The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Pink bodysuits, the bisexual 80s, and legs that go on forever, oh my! Today on Torture Cinema, Paul, Alex, and Daniel review the (not so) particularly beloved 1980s fantasy musical, Xanadu! The film also has the distinction of being Gene Kelly’s last picture, so nobody can be too mad at it. If you love camp and ELO (Paul and Alex will fight you on this), then you too might truly love this movie. If you don’t, then you just might have a few things in common with at least some of our hosts. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Xanadu (1980)(IMDb) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Rock Thing” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Welcome to the first episode of Righteous Kicks — the podcast where two science fiction writers geek out about men in spandex bodysuits who kick evildoers to death in abandoned quarries until they explode. Here, we plan to ramble at length about the good, the bad, and the absolutely silly parts of the Japanese science fiction television franchise, Kamen Rider. Hopefully, we’ll introduce you to a series you’ll love to watch. For our introductory episode, Iori Kusano and Brandon O’Brien give a brief overview of Kamen Rider‘s beginnings, their introductions to the franchise, their favourite elements of the series they’ve seen so far, and what they look forward to discussing in future episodes. Next episode: we dive into the first 16 episodes of Kamen Rider Drive, the only Rider who gets a car instead of a motorcycle. He gets a lot of cars, in fact. Sports cars that talk. Toy cars that fight. Technically, his suit is a car… it’s wild. Be Transformed, and Stay Righteous! Show Notes: Kamen Rider on Wikipedia and the Kamen Rider Wiki A .gif from the Iron Chef episode of Kamen Rider Kabuto The Kamen Rider Guide Kamen Rider Drive on the Kamen Rider Wiki Watch Kamen Rider fansubs at KRDL.moe

In this episode of Into the Wardrobe, Shaun and Jen are joined by the lovely Becca to talk about the movie that defined Jen’s childhood, terrified Shaun, and has now inspired Becca to find a luck dragon. That move is 1984’s The Neverending Story directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Our intrepid crew discuss their own childhood traumas that made them connect so strongly with Bastian, the problems with Atreyu’s coding as Native, the movie’s approach to the tyranny of adulthood under capitalism, the good and the bad of the film’s ending, and so much more that we lost track about half-way through and can’t continue telling you. Basically, listen to the podcast. Enjoy! Show Notes: The Neverending Story (1984)(IMDB) The Wiki Page (Film) Rotten Tomatoes Jen’s Review of The Neverending Story by Michael Ende If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Rock Thing” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Hello, Rangers! We’re back with everyone’s favorite Space Nancy Drew in Memory! Did you miss us? This time Paul, Trish, Kate, and Alex are joined by Trish’s lovely twin, Sarah Elkins! If you’ve been reading along, Miles Vorkosigan has been through quite a few ups and downs over the series, but things finally catch up to him and, after being caught in a big lie, Miles must come to terms with who he wants to be, Lord Vorkosigan or Admiral Naismith. The team discuss Bujold’s masterful differentiation between plot and story and how Memory acts as both a valediction and a bridge between the past and the future of the Vorkosiverse. Next time in our journey through the Vorkosigan Adventures, we’ll discuss Komarr! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Show Notes: Memory Chronological Reading Order of The Vorkosigan Saga (though we’re not totally using this) Komarr Sarah Elkins on Twitter   If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Rock Thing” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

It’s a new year, and we have a lot of new and exciting SF in translation coming out. Chinese fantasy, Czech space opera, Argentine surrealism…Daniel and I tell you all about it. We also take a look back at November and December and briefly summarize what you might have missed when our beloved podcast took a brief wintry haitus. Daniel also talks about the wide variety of short fiction in January and why you should get excited about reading these stories from the Polish, Japanese, Spanish, and more. Extra exciting is the fact that you can also hear Rachel’s interview with the talented author and translator Andy Dudak. Translating Chinese SF, living abroad, how reading and writing and translating influence one another: it’s all covered. Remember: with new stories and books coming to our attention each week, make sure to check the SFT website for updates. Enjoy, and keep reading! A bientôt! Show notes: SFT Out in January “And the Wind Passes Dancing…” by Massimo Soumaré, translated from Italian by Toshiya Kamei (Unreal Magazine, January 1). “The Talus of Madame Liken” by Asja Bakić, translated from the Croatian by Jennifer Zoble (World Literature Today, January) “The Eternal Idol” by Amélie Olaiz, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei (Menacing Hedge, January). “Soul Tree” by Katsuya Yatsukawa, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei (SFT, January 15). “Sketches of a Worldwide Christo and Jeanne-Claude” by M.H. Vesseur, translated from the Dutch by Paul Vincent (Unfit Magazine, January 12). “The Small White” by Marian Coman, translated from the Romanian by Sebastian Simon (Apex Magazine, January 15). “All Saints’ Mountain” by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft (Hazlitt, January 23). “Astrolabe” by Raquel Castro, translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel (Cascadia Subduction Zone, January) A Bond Undone (Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2) by Jin Yong, translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang (MacLehose Press, January 24). Frontiers of the Imperium (Central Imperium Book 1) by Jan Kotouc, translated from the Czech by Isabel Stainsby (Arbiter Press, January 3). The Plotters by Un-su Kim, translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell (Doubleday, January 29). The Origin of the Fays, edited and translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, January 1). The Enchanter’s Mirror and Other Stories by Marie-Antoinette Fagnan, translated from the French by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, January 1). Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Riverhead Books, January 8). Reviews Ellen Jones reviews Tentacle in LARB Lanie Tankard reviews Secret Passages in a Hillside Town in World Literature Today Andrew Singer reviews CoDex 1962 for World Literature Today Jenni Råback reviews Oneiron for Asymptote Journal Jonathan Kirsch reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Fiction James Kidd reviews Legends of the Condor Heroes Book 2 Articles/Essays “The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem” by Paul Grimstad, The New Yorker Ken Liu’s Introduction to Broken Stars Heather Cleary interviews Samanta Schweblin on Lithub “Home is Where the Haunt Is: The Fantastic in Translated Fiction” by Heather Cleary Readers’ Corner Daniel recently read Leonora Carrington’s Complete Stories Rachel is reading The Ouroboros Wave Rachel is translating a story by Raul Ciannella General Links Speculative Fiction in Translation website Speculative Fiction in Translation facebook page SFT on twitter: @Rcordas Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com! You can also leave a comment on our website. Our new intro and outro music comes “Rock Thing” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.