Magical geodes, giant tumors, and drill-dos, oh my! This month in a hilarious edition of Torture Cinema we visit the 2003 scientific masterpiece, The Core, which was chosen by our completely unbiased listeners with absolutely no help from certain members of the Skiffy and Fanty Team and in NO WAY influenced by the fact that we have our own resident geologist, Alex, to spoil all our ignorant fun. Come for the laughter, stay for the geology lecture.

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Episode 319 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* The Core (2003)(IMDB)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Shakespeare, queer noir, and vampire yaoi, oh my! Catherine Lundoff joins Jen and Paul to talk about her new collection of short stories, Out of this World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories, which is also the first release from her new independent publishing house, Queen of Swords Press. We travel through genre and history as we discuss the wide variety of stories in the collection.

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Episode 318 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Catherine Lundoff’s Things:

Catherine’s Website

Catherine’s Twitter

Out of This World:  Queer Speculative Fiction Stories (Queen of Swords Press)

Queen of Swords Press

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Aliens dog monsters, inner city shenanigans, and John Boyega, oh my! Our theme of inclusivity continues with this special episode of Shoot the WISB. Jen, David, Alex, and special guest star Tiara W. join forces to discuss 2011’s exceptional alien invasion film, Attack the Block. Needless to say, they love it!

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Shoot the WISB #55 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Attack the Block (2011)(IMDB)

Tiara’s Stuff:

Bibliosanctum

Digital Tempest

Tiara’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Literary errors, representation, and disability, oh my! Sarah Chorn and Elsa Sjunneson-Henry join Shaun and Jen for an intense discussion about disability in the sf/f community. We tackle representations of disability in film and literature, the challenges people with disabilities face in the sf/f world (and beyond), and much more!

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Show Notes:

Sarah Chorn’s Things:

Bookworm Blues

Our Words:  Discussing Disabilities in Speculative Fiction

Sarah’s Twitter

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry’s Things:

Feminist Sonar

Elsa’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Vorlons, Minbari deceptions, and space plagues, oh my! Our re-watch of Babylon 5 continues wit episodes 13 through 18 from Season 2! Things are starting to get properly heated up, which means more political intrigue, new character details, and just a little bit of humor to keep things interesting.

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Show Notes:

Babylon 5 (Season Two):

Episode 13:  Hunter, Prey

Episode 14: There All the Honor Lies

Episode 15: An Now for a Word

Episode 16: In the Shadow of Z’ha’dum

Episode 17: Knives

Episode 18: Confessions and Lamentations

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

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Stretchy weirdos, grumpy CEOs, and clobberin’, oh my! Torture Cinema returns with a special Marvel-icious edition, as selected by our listeners and co-starring none other than veteran Torture Goblin, Michael J. Martinez. We turn our sights to the infamous first Fantastic Four (2005) film, tackling its portrayal of the classic characters, its absurd plot, and much more. We also wonder what the deal is with Mr. Fantastic’s weird arms!

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

Episode 316 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Fantastic Four (2005)(IMDB)

* Michael J. Martinez’s Stuff:

* Mike’s Website

* MJ-12: Inception (Mike’s lateast novel from Night Shade Books)

* Mike’s Twitter

For those that cannot listen to podcasts or prefer a written format, you can read the transcript below:

You can click the “pop out” icon in the top right OR click over to the main page to download the transcript in PDF format.

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Portal worlds, schoolyard bullies, and magic, oh my! In our second interview for the year, Shaun and Paul talk to Foz Meadows about their debut novel, An Accident of Stars. We explore the novel’s central premise, its feminist message, and so much more!

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Episode 315 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Foz’s Stuff:

* An Accident of Stars (Angry Robot Books)

* Her Website

* Her Tumblr

* Her Twitter

* Paul’s DUFF Information (please support him!):

* The Official DUFF Contribution Page

* Paul’s Post on the Voting Process

For those that cannot listen to podcasts or prefer a written format, you can read the transcript below:

You can click the “pop out” icon in the top right OR click over to the main page to download the transcript in PDF format.

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Intersectional feminism, problem voices, and FIRE, oh my! In our first interview of they year, we talk to Djibril al-Ayad about the latest anthology from The Future Fire:  Problem Daughters (an anthology of science fiction & fantasy from the fringes of feminism). We discuss the making of the anthology, being an inclusive editor, the value of intersectionalism, the world today, and much more.

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Episode 314 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Problem Daughters (Indiegogo)

* Problem Daughters Submission Guidelines

* The Future Fire (Magazine)

For those that cannot listen to podcasts or prefer a written format, you can read the transcript below:

You can click the “pop out” icon in the top right OR click over to the main page to download the transcript in PDF format.

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” 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.

Dumpster fires, staying positive, and congratulations, oh my! Here at the Skiffy and Fanty Show, we know that 2016 was not the most joyous of years for our planet. But we also believe that from that fire, a phoenix can rise and see it as a call for even more action than we might have been engaged in before. The science fiction and fantasy community is hardly immune to divisive rhetoric, and we have long tried to make our podcast and blog a space where we can include the voices that are so very often targeted and excluded by damaging words, beliefs, and practices. But we can do more! We can all do more.

Our theme for 2017 is “Inclusion” because we want to use our platform, however small, to boost the voices of the those who are still so often excluded. We recognize that we are privileged, and we would like to use that as a force for good. We invite you to send us your suggestions for how we can do this. Want to be on the podcast? Have a discussion topic that you think would be valuable to our community? Please let us know by emailing as at [email protected], sending us a note on Twitter, or on Facebook.

We hope that you enjoy our first podcast of the year as we look back on some of our favorite things of 2016 and what we’re hopeful about in 2017.

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Show Notes:

2016 in Review:

* Luke Cage

* Jessica Jones

* Faith

* Jen’s son came out as transgender!

* The VVitch

* Hidden Figures

* Also, Zootopia, Moana, Ghostbusters, Hail, Caesar!, Arrival, Rogue One, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

* The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria

* ICFA

* The Expanse

* Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

* Storium

* Captain America: Civil War

* Genrenauts by Michael R. Underwood

* Sin du Jour by Matt Wallace

* Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

* Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw

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Linguistics, Heptapods, and time, oh my! In our final episode of 2016, the crew discusses the newest Denis Villeneuve film, Arrival.

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Shoot the WISB #53 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

Arrival (2016)(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.

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