Shaun's Rambles

Don’t spoil me with your content warnings, they say! In this episode, I take a crack at the confusion between content warnings and spoilers. What is the difference? Why are content warnings important? What value do content warnings provide? Take a listen to hear my take!

Let me know what you think about content warnings and spoilers in the comments below!

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Show Notes:

* The Anthology w/ Content Warnings (Twitter; courtesy of Sapphixy)

Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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So, I’m about to see Rogue One.  In this totally random and very short episode of Shaun’s Rambles, I talk about why I’m looking forward to the latest addition to the Star Wars franchise!

Let me know what you thought of the movie in the comments!

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Show Notes:

* Rogue One (IMDB)

 

Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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Geek references + the Dominican Republic = instance classic.  In this episode, Maureen Kincaid Speller joins me to discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.  We tackle the novel’s treatment of geekery, its exploration of masculinity, romance, and the coming-of-age narrative, and much more!

I hope you enjoy it!

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Show Notes:

* The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books)

* Maureen Kincaid Speller’s Stuff:

* Her Website

* Her Blog (Paper Knife)

* Her Twitter

Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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The first episode of the Podcasting for Authors series is here!  In this episode, I provide a brief overview of the project:  what it’s about, what to expect, etc.  If you have questions for me, please send an email to arconna[at]yahoo[dot]com OR use the contact form on my contact page.  You can also leave a comment below.

I hope you enjoy it!

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Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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What makes Mike Underwood tick? What did he read when he was a kid? What inspired him to become a member of QUEST and invade the Free Worlds of the Noble and Benevolent Multidimensional Imperium?  I try to get to the bottom of some of these questions in an interview with the infamous figure!

I hope you enjoy it!

Some useful links:

* Mike’s Stuff:

* Mike’s Website

* Mike’s Twitter

* Hexomancy (Ree Reyes!)

* Genrenauts (coming from Tor…soon!)

Feel free to leave a comment below!

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Space opera attacks!  It’s been three weeks since I started teaching my space opera course, and I already have far too much to talk about!  In this edition, I take a look at the first half of C.L. Moore’s Judgment Night and the interesting ways in which I and my students read gender violence into some of the early scenes.

I hope you enjoy it!

Some useful links:

* Galactic Suburbia on James Tiptree Jr.

* Judgment Night by C.L. Moore

* The Space Opera Course Reading List

Feel free to leave a comment below!

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The Hugos are over, but the controversy isn’t over.  In this episode, I talk about the results of the 2015 Hugo Awards and how the Sad Puppies have irreparably harmed whatever good message they had.  It’s not an exhaustive discussion, but it’s one I wanted to start while I had time.

If you want to learn more about what is going on, here are few useful links:

* The 2015 Hugo Awards Results

* “On the Hugo Awards:  Two Scholarly-ish Projects to Come” by ME!

* “The Obligatory Hugo Awards Recap Post” by Chuck Wendig

* “2015 Hugo Stats:  Initial Analysis” by Chaos Horizon

* “Who Won Science Fiction’s Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters” by Amy Wallace (if you want to see just how batshit some of the people running the Puppies are, this is the place to go right now)

Feel free to leave a comment below!

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In this episode, I talk about Lou Antonelli, his efforts to report David Gerrold to the police, and Sasquan’s response.

If you want to learn more about what is going on, here are few useful links:

* Pattern Matching: Lou Antonelli and the Sad Puppies by Natalie Luhrs

* Some Members are More Equal than Others by Natalie Luhrs

* Author – Antonelli, Lou by Aaron Pound

* Jim C. Hines’ FB coverage

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Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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How do I select what I teach in my science fiction courses?  In this episode of Shaun’s Rambles, I talk about my method(s) for picking the novels and short stories I assign in all of my literature courses, using my upcoming space opera course at the University of Florida as an example.

This episode topic was suggested by Margo-Lea Hurwicz on Twitter.

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Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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What do Moomintrolls, Tolkien, 1978, and reindeer steaks have to do with Jukka Halme?  In my third Interviewing the Fans feature, I talk to Jukka Halme about becoming an sf/f fan, the works that influenced him, the changing technological landscape, and Finland.

We also talk briefly about the Helsinki bid for the 2017 Worldcon.  As a reminder, if you’re turning in a site selection ballot from home, they need to be in the hands of the site selection folks by August 10th. So you need to get your votes in ASAP!  Details here.

You can find out more about Jukka on his blog and his Twitter account.

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Intro and outro music comes from “Pyro Flow” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0