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Here 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):
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!
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What do you two think of Magical Realism? Is it Fantasy with a fancy label or…?
Oh, that’s a good question. We’ll see if we can cover it in ep. 3 :). Thanks!
Hey Amy, we’re going to address Magical Realism is ep 4 as our introductory discussion. We couldn’t pack it in to the third episode. Too much going on, but I really do want to address the subject. So, expect it then!
Where is the pie?
We ate it.
Ok, ok, I have to jump on Shaun’s side here and say that Starship Troopers is an amazing movie. The book may have been a critique of the military, but the film is a critique of the culture of war. There has never been a better satiric representation of military propaganda. It’s seriously up there with Dr. Strangelove. It still amazes me how few people *get* it. It makes me die inside a little *sniffle*.
I liken Starship Troopers to a futuristic version of the Nazi war machine. If you look back at all the propaganda posters, comics, movies, and so on, you see a lot of Starship Troopers (the film) in there. It’s exactly as you say :). Plus, even if you don’t pay attention to the social critique…it’s just a campy wonderful movie with silly action. It’s sort of like rewatching Total Recall 20+ years later.
Oh, and Dr. Strangelove is a friggin classic!
Oh and as for past decade authors.. though he’s been publishing short stories for 20 years, Peter Watts first novel came out in 1999.. and he’s amazing.. and Shaun’s an idiot for not having read him yet. I’m not an expert in sub genres of Skiffy, but Watts’ novels are what I think of as hard sci-fi. They’re dark, brilliant, and utterly modern.