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Flick Bits: Terry Brooks’ Magic Kingdom For Sale Optioned!

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From the man himself: Warner Brothers has optioned Terry Brooks’ best-selling MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER series of books for Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures and Andy Cohen’s Grade A Entertainment. Goldsman and Cohen will produce with Weed Road’s Kerry Foster and Alex Block overseeing for Weed Road. Warner Brothers’ Matt Cherniss brought the book series into the studio and will run point. Brooks was represented by Anne Sibbald of Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Weed Road is in preproduction on A WINTER’S TALE written and to be directed by Goldsman. Recent credits include PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 and FAIR GAME. Cohen last produced UNTRACEABLE starring Diane Lane. He’s currently working on the stage show, HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL and the indie film, IN SIGHT. I’ve said it before:  this kind of news always makes me grin.  Brooks is a widely read author.  While I haven’t read any of his novels, I did read his book about writing, which I found incredibly fascinating (more autobiography than writing text).  If you’re of the writing persuasion, I’d recommend it. And since I haven’t read Brooks’ novels, I have to ask: Have any of you read them?  If so, what did you think?  Do you think Magic Kingdom For Sale will make a good movie? The comments are open to all of you!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 85 — An Interview w/ Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow85seasonThree–AnInterviewWMykeCole/Sandf–Episode85–AnInterviewWMykeCole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIf we had known that the military would play such a prominent role in our recent episodes, we probably would have made January “Military Month.”  But sometimes things are hard to predict. In any case, this week’s episode involves a little fellow named Myke Cole, who joins us to talk about Shadow Ops:  Control Point, the military and genre fiction, and so much more.  There’s a lot of tasty in this episode! Listen away! 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 85 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:24) Myke Cole’s Website Myke’s Twitter 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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A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Myke Cole

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We just interviewed him (episode goes live tomorrow), but nothing tides you over like a little bit of art and geek humor! Here you go: The Taephus Commando — Dictavian Scoidius Strength 7; Intelligence 5 Special Ability:  Reinforcements (If Dictavian is outnumbered in combat, you may draw enough Viking Amoebas from your Consumed pile to even the odds, starting from the top) (Shadow Ops:  Control Point by Myke Cole)

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The Hugos: Nominate Us; Nominate Others (Share Away)

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In case you didn’t know, we’re eligible for a Hugo Award this year.  You can nominate us for Best Fancast, which seems to be the temporary place for podcasts this year.  You can also probably get away with nominating us for Best Fanzine (which we wouldn’t mind, since the Chicon 7 page says Best Fancast is a “one time” deal; it’s up to you).  Nominations close on March 11th, 2012. You should also check out Adam’s page for his eligible fiction works.  He’s had a few short stories published that, if we’re being honest, deserve some awards recognition. But this post isn’t just about us.  We’d also recommend nominating the following podcasts: The Coode Street Podcast (Jonathan Strahan and Gary Wolfe) The Agony Column (Rick Kleffel) Writing Excuses (Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Taylor, and Dan Wells) There are, of course, many other podcasts worth nominating, including some we probably don’t know. And we’d also suggest nominating these wonderful novels: Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht (our interview) Low Town by Daniel Polansky (our interview) Osama by Lavie Tidhar (our interview) But here’s where you come in: What would you like to see on the ballot for the Hugos?  Let us know in the comments!

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Episode 84 — Women in Military SF (or The Kratman Rule is B.S.)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow84seasonThree–WomenInMilitarySforThe_384/Sandf–Episode84–WomenInMilitarySforTheKratmanRuleIsB.s..mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur first hard-hitting episode of the year is finally here.  This week, we talk about the recent controversy at Tor.com over Liz Bourke’s post about women in military SF, sexism, Joe Haldeman, David Weber, how science fiction might look at the “gender” question in the military, and much more.  We’re a little less PC, a whole lot more opinionated, and altogether our cheery selves. 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 84 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 51:23) “Admirals and Amazons:  Women in Military Science Fiction” by Liz Bourke (Where crazy people take over the comments thread to spout nonsense in order to appease Zuul…) Her review of Michael Sullivan’s Theft of Swords might also be of interest. (You know, because people having a fit over a negative review is always amusing…) There’s also this. 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. P.S.:  No, we’re not going to “block you” or “delete your comments” on principle alone.  We don’t have a comments policy.  That doesn’t mean we won’t ever delete a comment or block someone, just that is unlikely that we’re going to do block/delete just because you vehemently disagree with us.  All people have tolerance limits, but ours are reasonably higher than most.  It takes quite a lot of button pushing to get on the black list.  Spammers are the exception, of course. P.S.S.:  Alright, everyone, we’re moving on now.  The comments are sort of circling around the drain, drowning out a lot of other discussions worth having about gender and gender things.  So we’re going to move on and save some of the good stuff for another time (such as when we have Liz Bourke on the show to talk about stuffs).  Thanks to all those who have thrown in their voices, dissenting or otherwise.

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A Special ToC: Years’ Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (2012) from Prime Books

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You might notice something a little “special” about the following table of contents for the 2012 Years’ Best Dark Fantasy and Horror collection from Prime Books.  But you’ll have to look at the list to find out what it is: “Hair” by Joan Aiken (The Monkey’s Wedding & Other Stories / F&SFJuly/August) “Rakshashi” by Kelley Armstrong (The Monster’s Corner: Through Inhuman Eyes) “Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin” by Adam Callaway (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #73, July 14, 2011) “The Lake” by Tananarive Due (The Monster’s Corner: Through Inhuman Eyes) “Tell Me I’ll See You Again” by Dennis Etchison (A Book of Horrors) “King Death” Paul Finch (King Death) “The Last Triangle” by Jeffrey Ford (Supernatural Noir) Near Zennor by Elizabeth Hand (A Book of Horrors) “Crossroads” by Laura Anne Gilman (Fantasy, Aug 2011) “After-Words” by Glen Hirshberg (The Janus Tree and Other Stories) “Rocket Man” by Stephen Graham Jones (Stymie, Vol. 4. Issue 1, Spring & Summer 2011) “The Colliers’ Venus (1893)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy) “Catastrophic Disruption of the Head” by Margo Lanagan (The Wilful Eye: Tales from the Tower, Vol. 1) “The Bleeding Shadow” by Joe R. Lansdale (Down These Strange Streets) “Why Light?” by Tanith Lee (Teeth) “Conservation of Shadows” by Yoon Ha Lee (Clarkesworld, August 2011) A Tangle of Green Men, Charles de Lint (Welcome to Bordertown) “After the Apocalypse” by Maureen McHugh (After the Apocalypse) “Lord Dunsany’s Teapot” Naomi Novak (The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities) “Mysteries of the Old Quarter” by Paul Park (Ghosts by Gaslight) Vampire Lake, by Norman Partridge (Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2) “A Journey of Only Two Paces” by Tim Powers (The Bible Repairman and Other Stories) “Four Legs in the Morning” by Norman Prentiss (Four Legs in the Morning) “The Fox Maiden” by Priya Sharma (On Spec, Summer 2011) “Time and Tide” by Alan Peter Ryan (F&SF, Sept/Oct 2011) “Sun Falls” by Angela Slatter (Dead Red Heart) “Still” by Tia V. Travis (Portents) “Objects in Dreams May Be Closer Than They Appear” by Lisa Tuttle (House of Fear) “The Bread We Eat in Dreams” by Catherynne M. Valente (Apex Magazine, Issue 30, November 2011) “All You Can Do Is Breathe” Kaaron Warren (Blood & Other Cravings) “Josh” by Gene Wolfe (Portents) Okay, so figuring out the special thing in the list shouldn’t be too hard, since I put it in bold and all… Congratulations to Adam both for his publication in BCS and his first anthologized “Best of” story!  We’re sure his career will soon collapse under his mounting alcoholism… (we kid, of course — love you, Adam!) It might also interest folks to know that Maureen McHugh has a wonderful story in here, which is also in her collection of the same name from Small Beer Press (which I just finished and loved to death).  And since I played a crucial role in getting Adam’s story published (yeah, I’m taking credit), that means this collection has not just one amazing story, but two.  That alone is almost worth the entry price.

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