The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Colliding worlds, wicked empires, and flaming trees, oh my!  Kameron Hurley joins us to talk about her latest novel, Empire Ascendant.  We talk about the difficulty in writing a sequel, the politics of her world, empires, walking demon trees, and much more!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 287 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Kameron’s Things:

Her Website

Her Twitter

Her Work

Empire Ascendant (Angry Robot Books)

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.

Gothic romance, freaky houses, and Tom Hiddleston, oh my! In this special, Shaun-free episode of Shoot the WISB, Rachael and David are joined by secret ninja editor Trish Matson for a discussion of Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak.

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 #40 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Crimson Peak (2015)(IMDB)

“Crimson Peak:  Love and Monsters” by Rachael Acks

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.

Cybernetic organisms, angry bodybuilders, and female warriors, oh my!  In our latest Shoot the WISB, author Brad Beaulieu joins us to discuss Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).  We tackle James Cameron’s technical achievements, Sarah Connor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, time travel, 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):

Shoot the WISB #39 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Terminator (IMDB)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (IMDB)

Brad Beaulieu’s Stuff:

Brad’s Website

Brad’s Twitter

Twelve Kings of Sharakhai

Mike Underwood’s Stuff:

Hexomancy

Genrenauts:  The Shootout Solution (episode one)

Rachael Ack’s Stuff:

No Shit, There I Was (Rachael is editing this awesome book; submit your stories!)

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.

Zombie mausoleums, DGNF grandmas, and cursed jewels, oh my!  Skiffy and Fanty officially becomes meta in this special (late) Halloween “Middleman Special” edition of Torture Cinema about Zombies of Mora Tau!  Prepare yourselves for a zombitacular festival of torture! Art crawl!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 286 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)(IMDB)

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.

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!)

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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

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Giant bacon, gorillas, and evil corporations, oh my!  In our last Childhood Destruction edition of Torture Cinema, we tackled Julia’s childhood love, The Incredible Shrinking Woman.  Some of us, it turns out, were a bit bitter about having to watch this one.  You’ll have to listen to find out who!

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 285 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)(IMDB)

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.

Vampire puppets, frozen Middlebros, and palindromes, oh my!  The end is finally here.  In our 38th Shoot the WISB subcast, Mike Underwood leads us in a discussion of the last four episodes of the quirky geek-festival known as The Middleman.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Shoot the WISB #38 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Middleman (IMDB)

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.

Fallen angels, bone dust magic, and Paris, oh my!  Aliette de Bodard joins Shaun and Julia to discuss her new novel, The House of Shattered Wings.  We explore Aliette’s process for creating an alternate history, discuss the novel’s themes of colonialism and religion, and other exciting topics!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

[http://archive.org/download/SandFEpisode284AlietteDeBodard/Sandf–Episode284–AlietteDeBodard.mp3]

Episode 284 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Aliette’s Things:

Her Website

Her Twitter

Her Novels

Her Short Stories

Her Events

The House of Shattered Wings (Roc)

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.

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!

Please support Shaun’s Rambles by reviewing it on iTunes and Stitcher, and if you like what you hear or read on this blog, donate to my Patreon page!  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!

 

Wings, bone towers, and mouth monsters, oh my! The glorious Fran Wilde returns to the podcast to discuss her new novel, Updraft.  We talk about worldbuilding, hierarchies and bone towers, and much more!

We also have an extra copy of Updraft to give away.  If you want to win, all you’ve got to do is answer the following question in the comments (or via email):

If you had wings, what kind of job would you like to have and why?

Answers are due next Tuesday!  The winner will be announced (hopefully) the following day!

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 283 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Fran’s Website

Fran’s Twitter

Updraft (BUY IT!)

“Bent the Wing, Dark the Cloud” (Fran’s new story in Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

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.