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Confessions of a Comics Junkie: Identity, Obsessions, and Everything

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I buy quite a lot of comics — probably not as many as some, but enough that my collection has started to get a little overwhelming.  There are currently two long boxes of comics in my closet.  Full.  And on top of those long boxes are two stacks of comics that are likely to fill a third long box.  That’s a lot of comics to have collected in only a few months.  Lucky for me, I am good at finding deals, and my local comic guy gives me a discount on new comics if I pre-order them.[1] On top of that, I easily read fifty or sixty comics a month when I’m busy.  Right now, I’m 11 comics into Marvel’s The Ultimates, which I mostly read during the shortest third leg of my flight from Florida to California.[2][3]  On a good month, I can go through a crossover event or two in a week — Flashpoint and Avengers vs. X-Men events took me less than a week each. [4] So not only am I buying the heck out of comics, I’m also reading them

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180. Reign of Fire (2002) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure”

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode180TortureCinemaMeetsReignOfFire/SandF%20–%20Episode%20180%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Reign%20of%20Fire.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDragons, ash munching, and crazy Americans, on my!  Shaun, Jen, Julia, and Paul tackle Reign of Fire — Jen, by the way, doesn’t agree with the rest of us…for reasons. 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 180 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Reign of Fire (2002) (IMDB) 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.

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#11 — Catching Fire (2013) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/ShootTheWISB11CatchingFire2013/Shoot%20the%20WISB%20%2311%20–%20Catching%20Fire%20%282013%29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMockingjays, rebellions, and dictators, oh my!  Shaun, Mike, Paul, and Keffy join forces to tackle the newly released film adaptation of Catching Fire, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, and many more! Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later. Download the episode here. Show notes (info about our contributors can be found on the about page): Catching Fire (IMDB) “What Really Makes Katniss Stand Out?  Peeta, Her Movie Girlfriend” at NPR Note:  We’re shifting over the Shoot the WISB segments from my personal blog to The Skiffy and Fanty Show.  Why?  It just makes more sense, I suppose.  If you’ve never listened to the Shoot the WISB casts, you’ll likely see them pop up in your iTunes or RSS feeds over the next few weeks.

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Top 10 Posts and Episodes for November 2013

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By popular demand (Paul!), I present to you the top 10 posts and episodes for November 2013.  Enjoy! Posts: Out-Brutalling the Last Guy:  “Grim and gritty, yes…but make sure it’s doing some honest work” by K.V. Johansen Worldbuilding:  Why It Ain’t So Easy by Stina Leicht Mining the Genre Asteroid:  Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (post by Paul Weimer) Adventures in SF Parenting:  the Wild, Wild Web by Jen Zink Mining the Genre Asteroid:  Way Station by Clifford Simak (post by Paul Weimer) The Disquieting Guest — Horror in/and Fantasy by David Annandale LitBits:  The Politics of Author/Work Separation by Shaun Duke Movie Review:  Mama (2013) by Stina Leicht The Disquieting Guest — A Belated Explanation by David Annandale Geekomancer Under Glass:  Beyond the Capes (Part Two) by Mike Underwood Episodes: 177. Nick Mamatas — Love is the Law (An Interview) Episode 4.2 — Torture Cinema Meets The Wicker Man 175. Religion and Genre Fiction w/ Max Gladstone & David Levine (A Discussion) 176. Sam Sykes at Worldcon (An Interview of Sorts) 174. Cassandra Rose Clarke at Worldcon (An Interview of Sorts) 178. Emma Newman (a.k.a. Tea & Cake) — The Split Worlds Trilogy #05 — Pacific Rim (2013) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion w/ Michael R. Underwood #03 — Man of Steel (2013) — A Shoot the WISB Discussion w/ David Annandale and Michael R. Underwood Episode 84 — Women in Military SF (or The Kratman Rule is B.S.) 173. The Gate (1987) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure” (the Halloween Special)  

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The Disquieting Guest — Horror in/and Fantasy

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A few weeks back, Shaun quipped to me that horror is “fantasy with scary bits.” Even further back, a discussion went around on Twitter as to whether horror and epic or high fantasy could coexist. A few remarks this week (which I will get to in due course) had me thinking about this issue again. As I’ve argued previously, horror is too polymorphous to be considered a genre — any attempt to define it as such winds up with exclusions and inclusions so remarkable as to invalidate the definition. For example:  an insistence that there must be an element of the supernatural excludes the likes of Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and so on. On the other hand, horror’s symbiotic/parasitic nature allows it

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