Torture Cinema Poll for July 2014: You Decide!

I’m late in dropping the Torture Cinema episode from June, but that doesn’t mean you all can’t vote for our end-of-the-month torturefest!  You know the drill.  Voting will end on Monday.

Our CONvergence Schedules: Where We’ll Be and How You Can Join Us!

The entire male crew will be at CONvergence this 4th of July weekend.  Why the guys?  We drew straws.  Or it was entirely random.  Whichever sounds more interesting. In any case, I’ve taken the liberty to compile a day-by-day schedule of all of our activities, whether as a group OR as individuals.  Some things may […]

Torture Cinema Poll for June 2014: You Decide

You know the drill.  Pick the one you want us to watch this month!  Voting closes on Monday. Note:  I’ve been randomizing the massive list so we can keep the polls fresh.  From now on, I’m also going to randomize the lists by decade so each poll item is from a different decade.

Top 10 Episodes and Blog Posts for May 2014

May was a busy month.  Here’s what you were all enjoying! Top 10 Episodes: #20. Captain America: the Winter Soldier (2014) — A Shoot the WISB Subcast 204. Caribbean SF w/ Karen Lord, Tobias Buckell, and Stephanie Saulter — #WorldSFTour Episode 4.2 — Torture Cinema Meets The Wicker Man 205. Mary Anne Mohanraj & Cecilia […]

2014 Hugo Award Episode Pack: Download away!

If you’re a Hugo Voter, you’ll have seen the little document in the Fancast category from us which includes recommended episodes from 2013 — one from each of our episode types.  To make it a little easier for folks to download these episodes, we’ve put up a .zip file containing all four mp3 files, which […]

Thoughts on the Hugo Nominated Short Stories by Adam Callaway

(Edit:  this post was actually written by Adam Callaway.  I forgot that WordPress would use my ID to indicate the author if I was the one who created it.  Sorry for any confusion.) I am both pleasantly surprised and just a little disappointed with this year’s batch of nominees. There were no short stories I […]