Guess what we’re watching! We’ve never seen this movie, but we’re pretty sure that when we record on Thursday, we will have mad hate for all of you. May you burn in the fiery depths of listener hell!
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.1–AnInterviewWPeterOrullian/Sandf–Episode4.1–InterviewWithPeterOrullian.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAuthor Peter Orullian joins us for a long discussion about the intricacies of his recently released novel, The Unremembered. What more can we say except that the interview is all kinds of awesome? Tune in and enjoy! 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 54 — Download (MP3) Interview (0:00 – 52:49) Peter Orullian’s Website (for info about The Unremembered, free fiction, music, maps and much more!) (You may also be curious to know that Mr. Orullian is on the cover of Sam Sykes’ Tome of the Undergates — okay, so not really, but there’s a striking resemblance…) 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.
If you haven’t heard, there’s this thing called the Russ Pledge making the rounds in the science fiction and fantasy community. This SF Signal Mind Meld, which features an entry by one of our venerable hosts, is quite illuminating. Having looked through our interviews in the last few weeks (and in the coming weeks), we realize that we’ve been hit with an extraordinary number of menfolk. Don’t take that the wrong way, though. We love the menfolk just fine, but only three of our ten interviews in the history of this podcast were with women, and all of our upcoming interviews are with men. So, we want to know: where are the female science fiction writers (or fantasy, for that matter)? If you’re out there and would like us to review your book (and possibly have you on the show), send us an email (skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com). We want to hear from you, or your publisher (or both)! Bring it on, ladies. We’re ready for it. (P.S.: If you’re curious, the three women we’ve interviewed are Celine Kiernan (part one; part two), Lauren Beukes, and Mary Ann Mohanraj.)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.0b–ReligionInSfAndWhyFantasyIsMore/Sandf–Episode4.0b–ReligionInSfAndThePopularityOfFantasy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe second half of our super special episode is jam packed with skiffy and fanty goodness. Jason Sanford, John Ottinger, and Adam take part in our discussion of religion in science fiction and why we think fantasy is more popular than science fiction. More bad jokes are had at Shaun’s expense, but he eventually gets his revenge… Tune in and enjoy! 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 53 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 1:00:46) Jason Sanford’s Website Never Never Stories (a short story collection from Jason Sanford) Grasping For the Wind (John Ottinger’s blog) Adam’s Blog 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.
Take this news how you will. Pratchett has been a fervent defender of doctor-assisted suicide in the last year or two, spearheaded, we can assume, by his diagnosis with Alzheimer’s. The Guardian reports that Pratchett received the forms from Dignitas, a clinic in Switzerland: Pratchett, whose BBC2 film about the subject of assisted suicide is to be shown on BBC2 tomorrow, revealed he had been sent the consent forms requesting a suicide by the clinic and planned to sign them imminently. “The only thing stopping me [signing them] is that I have made this film and I have a bloody book to finish,” he said during a question-and-answer session following a screening at the Sheffield documentary festival Doc/Fest. I can’t speak for everyone who has been on this show, but I’m sure we all wish Pratchett the best, whether he goes through the process or not. Let’s hope that no more fantasy icons have to experience the same similar things and that a cure is found (sooner rather than later).
Fans of Doctor Who are probably quite familiar with the Torchwood franchise, but the new series Torchwood: Miracle Day aims to bring the secretive government organization Torchwood to a whole new audience. Torchwood has been bumped channel to channel over the years, due to increasing audiences and, consequently, higher budgets, but in 2009, due to budget cuts, it was limited to only five episodes that were released as a serial called Torchwood: Children of Earth. Not only did it recieve high ratings, but critical reviews were good and Torchwood started to look for a new home. After a deal with Fox fell threw (thank goodness), BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide, and Starz partnered up to bring us the next Torchwood series, Torchwood: Miracle Day. Torchwood: Miracle Day reunites the only three remaining members of Torchwood: Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), the immortal, bisexual, ex-con that originally appeared in Doctor Who; Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), a former South Wales Police officer who stumbled into the world of Torchwood and acts as the audience surrogate; and Rhys Williams (Kai Owen), the bumbling “everyman” now husband of Agent Cooper who was drawn into the fold when Gwen revealed the truth of her employment. New to the Torchwood mythology is a whole slew of characters due to the relocation to America, but most notable among these will be: Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer), a typically heroic CIA operative; Esther Drummon (Alexa Havins), an optimistic CIA Watch analyst; and Bill Pullman as Oswald Danes, a convicted murderer turned celebrity. The Premise is essentially that people on Earth have ceased to die. They can get sick and get hurt, but they cannot die. The sudden unending population boom puts a huge strain on Earth’s resources and the powers that be decide that someone has to be behind it. CIA Agent Rex Matheson keeps finding Torchwood when he looks for the source of the conspiracy and Gwen Cooper and Captain Jack Harkness have no choice but to plunge back into the adventure. I, personally, couldn’t be more excited about Torchwood coming back on the air and am ecstatic that it was dropped by Fox and picked up by Starz. This is a show that needs to be able to cross some lines that most of America isn’t comfortable with. Not to mention that Starz has the buying power to up the production values of Torchwood dramatically. The issues tackled in the third season (Torchwood: Children of Earth) were some of the most difficult, harrowing, and deeply disturbing that I have ever seen from a television series and season 4 promises more of the same. Plus, I sorta have a thing for Captain Jack (seriously, he’s sexy). Torchwood: Miracle Day premieres July 8, 2011 on Starz.
