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127. Christopher Barzak (a.k.a. Don Surrealismo) — Birds and Birthdays (An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonFourEpisode127–AnInterviewW/Sandf–Episode127–InterviewWChristopherBarzak.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSSurrealism, mythology, and fantasy, oh my!  Christopher Barzak, acclaimed author of One For Sorrow, The Love That We Share Without Knowing, and the new collection, Birds and Birthdays, joins me to discuss how surrealism has influenced his work, mythic and fairytale narratives, human identity, and much more.  It’s definitely worth a listen. We hope you enjoy the episode! (FYI:  Some of the audio isn’t as strong as I would like.  Hopefully it doesn’t hurt the episode too much.) 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 127 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:12:58) Christopher’s Website Shaun’s Review of Birds and Birthdays Buy Christopher’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.

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126. Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs) — Fortress Frontier (An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonFourEpisode126–AnInterviewWMyke/Sandf–Episode126–InterviewWMykeCole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMagic, the military, ethics, and more, oh my!  Myke Cole joins us to talk about his new book, Shadow Ops:  Fortress Frontier, the sequel to his excellent Shadow Ops:  Control Point (we interviewed him about that book here).  We discuss everything from book trailers to superhero ethics to worldbuilding and narrative development.  Plus, Myke and Shaun give us something really disturbing to think about involving a giant salad bowl… We hope you enjoy the episode! (FYI:  Some of the audio isn’t as strong as I would like.  Hopefully it doesn’t hurt the episode too much.) 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 126 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:21:37) Myke Cole’s Website Top 10 Cats in Science Fiction (Shaun’s magic cat post) Buy Myke’s book!  It’s good stuff. The Book Trailer: Note:  There’s a point in the podcast when the audio cut out, changing what Shaun said from “I’m unlikely to dodge the draft” to “I’m likely to dodge the draft.”  A weird audio flub… 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.

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#124. Anticipating 2013 — What We’re Looking Forward To (w/ Stina Leicht)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonFourEpisode124–Anticipating2013–/Sandf–Episode124–WhatWereLookingForwardToIn2013.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSScience fiction and fantasy galore!  For our first episode of the year, author Stina Leicht joins us to talk about the movies, television shows, and books we’re looking forward to this year.  There’s some bickering, the giggling, and a whole lot of SF/F 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 124 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:01:20) 2013 Movies Mentioned: The Host Ender’s Game World War Z Warm Bodies Hansel and Gretel, Witch Hunters Odd Thomas This is the End Epic Gravity Elysium Oblivion After Earth Pacific Rim Oz, the Great and Powerful Iron Man 3 Star Trek Into Darkness Monsters University Percy Jackson:  Sea of Monsters Riddick Thor:  The Dark World The Hobbit:  The Desolation of Smaug Upside Down The Last Stand A Good Day to Die Hard The Great Gatsby Mad Max:  Fury Road (comes out in 2014) The Forever War (supposedly coming out this year) The Mortal Instruments:  City of Bones The Hunger Games:  Catching Fire 2013 Television Shows Mentioned: Doctor Who The Newsroom Castle Bones Downton Abbey Games of Thrones Once Upon a Time Fringe Defiance Sherlock Warehouse 13 S.H.I.E.L.D. The Following The Americans Ripper Street Orphan Black Hemlock Grove Arrested Development 2013 Books Mentioned: Great North Road by Peter Hamilton The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord London Falling by Paul Cornell Wolf in Shadow by John Lambshead Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey The Ocean At the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Neptune’s Brood by Charlie Stross The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond ID by Madeline Ashby The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes The Fall of Arthur by J. R. R. Tolkien Ghost Spin by Chris Moriarty Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson On the Razor’s Edge by Michael Flynn Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell The Childhood of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Bio-Punk:  Stories from the Far Side of Research edited by Ra Page The Curve of the Earth by Simon Morden Unknown Book by Paolo Bacigalupi Unknown Book by Charles Stross Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris 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.

Announcements and Errata

Call for Authors: 2013 Scheduling Time!

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It’s that time again.  We’ve got a total of 22 slots for interviews next year (Jan. is stocked up), and we’d like to fill them.  If you’ve got a book coming out (from large or small press) or you’re a publisher with stuff to spread (or a film producer/etc. with a film to share), you should contact us at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com.  Here’s what we’re looking for: Anything that fits within the categories of science fiction or fantasy.  When we say “anything,” we mean that.  Your book need not be published as SF/F, nor must it follow any presumed conventions of genre.  We are open to straight genre, magical realism, weird, odd, surreal, and anything between.  Check out our list of previous guests, which represents a fairly wide range of stuff (though not as wide as we’d like). Anyone, anywhere.  Please note, though, that we are very interested in interviewing people living or from places other than the United States, which means we’ll try to spread out our slots across a range of geographic locations.  Additionally, we have had a hard time maintaining a fair representation of gender, race, LGBT, etc. on this show; as such, we would really appreciate any help in directing folks outside the traditional white-male spectrum to our show.  None of this means we will ignore folks who fit into the traditional spectrums (so don’t think you can’t email us cause you’re a white guy). Novels, short story collections, graphic novels or comics, short films, feature length films, and anything between.  Print or ebook is fine. Additionally, if you are interested in participating in a discussion-based episode, we tend to have around 12 of those each year.  As a general rule, if we can’t fit you into the 22 interview slots, we’ll ask if you’d like to join us for a discussion episode (in which we’ll cover some topic related to genre and ask you to talk about your book at some point). To anyone who doesn’t have a book, etc. for us, please share this post on your blog (it’s okay to copy and paste), social network, Twitter, and so on. Thanks, Shaun and Crew

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122. SF’s Golden Age Problem (and Pre-Hobbit Reactions) w/ Myke Cole (A Discussion)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonThreeEpisode122–SfsGoldenAgeProblem/Sandf–Episode122–TheHobbitAndGoldenAgeProblemsWMykeCole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDoes SF have a Golden Age Problem?  We discuss SF’s constant reference to older works and offer our preliminary concerns about Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit.  And our guest this week?  Myke Cole.  Sergeant Tibbs himself! We hope you enjoy the episode! (FYI:  Some of the audio isn’t as strong as I would like.  Hopefully it doesn’t hurt the episode too much.) 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 122 — Download (MP3)  Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 45:43) Myke’s Website (buy his books!) 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.

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120. Chaz Brenchley (a.k.a. The Freybug) — Pandaemonium (An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShowseasonThreeEpisode120–AnInterviewWChaz/Sandf–Episode120–InterviewWChazBrenchley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMythology, immigration, and complicated women, oh my!  Chaz Brenchley (a.k.a. Ben Macallan) joins us to discuss his new book, Pandaemonium, life as an expatriate, traveling, female heroines, writing, politics, and much more. We hope you enjoy the episode! (FYI:  The episode cuts off somewhat abruptly at the end.  You aren’t actually missing anything but a terribly awkward attempt to close out the episode, but I thought I’d mention it just in case.) 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 120 — Download (MP3)   Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:11:35) Chaz’s Website 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.

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