Author name: Skiffy Fanty

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow21BattlefieldEarthAndTheNobelPrizeGoOnA/Sandf–Episode21–BattlefieldEarthAndTheNobelPrizeGoOnADate.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe end is nigh!  This episode we talk about the Nobel Prize for Literature, insane policies of the future, and one of the most hated science fiction movies ever made.  If you’re not careful, your brain might melt.   So put on your tinfoil hat and your anti-Scientology glasses and join us for an hour of good fun! Question of the Week: What are you doing to prepare for the come apocalypse? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  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 Twenty-one — Download (MP3) Intro and New (0:00 – 11:54): Mario Vargas Llosa Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature (somewhere a baby book weeps) Orbit Books Introduces The Orbital Drop, a New eBook Program (coming soon:  canned ninjas and a complimentary space marine) Pre-crime Becomes a Semi-reality (your Facebook will betray you like Emperor Palpatine’s apprentice!) The Main Event:  Torture Cinema Meets Battlefield Earth (11:55 – 56:18): Battlefield Earth (IMDB) The End:  Reading, Writing, and the Question of the Week (56:19 – 1:01:20) That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow20HarlanEllisonConsumerActivismAndScience/Sandf–EpisodeTwenty–HarlanEllisonConsumerActivismAndScienceFiction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSControversy attacks, and we’re on top of it like a fly waiting until the last second to get the leftovers from the dung beetles. This week we talk about Harlan Ellison’s last convention appearance and the problem (or lack thereof) of consumer activism in the science fiction community. Plus, the episode is full of gender stereotypes, ridiculous arguments made by other people, and general insanity. We had fun making it, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy listening! Question of the Week: Which science fiction technology would you like to see become a reality? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  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 Twenty — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 19:00): Harlan Ellison’s Last Convention Appearance was MadCon (because he says he’s dying) Alex Proyas to Direct Paradise Lost Movie Christopher Nolan is Making an Inception Video Game! Earth-ish Planet Discovered in the Habitable Zone Around Gliese 581! (Quick correction:  Shaun said that the above planet has three times Earth gravity.  It actually has 1.1 to 1.7 times Earth gravity, but is three to four times as large in terms of mass.  This means that our assessment of the habitability of the planet might be a little off.  That’s not to say that the planet has an atmosphere and all the other conditions that would make it habitable, just that gravity is not a factor that might make it less enjoyable to live on.) The Main Event:  Consumer Activism and Science Fiction — Or How Elizabeth Moon Got Us Onto Capitalism (19:01 – 52:54): Crazy French Author Plagiarizes From Wikipedia World SF’s Coverage of Elizabeth Moon’s Anti-Muslim Rant (the comments are enlightening and contain some of the arguments we talk about in this segment) A Brief Linking to a Manifesto of No-Consequence (again, the comments are enlightening, and the links in the post take you to some things we talk in this segment; specifically, the comments of this post confirm that the argument being made is one of no-consequence) The End:  Reading, Writing, and the Question of the Week (52:55 – 59:16): Stan Lee’s Superhumans That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  We’ll see you next week!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow19SomeMoviesAndAGreatScifiStoryWalkIntoA/Sandf–EpisodeNineteen–SomeMoviesAndAGreatScifiStoryWalkIntoABar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re taking it up a notch this week. Our funny bones are still operational, but this week we decide to talk about some serious movie/film news and our criteria for what makes for great science fiction. So tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: Which science fiction or fantasy character would you go to dinner with? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  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 Nineteen — Download (MP3) Intro and Movie/Film News (0:00 – 15:45): Ron Moore to Helm a Fantasy Drama at NBC Bruce Campbell is Making a Sequel to My Name Is Bruce Rick Moranis Confirmed For Ghostbusters 3 The Dark Tower Coming to the Big Screen and TV! The Main Event:  What Makes For a Great Science Fiction Story? (15:46 – 50:29): What are the ingredients for great science fiction? (io9) The End:  Reading, Writing, and the Question of the Week (50:30 – 58:12) That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow18TortureCinemaMeetsTheGuyverAndOtherMovie/Sandk–EpisodeEighteen–TortureCinemaMeetsTheGuyverAndOtherMovieThings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTorture Cinema returns with our second episode.  This week we talk about some interesting genre-movie releases and one of the most awful science fiction films ever made.  Prepare yourself.  Bad things are about to happen to your brain… Question of the Week: What is the craziest book-related experience you have ever had? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  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 Eighteen — Download (MP3) Intro and Movie Releases (0:00:00 – 0:08:21): Resident Evil:  Afterlife (IMDB) Never Let Me Go (IMDB) Legend of the Guardians:  The Owls of Ga’Hoole (IMDB) Monsters (IMDB)   The Main Event:  Torture Cinema — The Guyver (0:08:22 – 1:04:21): The Guyver (IMDB) The End:  Reading and Writing (1:04:22 – 1:11:32): “To Paint the Kingdom Red” (Part One on Residential Aliens)   That’s all, folks!  Thanks for tuning in.

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow17TheHugosAndHardScifiWMikeBrotherton/EpisodeSeventeen–TheHugosAndHardScifiWithMikeBrotherton–A.k.a.CommanderScience.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSS(Note: Download link should now be fixed.) If you like science and/or hard science fiction, then episode 17 is right up your alley.  Mike Brotherton joins us to talk about the intersection between science and science fiction, hard science fiction, and much more.  There’s also a brief discussion from us on the Hugos, and a new question of the week in poll format!  So tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: We’ve got another poll for you, and we’ve gone all the way to the end of the silly spectrum to keep things interesting. If you’d like to give a more detailed answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  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 Seventeen — Download (MP3) Intro — The Hugos (0:00 – 10:53): The Hugo Awards Winners The Main Event — Interview w/ Mike Brotherton (10:54 – 1:03:30) Mike Brotherton’s Website Star Dragon (novel) Launch Pad (Astronomy Workshop for Writers) Diamonds in the Sky (online anthology of astronomy science fiction) The End — Question of the Week and Poll Results (1:03:31 – 1:06:54) That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.