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149. Lauren Beukes (a.k.a. the Travel Ninja) — The Shining Girls (An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode149InterviewWLaurenBeukes/SandF%20–%20Episode%20149%20–%20Interview%20w%20Lauren%20Beukes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTime travel, murderers, and American pastimes, oh my!  After one heck of an exciting year of bidding wars and writing, Lauren Beukes returns to the show to talk about her new novel, The Shining Girls.  We talk about serial killers, her research into American history, time travel, and so much more! We hope you enjoy the episode!  (Don’t forget to check out our interview with Lauren for her novel, Zoo City, here.) 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): Episode 149 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:04:05) Lauren’s Website Lauren’s Twitter Lauren’s Tour Schedule The Shining Girls TV Show Announcement! Lauren’s Big Idea over at Whatever (Scalzi’s Blog) Check out Lauren’s books!  They are awesome! You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Torture Cinema Polls

Torture Cinema Poll #17: You Decide!

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In order to help us move around our now enormous list of terrible films (50 titles long!), we’re going to start randomizing the items that appear on our polls.  This way, we’ll make the voting a little more interesting by constantly cycling different batches of films to our lovely listeners.  And so, I present you our 17th Torture Cinema poll!  Vote away! (Note:  Please do not vote for Hardware.  I have since removed it from the list due to excessive gore and an apparent robot rape scene.  We should be more specific about content restrictions in the future, but please note that we will not watch any movie containing a rape scene, whether successful or otherwise.  We also have a hard time handling excessive gore and will have to strike off supernatural or science fiction horror films that involve a lot of gore — Jason X is probably our limit.  In this case, Hardware was stricken off due to the presence of an attempted rape scene.  As horrible as the films chosen for our Torture Cinema feature may be, we draw the line at subjects that are, at the very least, grossly offensive to our listeners as comedic material.  Rape is one of those topics.  Thank you for your understanding!) IMDB Pages: Suburban Commando Hardware Space Mutiny Birdemic Prophecy

Announcements and Errata

Myke Cole Wins Compton Crook Award!

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We’re told by the Internet that our friend, Myke Cole, has snatched up a Compton Crook Award from the Baltimore Science Fiction Society this year for his novel Control Point.  We’d like to say an enormous congratulations to Myke.  He definitely deserves the award.  Jen and I (and I’m sure Paul and Julia, too) have enjoyed both of his novels, and we’ve enjoyed every second he’s given to us for podcasts.  I imagine this is just the beginning for Myke’s career. Soon, we’ll see his name on other awards lists. So congratulations, Myke.  You rock! If you’d like to check out some of our interviews or discussions with Myke, you can do so here, here, here, and here.

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148. Rhiannon Held (a.k.a. The Beastmaster) — Tarnished (An Interview + Giveaway!)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode148InterviewWRhiannonHeld/SandF%20–%20Episode%20148%20–%20Interview%20w%20Rhiannon%20Held.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWerewolves, anthropology, and pack sociology, oh my!  Rhiannon Held joins us again to talk about her new book, Tarnished (sequel to Silver, which we interviewed her about here).  We dig into the growing wealth of anthropological and sociological information about her werewolf “universe,” urban fantasy and urban fantasy series, writing, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the episode! To make things interesting, we’ve got an extra copy of Tarnished up for grabs!  All you have to do is leave a comment below.  I will ship the book anywhere (though tossing in $3 would be nice for international folks).  Leave a comment! 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): Episode 148 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:23:12) Rhiannon’s Website Check out Rhiannon’s books!  They are awesome! You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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147. Stargate (1994) — The Third Anniversary Special

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode147TheThirdAnniversaryStargateSpecial/SandF%20–%20Episode%20147%20–%20The%20Third%20Anniversary%20Stargate%20Special.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSStargates, anniversaries, and laughter, oh my!  To celebrate our third podcast anniversary, we decided to review a film we might actually enjoy!  And if it’s not already obvious, we chose Roland Emmerich’s 1994 blockbuster, Stargate.  This episode is stuffed with all the stuff you’ve come to expect from Torture Cinema, and much more:  our 5-by-5s, a humorous (slightly perverted) skit featuring some of our favorite impressions, and a secret blooper reel (not so secrete really, since I just told you about it). Thanks to all of you who have been listening, whether since the beginning or fairly recently.  We hope we continue to entertain you for years to come! 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): Episode 147 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 2:25:40) Stargate (IMDB) You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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146. Artificial Intelligence and You w/ Mary Robinette Kowal (A Discussion)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode146ArtificialIntelligenceAndYouWMaryRobinetteKowal/SandF%20–%20Episode%20146%20–%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20and%20You%20w%20Mary%20Robinette%20Kowal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRunaway robots, evil computers, and automatons, oh my!  Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the recently released Without a Summer, joins us to discuss one of science fiction’s longest-lived concepts:  artificial intelligence.  We explore the motivations behind their prevalence in SF, early examples of AI (pre-Victorian Era), and more.  Plus, we talk a little bit about Mary’s new book, which we’re sure a lot of you will love! 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): Episode 146 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:28:58) Mary’s Website Mary’s Twitter The Year Without a Summer (Wikipedia) Shades of Milk and Honey (UK Edition) The (Mechanical) Turk (Wikipedia) Eerie, Indiana (IMDB) Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (Wikipedia) The Future Eve by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (Wikipedia) de l’Isle-Adam on Project Gutenberg (all in French, I’m afraid) Check out Mary’s books!  They are awesome! You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible.  Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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