The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Our journey through the Star Wars Expanded Universe continues!  In our second episode, Rachael Acks, Kate Sherrod, and Shaun Duke discuss Timothy Zahn’s Dark Force Rising, the second book in the Thrawn Trilogy.  Also included:  we discuss the trailer for Rogue One and the reactions by certain fans — much ranting ensued!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Since this is our second episode, we hope you’ll take a moment to tell us what you think.  Want to suggest a book?  Think we should add a feature?  Send us an email at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com!

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):

Thrawn and On and On Episode 2 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Dark Force Rising (Star Wars Wikia)

Dark Force Rising (Amazon)

Dark Force Rising (Audible.com; read by Marc Thompson)

Our Plugs:

No Sh!t, There I Was edited by Rachael Acks on Kickstarter!

Kate’s Stuff:

Kate’s Website

Kate’s Twitter

Sarah’s Stuff (who couldn’t make it this time around)

Sarah’s Website

Sarah’s Twitter

Rachael’s Stuff:

Rachael’s Website

Rachael’s Twitter

Shaun’s Stuff:

Shaun’s Twitter

Shaun’s Website

Our new intro music comes “Juno” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Novella warriors, wordsmiths, and craft, oh my!  In this special episode, Julia and Mike join forces for a roundtable discussion about novellas featuring Eugene Fischer, Fran Wilde, Malka Older, C.S.E. Cooney, and, yes, even Mike Underwood himself!  They cover the craft and art of novellas, some favorite examples, recommendations, and much more!

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 295 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Participants:

Eugene Fischer

The New Mother by Eugene Fischer (Tiptree Award winner and Nebula Nominee)(links to PDF at Asimov’s)

Eugene’s Website

Eugene’s Twitter

Fran Wilde

The Jewel and her Lapidary by Fran Wilde (coming out May 3rd at Tor.com)

Fran’s Website

Fran’s Twitter

* C.S.E. Cooney

The Bone Swans of Amandale by C. S. E. Cooney (Nebula Nominee)

The Dark Breakers novella series and The Witch in the Almond Tree by C. S. E. Cooney

C.S.E.’s Website

C.S.E.’s Twitter

Malka Older

Infomocracy by Malka Older (Tor)

Malka’s Website

Malka’s Twitter

* Mike Underwood

Genrenauts series by Mike Underwood (Episode 1 and Episode 2)

Mike’s Website

Mike’s Twitter

Recommended Novellas

The Life Cycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang

Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King

The Ice Owl by Carol Ives Gilman

The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson

Silently and Very Fast by Cat Valente

Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Short Science Fiction Novels edited by Asimov

Enemy Mine by Barry Longyear

Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link

Metal More Attractive by Ysabeau Wilce

Stories for Men by John Kessel—another Tiptree winner

Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps/The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor–Nebula and Hugo nominee

What do you get when you make a film that even John Wayne hated?  The classic man-on-his-own Western, High Noon (1952; dir. Fred Zinnemann).  This episode, David and Shaun discuss the history of High Noon, it’s treatment of classic Western tropes, its representations of masculinity and religion, and much more!  Plus, we have some very late thoughts about the Oscars!

Enjoy!

Download Episode 015 (High Noon)(MP3)

Show Notes:

* The 2016 Oscar Winners

* High Noon (1952)

* High Noon (Wikipedia)

* AMC Filmsite Profile on High Noon

* High Noon on Rotten Tomatoes

* Our next film is Succubus (1968).  Here’s how you can watch them:

* Succubus:

* YouTube (Free)

* iTunes ($13.99 to buy)

* Amazon ($2.00 to $4.99 to rent)

* Our intro/outro music comes from “Sundancer” by Wild Shores. Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0

 

Gorvilles, LARPing, and Tom Hanks, oh my!  In our much delayed first Torture for the year, the entire crew joins forces to tackle the infamous anti-D&D TV movie, Mazes and Monsters.  And boy did this one get away from us.  I think the best way to describe this episode is with a gif:

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 294 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Mazes and Monsters (IMDB)

Mazes and Monsters by Rona Jaffe

 

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Roleplaying games, gender roles, and the future, oh my!  In this special edition of the show, Shaun interviews author and critic Michel Encinosa Fu about Cuban SF.  They discuss Michel’s fiction, how roleplaying games played a role in his development as a writer, what it’s like coming to the U.S. for the first time, and much more!

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 293 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain edited by Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina-Gavilán (Wesleyan)

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Helen Lowe, Kate Elliott and Courtney Schafer joins Paul in a special discussion of what makes their fantasy novels tick, from worldbuilding, language, style and much more.

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 292 — Download (MP3)

 

Show Notes:

Kate’s Things:

Her Website

Her Twitter

Her Work

Black Wolves

Helen’s Things:

Her Website

Her Twitter

Her Work

Daughter of Blood

Courtney’s Things:

Her Website

Her Twitter

Her Work

Labyrinth of Flame (Angry Robot Books)

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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!

Please support Shaun’s Rambles by reviewing it on iTunes and Stitcher!  You can subscribe to this show on iTunes, Stitcher, or via RSS.

You can download the MP3 here or stream the file below.

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

Enjoy the episode!

Mouthy mercenaries, endless comedy, and fourth walls, oh my!  The Merc with the Mouth is on the big screen (FINALLY), and that means we’re honor bound to watch his shenanigans and record a podcast about it.  Shaun, David, Rachael, and Mike combine their considerable skills as mediocre podcast superheroes to discuss the hit comic adaptation, Deadpool.  Maximum Effort!

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):

Shoot the WISB #43 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Deadpool (IMDB)

Mike’s new book:  The Absconded Ambassador (Genrenauts Episode 2)(Tor.com Publishing)

David’s new book:  The Unburdened (The Black Library)

Also:  huge congrats to Rachael for getting an agent!  Yay!

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

The Expanded Universe may be gone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a vacation in it!  In the first episode of Thrawn and On and On, Kate Sherrod, Sarah Chorn, Rachael Acks, and Shaun Duke discuss Timothy Zahn’s classic, Heir to the Empire.  Also included:  we explain how we became Star Wars fans (one of us is a newbie!), and Kate shares a Star Wars-themed sonnet!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Since this is our first episode, we hope you’ll take a moment to tell us what you think.  Want to suggest a book?  Think we should add a feature?  Send us an email at skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com!

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):

Thrawn and On and On Episode 1 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars Wikia)

Heir to the Empire (Amazon)

Kate’s Stuff:

Kate’s Website

Kate’s Twitter

Sarah’s Stuff:

Sarah’s Website

Sarah’s Twitter

Rachael’s Stuff:

Rachael’s Website

Rachael’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “Juno” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

David Bowie, TV addictions, and H2O, oh my!  In this episode, we celebrate David Bowie’s career by talking about his music and reviewing his unique science fiction epic, The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).  We tackle the film’s politics, the terrors of modern society, and much more!  Plus, our introduction contains a bonus cat and a bonus David Annandale student riot tale!  Cool, right?!

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):

Shoot the WISB #42 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Man Who Fell to Earth (IMDB)

Our new intro music comes “Nocturnia” by Psychadelik Pedestrian (CC BY 3.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.