Podcast Updates

Podcast Updates

Dear UK Publishers and Authors: We Want You…Bad!

We’ve recently added two lovely people who live in the UK to our team, and they’re interested in reviewing SF/F/H (or related) books from UK folks! (under the same guidelines listed for the podcast, of course.  Read those here.). If you’re a UK publisher or author, big or small, and you’ve got a book coming out that you’d like to see reviewed, send an email to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com!  We’ll forward the information to our UK correspondents and see if they want to review it (then we’ll give you their address). So…what have you got for us? P.S.:  The only downside is that they do not own e-readers at the moment.  Print books only (hence why we’re focusing on publishers in the U.K. in this post).

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Join the Crew: We Want Contributors and Souls

The Skiffy and Fanty Show is changing.  Sorta.  We’ll keep doing the things you all love — interviewing amazing authors, discussing news and topics of interest to the SF/F/H community, and reviewing crappy movies (and books) selected (usually) by you — but we also want to expand. That’s where all of you come in.  We’re looking to expand our content by adding contributors.  What are we looking for? Reviewers We get a too many books for Jen and I to read, and that makes us feel bad.  Really.  That’s why we want to add some reviewers for the show.  If you’re interested in getting a free book in exchange for a review, send us an email!  So far, we’ve got one taker, but there are plenty more books to be read! We’re also interested in movie reviews.  If you’re a nut for SF/F/H movies and want to review them here, we want you like a rodent wants a piece of cheese. Contributors Jen is running for President and I’m trying to get a PhD. so I can wear suits and bother undergraduates for the rest of my life.  That means, with all our other online and real-life engagements, Jen and I can’t fill up this blog the way we’d like.  And when it comes right down to it, we shouldn’t.  You learn a lot about what we think by listening to the show.  We want new voices.  New ideas.  New humorous reviews based on the book cover.  New ?s of the Week.  And even new features altogether.  If you’ve got an idea, or if you’d like to occasionally blog about major things happening in the SF/F/H community, let us know.  All it takes is your soul, two gallons of Red Stripe, and a pack of gum.  See?  We’re not that demanding… Guest Posts (from authors, filmmakers, etc.) We’re interested in guest posts for two reasons:  1) we can’t read or review everything we get in the “mail,” and 2) we think it’s a wonderful thing to hear what authors have to say about their interactions with the genre.  As such, we’re interested in guest posts on all kinds of genre-related subjects.  See the Contact page for more information on that. Those three things don’t really cover the range of possibilities — so if you have an idea and want to contribute it to this site, send us an email at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks for reading and listening!  Here’s to a very interesting month-ish of 2011.

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Important Note About Upcoming and Old Episodes

First things first, the episode has already been delayed by a week due to some issues with time for both of us host people. But the episode is now going to be delayed again because the host for our files is currently down.  We don’t know what’s going on, but if any downloads or streams do not work for you, it’s not because SandF is broken or defunct or what have you.  Everything is fine on our end.  Archive.org is simply experiencing some issues. So hang in there.  Episode 3.2 will be here as soon as I can get it up!  Thanks for your patience!

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A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Ekaterina Sedia

We’re adding to our numbers for the invasion.  Please welcome Astridora Protea (a.k.a. Ekaterina Sedia) to the ranks! The Weapons Smith — Astridora Protea Strength 4; Intelligence 4 Special Ability:  The Forge (+2 to Attack and Defense for all troops) (The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia) Interestingly enough, this is the first female warrior to join the army.  Hopefully there will be more in the future!

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Special Eaton Conference Episodes Coming! (Theoretically)

Two big things: Jen and I will be together for the first time in almost two years.  More importantly, we’ll be together for the first time as a podcast. We’ll both be attending the Eaton Conference in Riverside, California, which is an academic conference oriented towards SF/F and related subjects (technically it labels itself as a science fiction conference, but since the theme is “Global Science Fiction,” it seems silly to assume that everything that will be discussed will fit so wonderfully into SF). What you can expect from us: Special episodes of The Skiffy and Fanty Show made at the conference and released here.  They’ll be discussion-based and largely unedited (for the sake of time).  That might also mean that Jen’s potty mouth, which I’ve done a fine job keeping contained, will ruin your ears and innocence.  I apologize in advance for that. Blog posts from me (Shaun) over at my blog.  One such post has already appeared. Alien cries of terror.  Why?  Because sometimes we get bored of each other and like to re-enact colonialist invasions of alien species using bars of soap.  Don’t judge us… And that’s that.  Some interesting things will appear over the next few days.  We hope you enjoy them.  Otherwise, please send your hate mail to Patrick Hester.

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No Episode — Lo siento!

Sorry, folks.  We had an interview planned which fell through and no alternative topic due to Shaun’s other obligations (i.e. a really important Spanish test). We’ll be back next week, barring further disaster. Thanks for your patience!

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