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783. Adrian Tchaikovsky (a.k.a. The Strange Programmer) — Service Model

shaunduke / August 4, 2024

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-783-adrian-tchaikovsky/SandF_783_AdrianTchaikovsky.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSSpecial programming, societal collapse, and funny robots, oh my! Shaun Duke and Daniel Haeusser are joined by Adrian Tchaikovsky for an interview about his latest novel, Service Model. Together, they explore the complex question of robot sentience, life as a robot that isn’t sentient, the challenges of narratives with unusual protagonists, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of The Jaguar Mask by Michael J. DeLuca, featuring a jaguar with glowing yellow eyes, a green and blue bird, and a pictographic border that includes cars.

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Book Review: The Jaguar Mask, by Michael J. DeLuca

trishmatson / August 1, 2024

I started out only able to read this book in small bites, taking time for digestion, but by the end, I was eating it up eagerly, hungry for the meanings that were emerging and the inspirations I could take from it.

Cover of Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce, featuring bout two dozen butterflies lined up in rows on a board or paper.

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Book Review: HOLLOW TONGUE by Eden Royce

Daniel Haeusser / July 29, 2024

… Known for her Southern Gothic horror writing, Royce writes with the same genre vibes in Hollow Tongue, but approaches the field in unexpected ways that emphasize the psychological horror of trauma and symbolism…

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782. Star Paws (2016) — Torture Cinema #143

shaunduke / July 25, 2024

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-782-star-paws/SandF_782_StarPaws.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMutant cats, bad paleontology, and doggies, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer join forces with the phenomenal Foz Meadows for a bonkers discussion of 2016’s Star Paws! Together, they untangle the film’s plot about a super bone, get lost in its perception of time, and ponder the romantic relationships of the onscreen dogs. Plus more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Cover of The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman, featuring a red and black battlefield.

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Book Review: THE DAUGHTERS’ WAR by Christopher Buehlman

Daniel Haeusser / July 25, 2024

If you don’t already know, The Daughters’ War is a follow-up that is not a sequel, but a prequel. Book 0 in the Blacktongue series, Buehlman’s new novel tells the backstory of Galva, as if she were relating it to Kinch.

Cover of The Warden, by Daniel M. Ford, featuring a female figure apparently casting some kind of spell on a cloaked figure, amid a wilderness that's partly dark and partly pink.

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Review: The Warden by Daniel M. Ford

Paul Weimer / July 22, 2024

… So, once things do kick off, we get a lot of fun action sequences, a main character learning to do better and learning to adapt her city and courtly ways to the wild frontier, to tackle a problem far bigger and dangerous than she imagined, and torn between wanting to stick it out and wanting to decamp for other climes. …