabble existence in a town devoted to genetically uplifted dogs, and the desperate life people on the margins sometimes live. It encapsulates the domino problem and the fragility of people on the edge: just one domino falling can bring down an entire chain of lives. In terms of more straightforward science fictional elements and their use, this was by far the strongest section of the novels.
Shaun’s Rambles 013: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (w/ Special Guest Mareen Kincaid Speller)
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#02. Dark Force Rising — Thrawn and On and On (A Star Wars Literary Podcast)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ThrawnAndOnAndOnEpisode2DarkForceRisingByTimothyZahn/ThrawnAndOnAndOnEpisode2–DarkForceRisingByTimothyZahn.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur journey through the Star Wars Expanded Universe continues! In our second episode, Rachael Acks, Kate Sherrod, and Shaun Duke discuss Timothy Zahn’s Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn Trilogy. Also included: we discuss the trailer for Rogue One and the reactions by certain fans — much ranting ensued! We hope you enjoy the episode! Since this is our second episode, we hope you’ll take a moment to tell us what you think. Want to suggest a book? Think we should add a feature? Send us an email at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com! 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):
295. Roundtable Discussion on Novellas w/ Eugene Fischer, Fran Wilde, Malka Older, and C.S.E. Cooney
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