Genre Fiction

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 87 — Genre Rambles w/ Liz Bourke

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow87seasonThree–GenreRamblesWLizBourke/Sandf–Episode87–GenreRamblesWLizBourke.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWho’s up for another hard-hitting discussion episode?  You are?  Great! Liz Bourke joins us for episode 87 to talk about LGBT discrimination in publishing, SF/F books for the ladyfolk (whatever that means), history from the classical period (with a little medieval history for good measure), and SF/F in the global sphere (and the women on the margins therein).  Our conversation wanders to all kinds of interesting side topics — in true discussion fashion.   We had a blast, and we hope you will too! Listen away! 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 87 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:17:50) RWA Chapter Contest Bans Same-sex Novel Entries (or, How to Start a Shitstorm on the Internet) Flavorwire’s list of 10 Great Science Fiction Books for Girls (Because the best way to a girl’s heart is with a book involving children getting kicked in the junk…) (Global) Women in Science Fiction Roundtable (World SF Blog) (I have nothing funny to say about this…) 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.

Torture Cinema Polls

Torture Cinema Poll #8 Results

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The results are in, but to make things interesting, we’ve decided to launch a preemptive strike:  we’re going to record two Torture Cinema episodes at the same time, but post them during different weeks. “What’s the big deal about that?” you might say.  Well, we’re going to drink through the whole thing.  From start to finish.  And that means we’re probably going to be so plastered that the hilarity of our normal drunkenness will be enhanced by the wonder of complete alcoholic bliss.  That also means we will have two skits to perform, one while mildly intoxicated and one while completely plastered.  Imagine what that will do to our acting abilities! But which two movies are we going to review? The #1 pick from the 8th Torture Cinema Poll: And its sequel: So there you have it.  What do you think?

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 86 — An Interview w/ Michael Sullivan (a.k.a. the Dwarf Lord)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow86seasonThree–AnInterviewWMichael/Sandf–Episode86–AnInterviewWMichaelSullivan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’ve been on an epic fantasy track since the start of the year, which means we’ve been living vicariously through the lives of fictional characters!  This episode continues the trend! Michael Sullivan, author of The Riyria Revelations series, joins us to talk about fantasy, anti-heroes, publishing, reviews, and his books (Theft of Swords in particular).  Plus, there’s also a little talk about dwarves — why they’re untrustworthy and what you can do to stop them from destroying the kingdom (this last part is clearly false, though dwarves do get mentioned quite a bit). Listen away! 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 86 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:10:32) Michael J. Sullivan’s Website 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.

Blog Posts

Flick Bits: Terry Brooks’ Magic Kingdom For Sale Optioned!

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From the man himself: Warner Brothers has optioned Terry Brooks’ best-selling MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER series of books for Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures and Andy Cohen’s Grade A Entertainment. Goldsman and Cohen will produce with Weed Road’s Kerry Foster and Alex Block overseeing for Weed Road. Warner Brothers’ Matt Cherniss brought the book series into the studio and will run point. Brooks was represented by Anne Sibbald of Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Weed Road is in preproduction on A WINTER’S TALE written and to be directed by Goldsman. Recent credits include PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 and FAIR GAME. Cohen last produced UNTRACEABLE starring Diane Lane. He’s currently working on the stage show, HEATHERS – THE MUSICAL and the indie film, IN SIGHT. I’ve said it before:  this kind of news always makes me grin.  Brooks is a widely read author.  While I haven’t read any of his novels, I did read his book about writing, which I found incredibly fascinating (more autobiography than writing text).  If you’re of the writing persuasion, I’d recommend it. And since I haven’t read Brooks’ novels, I have to ask: Have any of you read them?  If so, what did you think?  Do you think Magic Kingdom For Sale will make a good movie? The comments are open to all of you!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 85 — An Interview w/ Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow85seasonThree–AnInterviewWMykeCole/Sandf–Episode85–AnInterviewWMykeCole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIf we had known that the military would play such a prominent role in our recent episodes, we probably would have made January “Military Month.”  But sometimes things are hard to predict. In any case, this week’s episode involves a little fellow named Myke Cole, who joins us to talk about Shadow Ops:  Control Point, the military and genre fiction, and so much more.  There’s a lot of tasty in this episode! Listen away! 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 85 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:19:24) Myke Cole’s Website Myke’s Twitter 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 Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 84 — Women in Military SF (or The Kratman Rule is B.S.)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow84seasonThree–WomenInMilitarySforThe_384/Sandf–Episode84–WomenInMilitarySforTheKratmanRuleIsB.s..mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur first hard-hitting episode of the year is finally here.  This week, we talk about the recent controversy at Tor.com over Liz Bourke’s post about women in military SF, sexism, Joe Haldeman, David Weber, how science fiction might look at the “gender” question in the military, and much more.  We’re a little less PC, a whole lot more opinionated, and altogether our cheery selves. 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 84 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 51:23) “Admirals and Amazons:  Women in Military Science Fiction” by Liz Bourke (Where crazy people take over the comments thread to spout nonsense in order to appease Zuul…) Her review of Michael Sullivan’s Theft of Swords might also be of interest. (You know, because people having a fit over a negative review is always amusing…) There’s also this. 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. P.S.:  No, we’re not going to “block you” or “delete your comments” on principle alone.  We don’t have a comments policy.  That doesn’t mean we won’t ever delete a comment or block someone, just that is unlikely that we’re going to do block/delete just because you vehemently disagree with us.  All people have tolerance limits, but ours are reasonably higher than most.  It takes quite a lot of button pushing to get on the black list.  Spammers are the exception, of course. P.S.S.:  Alright, everyone, we’re moving on now.  The comments are sort of circling around the drain, drowning out a lot of other discussions worth having about gender and gender things.  So we’re going to move on and save some of the good stuff for another time (such as when we have Liz Bourke on the show to talk about stuffs).  Thanks to all those who have thrown in their voices, dissenting or otherwise.

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