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A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from James Knapp

The wonderful James Knapp has sent us yet another recruit for the Viking Amoeba army. Say hello! ———————————————– Archon of the Amoebocalypse — Naeglis Orphea Tartarus Strength 15; Intelligence 2 Special Ability:  Revivalism (Any single amoeba destroyed by the Archon is resurrected on your side of the battlefield as a zombie amoeba with a strength of 6 and an intelligence of 1) (State of Decay by James Knapp)

A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Jason Sanford

The new recruit is in! Welcome your new brother at arms!  (You can also listen to our interview with the creator here.) ——————————— The Apothecary Warrior — Dinteris Fragaeba Strength 4; Intelligence 4 Special Ability:  Dampen (1/2 the # of units which can defend this turn) (Interzone:  the Jason Sanford Special Issue)

A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Ekaterina Sedia

We’re adding to our numbers for the invasion.  Please welcome Astridora Protea (a.k.a. Ekaterina Sedia) to the ranks! The Weapons Smith — Astridora Protea Strength 4; Intelligence 4 Special Ability:  The Forge (+2 to Attack and Defense for all troops) (The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia) Interestingly enough, this is the first female warrior to join the army.  Hopefully there will be more in the future!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show 33 — The Beauty of SF and Her Sisters (Part Two)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.2b–TheBeautyOfSfAndHerSisterspartTwo/Sandf–Episode2.2b–TheBeautyOfScienceFictionAndHerSisterspartTwo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAnd now for the conclusion to our discussion on the beauty of SF.  Tune in and enjoy! Note: This episode is part two of our discussion. You can listen to part one here. Question of the Week: What do you think makes science fiction (or other genres) beautiful (same as last week)? 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 33 — Download (MP3) Intro and Main Segment — Part One (0:00 – 24:07): The Aesthetics of Science Fiction (Round Table) (Because it really is a sexy genre…) The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. (Academia shows SF a little love once in a while.  We promise.) Nominate us for a Hugo Award!  We’re eligible in the Best Fanzine category! (Because you love us, right?  Right?!) The Viking Amoeba Army (they’re coming for you…) Celine Kiernan’s Website (because she’s awesome!) Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.’s Website (one of them “academic” types) 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.