Question of the Week: Which skiffy or fanty character would you cosplay as?
It doesn’t matter if you’ve never dressed up. Everyone has a character they’d love to be, even just for a few hours at a fancy dress party. Here are ours: Shaun Doctor Who (David Tennant or Matt Smith). Why? Because I’d look damn good in a bow tie or Tennant’s coat! They’ve both got a […]
Question of the Week: Which science fiction novel would you start middle school kids on and why?
Since our latest episode is a little on the dark side, we thought it would be a good idea to have a happier question for you all to think about. We’ve also brought in a friend to sweeten the deal: Shaun The hard thing about choosing books for middle school kids is that a great […]
Question of the Week: What mythological or folkloric tradition would you like to see more Fantasy based on?
We’re on a bit of a fantasy kick these days. With places like the World SF blog covering speculative literature published elsewhere around the world, it’s becoming pretty obvious that there’s so much more out there that traditional outlets aren’t covering. But Western myths and folkloric traditions are still the dominant theme in a lot […]
Question of the Week: What is your favorite forgotten or unknown fantasy series?
Since we just talked about fantasy in our latest episode of the show, we think it would be fun to see what you all consider to be your favorite forgotten or relatively unknown fantasy series. Let us know in the comments! It doesn’t matter how obscure it is, because either way, we really want to […]
Question of the Week: Who would win — trolls or singing frogs?
It’s about time we ask a silly question, and what’s more silly than deciding the victor in a fight between trolls and singing frogs? Here are our answers: Shaun Trolls are dumb. Really dumb. Singing frogs, on the other hand, are adept manipulators. See here for evidence: See? If you honestly think a troll (or […]
Question of the Week: What was your best conference/convention experience?
There’s a good reason for this question: if you haven’t already noticed, we’ve been hanging out at the Eaton Conference in Riverside, California; if you have noticed, then I’m not contributing anything interesting and will move on. The entire conference was absolutely amazing and we thought it would be a great idea to see what […]
