Podcasts about sf fantasy

émission réalisée le 11 avril 2024. Pour ce nouvel entretien Ind100, Aranitha & Fred reçoivent Julien et Igor d'Origames pour causer de Shaan-World Chrysalis ! Nouvelle itération du monde de Shaan, le jdr de SF-Fantasy, actuellement en financement.

LIVE FROM THE WRITERCON CRUISE 2024! Bestselling authors William Bernhardt and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview agent Katharine Sands, SF/Fantasy author RJ Johnson, and USA Today-bestselling Romance writer Lauren Smith.Chapter 1: Opening ThoughtsThis has been our largest group of cruise-writers yet, and we've had a wonderful timne working with them.Chapter 2: TestimonialsSome of the WriterCon Cruisers share what they loved most about this adventure.Chapter 3: News1) Amazon Accused of Spying on Retail Competitiors2) Internet Archive Appeals Ruling Prohibiting Digitization of Books Without LicenseChapter 4: InterviewPremiere literary Agent Katharine Sands, USA Today-bestselling author Lauren Smith, and SF/Fantasy author RJ Johnson (Dreamslinger and others) talk about their adventures in the writing world. During this chat, you will learn:1) how to write the book you love while also paying attention to the market;2) the road ahead for publishing;3) the rise of romance, fantasy & horror;4) how to break into publishing;5) how the role of the agent has changed; and 6) breaking into foreign rights—on your own.Chapter 5: Parting WordsThe next big event on the WriterCon calendar is the WriterCon Retreat, July 17-21, at the Canebrake luxury resort not far from Tulsa, with pool, hot tubs, spa, yoga, golf training, hiking trails, and most importantly, writing instruction. The classes, rooms, and food are all packaged together at one low price. This is where you get direct feedback on your work in progress as well as great information and instruction. Visit the website for more info!The WriterCon annual writers conference is Labor Day weekend (August 30-September 2) in Oklahoma City at the Renaissance Waterford. Over 50 speakers, over 70 sessions, need-to-know info on what's happening in the writing world, plus great writing tips. ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS till the Early Bird pricing ends, so register now!Until next time, keep writing, and remember: You cannot fail, if you refuse to quit.William Bernhardtwww.williambernhardt.comwww.writercon.com

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux

Comme chaque semaine on debrief l'actualité gaming, films et séries autour des thématiques de la Science-Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique. Extrait de l'émission ⁠⁠⁠⁠l'Actu Sci-Fan en direct

Comme chaque semaine on debrief l'actualité gaming, films et séries autour des thématiques de la Science-Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique. Extrait de l'émission ⁠⁠⁠l'Actu Sci-Fan en direct

Comme chaque semaine on debrief l'actualité gaming, films et séries autour des thématiques de la Science-Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique. Extrait de l'émission ⁠⁠l'Actu Sci-Fan en direct

Comme chaque semaine on debrief l'actualité gaming, films et séries autour des thématiques de la Science-Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique. Extrait de l'émission ⁠l'Actu Sci-Fan en direct

Comme chaque semaine on debrief l'actualité gaming, films et séries autour des thématiques de la Science-Fiction, Fantasy et Fantastique. Extrat de l'émission l'Actu Sci-Fan en direct

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec TitanStarRunner ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux ☑️Review Chroniques de Films, Séries et Jeux avec Laird_jp Version vidéo https://youtube.com/live/2sW0RhiJ-Yk

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux Version vidéo https://youtube.com/live/UFCwmabE6HE

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec  @TitanStarRunner  ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux ☑️Review Chroniques de Films, Séries et Jeux avec  @laird_jp  Version vidéo https://youtube.com/live/LFsxkSaQ3KE

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec  @TitanStarRunner  ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux Version vidéo https://youtube.com/live/v7j26GO3LX8

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec  @TitanStarRunner  ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux ☑️Review Chroniques de Films, Séries et Jeux avec  @laird_jp  Version Vidéo : https://youtube.com/live/laE058CW1mA

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec @TitanStarRunner ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux ☑️Review Chroniques de Films, Séries et Jeux avec @laird_jp Version vidéo https://youtube.com/live/wXM1FBll1Sw

Moderator: SBWC faculty member, Marla Miller works with writers on the road to publication, and beyond. Her popular SBWC workshop, Hooking Readers, covers both crafting and marketing tips.Brook Ashley, is the author of Dare Wright and The Lonely Doll, which features more than four hundred of Dare's own photographs and an array of other illustrations. Brook Ashley tells Dare's story as no one else can, as she was Dare's goddaughter, lifelong friend, and guardian during her final years. She grew up in Wright's magical New York universe of Edith and The Bears. A former child actress, Brook is a Realtor and a magazine writer in Santa Barbara, CA.Bee Bloeser, is the author of Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror, and the Cold War. With wide-eyed ideals and two young children, Bee eagerly followed her husband to Africa, where he helped eradicate smallpox, in the 1970s. What she encountered there deepened her love for Africa, while it eroded her naïveté. Bloeser now lives in California and is building a speaking career in the wake of the publication of her book.Hendrika de Vries is the author of the award-winning memoir When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew. She was a child in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam when girls were to be housewives and mothers. When her father was deported to a POW camp in Germany, and her mother joined the Resistance, she learned to become an empowered woman. She's a retired Jungian-oriented therapist who used dreams and intuitive imagination to facilitate recovery.Yvette Keller the author of the Douglas Adams' London Guide from Herb Lester Associates. Her short fiction leans toward SF/Fantasy at an extravagantly relaxed angle. You can find her work in literary magazines such as Enheduanna, Imitation Fruit Literary Magazine, and The Santa Barbara Literary Journal. For fun, Yvette time travels in self-made historical costumes, and performs in short-form improv and live storytelling shows.

On ce retrouve tout les dimanches en Live 21h pour l'émission Science Fiction & Fantasy de la semaine : ☑️l'Actualité Star Citizen de la semaine avec @TitanStarRunner ☑️l'Actualité Sci-Fi & Fantasy de la semaine sur les films, séries et jeux Version vidéo : https://youtube.com/live/Cxjac5SSl5M

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back writer, publisher and podcaster; Scot Noel! Scot Noel created DreamForge Magazine in 2019. He has been published in Eden Studios Zombie anthologies, Algis Budrys' Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, and has written novellas and interaction text for computer games.  Tangent, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy, listed 20 DreamForge stories on their 2020 Recommended Reading List. In 2021, Scot's DreamForge project is being rebranded as DreamForge Anvil, SF & Fantasy Stories and How to Write Them. An online magazine of speculative fiction that is positive and hopeful, while also helping new writers learn their craft. He has also collaborated with UpRoar Books and Space and Time magazine to publish an anthology of the best short stories appearing in DreamForge and Space and Time. That effort is being published this May as Worlds of Light & Darkness, Vol. 1.  

Picking up where the previous episode left off, Dave joined Preston and Todd in time to share Top 5 Single-Episode TV Stories. The Geeks' top choices came from the following shows. - Babylon 5 - Batman: The Animated Series - Dark Matter - Firefly - Fringe - Game of Thrones - Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Lost In Space (Netflix reboot) - The Orville - Star Trek: The Next Generation - Stranger Things - True Detective - The Twilight Zone But, what were the exact episodes? How many of Preston's top 5 picks did he already list in Part 1 (along with Todd's honorable mentions)? Were there any surprises? Did any of the Geeks pick episodes from the same shows...or the exact same episodes? Listen now for the answers to these and other top-notch questions. You can contact us at... - E-Mail:  discerninggeeks@gmail.com - Facebook:  #DiscerningGeeksPortal - Twitter:  @discerninggeeks Please rate or review us wherever you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discerninggeeks/message

We're finally covering our TV topics. First up, is Part 1 of our lists of Favorite Single-Episode TV Stories. In Part 1, we cover our honorable mentions, broken out by categories. Stay tuned for Part 2, which is all about our Top 5 lists. In this installment, our official (and unofficial) honorable mentions include episodes from the following TV shows: - Alien Nation - Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Babylon 5 - Batman: The Animated Series - Battlestar Galactica - Dark Matter - Doctor Who - Game of Thrones - Goosebumps - Lost - The Simpsons - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Star Trek: The Next Generation - Stargate: SG-1 - Travelers - True Detective - Twilight Zone But, those are just the shows. Listen now to find out which episodes we picked. You can contact us at... - E-Mail:  discerninggeeks@gmail.com - Facebook:  #DiscerningGeeksPortal - Twitter:  @discerninggeeks Please rate or review us wherever you listen to podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discerninggeeks/message

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back writer, publisher and podcaster; Scot Noel! Scot and I chat about the kickstarter to help pay their authors more and the new DreamForge Magazine's Channel  on YouTube. Scot Noel created DreamForge Magazine in 2019. He has been published in Eden Studios Zombie anthologies, Algis Budrys' Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, and has written novellas and interaction text for computer games.  Tangent, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy, listed 20 DreamForge stories on their 2020 Recommended Reading List. DreamForge Magazine in 2022 by Scot M Noel — Kickstarter Dreamforge Magazine - YouTube

Interviewing Shahid was really fun. Shahid is a man with a lot of passion for publishing. He is a man who has been married for 30 years or more with 3 children. He decided he wanted to be happy in his mid-life crisis. Shahid quits his job in finance and decides that he wanted to do something that keeps him going and a career that would make him excited every day, books and publishing makes Shahid happy. SHOUT OUT TO HIS WIFE FOR SUPPORTING SHAHID DREAMS TO REALITY. Shahid company Arc Manor Publishing is now the Award Winning Small Press based in Rockville, Maryland. Shahid grow up in Pakistan which he had a great life. He now is living in Washington. Shahid always been into Sci-Fi all of his life. We talked about his best projects and what a publisher does. He explained that a publisher should never ask an Author for money. You should never have to pay a publisher. We go further in detail during the interview. I didn't have to ask why he loves being a publisher because he express to me as we were talking how much he loves his life. He has great projects upcoming and I am super excited for Shahid. LETS KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SHAHID: Shahid Mahmud created Arc Manor Publishers in 2006, with an SF/Fantasy imprint called Phoenix Pick, specializing in republishing out-of-print books by established authors using the latest publishing technologies emerging in the industry. Within a few years the company was publishing older books by some iconic authors including L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Chalker, Leigh Brackett and Daniel Galouye. In 2012 Phoenix Pick reprinted a title by, Robert A. Heinlein starting a long partnership with the Heinlein estate. In 2013 the company introduced Galaxy's Edge magazine, which was created and edited by 5-time Hugo winner Mike Resnick who edited it till his death last year. Arc Manor created a new imprint, CEAZIK SF & Fantasy in 2020 publishing titles on a traditional distribution basis. The first book they published under the new imprint in March 2020 was a new work by Robert A. Heinlein called the Pursuit of the Pankera based on a rediscovered manscript. The book became a Locus Magazine bestseller. Since then CAEZIK has published new works by authors like Robert Sawyer, Harry Turtledove, James Morrow and Ben Bova who's last work, Power Challenges was published by CAEZIK posthumously. Arc Manor's Galaxy's Edge magazine has also partnered with Dragon Con to create an annual award called the Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction which attempts to carry on Mike's passion of encouraging newer writers in the field The first award was given out last month. Prior to becoming a publisher, Shahid was a bond portfolio manager working for the City of San Diego. The acting mayor of San Diego declared November 7th, 2005, to be “Shahid Mahmud” day for services rendered to the City. If you would like to book Shahid for interviews you can contact Shahid by his Publicist Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge https://creativeedgepublicity.com/ 403.464.6925 or you can email Shahid at Admin@ArcManor.com if you need assistance or looking for a publisher go to Shahid's website at www.arcmanorbooks.com Shahid is a man of his word. He does not give you broken promises. He is a small publishing company who will have an one and one connection. BOOK SHAHID TODAY!!! THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!

Chatting With Sherri chats about a new anthology with Scot Noel and Angela Yuriko Smith! Scot Noel created DreamForge Magazine in 2019. He has been published in Eden Studios Zombie anthologies, Algis Budrys' Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, and has written novellas and interaction text for computer games.  Tangent, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy, listed 20 DreamForge stories on their 2020 Recommended Reading List. Angela Yuriko Smith is an American poet, publisher, and author. Her first collection of poetry, In Favor of Pain, was nominated for a 2017 Elgin Award. Her latest novella, Bitter Suites, is a 2018 Bram Stoker Awards® Finalist. She co-publishes Space and Time magazine with her husband Ryan Aussie Smith.  Space & Time is a 53-year-old publication dedicated to fantasy, horror and science fiction. For more information visit SpaceandTimeMagazine.com or AngelaYSmith.com. Worlds of Light & Darkness, an anthology of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror – The Best of DreamForge and Space & Time Magazines. These twenty short stories stretch across multiple universes and beyond death – and yet, they remain intimate, personal, emotional. They demonstrate the strength of the human spirit to find hope and seek a better tomorrow in even the darkens times.         .    

On the ‘Cast is one of the more interesting people we have had on in a very long while. So interesting, in fact, that we began talking in the pre-show and quite frankly, once the show began, I forgot  to introduce him. Shahid Mahmud is the creator of the SF/Fantasy imprint Phoenix Pick. The catalog […]

Astăzi îți prezint câte 3 idei de bază din două cărți care se leagă foarte bine una de cealaltă: Daniel Pink - Drive (Ce ne motivează) și  Steven & Rob Shallenberger - Începe cu viziunea Eurostat a publicat statisticile anuale, iar România ocupă primul loc în topul țărilor europene ai căror locuitori nu au citit nici măcar o carte într-un an. Mai exact, 70% dintre români nu au citit în 2020 nici măcar o carte (!!!). Pe locul 2, dar la distanță, este Bulgaria, cu 52%. Pe cine găsim pe 'ultimele' locuri? Găsim țările nordice, iar Suedia are doar 17% dintre locuitori care să nu fi citit nici măcar o carte într-un an. Poate este un alt motiv pentru care nu ar trebui să ne mai mire că au printre cele mai bune nivele de trai și sisteme educaționale. De mult timp îmi doream să fac ceva prin care să încurajez oamenii să citească, iar acest procent de 70% a fost catalizatorul. Acest sezon este manifestul meu pentru educație. Episoadele lui vor fi scurte (10-15 minute). Vor fi fără invitați, iar în ele voi recomanda câte două cărți care pe mine m-au influențat și ajutat. Ele vor fi din domenii diferite: de la parenting la dezvoltare personală, trecând prin business, marketing digital, beletristică (mai ales SF & Fantasy), personal branding sau psihologie. Ma voi folosi de notițele luate în timp ce citeam cartea respectivă și le voi prezenta pe cele mai importante 3. Vreau și sper ca așa să te influențez pe tine, care asculți, să citești și mai mult. La fel de important, sper ca TU să influențezi pe cineva care știi că nu citește, să pună mâna pe o carte. Să o citească și să ia din ea ce are nevoie pentru a deveni mai bun sau mai bună. Hai să ieșim împreuna din acest top! Hai ca, împreună, să ducem procentul la 49% în următorii 3 ani. Spor! Andrei V. P.S.: între timp, te poți inspira și din lista de 35 de cărți pe care să le citești pentru tine, cei dragi și cariera ta. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/parentprenor/message

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Scot Noel! Scot Noel created DreamForge Magazine in 2019. He has been published in Eden Studios Zombie anthologies, Algis Budrys’ Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine, and has written novellas and interaction text for computer games.  Tangent, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy, listed 20 DreamForge stories on their 2020 Recommended Reading List. In 2021, Scot's DreamForge project is being rebranded as DreamForge Anvil, SF & Fantasy Stories and How to Write Them. An online magazine of speculative fiction that is positive and hopeful, while also helping new writers learn their craft. He has also collaborated with UpRoar Books and Space and Time magazine to publish an anthology of the best short stories appearing in DreamForge and Space and Time. That effort is being published this May as Worlds of Light & Darkness, Vol. 1. Scot is one of the winners of the Writers of the Future contest and his story, “Riches Like Dust,” is published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 6, back in 1990.    Find out more at: dreamforgemagazine.com    

Let's explore some speculative fiction that strays from Western norms, or at the very least shows diversity in its main characters. I definitely am not claiming that this is everything, as there is SO much coming out (especially in YA); but it seemed like a timely topic. Enjoy!

This week Karleigh and Dawn bring you a new episode a day early just in time for STAR TREK DAY! We are joined by transgender runner June Eastwood, who shares both stories of her success and not always winning, plus advice for runners everywhere, including closeted ones. We also discuss our favorite SF/Fantasy novels, and Karleigh updates us on today's breaking news: the 84 scholars standing up for trans women athletes and opposing the idea of a trans ban based on faulty science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are looking at & talking about long running series or intricately built worlds with depth and gravitas.

David and Perry, together with special guests W. H. Chong and Paul Carr, talk about how they first started to become SF/Fantasy readers, and in Paul's case, how he got into the space industry. Coping with social distancing (01:38) New Zealand World SF Con goes virtual (02:25) Hugo Awards short list (02:07) How we became SF/Fantasy readers (00:40) Perry's introduction to the field (05:27) Secret Seven and Famous Five by Enid Blyton (00:35) Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (00:24) Astounding/Analog magazine (03:44) David's introduction to the field (08:06) The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (01:04) The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (02:18) Cities in Flight by James Blish (00:55) Kings of Space by W. E. Johns (00:44) Edgar Rice Burroughs (00:39) The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (00:20) Isaac Asimov (00:58) Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (01:01) Our next episode (01:58) Interview with W. H. Chong (50:50) Interview with Paul Carr (24:13)

David and Perry, together with special guests W. H. Chong and Paul Carr, talk about how they first started to become SF/Fantasy readers, and in Paul's case, how he got into the space industry. Coping with social distancing (01:38) New Zealand World SF Con goes virtual (02:25) Hugo Awards short list (02:07) How we became SF/Fantasy readers (00:40) Perry's introduction to the field (05:27) Secret Seven & Famous Five by Enid Blyton (00:35) Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting (00:24) Astounding/Analog magazine (03:44) David's introduction to the field (08:06) The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton (01:04) The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (02:18) Cities in Flight by James Blish (00:55) Kings of Space by W. E. Johns (00:44) Edgar Rice Burroughs (00:39) The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (00:20) Isaac Asimov (00:58) Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg (01:01) Our next episode (01:58) Interview with W. H. Chong (50:50) Interview with Paul Carr (24:13) Click here for more information and links.

GeniusCast (S.2.E.42) - Week 10 recap, DFS, preview Sea/SF, fantasy football

GeniusCast (S.2.E.29) - Recap wk 5, look at Clev/SF, fantasy football

It's finally happening! We're diving fully into one of Matt's areas of expertise, Chinese Literature. This month we're reading Waste Tide (https://amzn.to/2N4K80g), the first novel by Chinese science fiction author Chen Qiufan (known as Stanley Chan in English), translated by Ken Liu.  The book is new to both of us, so in addition to the usual bookfacts, this episode starts with a short introduction to the sociolinguistics of the Chinese language. From there we learn about the history of modern Chinese literature w/ a focus on how speculative fiction has been received over the last century, from the earliest Chinese translations of Jules Verne to the modern resurgence of SF & Fantasy movies coming out of China, and how that relates to other literary & political movements.  Some of the works we discuss include: * Invisible Planets, edited & translated by Ken Liu * Chen Qiufan's stories at Clarkesworld (includes audio versions) * Clarkesworld Podcast * "Flower of Shazui" (set in the same world as Waste Tide)  * The Paper Menagerie & Other Stories by Ken Liu * The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu (Links in the shownotes at spectology.com if they don't show up in your podcatcher) --- As always, we'd love to hear from you! Chat with us on twitter at @spectologypod, send us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submit the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

In this episode of Booklist’s Shelf Care: The Podcast, we get a little otherworldly, to coincide with our August Spotlight on SF/Fantasy & Horror, and also because it’s never not a good time to talk about helping genre-reading patrons. First, Susan talks to RA maven and horror expert Becky Spratford about nostalgia, body horror, and queer Cthulu retellings, and how horror-reading patrons want to be helped. Then, Audio Editor Heather Booth refutes the idea that writers shouldn’t narrate their own audiobooks with some fantastic self-narrated famous-person memoirs on audio. Finally, Susan corrals Maggie Reagan, Teen Feelings Expert, about being a grown-up who reads teen books, the undying appeal of vampires, and a few forthcoming books she can’t wait to share. Here’s what we talked about: RA for All The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror Ladies of Horror Fiction Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste Caitlín R. Kiernan, queer, non-binary Lovecraftian updater The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle “The Horror at Red Hook” by H. P. Lovecraft A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams Ellen Datlow, horror anthologist extraordinaire Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay Full Throttle by Joe Hill Movies & TV: Netflix’s Bird Box, based on the book by Josh Malerman; Us, directed by Jordan Peele; Neftlix’s Stranger Things; The Walking Dead, based on the graphic novel series by Robert Kirkman The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Thrillers by Sarah Pinborough, such as Behind Her Eyes The Hunger by Alma Katsu RA for All: Horror Celebrity Memoirs on Audio, Read by the Author: Yes, Please by Amy Poehler Becoming by Michelle Obama A Dream about Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons by Ben Folds No Walls and the Recurring Dream by Ani DiFranco Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters Teen Feelings Books: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Amanda and Jenn discuss dark fiction, humorous SF/F, women breaking down barriers, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh, and Blinkist. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. QUESTIONS 1. I’m getting married in the fall and am looking for books that portray marriage in a positive light. So many books use marriage as the plot twist, ie, murder, infidelity, etc. I want to read about good marriages and what will bring positive feelings in my marriage, not the negative portrayal usually used. I like historical fiction, magical realism, Mary Roach type of non-fiction, fantasy, romance. -Angela 2. I have been reading Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center, and realized that I need more stories in my life about women working in high testosterone settings. I work in a job that involves carpentry, electrical work, and a lot of physical labor. In some ways I was originally drawn to the job because of the boys’ club atmosphere. I love confounding expectations; I love the challenge of proving myself, but some days that challenge is more daunting than others. Could you point me in the direction of some other books that capture this? -Sasha 3. I have a bit of an itch I need scratched, and I’m having a hard time finding books with this specific description in mind. Earlier this year, I was very depressed and, although I love really dark fiction, I couldn’t bring myself to read it. I’m doing better now, and I want to plunge back in. I’m specifically wanting to read a fantasy/horror/thriller that’s really strange and doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but you’re just going with it? Something unsettling and stress-inducing possibly with a magical or supernatural element to it. I want to be so scared and confused and horrified that I feel like I’m going to throw up. The only examples I can think of that kind of have given me similar feelings (but maybe not quite as high of a distress level as I want or as strange as I want) have been Sawkill Girls, Baby Teeth, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, The Call, and, notably for it’s weirdness, Mouthful of Birds. Please no short story collections or anything too experimental (nothing has frustrated me more than trying to piece my way through House of Leaves). Please also no pregnancy horror, miscarriage, or child death. Thanks!! -Anon 4. Hello Amanda & Jenn! I am looking for a two-part recommendation. One of my favorite parts of being a parent is having a built-in “book buddy”! She is a voracious little book worm despite being only two and a half, and I’ve loved using books as tools to talk about new topics. My husband and I haven’t yet traveled as much as we’d like to with our daughter. In order to bring a bit of the world to us, I’ve started choosing both my books and her children’s books by authors from a specific country or that take place in that country. For example: We’re focusing on Nigeria right now and I’m reading Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor and Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa, while my daughter and I have read Chicken in the Kitchen by Nnedi Okorafor and Why The Sky Is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson. Could you recommend a book for me (any genre) to couple with a children’s book for her to help us learn about a new country? The World is Your Oyster! -Amber 5. Hi there! I’m looking for some recommendations for my sister, who enjoys SF/Fantasy and a dash of humor. She’s also an interior/graphic designer so she tried Horrostor by Grady Hendrix at my recommendation – she said that she really enjoyed the unique format and worldbuilding but that it also totally freaked her out. (She read it alone while home with a fever. Oops.) I’m thinking of trying Night Film by Marisha Peesl next – too much you think? Some of her favorites include: Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw, The Martian by Andy Weir, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Seconds by Brian Lee O’Malley, and the Finder Series by Carla Speed McNeil. Thank you!! -Melanie 6. I’m looking for some recommendations for my husband. He wants to get back into reading, but he doesn’t really know where to begin. He only reads nonfiction titles. He’s an attorney and former history teacher, so he enjoys both political and historical biographies. Some of his other interests include sports and standup comedy. He’s also expressed interest in reading stories about Mexico or Mexican immigrants. I realize these subjects are kind of all over the board, but I’m hoping you guys can pull something amazing out of your brains. Thanks so much, I appreciate your help! -Sarah 7. Hello, I’ve been listening to your podcast for a while, and I’m always looking forward to new episodes! For a while now I’ve been trying to find a good book to give to my mother in law. I’m a woman of colour, and my partner’s family is white. my mother in law is very open and willing to listen to my experiences as a woman of colour but I find that most – if not all – of the stories she finds most powerful are told from white men and women. While I’m sure the stories she loves are powerful and well-told, I wanted to find a book that offers the perspective of a person of colour and their experiences. Some of her favourite books are Still Alice, My Secret Sister, and A Dog’s Purpose. I hope you are able to help me out either on the podcast or by email. Happy reading! – Sandi BOOKS DISCUSSED An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker Documentary: SOMM Shoot Like a Girl by Mary Jennings Hegar (tw: sexual assault, family abuse, misogyny) Hegar’s viral ad Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, transl by Nancy Forest-Flier (TW: child abuse, violence) White Is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (tw: disordered eating, self-harm) Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera, transl. by Lisa Dillman Under My Hijab by Hena Khan, illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel The Faithful Scribe by Shahan Mufti The Parasol Protectorate series (Soulless #1) by Gail Carriger Unraveling by Karen Lord Pit Bull by Bronwen Dickey (tw: animal abuse) The River of Doubt by Candice Millard The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

A short story, "As We All Should Lie." SF/Fantasy. PDF download version at www.jonathanball.com/25

In the final episode of 2018, Mark interviews Science Fiction and Fantasy author Lindsay Buroker, a successful author who has been indie publishing for about eight years.  Prior to the interview, Mark shares a short personal update and thanks new Patron, Michael Lister; he also mentions that he recently released the third special "Reflections on other Podcasts" episodes for Patrons, which appears at www.patreon.com/starkreflections. He also thanks those who reached out to him after hearing him on episode 408 of The Creative Penn Podcast which was released on Dec 23rd. Mark then says a word about this episode's sponsor, Findaway Voices . . .In their conversation, Mark and Lindsay talk about: The main differences between when Lindsay first started out more than eight years ago releasing her first novel, The Emperor's Edge (while also producing her first podcast), and today The joy of getting to a place where each book's sales are enough to ensure paying for the cost of production The pros and cons of writing in multiple series in different genres Reasons why Lindsay released a new series of novels under a fresh and then-unknown pen name in 2014 Managing three mailing lists for the different reader bases that Lindsay has acquired over the years for different genres and pen names Maintaining a very personable persona in the mailing lists and in discussions with her fans The benefit of hosting a podcast with two other people for the SF & Fantasy Marketing Podcast, compared with the solo podcast (Saavy Self-Publishing) that Lindsay created many years earlier What Lindsay gets out of her guests from being one of the hosts of the SF & Fantasy podcast Why she is happy that she didn't experience a lot of luck early on in her writing success, and, instead, slowly built up her readership over time and how they can become loyal fans Lindsay's one experience writing collaboratively and whether or not she plans on doing that again Some of the reasons why, despite her success, Lindsay hasn't yet hired a personal or virtual assistant The early adoption of audiobooks that Lindsay invested in years before most indie authors began creating audiobooks What Lindsay would tell her younger self who was just beginning as a writer After the interview, Mark reflects on the personal connection that Lindsay enjoys and maintains as an important and authentic element of her author journey. Links of Interest: Lindsay Buroker's Website Lindsay's Facebook Page Lindsay on Twitter Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast Findaway Voices WMG Publishing Anthology Workshop RUSH - Hold Your Fire Album Info Patreon for Stark Reflections Stark Reflections Survey   Lindsay Buroker has early memories of convincing childhood friends, pets, and stuffed animals to play the roles of characters in her worlds, so it's safe to say she's been making up stories for a long time. She published her first novel, The Emperor's Edge, in December of 2010 and has written and published more than 50 novels since then, most under her own name, but a few steamier ones under a pen name. When she's not writing, she's usually hiking with her dogs, practicing yoga, playing tennis, or eating entirely too much dark chocolate (she only does one of those things truly well, and she will let you guess which it is). She grew up in the Seattle area but has itchy feet and has moved several times over the years. She most recently landed in Bend, Oregon, where she and her dogs now have eighty acres to roam around on. Someday, she may even have a house on that land.  If you're interested in reading more of her work, you can download The Emperor's Edge, Star Nomad, and Balanced on the Blade's Edge for free in your favorite store.    The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Joining Aron this week is J. David Spurlock to discuss his latest project, resurrecting the Dallas Fantasy Fair. The Dallas Fantasy Fair was the premiere SF/Fantasy and comic book convention in the Southwest during the eighties and mid-nineties.  Mr. Spurlock is leveraging his vast comics industry experience to bring such luminaries to DFW as Frank […]

In this final 3 part series interview with Tony Cade, we cover the following: Hard science fiction comics vs sf/fantasy, what sells the most. SF Fantasy is more popular than hard science fiction in comic books.  Star Wars is fantasy, and not really science fiction  What comics are you excited about that you are currently selling and one's that are coming out this year? Saga Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars #1 trade paperback. Brian Michael Bendis soft reboot of Superman – the New Man of Steel, and the New Justice League launch Scott Snider, in a few months, Fantasitc Four coming back to comics! Fox Disney merger, Netflix theaters coming soon  Diversity in Comics or lack there of.  Some reasons for this and some solutions on how to change it. (covering gender, race, sexuality and disability) Since Black Panther, have you noticed an increase of comic book writers interested in turning their book into a film? Challenges of getting the financing for your comic books. Resources needed to invest in our own content. James Cameron SFX vs Narratives How are you able to juggle all 3 of these companies?  Take us into a day in your life!

Hugo Award nominees 2018 - The Incomparable’s Book Club reaches the finish line of our annual SF/Fantasy award read, as we discuss the six nominees for the Hugo Award for best novel. From new series to concluded trilogies to standalone epics, this year’s list had a lot of variety. And for good measure, we throw in a few of the short-fiction nominees that we really liked. Host Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign and Aleen Simms.

Det finns för mycket litteratur och film för att det ska gå att komma ikapp, nånsin. Ante och Åka resonerar lite kring vilka klassiker vi har missat och liksom aldrig har kommit oss för att ta del av. Vad är det som gör att vissa av dem känns viktiga? Vi har också sett om en […]

Join the Board and Staff of Other Sci Fi Magazine as we discuss It's Not Hidden Racism If It's In Your Face" Why there is so much (hidden, and coded) racism in SF/Fantasy, and why we (all) accept it. Is "privilege" is the new racism?

It's a rough world out there -- it can be unfriendly, misogynist, fatalistic, full of fear. You would think that science fiction and fantasy has nothing to do with what we have to deal with. Yet I would challenge you to think about it as a genre that opens you up to what is possible -- where the idea of tolerance, curiosity, the seemingly impossible and the eternally open mind is hailed as the way to the future. Join me with fanthrolopogist and award-winning science fiction/fantasy author J M Frey as we discuss how the view of SF/Fantasy has changed over the decades, and why it may just be the way to save the future.

C'est avec un retard quasi non-euclidien que je mets en ligne le numéro de ce mois ci.Le programme est le suivant :NewsSweet Agatha (5mn30)Tenga (19mn49)Polaris (le jeu de Philippe Tessier, pas l'autre)(40mn 13)Il est fait mention du cafard cosmique dans le podcast, lequel cafard est en fait un excellent site de critiques de livres orienté SF-Fantasy. Vous le trouverez ici.Et ceci n'est que la première partie ! D'ici peu (je n'ose pas donner de date), je mettrai en ligne la seconde partie, contenant le dossier dystopies de Cyril.

C'est avec un retard quasi non-euclidien que je mets en ligne le numéro de ce mois ci.Le programme est le suivant :NewsSweet Agatha (5mn30)Tenga (19mn49)Polaris (le jeu de Philippe Tessier, pas l'autre)(40mn 13)Il est fait mention du cafard cosmique dans le podcast, lequel cafard est en fait un excellent site de critiques de livres orienté SF-Fantasy. Vous le trouverez ici.Et ceci n'est que la première partie ! D'ici peu (je n'ose pas donner de date), je mettrai en ligne la seconde partie, contenant le dossier dystopies de Cyril.

Paul has a special free CD for SF/Fantasy fans. Also, David Drake's "Far Side of the Stars".

Our 8th episode featured our second interview and our first with a content creator, in this case Science Fiction and Fantasy author Susan Palwick. Susan Palwick is an American SF/F author who began her professional career by publishing "The Woman Who Saved the World" for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1985. Raised in northern New Jersey, Palwick attended Princeton University and holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Yale. Susan Palwick is not a prolific writer, but she is much admired by her colleagues for her consistently well written stories. She has won multiple awards, including the Rhysling Award (in 1985) for her poem "The Neighbor's Wife." She won the Crawford Award for best first novel with Flying in Place in 1993, and The Alex Award in 2006 for her second novel, The Necessary Beggar. Her third novel, Shelter, was published by Tor in 2007. Her short story collection, The Fate of Mice, has was published by Tachyon Publications. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/geekeratiradio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geekeratiradio/support

A special "Buffy" & "Angel" podcast. Both really cool SF/Fantasy type TV shows that I enjoy and discuss this week. Along with some collectibles from those series and a new contest!