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829. Kate Elliott (a.k.a. Scholar of Worlds) — The Witch Roads

shaunduke / July 14, 2025

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-829-kate-elliott/SandF_829_KateElliott.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMystical fungus, rigid empires, and haunts, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by Kate Elliott for an interview about her new novel, The Witch Roads! Together, they explore Kate’s approach to worldbuilding, the structure of empire and writing characters who are part of its machinery, and much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Superman (2025) movie poster, featuring the hero twisting his neck to look at the viewer, with one leg up on the "S" shield, with glowing clouds and lightning in the background. Tagline: It Begins.

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Movie Review: SUPERMAN (2025) Directed by James Gunn

Daniel Haeusser / July 12, 2025

Superman (2025) is a movie that speaks to today while retaining that innocent “Boy Scout” essence of the character’s personality and ethos.

Cover of Ghost Cell: An Ander Rade Novel, by Zac Topping, featuring a battle scene amid urban wreckage, with soldiers with cameras, etc., on helmets, and a red target overlaid on the central figure.

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Book Review: Ghost Cell, by Zac Topping

trishmatson / July 10, 2025

There is plenty of pulse-pounding action in this book, from hand-to-hand combat to running battles including drones, hybrid watch-animals, mechas, and both normal humans and other super-soldiers…

Cover of Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay, featuring a somewhat abstract, sculptured human face against a misty background, in gray-green tones.

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YSabel, or a YA novel by Guy Gavriel Kay that really isn’t one. Or is it?

Paul Weimer / July 8, 2025

In a way, the novel feels like an exploration of two subgenres at once, and a way to revisit a bit of the Fionavar verse at the same time.

Cover of The Spirit by Thomas Page, featuring a cabin in the snow, with a skull-face in the sky with pointed teeth.

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Paperbacks from Hell #5: THE SPIRIT by Thomas Page

Daniel Haeusser / July 5, 2025

The novel begins and ends strongly with plenty of action, but the pacing of the middle of it seriously drags as Moon and Jason each independently track the Bigfoot in chase.

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828. Our Happy Place (2024; dir. Paul Bickel) — At the Movies

shaunduke / July 5, 2025

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-828-our-happy-place/SandF_828_OurHappyPlace.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMountain isolation, reality warping, and axes, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser join forces to discuss Paul Bickel’s Our Happy Place (2024). Together, they explore the film’s themes of isolation and psychological destruction, Paul Bickel’s direction and Raya Miles’ performance, ways of interpreting its narrative, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!