My Superpower: E.L. Tettensor
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View Article250. Emily Jiang, John Chu, and E. Lily Yu at ICFA
Science Fiction World, secret phone calls, and written madness, oh my! Last year, we had the distinct pleasure of talking with Emily Jiang, John Chu, and E. Lily Yu about their work, award nominations,...
View Article251. Karen Lord (a.k.a. Captain Civilization) — The Galaxy Game (An Interview)
Scifi parkour, social strife, and psychic powers, oh my! Karen Lord returns to the Skiffy and Fanty underground compound to discuss her newest novel, The Galaxy Game, the standalone sequel to The Best...
View ArticleMy Superpower: N.P. Griffiths (Isabella’s Heiress)
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View Article256. Myke Cole (a.k.a. Sergeant Tibbs): Gemini Cell (An Interview)
Zombie soldiers, evil spirits, and body farms, oh my! Myke Cole returns to the show to talk about his fourth novel, Gemini Cell. We talk to him about some of his writing “firsts” (standalone novels,...
View ArticleAround the Podosphere: Podcasts of Note for 3/2/2015
What nifty things dropped into our laps last week? This week’s edition of Around the Podosphere has the answer. Here’s what we’ve been listening to! On Literature: The fine folks at The Coode Street...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Carrie Patel (The Buried Life)
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View Article“On sniping, women, and SF” by Brenda Cooper
There’s a lot of sniping going on across genders in our field. Vitriolic sniping. Shame on us. Yes, science fiction is largely male dominated. So are a lot of fields. I know. My day job is in...
View Article259. Elizabeth Bear (a.k.a. The Sky Marshall) — Karen Memory (An Interview)
Sewing mecha, evil gloves, and the Old West, oh my! Multi-award winning Elizabeth Bear joins us to talk about her latest novel, Karen Memory. We discuss worldbuilding, writing about the characters...
View ArticleThe Muse of Research: An Interview with Lev Mirov
The Muse of Research is a monthly column in which E. P. Beaumont interviews poets, medievalists, and speculative writers about their research. This week, E.P. Beaumont talks to Lev Mirov. ———————————...
View Article264. Writing the Other / Writing the Self Panel w/ Nalo Hopkinson, Susan Jane...
The world, the people, and the mistakes, oh my! Nalo Hopkinson, Susan Jane Bigelow, Keffy Kehrli, and Kate Elliott join us to talk about the dos and don’ts of writing people who are not like ourselves...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Ken Liu (Grace of Kings)
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View Article266. Juliet E. McKenna (a.k.a. the Historian) — An Interview at LonCon3
London, airplanes, and history degrees, oh my! Author Juliet E. McKenna joined Shaun, Julia, and Paul at LonCon3 last year to discuss her work, politics and their influence, her experience with...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Tsana Dolichva (Defying Doomsday)
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Peter Newman (The Vagrant)
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Max Gladstone
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View Article212. Lynne and Michael Damian Thomas (a.k.a. Ood-les of Fun) at CONvergence
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...
View ArticleMy Superpower: Tansy Rayner Roberts
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View ArticleMy Superpower: LJ Cohen
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower...
View ArticleEnglish as the Center and Its Privileges
Daniel José Older recently uploaded an appropriate video titled Why We Don’t Italicize Spanish: This incited reactions from several people, including Bryan Thao Worra: [View the story “Bryan Thao Worra...
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