The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 45 — Torture Cinema Meets Alone in the Dark

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.3–TortureCinemaMeetsAloneInTheDark/Sandf–Episode3.3–TortureCinemaMeetsAloneInTheDark.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with yet another Torture Cinema torture fest.  This week we have Mia to thank for voting on Alone in the Dark — an Uwe Boll vehicle.  Thanks a lot, Mia!  We’ll see you in hell! Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 45 — Download (MP3) Intro and Torture Cinema Meets Alone in the Dark (0:00 – 36:10) Alone in the Dark (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.

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Episode 44 — The Newsies, Atlantis, and Gender Problems

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.2–TheNewsiesAtlantisAndGenderProblems/Sandf–Episode3.2–TheNewsiesAtlantisAndGenderProblems.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with a heavy hitter.  This week we talk about upcoming movies, the discovery of Atlantis, some stupid universities and their anti-library nonsense, and the recently released review/gender statistics from Strange Horizons. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 44 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 36:10): Alcon Entertainment is Acquiring the Rights to Blade Runner (Somewhere Philip K. Dick’s alternate personality is talking to itself.) The University of New South Wales is Killing Their Libraries (Books rise up and finally start the revolution.) Archaeologies Claime to Have Found Atlantis in Spain (Weirdos from Arkansas say the same about aliens…) Bioware Tells Straight Male Gamer to “Get Over It” (Everyone but the angry straight guy has a good laugh.  The extended cut can be found here.) Paolini’s Final Book is Coming Soon! (Haters everywhere collapse into comas) Anarchy Books Opens For Business (Andy Remic takes a swig from the Awesome Sauce bottle) Strange Horizons and the Gender Count (36:11 – 53:44): The Gender Count Check it out!  Shaun’s first blurb! 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.

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Episode 43 — Torture Cinema Meets Dungeons & Dragons

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.1–TortureCinemaMeetsDungeonsDragons/Sandf–Episode3.1–TortureMeetsDungeonsAndDragons.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with another edition of Torture Cinema!  This time we look at the awful Dungeons & Dragons (2000) monstrosity.  The great thing about this episode is that you don’t have to watch the movie if you don’t want to.  We’ll do the dirty work for you! The episode is sure to bring some laughs, so tune in and enjoy! (Sorry for the late episode, folks.  I didn’t have time to edit the episode until late on Sunday and decided to push the release until Monday.  Thanks for your patience!) Quick note:  Please donate to the Red Cross for relief efforts in Japan.  They could really use our help, folks.  $1.  $20.  Whatever you can manage.  Just help. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 43 — Download (MP3) Intro and Torture Cinema:  Dungeons & Dragons (0:00 – 36:07): Dungeons & Dragons (2000) (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.

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Episode 42 — An Interview w/ Tobias Buckell

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3.0–AnInterviewWTobiasBuckell/Sandf–Episode3.0–InterviewWTobiasBuckell.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re excited to have Tobias Buckell on the show!  The interview springs off our last episode on colonialism and science fiction, and, as you all may know, Shaun is writing his M.A. thesis on Buckell’s work, so this is a very special interview for him.  Buckell is also awesome.  We hope you enjoy the interview! Quick note:  Please donate to the Red Cross for relief efforts in Japan.  They could really use our help, folks.  $1.  $20.  Whatever you can manage.  Just help. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 42 — Download (MP3) Intro and Interview w/ Tobias Buckell (0:00 – 56:34): Tobias Buckell’s Website (Check out his books, short stories, blog, and so on.  Seriously.  Do it.  Or we’ll cry.) 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.

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Episode 41 — Colonialism and Science Fiction

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.9–ColonialismAndScienceFiction/Sandf–Episode2.9–ColonialismAndScienceFiction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThere has been some interesting discussion lately about the intersection of colonialism and science fiction.  We thought it would be a good topic to take on this month and spend a good amount of time talking about how the two intersect, what’s wrong with phrases like “colonizing space,” and examples of colonialism in science fiction (largely in the form of critique).  It’s an interesting topic and we hope you enjoy it. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 41 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 40:22): “‘Colonizing Space’ is a Dirty Phrase:  Stop Using It” (Shaun’s original post) “Interesting Article on ‘Colonization’” (Larry’s Response) “An Addendum:  ‘Colonizing Space’ — It Really is That Bad” (Shaun’s Response) “A Brief Bit More on That Colonization Discussion” (Larry’s Response x2) io9’s Facebook Question (Clearly plagiarized :P) Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder (Read it!) The End:  Reading and Writing (40:23 – 45:48) 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.

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Episode 40 — Your Artificial Face Are Belong To Us

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.8–YourArtificialFaceAreBelongToUs/Sandf–Episode2.8–YourArtificialFaceAreBelongToUs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time for another week of wonderful news.  We cover all of the SF/F-related films coming out in March and some great news from the SF/F community (some of it Gaiman-esque and some of it Scalzian), all followed by a lovely discussion of the Holy Grail people and artificial skin.  Tune in and enjoy! Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 40 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 29:07): Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (IMDB) Beastly (IMDB) Rango (IMDB) The Adjustment Bureau (IMDB) Battle:  Los Angeles (IMDB) Mars Needs Moms (IMDB) Red Riding Hood (IMDB) The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman (IMDB) Limitless (IMDB) Paul (IMDB) Sucker Punch (IMDB) Help Nathan Fillion Buy Firefly! (Because he’s sexy — obviously.) Old Man’s War on its way to a movie! (Scalzi fans immediately plan an overthrow of the U.S. government…) Documentary about Andrew Norton in the works! Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is coming to a screen! (Obsessed girls everywhere scream a collective cry of “OMG!”) Michel Gondry is adapting Ubik by Philip K. Dick (Shaun has a geeky joygasm.) Inkjet Printers Inspire Scientists to Make Skin (…and Hollywood has a plastic surgery fit…) Free Monty Python Videos on YouTube Lead to 23,000% DVD Sale Increase (Shaun’s repressed marching band memories reemerge.) 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.

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