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In celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of Tachyon Publications, we invited publisher Jacob Weisman to join us in a fascinating exploration of the independent publisher whose list of authors includes classic tales from Stanley Weinbaum, A.E. Van Vogt, and even Mary Shelley, as well as major work from contemporary writers like Peter S. Beagle, Patricia McKillip, Michael Swanwick, Terry Bisson, Jane Yolen, Ellen Klages, Eileen Gunn, Joe Lansdale, Nalo Hopkinson, James Morrow, Lavie Tidhar, and Daniel Pinkwater, and newer writers such as Mary Thompson, Austin Habersahw, Martin Cahill, and Josh Rountree. We touch upon the challenges of building an independent press in a rapidly changing marketplace, the importance of anthologies in identifying and preserving trends in the field, and what to expect next from Tachyon.
If you haven't read Ellen Klages' Passing Strange, just do it. Then listen to us talk about how great it is.Join us next month for Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint.Give us a piece of your mind - rereadersclub@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Now we're going to get into some of my rationalizations..."This month we tackle our first biography and it was quite an experience. Quite possibly the only biography you'll ever hear us talk about.Next month we're discussing Ellen Klages' Passing Strange. Join us!Let us know what you thought - rereadersclub@gmail.comOur Lord of the Rings reread at rereaders.substack.com is over but it's all still there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
For this special short episode, Jonathan and Gary are joined by an old friend, Nebula and World Fantasy winner Ellen Klages, who recently gained an entirely new kind of recognition when she appeared on the long-running TV quiz show Jeopardy and recalled the “scary ham” story, which she first improvised at a Nebula ceremony ten years ago, when called upon to fill time during a technical glitch. We not only touch upon the venerable history of the anecdote, but upon some other midwestern family memoirs, the use of autobiographical material in fiction, and the possibility of future memoirs. As usual, Ellen is a delight.
The 3-day curse is broken, but Grant DeYoung runs into the dreaded 4-day curse, falling one win short of a guaranteed TOC invite. But that's ok, as Amar Kakirde is here to pick up the slack and starts a 3-day run of his own, to be continued this week. The games barely matter this week as we are enthralled by Ellen Klages' "Scary Ham" story, one we liked so much that we break the "Final Jeopardy! Deep Dive" to go deep on that instead. Plus, it's a new entry in the "Response of the Year" category as all 3 players can't remember who fronted Van Halen, we learn Ken Jennings and Drew Carey share a birthday, and John finally gets to watch a Calgarian play the game. And a quick programming note: our Masters recap will be coming out early next week with a VERY special guest. Get excited! Source: Reactor Magazine: "The Scary Ham" by Ellen Klages. Virginia Living: "The Ham Man" by Richard Ernsberger Jr. Special thanks to the J-Archive and The Jeopardy! Fan. This episode was produced by Producer Dan. Music by Nate Heller. Art by Max Wittert.
Main Fiction: "Gubbinal" by Lavie TidharLavie Tidhar is author of Osama, The Violent Century, A Man Lies Dreaming, Central Station, Unholy Land, By Force Alone, The Hood and The Escapement. His latest novels are Maror and Neom. His work encompasses children's books (The Candy Mafia), comics (Adler), anthologies (The Best of World SF) and numerous short stories. His awards include the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the John W. Campbell Award, the Neukom Prize and the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award amongst many others.This story originally appeared in Clarkesworld, no. 142, July, 2018.Narrated by: Rikki and Isis LaCosteRikki LaCoste is a veteran Canadian narrator from Toronto, of various short story audio magazines such as Tales To Terrify, the No Sleep Podcast, Cast of Wonders, Pseudopod, and StarShipSofa of course, as well as lending his voice—and voice acting—to other projects and podcasts. Today, Rikki is collaborating with his daughter Isis LaCoste, a chip off the old block. They have worked together before, to present various stories. In particular, the Cast of Wonders staff pick of 2015: a short science fiction tale by Ellen Klages called "Amicae Aeternum", in which Mur Lafferty's daughter, Fiona “Princess Scientist” Van Verth also appears.Unfortunately, Rikki lost everything in a terrible house fire and had to drop out of audio projects for a number of years.Fortunately, he and Isis are now back in business, Rikki is involved in various organizations to help the less fortunate, and Isis is about to enter college to be an animator…and today's story happens to be the very first audio project for their comeback debut.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Connections: A Podcast of the James L. Hamner Public Library
Author Ellen Klages talks to Jill about Terry Gordon's parenting style in Out of Left Field.Contact Us: connections@hamnerlibrary.orgFeatured Resource: Nature Backpack
A kindergartner travels through a portal to a fantastic and eerie new world. This story appears in Ellen's collection WICKED WONDERS. Find more of Ellen's writing for adults and middle grade readers at ellenklages.com. Content advisory: disappearance of a child See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Here's the audio and video from the September 15th, 2021 livestream with guests Ellen Klages and Mari Ness. Rajan Khanna guest hosted for Matthew Kressel.
Books talked about in this episode: The Knockout by Sajani Patel Golden Arm by Carl Deuker The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Whip It by Shauna Cross Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes Beartown by Fredrik Backman Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman Gut Check by Eric Kester Throw Like A Girl by Sarah Henning Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (GN) She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen Ghost by Jason Reynolds Spinning by Tillie Walden (GN) Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Hit Count by Chris Lynch Michigan vs. The Boys by Carrie S. Allen Gravity by Sarah Deming Coming Up For Air by Miranda Kenneally Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
Book Appreciation with Darlene Vendegna The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 67 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured guest will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Darlene Vendegna, voracious reader and energentic booster of lesbian fiction, recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Hild by Nicola Griffith Patience and Sarah by Isabell Miller (audiobook recorded by Janis Ian& Jean Smart) Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages (not lesbian) A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe The Sistine Heresy by Justine Saracen The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore (and the rest of The Plundered Chronicles) A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Interview with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 40 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The long incubation for the ideas that became Passing Strange Lesbian culture in mid-century San Francisco and the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island The hidden interconnectedness of Ellen's novels The love of historic objects and texts Historical fiction as “time travel” for the reader Books mentionedPassing Strange by Ellen Klages “Caligo Lane” by Ellen Klages (originally published in Subterranean Online, Winter 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017) “Hey Presto” by Ellen Klages (originally published in the anthology Fearsome Magics ed. by Jonathan Strahan, 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publicaitons, 2017) The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages “Time Gypsy” by Ellen Klages (originally published in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (Overlook Press, 1999), also available in the collection Portable Childhoods (Tachyon Publications, 2007)) A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Ellen Klages Online Website: Ellen Klages Twitter: @eklages Facebook: Ellen Klages
Book Appreciation with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 41 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured author will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Ellen Klages recommends some favorite queer historical novels: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Hild by Nicola Griffith Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner et al. Ellen also talks about The Tiptree Award [note: now the Otherwise Award] for genre fiction that expands or explores gender roles, which has long lists of recommended books going back 27 years. A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Ellen Klages Online Website: Ellen Klages Twitter: @eklages Facebook: Ellen Klages
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through this strange time. Today Gary spends ten minutes with World Fantasy and Nebula Award-winning author Ellen Klages, who most recently added the New York Historical Society Children's Book Prize and the Ohioana Book Award for Out of Left Field to her resume. It turns out that Jonathan persuaded her to try the first volume of Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy series—the same ones he and James Bradley discussed on an earlier episode of Ten Minutes with... She's also been getting into locked-room murder mysteries. Books mentioned in this episode include: Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages The Sean Duffy series by Adrian McKinty While the Clock Ticked (The Hardy Boys) by Franklin W. Dixon The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries by Otto Penzler, ed. The Book of Dragons by Jonathan Strahan, ed. Chopped, a TV reality/cooking/game show
It's been quiet here at Coode Street, of late. Jonathan has been working on books and recommended reading lists, and Gary has been travelling. Just two weeks ago Gary travelled to sunny Los Angeles, California to attend the 2019 World Fantasy Convention. During the weekend Gary was busy, interviewing guest of honour Margo Lanagan, doing some panels, and seeing friends. He did take a moment to sit down with Margo Lanagan, Eileen Gunn, and Ellen Klages - all long-time friends of the podcast - to discuss fantasy, fairy tales, and more. As always, our thanks to Margo, Eileen and Ellen for taking the time to join us and my thanks to Gary for this special shorter episode of Coode Street.
Editors’ Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: "Nice Things" by Ellen Klages, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: "The Cinder Girl Burns Brightly" by Theodora Goss, as read by Stephanie Malia Morris Interview: Ellen Klages interviewed by Lynne M. Thomas Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2019 by Uncanny Magazine
A kindergartner travels through a portal to a fantastic and eerie new world. This story appears in Ellen's collection WICKED WONDERS. This episode is sponsored by Sierra Club (www.beyondcoal.org/stories), Bona Floor Cleaners (www.bona.com), Calm (www.calm.com/LEVAR), and The Great Courses (www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/LeVar).
Book Appreciation with Darlene Vendegna The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 25c In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured guest will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Darlene Vendegna, voracious reader and energentic booster of lesbian fiction, recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Hild by Nicola Griffith Patience and Sarah by Isabell Miller (audiobook recorded by Janis Ian& Jean Smart) Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages (not lesbian) A Thin Bright Line by Lucy Jane Bledsoe The Sistine Heresy by Justine Saracen The Pirate’s Booty by Alex Westmore (and the rest of The Plundered Chronicles) More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com No transcript is available for this episode. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow
It's time to taste Toad in the Hole with Ellen Klages as we discuss why it took 40 years from the time she wrote the first sentence of her Nebula Award-nominated story "Passing Strange" to finish the tale, what a truck filled with zebras taught her about the difference between storytelling and real life, how cosplaying helped give birth to her characters, what she finds so fascinating about creating historical science fiction, why revising is her favorite part of writing, the reason she's the best auctioneer I've seen in my lifetime of con-going, what she teaches students is the worst mistake a writer can make, how her collaboration with Andy Duncan gave birth to an award-winning novella, whether she still feels like "a round peg in genre’s polyhedral hole" as she wrote in the afterword to her first short story collection, and much more.
We discuss Passing Strange, a Tor.com novella by Ellen Klages. 🐝 You can read a transcript of this episode. 🐝 Passing Strange; 00:22 Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages Recommendations; 18:23 When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead The Girls at […] The post Fangirl Happy Hour, Episode #111 — Passing Strange by Ellen Klages appeared first on Fangirl Happy Hour.
Book Appreciation with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 19c In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured author will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Ellen Klages recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Sarah Waters The Paying Guests (Amazon) Nicola Griffith Hild (Amazon) Ellen Kushner Tremontaine (Serial Box) Ellen also talks about The Tiptree Award for genre fiction that expands or explores gender roles, which has long lists of recommended books going back 27 years. [https://tiptree.org] More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp For further information on Ellen Klages see her website http://ellenklages.com or the show notes for the previous episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast when she was interviewed. If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com No transcript is available for this episode.
Interview with Ellen Klages The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 19b A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about The long incubation for the ideas that became Passing Strange Lesbian culture in mid-century San Francisco and the San Francisco World’s Fair on Treasure Island The hidden interconnectedness of Ellen’s novels The love of historic objects and texts Historical fiction as “time travel” for the reader Publications mentioned: Passing Strange (tor.com, for signed copies: Borderlands Books, Amazon) “Caligo Lane” (originally published in Subterranean Online, Winter 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017, Amazon) “Hey Presto” (originally published in the anthology Fearsome Magics by Jonathan Strahan, 2014, available in the collection Wicked Wonders Tachyon Publications, 2017, Amazon) The Green Glass Sea (Viking Children’s Books, 2006, Amazon) “Time Gypsy” (originally published in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (Overlook Press, 1999), also available in the collection Portable Childhoods Tachyon Publications, 2007, Amazon) More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Website: http://ellenklages.com Twitter: @eklages Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ellen.klages If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com No transcript is available for this episode.
As promised, the wonderful Ellen Klages reads from her forthcoming book Passing Strange. The short reading starts about halfway into a story about two women living in San Francisco in 1940 and what happens to them. Our sincere thanks to Ellen for taking the time to record the reading. Passing Strange is due out on January 24. © 2017 Ellen Klages. All rights reserved.
And we're back! The bar has been re-stocked, the carpets have been steam cleaned, and we're ready to go. For the first podcast of 2017, long time friend of the podcast Ellen Klages joins us to discuss her wonderful new book, Passing Strange. Described by the publisher like this: San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the city: the Magic City of the World's Fair on an island created of artifice and illusion; the forbidden city of Chinatown, a separate, alien world of exotic food and nightclubs that offer “authentic” experiences, straight from the pages of the pulps; and the twilight world of forbidden love, where outcasts from conventional society can meet. Six women find their lives as tangled with each other's as they are with the city they call home. They discover love and danger on the borders where magic, science, and art intersect. Inspired by the pulps, film noir, and screwball comedy, Passing Strange is a story as unusual and complex as San Francisco itself from World Fantasy Award winning author Ellen Klages. Passing Strange is due out January 24, but you can pre-order it now. As always, we'd like to thank Ellen Klages for joining us and hope you enjoy the episode. We should be back next week with new episode, and regularly through till Worldcon in August. © 2017 Coode Street Productions & Gary K. Wolfe. Please do not copy or reuse without permission.
Ellen Klages' short story Goodnight Moons was first published in 2011 anthology Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier, edited by Jonathan Strahans. Goodnight Moons tells the story of the first child to be born on Mars. Have you read it? Join in the discussion on Twitter @ShortSFReview. If you enjoy these shows, please take a moment to leave a review on iTunes. #scifi #SFF #Mars
Adam is still fighting the evil clone of Chuck Norris in Syria, so it's just George and Kevin once again. This time we start off with a philosophical discussion about what does and does not matter before continuing with our Sci-Fi Short Story Experiment. This time we read AMICAE AETERNUM by Ellen Klages, which turns out to be totally YA and totally good. Randomness ranging from more Cyberpunk to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to other podcasts and all the way back to the days of VHS and why the hell they cost so much. Enjoy! SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some of what we discuss falls into the realm of SPOILERS. Consider yourself warned. WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT? BOOKS: Dark Forest by Lui Cixen Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Trilogy by Douglas Adams Watchmen by Alan Moore SHORT STORIES: Amicae Aeternum by Ellen Klages MOVIES: Ed Wood, dir by Tim Burton TELEVISION: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Hard Time" Buffy the Vampire Slayer That Mitchell and Webb Look PODCASTS: Cast of Wonders If you enjoyed BUSY DADDIES DO SCI-FI, please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes or Stitcher or wherever you may find your podcasts. You can follow us on Twitter or Instagram at BDDSCiFi. Thanks for listening and keep coming back.
Andy Duncan joins me in the Truman booth at Frostburg's Princess Restaurant, where we discuss the profound influence of Richard Pryor on his writing, why he loves playing with real-world historical characters and events in his stories, what it was like to collaborate with Ellen Klages on their award-winning novella "Wakulla Springs," what, if anything, writing teachers can teach, and much more.
Author : Ellen Klages Narrators : Rikki LaCoste, Isis LaCoste and Fiona “Princess Scientist” Van Verth Host : Rikki LaCoste Audio Producer : Rikki LaCoste Discuss on Forums Originally published in Solaris’ The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 9, and Tor.com (March 2015) Show Notes Every year in January, Cast of […] The post Episode 189: Staff Pick 2015 – Amicae Aeternum by Ellen Klages appeared first on Cast of Wonders.
The glory days of 2003 when I was going to review every short story that I read and publish it at The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction. Sanity prevailed, but reviews did appear. During 2003 I reviewed Howard Waldrop's "A Better World's in Birth", Ellen Klages' "Basement Magic", and Lucius Shepard's "Liar's House". During the podcast I recommend the following books:Portable Childhoods, Ellen Klages (Tachyon) The Dragon Graiule, Lucius Shepard (Subterranean) Howard Who?, Howard Waldrop (Peapod) Things Will Never be the Same: Selected Stories, Howard Waldrop (Old Earth) More anon!
2312 von Kim Stanley Robinson; City of Stairs von Robert Jackson Bennett; Station Eleven von Emily St. John Mandel; Kurzgeschichten von Ellen Klages, Ken Liu und Tom Crosshill
Author : Ellen Klages Narrators : Rikki LaCoste, Isis LaCoste and Fiona “Princess Scientist” Van Verth Host : Marguerite Kenner Audio Producer : Rikki LaCoste Artist : Barry J. Northern Discuss on Forums Originally published in Reach for Infinity (May 2014). Available from Solaris in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume […] The post Cast of Wonders 164: Amicae Aeternum by Ellen Klages appeared first on Cast of Wonders.
First Story: “The Flying Woman” by Laurel Winter The boats rested uneasily on the surface of the sea, waiting to leave. Chief Loah gripped Raff’s shoulder in one hand and tilted Dannilla’s face up with the other. “Swear you will not use your unnatural power to leave this island,” he said. “Swear on your father’s life.” His fingers squeezed Dannilla’s chin. Their father sat in one of the boats, his face shiny with tears. “I swear,” she said. “I swear. Please don’t hurt him.” Raff held silent, and then he gasped as the leader’s hand closed on his arm. “I swear.” The leader pushed him, hard, and let go of Dannilla. Her eyes blurred and she fell to her knees in the sea. Laurel Winter grew up in the mountains of Montana and attended a one-room country grade school with 12 to 25 students in grades 1 through 8. She then went 30 miles one way on the bus to Absarokee High School, where there were 33 in her graduating class. Since... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Unheard Voices of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror panel from Arisia. Catherine Lundoff moderated this panel, with K. Tempest Bradford (standing in for Nisi Shawl), Julia Rios, Trisha Wooldridge, Andrea Hairston, and Victor Raymond. Listening to this doesn't give you the visual cues that people in the room had, so a note up front: Nisi was in the audience, but wasn't up for sitting on the panel. There was an ongoing joke about Tempest being Nisi, and about Nisi being Nalo Hopkinson, who was not at the convention. Awards season!*Lambda finalists include lots of OA members like Nicola Griffith, Sacchi Green, Mary Ann Mohanraj, Alex Jeffers, Alaya Dawn Johnson, The editors and contributors to Ghosts in Gaslight, Monsters in Steam Gay City: Volume 5, Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold, Richard Bowes, Lee Thomas, and more. Full list here: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/news/03/06/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-announced/*The Nebula nominee list is also out, and lots of OA types are there too, including Sofia Samatar, Nicola Griffith, Ellen Klages and Andy Duncan, Vylar Kaftan, Catherynne Valente, Christopher Barzak, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sarah Pinsker, Rachel Swirsky, Karen Healey, and Nalo Hopkinson. Full nominee list here: http://www.sfwa.org/2014/02/2013-nebula-nominees-announced/The Galactic Suburbia Award and Honor List is out now, and the joint winners are N.K. Jemisin and Elise Matthesen. Full Honor List here: http://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/2014/03/23/episode-96-19-march-2014/*Carl Brandon Society is a group for fans and writers of color. They give out the Kindred and Parallax Awards for fiction by and/or about people of colors, and also administer scholarships for students of color to attend Clarion.*Broad Universe is a group for women who write and publish science fiction and fantasy. They have a website, a podcast, and many promotional and support networking opportunities for members, including organizing group readings and book sale tables at conventions. *WisCon is a feminist science fiction convention held each year at the end of May in Madison, Wisconsin. The Carl Brandon Society and Broad Universe both have strong presences there. *Con or Bust is an organization that raises money to send fans of color to conventions. The Carl Brandon Society administers the funds. *Gaylaxicon and Outlantacon are conventions specifically for the QUILTBAG SF fandom community. Gaylaxicon is a roving con (like WorldCon), and Outlantacon happens each year in May in Atlanta. This year's Gaylaxicon will be hosted by Outlantacon.Work by people on the panel:*Filter House is Nisi Shawl's Tiptree Award Winning short story collection (Tempest joked that her collection would be called Filter House 2).*Redwood and Wildfire is Andrea Hairston's Tiptree Award Winning novel (for which she had also just received a Carl Brandon Award on the day of this panel).*Silver Moon is Catherine Lundoff's novel about menopausal werewolves*Catherine writes a series about LGBT SFF for SF Signal.*Julia is an editor for Strange Horizons, which is always interested in publishing diverse voices.*Kaleidoscope is an anthology of diverse YA SF and Fantasy stories Julia is co-editing with Alisa Krasnostein, which is scheduled to launch in August of 2014.*In Other Words is an anthology of poetry and flash by writers of color Julia is co-editing with Saira Ali, which is scheduled to launch at WisCon in May, and which will benefit Con or Bust.Other things mentioned: *Lorraine Hansberry was an African American lesbian playwright, best known for Raisin in the Sun, but Andrea pointed out that she also wrote a lot of science fiction plays. *The SFWA Bulletin incited a lot of pushback in 2013. Here is a timeline: http://www.slhuang.com/blog/2013/07/02/a-timeline-of-the-2013-sfwa-controversies/. It has since changed editorial staff and has just put out the first of the new team's issues, which seems to be a lot more favorably received, as evidenced here: http://www.jasonsanford.com/jason/2014/03/the-new-sfwa-bulletin-is-blowing-my-mind.html.*"The Serial Killer's Astronaut Daughter" by Damien Angelica Walters was written partly in response to the SFWA bulletin's sexism. *A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar came up as an example of a novel by a person of color put out through an independent (not one of the big New York houses--Andrea argued for calling these sorts of publishers independent rather than small) publisher, Small Beer Press. Since the panel, A Stranger in Olondria has won the Crawford Award and been nominated for the Nebula. *Crossed Genres, Twelfth Planet Press, and Papaveria Press are independent presses that publish diverse voices.*Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and Apex are magazines Tempest sees publishing diverse stories. Tor.com is also publishing more diverse stories now, like "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu. *The Tiptree Award celebrates work that expands our notions of gender.*Dark Matter is an anthology exploring a century of SF by black writers. *Blood Children was an anthology put out by the Carl Brandon Society in 213 to benefit the Octavia Butler Scholarship, which sends students of color to Clarion. *Bending the Landscape, Kindred Spirits, and Worlds Apart were brought up as examples of QUILTBAG anthologies from more than just a few years back. All of these were mentioned as early examples, but the panel agreed we need more. *Daughters of Earth is a collection of stories by women from the early 1900s to 2000 with accompanying critical essays. This collection is edited by Justine Larbalestier. Andrea wrote a critical essay about an Octavia Butler story in this book. *The Cascadia Subduction Zone has a feature where an established writer recommends and reviews an older work that might be obscure. Andrea and Nisi have both done this. *Lethe Press publishes best gay SF stories each year in Wilde Stories, and best lesbian SF stories each year in Heiresses of Russ. Nisi and Julia are both in Heiresses of Russ 2013.*From the audience, Saira Ali recommends Goblin Fruit and Stone Telling as diverse poetry magazines, and Aliens: Recent Encounters (edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane) as a good anthology.
A little late due to technical issues, but here is Episode 155 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week we asked master storytellers Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages to join us in the Gershwin Room to discuss the writing life, short fiction, collaboration and their forthcoming Tor.com novella "Wakulla Springs". As always, our sincere thanks to Andy and Ellen for taking the time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode!
In the second of two podcasts recorded at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Gary and I are joined by Ellen Klages, Karen Lord, and Nalo Hopkinson for a discussion on writing, cover art and many other things. As always, we hope you enjoy the podcast!
Last weekend Gary traveled to Madison, Wisconsin - home of Wiscon - where in amongst fine dinners and even finer conversation he managed to find time to ask Eileen Gunn, Ellen Klages and Geoff Ryman to join us on the podcast to discuss the 20th anniversary of the Tiptree Awards, Wiscon, the value of short fiction, and other things. Many, many thanks to Eileen, Ellen and Geoff for joining us. We hope you enjoy it, as always, and will see you next week!
Gordon Van Gelder, Ellen Klages, Gene Wolfe, Charles de Lint
SF in SF, November 15, 2008
SF in SF, November 15, 2008