Episode 86 — An Interview w/ Michael Sullivan (a.k.a. the Dwarf Lord)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow86seasonThree–AnInterviewWMichael/Sandf–Episode86–AnInterviewWMichaelSullivan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’ve been on an epic fantasy track since the start of the year, which means we’ve been living vicariously through the lives of fictional characters! This episode continues the trend! Michael Sullivan, author of The Riyria Revelations series, joins us to talk about fantasy, anti-heroes, publishing, reviews, and his books (Theft of Swords in particular). Plus, there’s also a little talk about dwarves — why they’re untrustworthy and what you can do to stop them from destroying the kingdom (this last part is clearly false, though dwarves do get mentioned quite a bit). Listen away! 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 86 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:10:32) Michael J. Sullivan’s Website 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.
Episode 85 — An Interview w/ Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow85seasonThree–AnInterviewWMykeCole/Sandf–Episode85–AnInterviewWMykeCole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIf we had known that the military would play such a prominent role in our recent episodes, we probably would have made January “Military Month.” But sometimes things are hard to predict. In any case, this week’s episode involves a little fellow named Myke Cole, who joins us to talk about Shadow Ops: Control Point, the military and genre fiction, and so much more. There’s a lot of tasty in this episode! Listen away! 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 85 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:24) Myke Cole’s Website Myke’s Twitter 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.
Episode 84 — Women in Military SF (or The Kratman Rule is B.S.)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow84seasonThree–WomenInMilitarySforThe_384/Sandf–Episode84–WomenInMilitarySforTheKratmanRuleIsB.s..mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur first hard-hitting episode of the year is finally here. This week, we talk about the recent controversy at Tor.com over Liz Bourke’s post about women in military SF, sexism, Joe Haldeman, David Weber, how science fiction might look at the “gender” question in the military, and much more. We’re a little less PC, a whole lot more opinionated, and altogether our cheery selves. We hope you enjoy the episode! 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 84 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 51:23) “Admirals and Amazons: Women in Military Science Fiction” by Liz Bourke (Where crazy people take over the comments thread to spout nonsense in order to appease Zuul…) Her review of Michael Sullivan’s Theft of Swords might also be of interest. (You know, because people having a fit over a negative review is always amusing…) There’s also this. 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. P.S.: No, we’re not going to “block you” or “delete your comments” on principle alone. We don’t have a comments policy. That doesn’t mean we won’t ever delete a comment or block someone, just that is unlikely that we’re going to do block/delete just because you vehemently disagree with us. All people have tolerance limits, but ours are reasonably higher than most. It takes quite a lot of button pushing to get on the black list. Spammers are the exception, of course. P.S.S.: Alright, everyone, we’re moving on now. The comments are sort of circling around the drain, drowning out a lot of other discussions worth having about gender and gender things. So we’re going to move on and save some of the good stuff for another time (such as when we have Liz Bourke on the show to talk about stuffs). Thanks to all those who have thrown in their voices, dissenting or otherwise.
Episode 83 — An Interview w/ James L. Sutter (a.k.a. the Soul Man)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow83seasonThree–AnInterviewWJamesL.Sutter/Sandf–Episode83–InterviewWJamesLSutter.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSJames L. Sutter, author and editor at Paizo, joins us for a brilliant discussion about media tie-in fiction, Middle Eastern settings, the after life, atheism/theism in fiction, his debut novel, Death’s Heretic, and many more fascinating topics. But before we devolve into lackluster puns about death, ghosts, souls, and so on, we’ll just direct you to the episode! We hope you enjoy the interview! (You’ll notice that the numbers changed again. This will be the last time. There’s a little note at the beginning of the episode that explains everything.) 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 83 — Download (MP3) Intro and Interview w/ James L. Sutter (0:00 – 1:19:02) James’ Website James’ Twitter Paizo Publishing “The Gray Zone: Moral Ambiguity in Fantasy” by James L. Sutter “Fantasy and Moral Ambiguity: Repetition Rears its Ugly Head” by Shaun Duke 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.
Episode 82 (Season Three) — Torture Cinema Meets Twilight
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2seasonThree–TortureCinemaMeetsTwilight/Sandf–Episode2–TortureCinemaMeetsTwilight.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur second episode of the third season is finally here. I say that knowing it’s only been a few days since the last episode went live. But we’re catching up on some unfinished business, so you’ll have to give us a break. Episode 82 is our much anticipated Torture Cinema feature, in which we review-while-intoxicated the wonderfully terrible “romance” flick known to lesser beings as Twilight (we like to call it “1,000 Ways to Destroy Female Self-Esteem”). We hope you enjoy the episode! 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 82 — Download (MP3) Intro and Torture Cinema Meets Twilight (0:00 – 28:17) Twilight (IMDB) 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.
Episode 81 (Season Three) — Anticipating 2012 in Our Rockets of Doom
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow1seasonThree–Anticipating2012InOurRockets/Sandf–Episode1–Anticipating2012InOurRocketsOfDoom.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back after a very brief, but well-deserved vacation! Our first episode for Season Three is all about what SF/F/H movies, TV shows, and books we’re looking forward to this year. And boy is there a lot of stuff to look forward to… Feel free to leave a comment with your 2012 anticipations! We hope you enjoy the episode! 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 81 — Download (MP3) Intro and Our Lists (0:00 – 28:17) You’ll have to wait for our lists…because reading it would ruin listening to the awesomeness that is Episode 1! 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.
