157. Michael J Martinez (a.k.a. Master and Commander) — The Daedalus Incident (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode157AnInterviewWMichaelJMartinez/SandF%20–%20Episode%20157%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Michael%20J%20Martinez.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMars, sailboats in space, and strange timey wimey stuff, oh my! Author Michael J. Martinez joins us to talk about his new book, The Daedalus Incident. We talk about RPGs, writing 3D space battles, the British Empire, 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 157 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:07:53) Mike’s Website Mike’s Twitter Check out Mike’s books! They’re awesome! 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.
Myke Cole Wins Compton Crook Award!
We’re told by the Internet that our friend, Myke Cole, has snatched up a Compton Crook Award from the Baltimore Science Fiction Society this year for his novel Control Point. We’d like to say an enormous congratulations to Myke. He definitely deserves the award. Jen and I (and I’m sure Paul and Julia, too) have enjoyed both of his novels, and we’ve enjoyed every second he’s given to us for podcasts. I imagine this is just the beginning for Myke’s career. Soon, we’ll see his name on other awards lists. So congratulations, Myke. You rock! If you’d like to check out some of our interviews or discussions with Myke, you can do so here, here, here, and here.
148. Rhiannon Held (a.k.a. The Beastmaster) — Tarnished (An Interview + Giveaway!)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode148InterviewWRhiannonHeld/SandF%20–%20Episode%20148%20–%20Interview%20w%20Rhiannon%20Held.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWerewolves, anthropology, and pack sociology, oh my! Rhiannon Held joins us again to talk about her new book, Tarnished (sequel to Silver, which we interviewed her about here). We dig into the growing wealth of anthropological and sociological information about her werewolf “universe,” urban fantasy and urban fantasy series, writing, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the episode! To make things interesting, we’ve got an extra copy of Tarnished up for grabs! All you have to do is leave a comment below. I will ship the book anywhere (though tossing in $3 would be nice for international folks). Leave a comment! 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 148 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:23:12) Rhiannon’s Website Check out Rhiannon’s books! They are awesome! 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.
146. Artificial Intelligence and You w/ Mary Robinette Kowal (A Discussion)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode146ArtificialIntelligenceAndYouWMaryRobinetteKowal/SandF%20–%20Episode%20146%20–%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20and%20You%20w%20Mary%20Robinette%20Kowal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRunaway robots, evil computers, and automatons, oh my! Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the recently released Without a Summer, joins us to discuss one of science fiction’s longest-lived concepts: artificial intelligence. We explore the motivations behind their prevalence in SF, early examples of AI (pre-Victorian Era), and more. Plus, we talk a little bit about Mary’s new book, which we’re sure a lot of you will love! 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 146 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:28:58) Mary’s Website Mary’s Twitter The Year Without a Summer (Wikipedia) Shades of Milk and Honey (UK Edition) The (Mechanical) Turk (Wikipedia) Eerie, Indiana (IMDB) Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (Wikipedia) The Future Eve by Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam (Wikipedia) de l’Isle-Adam on Project Gutenberg (all in French, I’m afraid) Check out Mary’s books! They are awesome! 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.
Call for Authors / Filmmakers / etc.: We Want You (Aug. to Dec. 2013)
Once again, we’re putting out a call for authors with upcoming books, etc. for interviews and discussions. If you have something dropping at some point between Aug. and Dec. 2013, please send an email to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com letting us know what you’ve got going on (or have your publicist yell at us). What we’re looking for: New novels, short stories, video games, movies, or related books (science, some non-fiction, etc.). With rare exception, we prefer traditionally published books, whether from a small or large press or transferred over from a different format to the traditional model. Works that are either broadly defined as science fiction or fantasy (the “literary” is just as desired as “standard genre,” whatever that means) OR that are related or of interest to SF/F fans (biographies, science books, some history, and so on). The book must have a release date in either August, September, October, November, or December of this year. We’ll put out another call for 2014 stuff later this year (things are changing for us). Books written by anyone. We do our best to have as wide a range of authors as we can manage. As such, we want authors who are women, men, people of color, Westerners, non-westerns, QUILTBAG, and anything else I can’t think of right now. Things we’d like to see more of: Space opera Cyberpunk YA SF/F New Weird or General Weird Fantasy Literary SF/F (like Jane Rodgers, Samuel R. Delany, Kurt Vonnegut, Joanna Russ, Margaret Atwood, Thomas Pynchon, John Crowley, etc. — yes, this category is flawed, so I hope the names will give you a sense of what I mean by “literary”) SF/F from perspectives other than the West Feminist SF Ninjas We have a limited number of interview slots, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do our best to include you in discussion episodes, etc. If you are not an author, please spread the word. There are all kinds of things being published these days, so we don’t want to miss out on something great!
143. Paul Cornell (a.k.a. The Cricket Whisperer) — London Falling (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode143InterviewWPaulCornell/SandF%20–%20Episode%20143%20–%20Interview%20w%20Paul%20Cornell.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSCoppers, monsters, and blood blisters, oh my! This week, the multi-talented Paul Cornell joins us to talk about his latest fantasy novel, London Falling, the power of London for fantasy writers, the supernatural vs. the real world, Doctor Who, and so 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 143 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:21) Paul’s Website The SF Squeecast Check out Paul’s book! It’s good stuff! 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.
