Women, non-binary, and far too many things to love in 2015, oh my!  Natalie Luhrs and Renay join us to talk about our 2015 theme and all the movies, books, TV shows, and comics we’re looking forward to this year.  Well, not all of the things, but certainly a few of them.  Feel free to add your own anticipated things in the comments!

This is just the beginning…

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Show Notes:

The Guests:

Natalie Luhrs

Pretty Terrible

Twitter

Renay

Lady Business

Twitter

Women and Non-Binary in SF/F Open Call

Our Long Lists:

Julia

The Walk by Six Apart and Naomi Alderman — Mobile phone game where you unlock story by walking.

(Andrea Phillips)

Hark, A Vagrant! by Kate Beaton (collection, Step Aside, Pops! coming out later this year)

SL Huang

Hidden Youth edited by Sofia Samatar and Mikki Kendall (subs open until April)

C.S.E. Cooney

Glittership LGBTQ SFF story podcast edited by Keffy Kehrli

Queers Destroy SF

Archivist Wasp (YA novel by Nicole Kornher-Stace coming from Small Beer Press)

Book of Phoenix (Prequel to Who Fears Death) by Nnedi Okorafor

Updraft by Fran Wilde

Hostage (sequel to Stranger) by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith)

Cinderella (live action). (I’m not sure how excited I am by this, but I was somewhat surprised to find that I really enjoyed the Disney Into The Woods, and I like Cate Blanchett and Lily James)

Paul

The Strange and Numenera RPGs supplements by Shanna Germain

Updraft by Fran Wilde

Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman

Court of Fives by Kate Elliott

Jupiter Ascending

Last Song Before Night by Ilana Myer

Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper

Bad driving, failed children’s television, and Varney, oh my!  Shaun, Julia, Mike, Rachael, Paul, and David join forces for this very special holiday edition of Torture Cinema, featuring the listener-selected flick, Ernest Saves Christmas (1988).  We watched it so you don’t have to suffer through it for Christmas (because you were totally going to do that, right?).  What more could you ask for?

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Show Notes:

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)(IMDB)

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0).

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Books, blogs, and weird emails, oh my! This recording from LonCon3 features Foz Meadows, Patricia Ash, Liz de Jager, Shaun Duke, and Erin Underwood talking about book blogs, YA, book promotion, and much more.  Though the panel was originally meant to focus entirely on YA book blogging, we took things in a more general direction.

Here’s the panel description:

Bloggers have become an integral part of YA book promotion. How do authors find these bloggers? Why should readers trust their opinions? What are the best book blogs out there right now and what makes them so useful?

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Show Notes:.

The Panelists:

Foz Meadows

Foz’ Twitter

Erin Underwood

Erin’s Twitter

Liz de Jager

Liz’s Twitter

Patricia Ash

Patricia’s Twitter

Shaun Duke

Shaun’s Twitter

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Space hockey, Martian curling, and Quebec, oh my!  Recorded at LonCon3 / Worldcon, this panel on Canadian SF features the voices of Eric Choi, Kate Heartfield, Ira Nayman, Hayden Trenholm, Caitlin Sweet, and Marjolaine Lafreniere.  They tackle Canadian publishing, the history of Canadian SF, thematic differences, and more.

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Show Notes:

The Panelists:

Eric Choi

Kate Heartfield

Ira Nayman

Hayden Trenholm

Caitlin Sweet

Marjolaine Lafreniere

The Works:

ChiZine

Renaissance Press

William Gibson

Madeleine Ashby

Guy Gavriel Kay

Robert J. Sawyer

Margaret Atwood

On Spec

Spider Robinson

Candace Dorsey

Tesseracts

Phyllis Gotlieb

The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

Richard van Camp

Tomson Highway

Tyche Books

Edge Publishers

Fire Rivers Press

Geoff Ryman

A.E. Van Vogt

Charles de Lint

Cory Doctorow

A Strange Manuscript in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille

Madeleine L’Engle

Robertson Davies

Flin Flon (Manitoba)

Vulcan, Alberta

Elsewhen Press

AE Scifi

Andrew Lockington

The robot, the human, and the inhuman, oh my!  Recorded at LonCon3 / Worldcon, this panel features David G. Shaw, Madeline Ashby, and Shaun Duke discussing mecha, the self, and the other compelling philosophical questions raised by the very notion of mecha.

Here’s the panel description:

When is a giant robot more than just a giant robot? Many of the best and most famous anime — such as Evangelion, Gasaraki, or Flag — use the mecha as a tool to explore politics, philosophy, and the human condition. What is the conception of the human explored in such series, and how is it mediated by technological experience?

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The Panelists:

David G. Shaw

Madeline Ashby

Shaun Duke

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Flying critters, fancy worlds, and super fan Paul, oh my!  In one of our last remaining recordings from CONvergence, Paul lets Shaun tag along for an interview with Martha Wells.  We discuss the Raksura series, her upcoming work, writing fan and tie-in fiction, Harrison Ford’s leg issues, and much more.

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Show Notes:

Martha Wells’ Website

Martha’s Twitter

Go buy her books!

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Kickass heroines, Marvel-ous universes, and ants, oh my!  Recorded at CONvergence, this panel on the Marvel Cinematic Universe is akin to a blast from the past.  Featuring the voice talents of Lyda Morehouse (a.k.a. Tate Hallaway), Allyson Cygan, Shaun Duke, John Seavey, and Neil Anderson, the panel discusses the current Marvel film canon, upcoming projects, and our hopes for the future (some of which Marvel has kindly answered).

Here is the panel description:

Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have been out, and Agents of SHIELD, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Defenders, and Ant Man are on the horizon. How do they all compare? What do you want to see next?

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Show Notes:

The Panelists:

Lyda Morehouse / Tate Hallaway

Lyda/Tate’s Twitter

John Seavey

Neil Anderson

Allyson Cygan

Shaun Duke

Shaun’s Twitter

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Space battles, academia, and lorry beeps, oh my!  Charles E. Gannon joins Shaun at LonCon3 / Worldcon to discuss his work, politics and art, postcolonialism and hegemony, his novel, Fire with Fire, and a whole host of other fascinating topics.  What more could you ask for?

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Show Notes:

Charles Gannon’s Website

Charles’ Twitter

Fire with Fire by Charles Gannon

Trial by Fire by Charles Gannon (the sequel!)

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Diverse heroes, super hands, and Wolverine squee festivals, oh my! Mahvesh Murad and Usman Malik join us all the way from Pakistan to discuss the first volume (issues 1-5) of G. Willow Wilson’s Ms. Marvel.  What more do you need to know?  Go on.  Download it!

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Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later.

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Mahvesh’s Website

Mahvesh’s Twitter

Midnight in Karachi (Tor.com Podcast)

Usman’s Website

Usman’s Twitter

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1:  No Normal (by G. Willow Wilson)

Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). Additional music from “Lost Frontier” and “Thunder Dreams” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.

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Moomins, symphonic metal, and Worldcon bids, oh my!  In this special World SF Tour episode, we’re joined by Jukka Halme, Maria Turtschaninoff, Tero Ykspetäjä, and Janos Honkonen to discuss Finnish SF and fandom, the Helsinki Worldcon bid (VOTE), Finnish film and literature, and a whole lot more!

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Panelist Sites and Plugs:

Janos Honkonen:

Älymystö  (Janos’s band, in which he plays the theremin)

Janos’s personal site & blog

Torsobear —Fluffy Noir!

Osuuskumma —Publishing in Finnish

Helsinki in 2017:  the Finnish WorldCon Bid

Jukka Halme:

Jukka Halme’s Blog

Maria Turtschaninoff

Maria’s Website

Maresi (Maria’s Finlandia Junior Award-winning novel)

Tero Ykspetäjä:

Tero’s blog

* Recommendations from our Panelists:

Irmelin Sandman Lilius —- Finnish Fantasy Maria lovedT A Engström — Space Ball – Tero and Janos loved this

The Dragon Mountain is the FIRST Finnish translation of The Hobbit

Stanislaw Lem (Polish writer, but Janos loved the Finnish translations of his books)

Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson

Hannu Rajaniemi

Johanna Sinisalo

Leena Krohn

Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen

Tiina Raevaara

J. Pekka Mäkelä

Sari Peltoniemi

Emmi Itäranta (Hear our Interview with her)

Jyrki Vainonen

Viivi Hyvönen

Maarit Verronen

Boris Hurtta

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson is Maria’s recommendation for the first Finnish book a person should pick up.

Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta is Tero’s pick because it is a lyrical dystopia and beaut...