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151. SF/F By Women (Our Favorites) w/ Susan Bigelow and Emma Newman

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode151FemaleSFFAuthorsWSusanBigelowAndEmmaNewman/SandF%20–%20Episode%20151%20–%20Female%20SFF%20Authors%20w%20Susan%20Bigelow%20and%20Emma%20Newman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGenre’s women, writing influences, and “literary” bits, oh my!  Susan Bigelow and Emma Newman kindly join us to discuss our favorite female genre authors, the profound influence reading has on developing writers, reading outside genre, and their own work. 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 151 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:00:02) HuffPost on the Wikipedia American Novelists (minus women) Fiasco Roundup of “Anonymous Protects (Jim C. Hines) Susan’s Website Susan’s Twitter Emma’s Website Emma’s Twitter Tea and Jeopardy! Angry Robot Books Candlemark & Gleam (publisher) The Reading List Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith Parisol Protectorate Series by Gail Carringer The Night’s Masque Series by Anne Lyle The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold The Valor Series by Tonya Huff A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell “Collateral Memory” by Sabrina Vourvoulias Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias (our interview here) Andre Norton (everything) C.J. Cherryh (everything) Saga of the Exiles by Julian May Nalo Hopkinson (everything) (our interview here) Karen Lord (everything) (our interview here) Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Duology by Karen Miller After the Apocalypse by Maureen McHugh The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin Joanna Russ (everything) The Extra Reading List Myal by Erna Brodber Stina Leicht (Everything) (our interviews here, here and here) The House of the Stag by Kage Baker Wicked Gentleman by Ginn Hale The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane Lauren Beukes (Everything) (our interviews here and here) “The Girl Who Was Plugged In” by James Tiptree Jr. Dawn by Octavia Butler “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler “Speech Sounds” by Octavia Butler Parable of the SOwer by Octavia Butler Dust by Elizabeth Bear The Last Survivors Series by Susan Beth Pfeffer July’s People by Nadine Gordimer Jo Walton (Everything) Kate Elliott Mary Gentle Laura Anne Gilman Barbara Hambly Kameron Hurley Kay Kenyon Karin Lowachee Linda Nagata (our interview here) Martha Wells Check out Susan and Emma’s books!  They are awesome! 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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#03 — Man of Steel — A Shoot the WISB Discussion w/ David Annandale and Michael R. Underwood

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB3ManOfSteel2013Reviewed/Shoot%20the%20WISB%20%233%20–%20Man%20of%20Steel%20%282013%29%20Reviewed.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSSuperman is back!  For this episode of Shoot the WISB, guests David Annandale and Michel R. Underwood join Paul and I to take on Man of Steel.  Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments. Download the episode here. Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later. Show notes: Man of Steel (IMDB) Shaun’s post on why he hated Superman Returns Paul’s Website Paul’s Twitter Functional Nerds David’s Website David’s Twitter David’s Books Michael’s Website Michael’s Twitter Michael’s Books Michael’s post on Man of Steel Note:  We’re shifting over the Shoot the WISB segments from my personal blog to The Skiffy and Fanty Show.  Why?  It just makes more sense, I suppose.  If you’ve never listened to the Shoot the WISB casts, you’ll likely see them pop up in your iTunes or RSS feeds over the next few weeks.

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150. The Avengers (1998) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” w/ Ian Mond

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode150TortureCinemaMeetsTheAvengers/SandF%20–%20Episode%20150%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20The%20Avengers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSFurries, bad weather, and painful banter, oh my!  You picked it, so we had to watch it.  But we didn’t do it on our own.  Nope.  We roped Ian Mond from The Writer and the Critic Podcast into joining us for this endless reel of terror.  Featuring our amazing acting talents, our five-by-fives, and lots of laughter, this is one episode you don’t want to miss (unless you’re crazy and actually like this film). 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 150 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 2:10:58) The Avengers (IMDB) Ian’s Blog Ian’s Twitter The Writer and the Critic Podcast Shooting the Poo Podcast 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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149. Lauren Beukes (a.k.a. the Travel Ninja) — The Shining Girls (An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode149InterviewWLaurenBeukes/SandF%20–%20Episode%20149%20–%20Interview%20w%20Lauren%20Beukes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTime travel, murderers, and American pastimes, oh my!  After one heck of an exciting year of bidding wars and writing, Lauren Beukes returns to the show to talk about her new novel, The Shining Girls.  We talk about serial killers, her research into American history, time travel, and so much more! We hope you enjoy the episode!  (Don’t forget to check out our interview with Lauren for her novel, Zoo City, here.) 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 149 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:04:05) Lauren’s Website Lauren’s Twitter Lauren’s Tour Schedule The Shining Girls TV Show Announcement! Lauren’s Big Idea over at Whatever (Scalzi’s Blog) Check out Lauren’s books!  They are awesome! 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.

Torture Cinema Polls

Torture Cinema Poll #17: You Decide!

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In order to help us move around our now enormous list of terrible films (50 titles long!), we’re going to start randomizing the items that appear on our polls.  This way, we’ll make the voting a little more interesting by constantly cycling different batches of films to our lovely listeners.  And so, I present you our 17th Torture Cinema poll!  Vote away! (Note:  Please do not vote for Hardware.  I have since removed it from the list due to excessive gore and an apparent robot rape scene.  We should be more specific about content restrictions in the future, but please note that we will not watch any movie containing a rape scene, whether successful or otherwise.  We also have a hard time handling excessive gore and will have to strike off supernatural or science fiction horror films that involve a lot of gore — Jason X is probably our limit.  In this case, Hardware was stricken off due to the presence of an attempted rape scene.  As horrible as the films chosen for our Torture Cinema feature may be, we draw the line at subjects that are, at the very least, grossly offensive to our listeners as comedic material.  Rape is one of those topics.  Thank you for your understanding!) IMDB Pages: Suburban Commando Hardware Space Mutiny Birdemic Prophecy

Announcements and Errata

Myke Cole Wins Compton Crook Award!

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We’re told by the Internet that our friend, Myke Cole, has snatched up a Compton Crook Award from the Baltimore Science Fiction Society this year for his novel Control Point.  We’d like to say an enormous congratulations to Myke.  He definitely deserves the award.  Jen and I (and I’m sure Paul and Julia, too) have enjoyed both of his novels, and we’ve enjoyed every second he’s given to us for podcasts.  I imagine this is just the beginning for Myke’s career. Soon, we’ll see his name on other awards lists. So congratulations, Myke.  You rock! If you’d like to check out some of our interviews or discussions with Myke, you can do so here, here, here, and here.

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