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Episode 57 — Books Will Take Over the Universe

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse/Sandf–Episode4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time for some book love!  When you think about it, it’s been a while since we dedicated an episode almost exclusively to talking about book things.  But we’ve done it in Episode 57, so 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 57 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 35:23) Spotlight Publishing picks up Jason Sanford’s Never Never Stories and the Million Writers Award (And we have decided to be his first official stalkers) Secret Service Confiscates Young Man’s Stuff (You know, because taking pictures of this guy is a threat to national security) Should we alter classic works of literature to make them easier? (Alternatively:  should we reduce the number of laws we have to observe while driving so we don’t have to think too much while doing it?)  Seattle Mystery Bookshop Sticks to Amazon (Meanwhile, Borders tries to sell its body to anyone who will pay for it…) 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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SFFTV: The 9 Lives (episodes 3 & 4) of Teen Wolf (episodes 5 & 6)

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You’ll have to excuse me, I’m having a skeptical day.  Both episodes of both of these shows are getting a little obvious.  It makes me wonder if ABC Family and MTV are under the assumption that all its viewers are ignoramuses (ok, yah, I probably should have realized this sooner.. I mean… look at their other programming).  This is a distinct possibility, but it’s a bit condescending.  I generally don’t like being brow beaten by clever story lines, because it means that they’re not all that clever to start with, but then again, maybe it’s because these are fantasy shows designed for people who don’t like fantasy.  I’ll have to consider this possibility before I watch next week. Spoilers Ahead!

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Episode 56 — Story South Million Writers Award

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward/Sandf–Episode4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis week is all about short stories!  The Story South Million Writers Award (an award for online short fiction) is inches away from being announced.  Episode 4.3 is our take on the top ten selections!  Don’t forget to vote before the 6th! 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 56 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 33:22) Story South Million Writers Award (entries and voting) 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.

Viking Amoeba

A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Philippa Ballantine

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I’m waiting for the day when a microbiologist stumbles upon this blog and tells me I’m being clever with these Viking Amoeba.  After all, I do an extraordinary amount of research on these things. In any case, here’s the new recruit: The Shield — Palustria Apteryxe Strength 6; Intelligence 3 Special Ability: Encase (divert all damage dealt to one ofyour amoeba to Palustria; reduce that damage by half) (Geist by Philippa Ballantine)

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Monthly Movie Madness #1 — July 2011

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness1–July2011/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadness–July2011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWelcome to our new segment!  If the title isn’t clear, this bonus episode is all about the movies coming out in July.  We’ll release a new MMM on the first of every month. Here’s the episode: MMM #1 — Download (MP3) The big question:  which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?

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Feed the Machine: Ah, My Eye!

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Clicketh This article is incredibly cool.  I think biological based SF is poised for an explosion.  Most Hard SF is based upon physics or astronomy.  Sometimes nanotech, which is an offshoot of chemistry, but the advances being made in biology are exceeding what we are coming up with in SF. This article immediately made me think of the pleasure gun in Niven’s Ringworld.  Instead of debilitating with pain, it debilitated by over-excited the pleasure centers of the targets body.  But much more devious things can be done with reward-reinforcement training.  What about a weapon that released dried algae into the atmosphere, and then a photon bomb that triggered the reward pathways the algae inhabited?  Wouldn’t a bomb be limitless in power?  What about an optical virus, that created regressive loops in the viewers brain? What would happen if all one had to do to stop addiction is drink a shot of blue-green algae juice and look at a glorified light bulb?  What would the world be like sans addiction?  Would cigarette companies buy-out the start-ups developing these technologies and destroy them?  Would people start using more drugs with the ease of quitting them?  Would excuses ala Tiger Woods and David Duchovny be a thing of the past? I’m trying to show that any of these science articles can be used to explore both bad and good futures.  SF is getting so dark.  Don’t forget that our lives today were the future of someone a hundred years ago.          

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