Top 10 Blog Posts and Episodes for January 2014
It’s officially February, which means it’s time to let you know what was popular over the last 31 days. Here are the top 10 episodes: Episode 4.2 — Torture Cinema Meets The Wicker Man 186. Israeli Publishing and Translation w/ Didi Chanoch & Rani Graff (World SF Tour) 187. Lavie Tidhar (a.k.a. NYC P.I.) — The Violent Century (2013) (An Interview) 189. Our Favorite Things from 2013 (A Roundtable Discussion) #12 — The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion 188. Shimon Adaf (a.k.a. Revelationator) — Sunburnt Faces (An Interview: the World SF Tour) 116. Season of the Witch — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” #13 — Babylon 5 Re-Watch (Ep. 5-8) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion 183. Douglas Lain (a.k.a. Le Révolutionnaire) — Billy Moon (An Interview) #10 — Babylon 5 Re-Watch (Ep. 1-4) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion And here are the top 10 posts (note: I’ve removed giveaways and polls from the list): My Superpower and Mini-Interview: James Dashner Recommended Reads: 2013 Post-Holiday Reading List The Masks the Monsters Left Behind by Romeo Kennedy (Guest Post) My Superpower: J. M. McDermott The World SF Tour: A Comics and Graphic Novel Reading List? by Shaun Duke Book Review: A DARKLING SEA by James Cambias (by Paul Weimer) The Disquieting Guest — Some Notes on Gore by David Annandale Guest Post: “Tackling Other Cultures in Fiction” by Stina Leicht Series Review: The Split Worlds by Emma Newman (by Paul Weimer) Mining the Genre Asteroid: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Camp (by Paul Weimer) If you missed any of this lovely stuff, catch up now!
187. Lavie Tidhar (a.k.a. NYC P.I.) — The Violent Century (2013) (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode187InterviewWLavieTidhar/SandF%20–%20Episode%20187%20–%20Interview%20w%20Lavie%20Tidhar.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe World SF Tour continues…with an interview with Lavie Tidhar, author of The Violent Century. We discuss the novel’s path to publication, its themes of heroism, superheroes and the pulps, and much more. 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 187 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Lavie’s Website Lavie’s Twitter You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. 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.
The World SF Tour Begins on Monday (1/13/14)
And here’s what’s on the docket for the month of January (dates may shift, but are otherwise firm): 1/13: Hebrew SF and Translation w/ Didi Chanoch (translator) and Rani Graff (publisher) 1/15: Interview w/ Lavie Tidhar on The Violent Century (Hodder & Stoughton) 1/17 1/18 1/19: Shoot the WISB discussion on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) 1/21: Interview w/ Shimon Adaf on Sunburnt Faces (PS Publishing) 1/24 1/12: Shoot the WISB discussion on Babylon 5 (Season One, Disc Two) 1/27: Our Favorite Things from 2013 1/28 2/1: Torture Cinema “review” (film to be selected tomorrow) 1/31 2/2: Interview w/ Myke Cole on Breach Zone (Ace) February: New Zealand and Australia (dates and specifics being firmed out this month)! And there you have it. There’s a lot to look forward to this month, and much more to come. Thanks for listening! Note: As we previously mentioned, some episodes will not be specific to our theme, such as the Shoot the WISB sessions or Torture Cinema.
