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Mining the Genre Asteroid: Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

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A century and a half after Earth has been wrecked, humanity exists in two spheres. There are the hardscrabble colonies, where survival is the watchword, as man tries to live on alien, often unfriendly environments. The people are often poor, desperate and technologically backward. And then there are the Ships that travel the spaceways. Technologically advanced and relatively rich, the Ships have a strict regime for keeping themselves from being overpopulated. Every person who reaches their fourteenth birthday must train for an ordeal called the Trial.

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Fundraiser: Bring The Skiffy and Fanty Show and the World SF Tour to Worldcon in London!

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Worldcon is coming!  I want to bring The Skiffy and Fanty Show and the World SF Tour there this August.  And I need your help raising the funds to travel to London to make this happen! What is the World SF Tour? Throughout 2014, The Skiffy and Fanty Show will focus much of its attention on science fiction and fantasy works from places outside of the United States.  This will consist of interviews, movie discussions, the occasional Torture Cinema special, and discussions of World SF w/ locals.  It’s a fairly large project, but it’s one I think is worthwhile.  Additional details about the project can be found here. What I’m Going to Do:

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My Superpower: Gregory A. Wilson

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My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Gregory A. Wilson to talk about his paternal hilarity. —————————————————— A quick perusal of previous My Superpower entries on Skiffy and Fanty reveals one essential truth:  like rappers, for whom every other rapper is a sucker MC afraid to step to the mic and face the miraculous madness (I’m patenting that, by the way — it’s got just enough street cred to work), many contributors to this guest column are anxious to claim that their superpowers are more badass than everyone else’s — even when they involve creating apparently self-deprecating yet still awesome powers like (I quote) “a Non-Event Sphere” where nothing happens, or (again I quote) being “selectively stupid.”  So I wish to go on the record and say, right at the outset, that my particular superpower is not likely to trump anyone else’s.  You may well have this superpower yourself, and it may even be more powerful than mine.  I may be the sucker MC (I’m certainly afraid of the miraculous madness).  It’s not broadly applicable or particularly useful outside of one specific context.  But within that context, my superpower is completely MC-style legit. I am funny as hell.  To my six year old.

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Recommended Reads for January 2014

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Recommended Reads is a monthly feature in which the Skiffy and Fanty crew tell you about one thing they recently read that they think you might like too.  (Note:  this is a tad late; sowwies) Here are our picks:

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191. Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs): Breach Zone (2014)(An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode191AnInterviewWMykeCole/SandF%20–%20Episode%20191%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Myke%20Cole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMagic wars, goblins, and love, oh my!  Myke Cole returns once more with another incredible work of fantasy fiction, Shadow Ops:  Breach Zone.  We dig into the complicated relationship between the military and the general public, the development of the novels in Shadow Ops series, and so much more. Spoiler warning:  if you have not read the previous two books in the series, Control Point and Fortress Frontier, we recommend doing so before listening to this episode.  While we don’t ruin those books, we obviously discuss some of the details in their connection to Breach Zone. 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 190 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Myke’s Website Myke’s Twitter Myke’s Books 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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190. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): A Torture Cinema “Adventure”

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode190TortureCinemaMeetsTransformers2/SandF%20–%20Episode%20190%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Transformers%202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRobot fights, sand, and military advertising, oh my!  You asked for it, and here are providing it:  the latest in our Torture Cinema series, in which Shaun, Julia, Paul, and Jen take on the second Transformers movie from Michael Bay.  Prime help us… 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 190 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Transformers 2:  Revenge of the Fallen (2009)(IMDB) For the previous pieces of the skit, check out Episode 147 and Episode 158. This is the thing we laughed our heads off about when Julia brought it up.  Enjoy: 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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