Recommended Reads: 2013 Post-Holiday Reading List
Recommended Reads is a monthly feature in which the Skiffy and Fanty crew tell you about one thing they recently read that they think you might like too. This month, we’re sharing our favorite reads for the year in order to convince you to buy a million books during the winter holidays. Here are their picks:
185. J.R. Vogt at Worldcon (an Interview of Sorts)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode185JRVogtAtWorldcon/SandF%20–%20Episode%20185%20–%20JR%20Vogt%20at%20Worldcon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRoleplaying, Pathfinders, and writers, oh my! Author/blogger J.R. Vogt joins Jen and Shaun at Worldcon to talk about writing, media tie-ins, freelancing, roleplaying games, Worldcon, 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 185 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Josh’s Website Josh’s Fiction Josh’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). Additional music from “Coffin Ships” by (Peter DiPhillips) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
183. Douglas Lain (a.k.a. Le Révolutionnaire) — Billy Moon (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode183AnInterviewWDouglasLain/SandF%20–%20Episode%20183%20–%20An%20Interview%20w%20Douglas%20Lain.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMagical realism, France, and revolutions, oh my! Author Douglas Lain joins Shaun, Stina, and David to discuss his new magical realist novel, Billy Moon. We cover 1968 France, the world of politics and genre, Winnie the Pooh, 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 183 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Douglas Lain’s Website Doug’s Books and Fiction Doug’s Twitter Diet Soap Podcast 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). Additional music from “Coffin Ships” by (Peter DiPhillips) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
182. Wesley Chu (a.k.a. Spymaster 1000) — The Lives of Tao (An Interview)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode182InterviewWWesleyChu/SandF%20–%20Episode%20182%20–%20Interview%20w%20Wesley%20Chu.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAlien wars, symbiosis, and kung fu, oh my! Wesley Chu joins Shaun, Julia, and Mike to discuss his thrilling science fiction novels, The Lives of Tao and The Deaths of Tao. We talk genre blending, comedy and writing, injecting one’s personal life into their fiction, 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 182 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Wesley’s Website Wesley’s Books Wesley’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). Additional music from “Coffin Ships” by (Peter DiPhillips) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
The Disquieting Guest — Hannibal, Horror and Television
I’m dreadfully late to this party, but over the course of the last few weeks, I finally had the chance to catch up on the first season of Hannibal. By and large, I enjoyed it very much, especially Mads Mikkelsen’s incarnation of the title character. I was very struck, too, both by how stylized the series is and how committed it is to bringing full-on horror to the small screen. In this respect, it is a pretty rare animal.* In his chapter about horror on television in Danse Macabre, Stephen King writes that horror has not been well-served by the medium. One of the big problems is that “television has really asked the impossible of its handful of horror programs — to terrify without really terrifying, to horrify without really horrifying, to sell audiences a lot of sizzle and no steak.” This is back in 1981, and the television landscape has, of course, changed radically since then. There were exceptions to this rule that King could point to then, and there have been even more since, but I think there is still a fair bit of
181. SF/F and Music w/ Peter Orullian and John Anealio
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode181PeterOrullianAndJohnAnealio/SandF%20–%20Episode%20181%20–%20Peter%20Orullian%20and%20John%20Anealio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDeath metal, the fantastic, and ruuuurrrrrrrrr, oh my! Author Peter Orullian and geekninja musician John Anealio join Paul and Shaun to discuss the intersection of music and science fiction and fantasy, recommendation politics, 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 181 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Peter Orullian’s Website Peter’s Twitter Peter’s Writing John Anealio’s Website John’s Twitter John’s Music 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). Additional music from “Coffin Ships” by (Peter DiPhillips) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
