Question of the Week

Question of the Week: What new scifi/fantasy TV series are you looking forward to (or currently enjoying)?

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Apparently the folks down in Hollywood have decided that maybe regular people kind of like science fiction and fantasy!  Yay for geek and nerd-dom!  At least, that’s how it appears based on the sheer number of new science fiction and fantasy based television series that are slated to come out this year.  Granted, the folks at SyFy did just cancel Stargate: Universe, but they also have a new Battlestar Galactica series on their books, so maybe they’re not completely evil. With all these new shows coming to the tube, we want to know which ones you’re looking forward to (after the fold):

Announcements and Errata

Call for Guest Posters: Authors, Bloggers, Fans!

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That’s right!  We’re looking for guest posters for our show.  Here’s what we’re looking for: About genre — rants, history, observations, questions, etc. Discussions of craft — if you’re an author, we’d love to have your guest posts on all things related to your writing. What inspired you to write X? What are you favorite books?  Etc.! Interviews Book reviews Movie reviews Basically, we’re looking for anything and everything to fill up our week with interesting content.  And you never know:  we might bring you onto the show to rant with us (this is more a probably than a might, if we’re being honest). Send an email to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com and let us know what you’d like to contribute.  If you have an idea for something that doesn’t fit into any of these categories, let us know!  We’ll probably be interested.

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 50 — NebulaFail 2010

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.8–NebulaAwardsFail2011/Sandf–Episode3.8–NebulaFail2011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe Nebulas have been announced, and we’re not very happy.  For this episode, Adam returns for a testosterone-filled rant about the nominees and the winners, our preferred candidates, and the things we actually enjoyed this time around.  Our episode might be a tad on the controversial side, but that’s the way (uh huh, uh huh) we like it. (Episode 3.8 was originally schedules to be an episode of Torture Cinema, but we forgot about the Nebulas and decided we needed to talk about them.  Torture Cinema will be next week.) 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 50 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion:  NebulaFail 2010 (0:00 – 34:51) Publisher’s Weekly Coverage of the Nebulas Adam’s Editorial on the Nebulas 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.

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: How can Space Opera keep itself relevant?

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Shaun asked me to do the question of the week a few hours ago, and I accepted, even though he forgot my birthday. So the question I pose this week is: how can space opera stay relevant? Space opera, in many ways, is the heart of SF. A decent space opera extrapolates current technologies and theories past their breaking points, muse on alien culture and philosophy, contrasts the everyman with the extraordinary, and heaps on that good ol’ sensawunda until it topples over and spills some into other subgenres. That’s what a decent space opera should do, in my opinion, but they’ve been doing it for decades. In this time of the naysayer slandering SF, saying it’s a “dying medium” because of some garbage about “SF catching up with reality,” what can space opera do to say, “Au contraire Monsieur (or Madame) Naysayer,” and proclaim its relevance? How can a subgenre over 100 years old reinvent itself for our increasingly cynical and overly fantastic world? Respond please. P.S.:  I didn’t forget his birthday.  He never told me that his birthday was this weekend.  Totally Adam’s fault.

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 49 — Interview w/ Alex Bledsoe

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.7–InterviewWAlexBledsoe/Sandf–Episode3.7–InterviewWithAlexBledsoe.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAlex Bledsoe joins us on the show to talk about his latest Eddie LaCrosse novel (Dark Jenny), the fantasy genre, movies, the writing process, and much more.  Tune in and enjoy! 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 49 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 39:03) Alex Bledsoe’s Website (For his books, ramblings, and specially tailored hamster mittens!) Shaun’s review of Dark Jenny (Look!  It’s Baltar!) Oh, and don’t forget to vote on our next Torture Cinema flick!   The vote is almost done, and we need to know what you want to torture us with next! 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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