We’re Nominated for a Hugo Award!
Did you hear the exciting news? DID YOU? We’re officially on the final ballot for the 2014 Hugo Awards! How cool is that? So a few quick things to say: We’re on the Hugo Award ballot! OMG! A whole bunch of you nominated us! Thank you ever so much. We love you. We really do. You are all so super awesome. Also: thank you so much for listening to our show! We’ll give you free cookies one day. Promise. We’re on the Hugo Award ballot! OMG! Wait…I already said that. Oh well. So what does this mean? Simple: We’re on the ballot, which means all of you who have attending or supporting memberships will be able to vote for us or one of the other lovely podcasts that made it to the final list (also: all the books, short stories, movies, and what not that got nominated). It’s up to you! If you haven’t purchased a supporting membership, you should probably do so right now so you can vote! And not just for us, because that would be silly and self-serving. No. You should get a supporting membership because a) all the cool kids are doing it; b) you’ll get a huge packet of free reads (not guaranteed, but it always happens these days); c) to support the Hugo Awards by making it bigger and better than ever before; and d) to have a say in what gets an award! It also means we could really use your support to bring The Skiffy and Fanty Show to Worldcon this year. We need to at least raise the funds for the plane ticket by the end of this month, so if you can spare $10, please do so! Julia and Shaun would love to attend the convention and sit among the nominees at the Hugo Awards (and Jen is planning to make this happen now, too, which is awesome). And that’s it! Thanks so much for nominating us. Thanks to the Hugo committee folks for sending us the amazing news. Thanks to everyone who has supported us in any way: listeners, readers, hosts, friends, writers and sf/f fans…thank you all. Squeeeee! —————————————————————- P.S.: Don’t forget that we’re hosting our 200th episode live on Monday! Details here.
A Note on Hugo Awards and The Stars Change by Mary Anne Mohanraj
Today is the deadline for Hugo Award nominations. If you haven’t voted yet, get your ballot filled out right now! We are, of course, eligible in the Best Fancast and Best Fanzine categories, along with a lot of other wonderful folks. So…vote! In the interest of ballot-related things, I’d like to draw your attention to Mary Anne Mohanraj’s The Stars Change, which we talked about briefly in an upcoming episode recorded at ICFA this year (along w/ Cecilia Tan). I knew I wouldn’t be able to get the episode up in time for folks to listen to it pre-ballot-deadline, so I promised to write a little post about the book. In short, it’s an intriguing work, and our discussion covered such interesting topics as sexuality, Sri Lankan politics, and more. If anything, this post should serve as a reminder that it is, in fact, eligible this year. Here are some details about the book, which is published by Circlet Press:
162. Worldcon Walk-by Session #1: Keffy Kehrli, Rachael Acks, Michael J. Martinez, Karen Burnham, & Kyell Gold
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode162WorldconWalkbySession1/SandF%20–%20Episode%20162%20–%20Worldcon%20Walkby%20Session%20%231.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWSFS, geekery, and Worldcon ninjas, oh my! In our first ever Worldcon walk-by recording session, a whole host of wonderful folks came by to talk to us about the WSFS meetings, our perceptions of Worldcon (the first days), movie remakes, SF nostalgia, and much more. Thanks for everyone who dropped by! You all rocked! 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 162 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 54:59) Rachael Acks’ Page Rachael’s posts on the WSFS meetings can be found here. Rachael Acks’ Twitter Karen Burnham’s Page Karen Burnham’s Twitter SF Crossing the Gulf Keffy Kehrli’s Page Keffy Kehrli’s Twitter Kyell Gold’s Page Kyell Gold’s Twitter Michael J. Martinez’ Page Michael J. Martinez’ Twitter Supernatural (IMDB) Buffy (IMDB) Eerie, Indiana (IMDB) Carrie (2013) (IMDB) John Kessel’s Essay on Ender’s Game Ender’s Game (Wiki) 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.
159. The Hugo Final Ballot and Our Votes w/ Justin Landon & Renay
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode159TheHugoFinalBallotAndOurVotes/SandF%20–%20Episode%20159%20–%20The%20Hugo%20Final%20Ballot%20and%20Our%20Votes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSHugos, categories, and trouble, oh my! The final ballots for the Hugos have been submitted, and since some of our hosts and friends have been involved in the “controversy” surrounding the entire event, we figured it would be a great time to have a discussion about our individual ballots and final thoughts. Needless to say, nobody will agree across the board… 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 159 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 2:03:13) Speculative Fiction 2012 (The Collection) Justin’s Website Justin’s Twitter Renay’s Website (Lady Business) Renay’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). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
139. Hugo/Clarke Award Roundtable w/ Stina Leicht and Liz Bourke
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode139AHugoClarkeAwardRoundtable/SandF%20–%20Episode%20139%20–%20A%20Hugo%20%252B%20Clarke%20Award%20Roundtable.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAward “controversy,” fiascos, and discussions, oh my! In this special episode of SandF, we invited Stina Leicht and Liz Bourke to talk about the Hugo and Clarke Award shortlists. We cover the controversies surrounding this year’s finalists, our own thoughts about the lists, and the rhetoric that has kept the fires burning (and more, of course). We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: Some of the audio is not as clean as normal. I did my best to fix the problem. I hope it does not annoy 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 139 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:48:06) Liz Bourke’s Website Clarke Award Shortlist Hugo Award Finalists “Can we stop talking about the Hugos now?” by Staffer’s Book Review 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.
Question of the Week: What do you think about the Hugo Nominees?
We’ve talked about the 2011 Hugo Nominees in Episode 3.5, but now we want to know what you think. Do you think it’s a good list? Why or why not? What would you put there instead? Let us know what you think about the list in the comments or on Twitter. And stay tuned for Monday’s episode, which will feature Andy Remic, author of Serial Killers Inc and Kell’s Legend (among other novels).
