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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 35 — Newsies and Mary Anne Mohanraj

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.4–NewsiesAndMaryAnneMohanraj/Sandf–Episode2.4–NewsiesAndMaryAnneMohanraj.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s about time we gave you all a little bit of happy news, and that’s what this episode is (mostly) about.  Upcoming movies?  Check.  Fantastic science discoveries?  Check.  Stuff about the new Batman movie?  Check.  More happy things?  Check.  See?  We’ve got it all, including an interview with Mary Anne Mohanraj of the Speculative Literature Foundation. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter.  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 35 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 16:39): Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy to Play Catwoman and Bane (respectively) (You can pretty much guarantee that there will be a lot of sexy in The Dark Knight Rises). Joseph Gordon-Levitt Pegged to Be in The Dark Knight Rises (maybe as the villain) (Like I said…sexy.) U.S. Biotech Company Patents New CO2-eating, Hydrocarbon Pooping Organism! (The oil companies half clap as their plans to destroy the Earth slowly go down the toilet…) Kepler Discovers First Earth Sizes Planets inside the Habitable Zone (Halliburton begins planning the invasion…) Juan of the Dead — A New Cuban Zombie Comedy! (Opportunistic capitalists rejoice.) Battlestar Galactica Online Open Beta Now Live! (So say we all! Total Recall Remake — It’ll Follow the Source Material More Closely (And Arnold will probably make a cameo in Quaid’s magic Mars adventures.) Interview w/ Mary Anne Mohanraj (16:49 – 31:39): The Speculative Literature Foundation (The initials also spell out Stegosaurus Lawncare and Friends) Mary Anne Mohanraj’s Website Strange Horizons (Definitely better than getting your hand stuck in a car door.) The Canada Council of the Arts (Where good Canadian stories go to “discover” themselves…) The End:  Reading and Writing (31:40 — 34:50): 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.

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 31 — The Muslims Are Coming and January Movie Weirdness

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.1–TheMuslimsAreComingAndJanuaryMovie/Sandf2.0–Episode2.1–TheMuslimsAreComingAndJanuaryMovieWeirdness.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with SandF 2.0!  New music.  A new site design.  And a shorter, better show!  Just wait for what’s coming up in the year!  Lots of interviews and more!  Oh, and we’re eligible for a Hugo.  See below for the link for nominations! Episode 2.1 is all about the insane things going on this month, including new film releases, some stupid crap about superheros and Muslims, and a very awesome story about a little girl and her amazing parents!  So tune in and enjoy! Question of the Week: What one book, movie, show, album, or other creative project was your favorite in 2010? If you’d like to send us your answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! 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 31 — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 18:00) People Start Freaking Out About Batman’s Recruit in France! (You know, because McWhitey McChristian would be so much better…) 10-year-old Girl Discovers a Super Nova! (The youngest person to do so, and she’s Canadian, which means she didn’t do it with a bacon-scope, obviously.) The Empire Strikes Back and Other Films Get Added to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress ( The Emperor only smiled with malice in his eyes when reached for comment.) Reading and Writing (18:01 – 23:25) Nominate us for a Hugo Award!  We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category! Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 16: You Sunk My Battleship with the Kindle, and Other Amusing Stories

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EpisodeSixteen–YouSunkMyBattleshipWithTheKindleAndOtherAmusing/Sandf–EpisodeSixteen–YouSunkMyBattleshipWithTheKindleAndOtherAmusingStories.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time to talk about eBooks, some of our good zombie friends, Suzanne Collins, and the new Battleship movie.  Yes, you heard that right.  There is going to be a Battleship movie, and it’s going to be a scifi flick.  Listen to the show to find out how… So tune in and enjoy! This week’s tagline was created by my dear friend Kelsey (known as Mercy on Young Writers Online).  Thanks, Kelsey! Question of the Week: We’re changing it up a little bit.  This week we have a question, but we’re giving it to you via a poll. If you’d like to give a more detailed answer to the question, you can email it to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode Sixteen — Download (MP3) Intro and News (0:00 – 25:15): Suzanne Collins Sells 450,000 Books (in the first two weeks) Harper Collins to Create New Global SF Imprint Universal Dead Movie Rumors Confirmed! Details About the Battleship Movie Rihanna in the Battleship Movie The Main Event:  Ebooks — Savior or Curse? (25:16 – 53:57): U.S. Neighborhood Bookstores Thrive in Digital Age The ABCs of E-Reading E-Books Top Hardcovers at Amazon The Best e-Readers Compared:  Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Reader Throw Down E-Book and Self-Publishing E-Books Will Overtake Paperbacks The End:  Reading and Writing (53:58 – 59:28) That’s all, folks!  See you next time, and thanks for listening.

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show 15: Literary Science Fiction vs. Literary Fantasy, and Torture Cinema One

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow15LiteraryScienceFictionVs.LiteraryFantasy/Sandf–LiterarySfVs.LiteraryFAndTortureCinemaOne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re changing things up.  This week we discuss the difference between the literary science fiction and literary fantasy “fields” and review the dreadfully awful film, In the Name of the King.  It’s one part serious, one part hilarity, and two parts fun. If you like the show, please review us on iTunes!  We could use the love.  And, of course, we hope you enjoy this episode. Question of the Week: We actually have a request instead of a question.  You might recall that we have a tagline at the beginning of each episode.  Well, we’d like you to help us come up with the tagline for next week’s episode.  Come up with a funny, ridiculous, cool, or downright weird tagline and send it to us.  You can email your taglines to skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com or send us a voicemail at 206-203-1686!  You can also leave a comment here or follow us on twitter.  We’d love to hear your creative responses!  (The only rule is that your tagline needs to be relatively clean; no curse words.) Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode Fifteen — Download (MP3) Intro:  Literary Science Fiction vs. Literary Fantasy (0:00 – 22:45): Main Event:  Torture Cinema — In the Name of the King (22:46 – 1:00:45): In the Name of the King (IMDB) Feel free to send us your suggestions for a terrible science fiction or fantasy movie that we should watch.  It doesn’t have to be a movie you’ve seen, by the way.  If you’ve heard that something is awful and want us to watch it for you, we will! The End:  Reading and Writing; the Question of the Week (1:00:46 – 1:03:44) That’s all, folks!  See you next week.

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