The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4IndecipherablyMagicalRealistAndNotQuite/Sandk–EpisodeFour–IndecipherablyMagicalRealistAndNotQuiteRight.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAnother episode where we cross the river of reason and address some criticism and generally lose our minds.  As if that weren’t enough, we tease you with some surprises coming in episode five! The question of the week is:  If you were to go one on one with a Left For Dead type of zombie, would you rather have a samurai sword or a Scottish dirk?  Feel free to email your answers to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686! On a side note:  at around the one hour and one minute mark, does anyone else get the feeling that we sound somewhat like a certain skit from Saturday Night Live?  You know, back when the show was good and Alec Baldwin played a character on a certain radio show… We hope you enjoy the episode!  Here goes (the show notes are below): Episode Four — Download (MP3) Intro Discussion (0:00 – 14:03): News (14:04 – 31:43): Lightspeed Magazine is live! Redstone Science Fiction is live! Patrick Stewart has been knighted. The 2010 Young Writers Award at Young Writers Online Wil Wheaton/John Scalzi/Subterranean Press Fan Fiction Contest (the videos for context and the big reveal are here) Guillermo Del Toro steps down as director of The Hobbit. Man infects himself with a virus. Video games may reduce crime rate. The Main Event A (31:44 – 54:44): Where it all Started (Flogging Babel) Girlie Jones’ post about us (her original post is here) Strange Dave’s take. The Main Event B (54:45 – 1:02:29): The Realms of Fantasy Letter The Dreaded Sword’s criticism of Realms of Fantasy’s recent call for help. Nick Mamatas offers some possible alternatives to the letter. The clarification letter from Realms of Fantasy. Support Realms of Fantasy by subscribing ($20 for one year; $35 for two!) And there’s also Interzone (one of the best science fiction magazines ever) The End (1:02:30 – 1:11:23) That’s all, folks!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow3PieBadBooksAngryPeopleAndTheScience/Sandk–EpisodeThree–PieBadBooksAngryPeopleAndTheScienceFictionGod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with the third installment of the show! Adam makes some bad jokes, Shaun gets annoyed, and the world continues spinning. Enjoy (the show notes are below): Episode Three — Download (MP3) Question of the Week Who are your favorite female science fiction and fantasy writers, new or old, and why? Let us know in the comments, or send us an email or a voicemail to the locations listed in the sidebar or on the Contact page. Intro Discussion (0:00 – 23:39):   The 10 Most Harmful Novels For Aspiring Writers News (23:40 – 43:35): Will Smith’s IMDB (where you can see all the stuff he’s up to) Independence Day 2 and 3 (rumored) The Cover Art and Synopsis For The Passage (and info about how Cronin’s book deal) 30 Famous Authors Whose Work Was Rejected (Part One) 30 Famous Authors Whose Work Was Rejected (Part Two) 30 Famous Authors Whose Work Was Rejected (Part Three) The Main Event and the End (43:36 – 1:11:09 ): Michael Swanwick’s post about the anthology (the controversy takes place in the comments, because Swanwick is a class act) Girlie Jones’ rant about the anthology (where it all began) And another rant. Before They Were Giants (the book, by Paizo Publishing) Are we overreacting? And that’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2RobotSquidOldFogiesGenreHugsAndNebula/Sandk–episodeTwo–robotSquidOldFogiesGenreHugsAndNebulaHangups.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSHere we are with the second episode of the show!  We get a little more controversial, slightly less clean, and a lot more crazy (well, Adam does; Shaun, as we all know, is a little angel). One quick thing:  we mention in the episode that one of the segments still has the split audio.  It doesn’t.  I managed to de-split the audio, so there are no split-audio sections.  We didn’t have time to re-record. Without further delay, here it is.  Enjoy (notes are below): Episode Two — Download (MP3) Our question of the week is: Who are some of your favorite new science fiction writers and why?  (“New” means a writer who began publishing novels in the last ten years.) Let us know in the comments, or send us an email or a voicemail to the locations listed in the sidebar or on the Contact page. Intro Discussion (0:00 – 24:45): Gav’s posts about SF Signal’s Mind Melds and the Old Fogies of SF:  first, second, and third. SF Signal’s Mind Melds:  part one and part two. News (24:46 – 49:19): China Mievill is writing a space opera novel! The Literary Terrorist. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea gets two movie treatments. 7 (stupid) genre shows coming this fall. The Main Event (49:20 – 1:01:13): So What is the Literary Life Like? (M.D. Lachlan’s post) The End (Books and Things)(1:01:13 – 1:18:23): Spar by Kij Johnson. And that’s all, folks! Thanks for listening!

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow1DreamsOfNebulasAndFans/Sandk–EpisodeOne–DreamsOfNebulasAndFans.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWell, here it is!  The first episode of our show.  It’s a little later than we had hoped, but so be it.  We hope you enjoy it.  Below you will find the show notes with links to most of the stuff we talk about. Episode One — Download (MP3) So, have at it! Intro Discussion (0:00 – 26:45): The Nebula Awards (winners) Adam’s Take on the Awards (address your hatemail to him) News (26:46 – 45:47): Vincenzo Natali to Direct Neuromancer Solitary (tv show) Splice (movie) High Rise by J. G. Ballard (that book whose title we couldn’t remember) Dark Sauce (three parts darkness, five parts anti-matter, and one part black hole) Asimov’s Opens to Electronic Submissions Neil Gaiman’s $45K Library Talk Political Football in a Tea Cup (Gaiman’s response) Tyra Banks Announces “Modelland” (YA fantasy w/ models and magic unicorns or something) The Main Event (45:48 – 1:00:05): Diana Gabaldon Causes Fanfic Furor George R. R. Martin’s Take on Fanfic And His Other Take Nick Mamatas Says Martin Got Some Things Wrong The End (Books and Things) (1:10:06 – 1:10:36): The Left Hand of God:  UK Cover; US Cover (which do you think is better?) The Map (the one I had commissioned) And that’s all, folks!