Review Doors Open: Authors/Publishers/Creators — Bring It On!
If you didn’t hear the cool news, we’ve added four lovely people to our blogging crew: Trish Matson, Cecily Kane, Daniel Haeusser, and Ciaran Roberts. They’ll primarily review books, comics, and other things here, and they’ll help us fill the gap that poor Paul has been unable to fill on his own! You can learn more about each of them on our contributors page. That means we’re opening our doors to more reviews, which is a fairly new thing for us. Full guidelines are listed here, but you might also be interested to know that our reviewers are happy to cover a wide variety of formats, including: Novels and novellas Anthologies and collections (we have one dedicated reviewer to this category) Comics Movies UK authors will also be happy to know that one of our reviewers is located across the pond. If you have a book releasing in the UK, do get in touch! International Authors: our 2014 theme is “the World SF Tour.” If you’re a non-U.S./U.K. author, don’t hesitate to contact us, whether for a review or to participate in a podcast episode. If you’d like to have your work reviewed, send a description of the book(s) (press release or pitch) to at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com. Additionally, it is helpful for our reviewers if you provide a link to the publisher’s site for the book and to an excerpt (if available). Intended release date is also useful for determining the urgency for a review. As the title says: bring it on!
Top 10 Episodes and Blog Posts for August 2014
In case you missed a few things, here’s what was popular last month! Episodes: 215. Kim Stanley Robinson (a.k.a. The Ethnographer) — Shaman (An Interview) 214. Dutch SF Roundtable w/ Tiemen Zwaan, Marieke Nijkamp, Martijn Lindeboom, and Thomas Olde Heuvelt 219. Kameron Hurley (a.k.a. The Patriarchy Smarsher) — The Mirror Empire (An Interview at CONvergence) 213. Corinne Duyvis (a.k.a. Mindsweeper) — Otherbound (An Interview) 218. Live at CONvergence w/ Martha Wells and Carrie Patel Episode 4.2 — Torture Cinema Meets The Wicker Man 216. Max Gladstone (a.k.a. the Soul Merchant) — The Craft Sequence (An Interview at ICFA) 212. Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas (a.k.a. Ood-les of Fun) at CONvergence 220. Wesley Chu (a.k.a. Spymaster 1000) — The Rebirths of Tao (An Interview at CONvergence) 211. Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” Blog Posts: Announcement: Our 2015 Theme “Hard and Soft Alternate Histories: The Time Roads by Beth Bernobich, The Shadow Master by Craig Cormick and Rod Duncan’s The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter” by Paul Weimer “When Calls for Diversity Are Not Enough” by Charles Tan “A (World) SFF Film Odyssey: Mutant Girls Squad (2010) and Anime’s Excesses” by Shaun Duke My Superpower: LJ Cohen “English as the Center and Its Privileges” by Charles Tan “The Disquieting Guest — Bava’s Centenary” by David Annandale My Superpower: Tim Lees “Book Review: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll” by Paul Weimer “Book Review: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron” by Paul Weimer Enjoy!
Torture Cinema Poll: What should we watch for September 2014?
You know the drill. There’s that little poll thing. Clicky click. Vote. Go! Choose wisely…
Write101x: University of Queensland Free Writing Course!
Marianne de Pierres recently brought this course to our attention. Run by Dr. Roslyn Petelin, the course aims to provide an introduction to grammar, syntax, and style in the English language. Anyone can audit the course for free, meaning you can get access to all of the course’s materials. If you’re interested in improving your writing, this is a great way to do it from the safety of your home! Full details about the course can be found here. If you do take the course, let us know how it goes!
Announcement: Our 2015 Theme
We said on Twitter that we’d make an announcement about things to come from the show. And so here we are. Throughout 2014, we have been focused on World SF. While we plan to continue exploring the globe in 2015, we will switch our focus. In 2015, we will put our attention on the contributions of women and non-binary people to the sf field. We hope you will join us!
Torture Cinema Poll for @LonCon3 / Worldcon: You Decide; We Record in a Hotel Room
And it came to pass that four of the Skiffy and Fanty crew would be in attendance at the 2014 Worldcon in London. And the sf/f gods said, “Record Torture Cinema live in a hotel room…” And we said…YES! To celebrate being in London (and the World SF Tour), all of the films in the following poll are of British extraction. Vote wisely!
