Literary festivities, multicultural wonders, and invading Dutch peeps, oh my!  We’ve got a special World SF-themed episode for you all.  Tiemen Zwaan, Marieke Nijkamp, Martijn Lindeboom, and Thomas Olde Heuvelt (a Hugo Nominee!) join us to talk about Dutch SF.  We tackle the publishing world, literary conventions and festivals, fandom, the pressures of the market, and the Dutch “character” in SF — and more!

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Show Notes:

The Scripturist by Paul Evan

Bound in Darkness Kim ten Tusscher http://kimtentusscher.com/duisteren.html

Zero Kelvin Johann

Marieke: http://www.mariekenijkamp.com/musings/

Diversify YA:  http://www.diversifya.com/

Tiemen: http://www.abc.nl/

Tweet with picture of Dutch castle where the convention is: https://twitter.com/TiemenZwaan/status/495923145682190337

Castlefest: http://www.castlefest.com/

Martijn: http://www.qu-mar.nl/english/ (about my battlemaster Qu’Mar, the rest of the site is in Dutch I’m afraid)

Hebban http://www.hebban.nl/fantasy

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Portal minds, splinters, and mirror worlds, oh my!  Author Corinne Duyvis joins us from the far off land of the Netherlands to talk about her new book, Otherbound.  We tackle the dualities in her novel, the importance of diversity in YA fiction, the YA market, and much more!

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Show Notes:

Corinne’s Website

Corinne’s Twitter

Corinne’s Books

Disability in Kidlit

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Smooching time travelers, editorial ninjas, and the feels, oh my!  Lynne Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas join Paul and Shaun at CONvergence to talk about Hugo nominations, Queers Dig Time Lords, Apex Magazine, editing, and their super special new project, Uncanny Magazine.  There’s so much to love here!

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Michael’s Website

Michael’s Twitter

Michael’s Work

Lynne’s Website

Lynne’s Twitter

Lynne’s Work

Uncanny Magazine (Kickstarter) DONATE (only $7K to go as of 8/5/2014)

Uncanny Magazine (official webpage)

Apex Magazine

Also:  please consider supporting the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation to help spread awareness.

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Dinosaur wrestling, wife-swapping, and lasers, oh my!  Through an extraordinary feat of bribery, Shaun, Julia, Paul, and David tackle the 1983 Academy Award-snubbed classic, Yor, the Hunter from the Future.  This one is for John Stevens, who has nothing better to do than to make us watch ridiculous movies released the same year Shaun was born.

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Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)(IMDB)

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As many of you know, I managed to raise enough funds to attend Worldcon in London.  Part of that effort involved some perks, some of which are yet to be fulfilled.  This post includes two of those perks:  me and Mike Underwood doing impressions while reading works of classic literature or philosophy.

There are two versions:  the video file and the mp3.  The mp3 contains an extended thank you to all the folks who donated to my fundraiser.  Again, THANK YOU.  I’ll say more thank yous later, but I wanted to make sure it got said before Worldcon.

On that note, here are the goodies!

MP3 File

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Creepy children, fallen planes, and a world gone mad, oh my!  Author Sarah Lotz joins us for our World SF Tour bonanza to talk about her new book, The Three.  We talk about her fascination with plane crashes, horror and religion, writing multiple cultures, and much more!

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Sarah’s Website

Sarah’s Books

Sarah’s Twitter

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Teapots, super genius murderer cabbies, and MORIARTY, oh my!  Finally, we’ve done it.  We’ve watched and reviewed the first season of BBC’s Sherlock (2010-present).  Joining us are Michael J. Martinez (author of The Daedalus Incident and The Enceladus Crisis) and Rachael Acks (author of The Curious Case of Mrs. Clementine Nimowitz).

We hope you enjoy the episode!

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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Show notes (info about our contributors can be found on the about page):

* Sherlock (IMDB)

* Rachael’s Website

* Rachael’s Twitter

* Rachael’s Books

* Mike Martinez’ Website

* Mike’s Twitter

* Mike’s Books

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Terrifying malls, time traveling serial killers, and renegade spaceships, oh my!  Authors Alex Latimer, Lauren Beukes, and Sarah Lotz join Julia and Shaun for an in-depth discussion about South African SF, from the influences of Apartheid on contemporary SA literature to the film industry to fandom and publishing.  You won’t want to miss this one!

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Show Notes:

* Our Guests

* Alex Latimer (Author of numerous picture books and The Space Race, which involves apartheid, nuclear weapons, and a race to the moon)

* Sarah Lotz (Author of The Three, which is about plane crashes and creepy kids. Also writes under other names)

* Lauren Beukes (Author of several books including The Shining Girls, which is about time traveling serial killers, and the forthcoming Broken Monsters)

* Additional Notes:

* Nick Wood has written a lot about South African SF http://nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz/?page_id=530

* J.M. Coetzee Waiting for the Barbarians

* Science Fiction and Fantasy South Africa http://nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz/?page_id=530 (Lauren has judged the short story contest)

* rAge gaming convention (where Lauren went dressed as Cheetara from Thundercats): http://www.rageexpo.co.za/

* Another South African Gaming Site: http://www.rpg.co.za/

* http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=320 claims that 80% of schools lacked Libraries in 2012.

* Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human (zombie apocalypse entertaining novel, but also political)

* The Mall by S.L. Grey (one of Sarah’s pen names) and Louis Greenberg dealing with consumerism and the divide between rich and poor.

* World Reader gives free tablets to people to encourage reading (not SA based, but a very cool idea!)

* Night Drive is a South African horror movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1610394/ (This is really gross and culturally insensitive, so approach with caution)

* short film based on Charlie Human’s short story… No More Heroes (not sure where to find this)

* South African nuclear weapons information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

* South African Space Program http://repository.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10566/155

* South African Rocketry: http://www.sarocketry.co.za/index.html

* Lauren’s fact checking Twitter bananza (literacy rates, etc.)(check this out if you want accurate stats for some of the ...

Urdu literature, the wild world of translation, and Pakistani speculative fiction, oh my!  Author Usman Malik joins us at ICFA to talk about his literary influences, Urdu literature, spirituality and religion, and a whole lot of other amazing stuff.

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Show Notes:

* Usman’s Twitter

* Usman’s Posts on Desi Writer’s Lounge

* “Pinned and Wriggling on the Wall” by Usman Malik (Daily Science Fiction)

* Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī

* The Adventures of Amir Hamza by Ghalib Lakhnavi (translated by Musharraf Ali Farooqi)

* Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s website

* Farooqi’s columns on Dawn.com

* Mazhar Kaleem

* The Imran Series

* Ibn-e-Safi

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Cities of the dead, sass, and New Yorkers, oh my!  Shaun and Julia have a little fun with David Edison in a hotel room.  We talk about words, David’s new book, The Waking Engine, the after life, urban fantasy, his publishing journey, Torchwood, and a whole lot of random, silly stuff, and sass.

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* David’s Website

* David’s Book

* David’s Twitter

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