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The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 79 — Favoritism (Our 2011 Besties)

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow6.6–Favoritismour2011Besties/Sandf–Episode6.6–Favoritismour2011Besties.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur last non-interview, non-torture episode of the year is all about our favorite books, movies, TV shows, interviews, etc. for the 2011 year.  You can see our lists below, but you’ll want to listen to hear our reasons. Plus:  we spend a little time saying thank you to everyone who listened and appeared on the show.  Why?  Because we love you.  Obviously.  Show us a little love back by leaving a response to the following questions: What books, movies, and TV shows were your favorites for 2011 (whether published this year or not)?  Which interviews, roundtables, and Torture Media episodes did you most enjoy? 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 79 — Download (MP3) Intro and Our Favorites (0:00 – 36:43) Jen’s List: Favorite Book:  Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht (Episode 4.5) Favorite Non-Fiction Book:  The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch Favorite TV Show:  Eureka (Soft) and Fringe (Hard) Favorite Movie (2011 Releases):  Super 8 Favorite Movie (Viewed in 2011):  Ip Man Favorite SandF Guest:  Jason Sanford  (See Episodes 14, 4.0a, 4.0b, 5.6, and 6.2) Favorite Interview:  Celine Kiernan (Episodes 28a and 28b) (Yes, Jen is a moron for selecting something from last year…) Favorite Roundtable Discussion:  Eaton Editions (Part One and Part Two) Favorite Torture Media Episode:  Modelland (Episode 6.3) Shaun’s List: Favorite Book:  Osama by Lavie Tidhar (Episode 5.7) Favorite Non-Fiction Book:  Walking with the Comrades by Arundhati Roy Favorite TV Show:  Game of Thrones (see my reviews starting here) Favorite Movie (2011 Releases):  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part Two) Favorite Movie (Viewed in 2011):  Never Let Me Go Favorite SandF Guest:  Jason Sanford (See Episodes 14, 4.0a, 4.0b, 5.6, and 6.2) Favorite Interview:  Lauren Beukes (Episode 2.3) Favorite Roundtable Discussion:  The Eaton Editions (Part One and Part Two) Favorite Torture Media Episode:  Modelland (Episode 6.3) 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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Episode 78 — Nihilism in Genre Fiction Roundtable w/ Paul Genesse

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow6.5–NihilismInGenreFictionRoundtableWPaul/Sandf–Episode6.5–NihilismAndGenreFictionRoundtableWPaulGenesse.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSFantasy author Paul Genesse joins us for a lively discussion about darkness and nihilism in science fiction and fantasy.  We cover everything from the good vs. evil dichotomy, war, Game of Thrones, Steven Pinker, and much more! Plus, Paul tells us a bit about his upcoming novel, the Crimson Pact series, and his deepest…darkest…secrets!  Only two of those things are true… 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 78 — Download (MP3) Intro and Roundtable Discussion w/ Paul Genesse (0:00 – 50:19) Paul’s Website(Buy his books!) The Crimson Pact Shaun’s post on nihilism and genre fiction 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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Episode 77 — LGBT Speculative Fiction Roundtable w/ JoSelle Vanderhooft

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow6.4–LgbtSpeculativeFictionRoundtableW/Sandf–Episode6.4–LgbtSpeculativeFictionRountableWJoselleVanderhooft.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis week’s roundtable is a monster.  JoSelle Vanderhooft, renowned editor of Steam Powered, Steam Powered 2, and many other fascinating collections, joins us for an extensive discussion about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) speculative fiction, the reception of LGBT people in the community (and publishing), the political side of things, and, of course, JoSelle’s work! We hope you enjoy it 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 77 — Download (MP3) Intro and Roundtable Discussion w/ JoSelle Vanderhooft (0:00 – 1:05:50) JoSelle’s Website JoSelle’s Twitter Steam Powered (Buy it!) Steam Powered 2 (Buy it!) Fantastique Gearworks Website (Down right now, but should be back up soon) Fantastique Gearworks (Facebook) Fantastique Gearkworks (Twitter) The Outer Alliance (an amazing community!) 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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Flick Bits: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Optioned for Film!

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According to Deadline, Cherie Priest‘s 2009 steampunk novel Boneshaker (released through Tor) has been optioned for a film by Cross Creek and Hammer Films: Los Angeles, CA – November 30, 2011 – Brian Oliver, President of Cross Creek Pictures, Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group and President & CEO of Hammer Films and Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”) announced today that Hammer has acquired the rights to the novel “Boneshaker” by Cherie Priest for adaptation to the big screen. Project will be co-produced by Hammer and Cross Creek Pictures and co-financed by Exclusive and Cross Creek Pictures. John Hilary Shepherd, a 2010 WGA Award nominee for his work on the first season of the Showtime series, “Nurse Jackie,” is writing the screenplay. Tobin Armbrust, Head of Production is overseeing the project’s development for Hammer Films. Cross Creek recently released The Ides of March, written and directed by and starring George Clooney.  It is also the company behind Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman.  Exclusive Media Group, another key player here, brought us the 2010 American remake of Let the Right One In (retitled Let Me In), and had a hand in many of Cross Creek’s projects. Overall, that sounds like a pretty awesome crew to have behind Priest’s novel.  What do you all think? Congrats to Ms. Priest!  Let’s hope for a wicked awesome steampunk film in our near future!

Announcements and Errata

2011 Holiday Logo Design Contest!

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If the title doesn’t entice you, then maybe this will: The lovely folks at ooShirts, a Bay Area independent shirt company, has offered a few t-shirts to us for The World in the Satin Bag and The Skiffy and Fanty Show.  Rather than shoving our logos on the shirts and enjoying them by ourselves, we thought we’d give folks a shot at a t-shirt of their own! Here’s how it will work: We want a new logo design for The World in the Satin Bag and The Skiffy and Fanty Show that reflects the content or feel of the sites in some way.  Roughly translated, that means we have no clear rules whatsoever, in part because we are artistically handicapped.  The designs should look nice (obviously) and it should have something to do with the sites, but we are more interested in seeing what you come up with than bogging down the artistic process with rules and rigid desires. These will break down into two contests:  one for The World in the Satin Bag and one for The Skiffy and Fanty Show.  And you can enter both. What you get if you win: The two winning logos will receive a t-shirt with their winning logo on the front. Free books — winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to their preferred online bookstore AND a choice of a selection of books to be announced later. A bio and thanks in the About sections of both sites (because you’re awesome and we love you) The Rules: High quality images (so that we can adjust, shrink, and move the images without worrying about all those shrinkage issues) Images must be submitted by 11:59 PM on January 8th, 2011 to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com.  The winner will be announced the following week. Original work only. By submitting your images to this contest, you are not giving us ownership of your stuff.  You grant us the right to show the logo and use it on our website and materials we purchase only for ourselves (i.e., business cards, shirts for us to wear at conventions, etc., but not stuff we buy for friends and the like).  Any sale of your logo by us will have to be agreed upon at another time.  If you want to donate the logo(s) to us, that would be awesome, but we’re not in the business of taking work from people without compensation unless they’ve offered it.  Should we become interested in selling the shirts with your logo, we’ll contact you to talk about royalties. A little about ooShirts: While I’d love to reproduce their story here, I think you’d better read it for yourself.  They’ve got a great story behind them, and a great company philosophy.  We wish them the best of success (not because they’re a Cali company, because we’re totally not that biased…). Have it it, logo designers!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 76 — Torture Literature Meets Modelland by Tyra Banks

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow6.3–TortureLiteratureMeetsModellandByTyra/Sandf–Episode6.3–TortureLiteratureMeetsModellandByTyraBanks.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis week marks our first ever Torture Literature show.  And you’re definitely in for a treat.  We decided months and months ago that we would read and review Modelland by Tyra Banks.  Why would we do this to ourselves?  Because we think punishing ourselves is a great way to entertain all of you. So sit back, turn on the episode, and enjoy! 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 76 — Download (MP3) Intro and Torture Cinema Meets Modelland by Tyra Banks (0:00 – 45:01) Modelland on Amazon (Save yourself and don’t read it…) Tyra Banks’ Website Some extra goodies for you all: And now some tweets (from Shaun)(read them from the bottom up): Also: having your 1st period in #Modelland is superseded by how interested you are in your roommate’s toothbrush. Foh real. Staying on menstruation in #Modelland — protagonist’s 1st period takes up less than 1pg. Because clearly it’s important for young girls. It’s apparently important to remind us that women naturally synch their menstrual cycles. Instantly in #Modelland. Thanks, Tyra. GTK. Smart people in #Modelland know algorithmic statistics (but never show it) and put together jigsaw puzzles w/ 30 pieces. Yeah… I’m glad someone is getting joy out of my #Modelland troubles.@actuallyaisha Heaven knows I’m dying right now… Because calling something the Common Room would be too obvious, Tyra came up with UnCommon Room. *snort* #Modelland I don’t think I can do this anymore. #Modelland is so bad it’s actually giving me the shakes. And I can’t throw an ebook at the wall… Skimming #Modelland doesn’t help with the reading experience. You end up focusing only on the really bad parts. Ugh. Apparently Yorkshire terriers exist in the world of #Modelland, even though it’s not clear whether England does. #WorldbuildingGaps Not related to reading: Tim Tebow = most annoying football player since T.O. Like watching Jesus Camp over and over…and over… Let’s get one thing straight: Tyra Banks is not going to be a legitimate poet anytime soon… #Modelland #awfulpoetry #Modelland Poetry Anthology: “Modelland is your new HOME / Welcome to the superDOME / For you XX-chromoSOMED / Modelland is your new home” #Modelland Dictionary — Mannecant (n): a servant to the BellaDonna of Modelland. Derived from servant (n) and mannequin (n). #eyeroll Mythology from #Modelland: “Long, long ago, the battle raged between the Muses and the nail polish remover.” <–Actual quote… For some reason, becoming an Intoxibella (Tyra’s version of a super model with magic power) requires an obstacle course w/ fire #Modelland The basic plot of #Modelland is almost exactly like Harry Potter. Run the basics through your head, turn “wizards” into “models.” Done… .@Dhympna I’m reading it for @skiffyandfanty — We’re recording tonight. Torture Literature. First episode. Released tomorrow #Modelland If you guessed Bestosterone (the name of the academy) and ManAttack (the name of the class), you are correct. #Modelland Can you guess the name of the male modeling academy in Modelland? How about one of its classes? Go on, guess. I really should have been tweeting about Modelland *while reading it.* Because this book is fucking awful… —————————————————————————– 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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