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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 35 — Newsies and Mary Anne Mohanraj

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.4–NewsiesAndMaryAnneMohanraj/Sandf–Episode2.4–NewsiesAndMaryAnneMohanraj.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s about time we gave you all a little bit of happy news, and that’s what this episode is (mostly) about.  Upcoming movies?  Check.  Fantastic science discoveries?  Check.  Stuff about the new Batman movie?  Check.  More happy things?  Check.  See?  We’ve got it all, including an interview with Mary Anne Mohanraj of the Speculative Literature Foundation. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 35 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 16:39): Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy to Play Catwoman and Bane (respectively) (You can pretty much guarantee that there will be a lot of sexy in The Dark Knight Rises). Joseph Gordon-Levitt Pegged to Be in The Dark Knight Rises (maybe as the villain) (Like I said…sexy.) U.S. Biotech Company Patents New CO2-eating, Hydrocarbon Pooping Organism! (The oil companies half clap as their plans to destroy the Earth slowly go down the toilet…) Kepler Discovers First Earth Sizes Planets inside the Habitable Zone (Halliburton begins planning the invasion…) Juan of the Dead — A New Cuban Zombie Comedy! (Opportunistic capitalists rejoice.) Battlestar Galactica Online Open Beta Now Live! (So say we all! Total Recall Remake — It’ll Follow the Source Material More Closely (And Arnold will probably make a cameo in Quaid’s magic Mars adventures.) Interview w/ Mary Anne Mohanraj (16:49 – 31:39): The Speculative Literature Foundation (The initials also spell out Stegosaurus Lawncare and Friends) Mary Anne Mohanraj’s Website Strange Horizons (Definitely better than getting your hand stuck in a car door.) The Canada Council of the Arts (Where good Canadian stories go to “discover” themselves…) The End:  Reading and Writing (31:40 — 34:50): 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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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 34 — Interview w/ Lauren Beukes

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.3–InterviewWLaurenBeukes/Sandf–Episode2.3–InterviewWLaurenBeukes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSSouth Africa is on the literary attack. This week we talk to Lauren Beukes about her novel, Zoo City, which was recently released in the United States. There’s no question of the week this time around, but do feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 34 — Download (MP3) Intro and Interview w/ Lauren Beukes (0:00 – 36:05) Lauren Beukes’ Website(Ms. Awesome-sauce herself beckons you…) Moxyland by Lauren Beukes(Read it) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Also, read this.  Or else…) Zoo City, the Soundtrack (because we know you want to bust an aposymbiotic groove!) Sidekick by Adeline Radloff S. L. Grey’s Website Deadlands by Lily Herne Miss Gay Western Cape (Oh, you know you want to click and find out what this is…don’t you?) 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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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 33 — The Beauty of SF and Her Sisters (Part Two)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.2b–TheBeautyOfSfAndHerSisterspartTwo/Sandf–Episode2.2b–TheBeautyOfScienceFictionAndHerSisterspartTwo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAnd now for the conclusion to our discussion on the beauty of SF.  Tune in and enjoy! Note: This episode is part two of our discussion. You can listen to part one here. Question of the Week: What do you think makes science fiction (or other genres) beautiful (same as last week)? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! 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 33 — Download (MP3) Intro and Main Segment — Part One (0:00 – 24:07): The Aesthetics of Science Fiction (Round Table) (Because it really is a sexy genre…) The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. (Academia shows SF a little love once in a while.  We promise.) Nominate us for a Hugo Award!  We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category! (Because you love us, right?  Right?!) The Viking Amoeba Army (they’re coming for you…) Celine Kiernan’s Website (because she’s awesome!) Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.’s Website (one of them “academic” types) 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.

Announcements and Errata

The Jason Sanford Nomination Gateway

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Remember that fellow we had on the show for episode fourteen?  Well, he’s been kind enough to add us to his list of nominations for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards.  I have no idea if we’re eligible for every award, but it’s really awesome to be considered by someone other than ourselves (you know, because saying “yeah, we so deserve an award” is a tad egotistical, don’t you think?). But this post isn’t just about us.  It’s also about the stuff he has on his list, which includes numerous novels, short stories, and so on.  You should check it out and let him know what you think of his selections. P.S.:  We’re very please to see GUD, Interzone, and works by Ted Chiang, Lavie Tidhar, Hannu Rajaniemi, Catherynne Valente, N. K. Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor, and others on Sanford’s list.  Best of luck to them when the awards come rolling in!  Hopefully Andy Cox will win best editor this year!

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 32 — The Beauty of SF and Her Sisters (or "How to Ask SF on a Date")(Part One)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.2a–TheBeautyOfSfAndHerSistersorhowTo/Sandf2.0–Episode2.2a–TheBeautyOfSfAndHerSistersorhowToAskSfOnADatepartOne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re diving right into the meat of genre discussion with our second episode of SandF 2.0! This week we discuss the recent Locus Magazine round table on the aesthetics of science fiction and what we think makes science fiction a “beautiful” genre. Tune in, share, and enjoy! Note: This episode is part one of our discussion. We really got into the discussion and ran longer than we had intended. The second half will go up next weekend. Question of the Week: What do you think makes science fiction (or other genres) beautiful? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! 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 32 — Download (MP3) Intro and Main Segment — Part One (0:00 – 24:07): The Aesthetics of Science Fiction (Round Table) (Because it really is a sexy genre…) The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. (Academia shows SF a little love once in a while.  We promise.) Nominate us for a Hugo Award!  We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category! (Because you love us, right?  Right?!) 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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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 31 — The Muslims Are Coming and January Movie Weirdness

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.1–TheMuslimsAreComingAndJanuaryMovie/Sandf2.0–Episode2.1–TheMuslimsAreComingAndJanuaryMovieWeirdness.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with SandF 2.0!  New music.  A new site design.  And a shorter, better show!  Just wait for what’s coming up in the year!  Lots of interviews and more!  Oh, and we’re eligible for a Hugo.  See below for the link for nominations! Episode 2.1 is all about the insane things going on this month, including new film releases, some stupid crap about superheros and Muslims, and a very awesome story about a little girl and her amazing parents!  So tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: What one book, movie, show, album, or other creative project was your favorite in 2010? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! 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 31 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 18:00) People Start Freaking Out About Batman’s Recruit in France! (You know, because McWhitey McChristian would be so much better…) 10-year-old Girl Discovers a Super Nova! (The youngest person to do so, and she’s Canadian, which means she didn’t do it with a bacon-scope, obviously.) The Empire Strikes Back and Other Films Get Added to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress ( The Emperor only smiled with malice in his eyes when reached for comment.) Reading and Writing (18:01 – 23:25) Nominate us for a Hugo Award!  We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category! Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

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