Announcement: The World SF Tour Begins in 2014 (Here We Come!)
(Note: if you’re just arriving to this post, you can find episodes for the World SF Tour under the Interviews tab; additionally, posts and other materials will be listed under the World SF Tour label.) For those who hung out with us over the course of this year’s Worldcon, you’ll have heard us talk about our 2014 schedule or seen our magic “We’re All About World SF in 2014” super special t-shirts (pics coming soon). But all of you at home missed the big announcement: The Skiffy and Fanty Show is proud to announced our 2014 World SF Tour. What does this mean? One of the things we care a great deal about on this show is diversity in SF/F. But we’re all based in the U.S., which means it is easy for the show to get stuck on what’s going on here. Since 2014 is the same year of the World Cup (Brazil!), a huge international competition, we decided to celebrate SF/F from all over the world at the same time. The World SF Tour will consist of discussions about World SF, the SF/F literary traditions in non-U.S. spaces, and related topics, along with interviews with SF/F authors from as many places as we can fit on a single season of the show. So far, we know we’re going to talk to South African, Japanese, Irish, Canadian, and Israeli authors, critics, translators, and publishers. That list of countries will get much longer (we’re working on authors and fans from the Middle East, Central and South America, other parts of the African continent, the Caribbean, and so much more)! How can you help? Share this news with the community. The biggest challenge will be reaching writers, editors, translators, and fans from other parts of the world. Let’s face it: the Earth is actually quite a big place, with over two hundred individual countries and more languages than we can count on our figures. So if you know somebody from Nigeria, South Korea, New Zealand, Qatar, American Samoa, etc. (or someone who knows a lot about the SF/F in X country), let them know about what we’re doing! Authors, publishers, editors, filmmakers, and translators from all over the world should contact us at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com and tell us about yourself. Do you have a book coming out next year? A movie? Do you work with translators to or from a language? Contact us! We’re going to try to cover as many topics, peoples, and countries as we can, but we can’t do that without people to talk to! So that’s the big announcement. Long live World SF! ————————————————————- Note: We’ll still have American guests; when we say “the world,” we mean “the world” and not some essentialized version where there’s the “United States” and “Everyone Else.” The U.S. isn’t the center of the universe, so a true World SF tour has to acknowledge the contributions of writers from as many places as we can possibly fit in a year.
Monthly Movie Madness #8 — March 2012
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness8–March2012/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadness8–March2012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThe latest MMM feature is late. That’s all my fault, because I am perpetually terrible at everything. So, without further delay, here are our short, but sweet takes on this month’s SF/F movie releases! Tune in and enjoy! Here’s the episode: MMM #8 — Download (MP3) The Movies (from IMDB): The Lorax Shaun: 3 / Jen: 3 John Carter Shaun: 5 / Jen: 4 Silent House Shaun: 3 / Jen: 3 The Hunger Games Shaun: 3 / Jen: 4 Wrath of the Titans Shaun: 2 / Jen: 2 Mirror Mirror Shaun: 2 / Jen: 3 What do the scores mean? 1 — I’d rather kill myself! 2 — Probably Torture Cinema 3 — Eh, maybe… 4 — I’d like to see it! 5 — I’ll be there in costume! The big question: which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?
Monthly Movie Madness #7 — January 2012
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness7–January2012/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadness7–January2012.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with our monthly movie feature, albeit a little late. I’ll spare you the long explanations and introductions! Tune in and enjoy! Here’s the episode: MMM #7 — Download (MP3) The Movies (from IMDB): The Devil Inside Our scores: Shaun (4) / Jen (4) The Divide Our scores: Shaun (4) / Jen (4) Underworld: Awakening Our scores: Shaun (2) / Jen (4) What do the scores mean? 1 — I’d rather kill myself! 2 — Probably Torture Cinema 3 — Eh, maybe… 4 — I’d like to see it! 5 — I’ll be there in costume! The big question: which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?
Flick Bits: First Pics of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus!
Entertainment Weekly has a sneak peek into the much anticipated new Ridley Scott flick, Prometheus (thanks to Stephen Hunt for bringing these to my attention). Here you go: Scott’s film, set for release next June, is the latest addition to the Alien universe/series, which began with Alien in 1979 and continued under James Cameron with the 1986 film Aliens. Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, and Guy Pearce (among others). IMDB describes the film as follows:
Monthly Movie Madness #4 — October 2011
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness4–October2011/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadnes4–October2011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAh, Halloween. That means scary movies, right? Sorta… This month’s MMM feature looks at all of the genre-related movies hitting theaters in the month of October, some of which are bound to be terrible horror movies not worth seeing… Tune in and enjoy Here’s the episode: MMM #4 — Download (MP3) The Movies: Real Steel The Thing The Skin I Live In Paranormal Activity 3 The Three Musketeers In Time The big question: which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?
Monthly Movie Madness #3 — Sept. 2011
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness3–Sept.2011/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadness3–Sept2011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis month seems to be a great month for movies. Some really awesome flicks are coming out and MMM is all about letting you all know what we think about them. Listen to the episode to find out which ones we are looking forward to the most! What do you think? Let us know! Here’s the episode: MMM #3 — Download (MP3) The Movies: Apollo 18 Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame InSight Contagion Creature Shaolin One Fall The Treasure Hunter Abduction Humans vs. Zombies Take Shelter Tucker and Dale vs. Evil Dream House Bunraku The big question: which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?
