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191. Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs): Breach Zone (2014)(An Interview)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode191AnInterviewWMykeCole/SandF%20–%20Episode%20191%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Myke%20Cole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMagic wars, goblins, and love, oh my!  Myke Cole returns once more with another incredible work of fantasy fiction, Shadow Ops:  Breach Zone.  We dig into the complicated relationship between the military and the general public, the development of the novels in Shadow Ops series, and so much more. Spoiler warning:  if you have not read the previous two books in the series, Control Point and Fortress Frontier, we recommend doing so before listening to this episode.  While we don’t ruin those books, we obviously discuss some of the details in their connection to Breach Zone. 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 190 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Myke’s Website Myke’s Twitter Myke’s 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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Geekomancer Under Glass — Video Games I Want To Play

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Hello all! This is Mike, your resident Geekomancer. Thanks to my novel contracts, my free time to *be* a geek has been lessened. I’ve had to make some tough leisure time choices, and more often than not, video games lose out, since it’s easier for me to sit back and absorb some narrative via TV and film. My friend Gregory A. Wilson has figured out a great way to have his cake and eat it too. He broadcasts his video gaming on Twitch TV, a broadcasting system. Through his stream, I’ve discovered a number of great video games that I desperately want to play, but haven’t made time. And all of this in a Golden Age of independent video game design. Therefore, I’m going to sublimate some of my yearning into this blog, and do my best to add to Skiffy & Fanty readers’ T0-Be-Played pile:

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Top 10 Blog Posts and Episodes for January 2014

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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!

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189. Our Favorite Things from 2013 (A Roundtable Discussion)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode189OurFavoriteThingsFrom2013/SandF%20–%20Episode%20189%20–%20Our%20Favorite%20Things%20from%202013.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBooks, movies, TV, and more, oh my!  In a fit of profound genius, most of the crew got together to discuss all the lovely stuff they read, viewed, and experienced in 2013. 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 189 — Download (MP3) Show Notes (all the things we mentioned):

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Book Review: Enchanted and Hero by Alethea Kontis

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    Monday’s child is fair of face,     Tuesday’s child is full of grace,     Wednesday’s child is full of woe,     Thursday’s child has far to go,     Friday’s child is loving and giving,     Saturday’s child works hard for a living,     But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day     Is bonny and blithe and good and gay. This rhyme opens Enchanted, the first in a series of the tales of the Woodcutter sisters. When we first meet them, Sunday, the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, is out in the Wood, writing stories in a journal. She meets an enchanted frog named Grumble, and the rest, as they say, is history. Alethea Kontis hooked me in quickly with the easy conversational tone of Sunday’s encounter with Grumble. The Princess and the Frog is a fine story,

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188. Shimon Adaf (a.k.a. Revelationator) — Sunburnt Faces (An Interview: the World SF Tour)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode188InterviewWShimonAdaf/SandF%20–%20Episode%20188%20–%20Interview%20w%20Shimon%20Adaf.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 Shimon Adaf, author of Sunburnt Faces from PS Publishing.  We discuss violence and children, religion, the influence of reading, 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 188 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Sunburnt Faces on PS Publishing PS Publishing 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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