290. We're Back and Anticipating 2016

Fake histories, crazy movies, and wicked books, oh my! We’re back in action after a brief hiatus. In this magic episode, the crew discusses some of the things they loved in 2015 and some of the things they can’t wait for in 2016. From books to movies to weird or joyous experiences, Episode 290 is all about celebrating a year gone by and a year to come!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

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Show Notes:

2015 Things:
- Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
- Jupiter Ascending
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Fake Lore Podcast
- Silver on the Road by Laura Ann Gilman
- Court of Fives by Kate Elliot
- CONvergence 2015
- Mike Getting Married (YES THIS IS WICKED AWESOME
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Vol. 1) by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
- Galavant
- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Echopraxia by Peter Watts
- Seveneves by Neil Stephenson
- Jen says television was wicked awesome for sf/f
- The 100
- The Man in the High Castle
- Ex Machina
- It Follows
- Room
- Carol
- Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson, Sana Amanat, Stephen Wacker, and Adrian Alphona
- Doorway to the Hidden World
- Shaun Telling Mike’s True Story on Twitter
2016 Things:
- Borderline by Mishell Baker
- The Star-touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
- Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Starlit Wood edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe
- Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older
- Deadpool
- The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez
- Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
- Moana
- Bourne 5 (a.k.a. Jason Bourne)
- Julia will be working at Uncanny Magazine!
- ICFA!
- Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Company Town by Madeleine Ashby
- Cloudbound by Fran Wilde
- Of Sand and Malice Made by Brad Beaulieu
- A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
- The Edge of Worlds by Martha Wells
- Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
- The Star Wars Franchise!
- Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine de Landro
- The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville
- The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
- Star Wars: Poe Dameron by Charles SOule and Phil Noto
- Captain America: Civil War
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- World of Warcraft (movie)
- Passengers
- Synchronicity
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Rachael is editing her first anthology! No Shit, There I Was

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.