Welcome to the May episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 24 is called “Yak Hair for Better Movement.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUESTS John Joseph Adams and Mary Robinette Kowal!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells (Shared by Mary Robinette Kowal)
• Face Off (Shared by John Joseph Adams)
• Urban Shaman by C.E. Murphy (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Broken Blade by Kelly McCullough (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3).

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

We’re Reposting this episode with a new blog entry in the hopes of getting iTunes to work. You can comment here or on the previous entry.

Welcome to the April episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 23 is called “A Squishy Little Shield.”*  This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUEST Cherie Priest!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• The BioShock series of video games (Shared by Cherie Priest)
• The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White and The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

*No babies were harmed during the production of this podcast.

ETA: We’ve re-posted the episode blog post with a new filename in the hopes of figuring out what’s going wrong with our iTunes feed.

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Welcome to the April episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 23 is called “A Squishy Little Shield.”*  This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and SPECIAL GUEST Cherie Priest!

In this episode we squeed about:

• Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales (Shared by Paul Cornell)
• The BioShock series of video games (Shared by Cherie Priest)
• The Incrementalists by Steven Brust & Skyler White and The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

*No babies were harmed during the production of this podcast.

ETA: We’ve updated the episode with a new filename in the hopes of figuring out what’s going wrong with our iTunes feed.

The announcement of the Hugo Award Nominations went out on Saturday.

We are so pleased to announce that the SF Squeecast has been nominated for Best Fancast!

Here’s the whole category:

Best Fancast (346 ballots)

The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz
SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

We’re in great company. Thanks to everyone who nominated us! Now, go forth, listen to all of the great podcasts, and vote!

Episode 22! This episode features Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Catherynne M. Valente, and special guest Charles A. Tan!

In this episode we discuss:

• American Horror Story (Shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• A Wrinkle in Time (Shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss (re-release by Papaveria Press) (Shared by Charles A. Tan)
• ELMER by Gerry Alanguilan (Shared by Elizabeth Bear)

And Charles answered our silly questions, too!

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

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NB: Due to technical problems with our RSS Feed and iTunes, we’ve had to delete and repost this episode on the website in an attempt to fix it.

Welcome to the February Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 21 is called “A Really Scary Bed Sheet.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente, and SPECIAL GUEST Amber Benson! In this episode we squeed about:

• Cossbysweater (shared by Amber Benson)
• The American Fairy Trilogy by Sarah Zettel (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• A Ghost Story for Christmas (shared by Paul Cornell)
• The Lost Room (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• Wreck-It Ralph (shared by Seanan McGuire)

Please excuse the audio quality of this episode. We were having Skype issues, and Lynne’s new mic was picking up EVERYTHING.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

SF Squeecast Episode 21: A Really Scary Bedsheet [ 31:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to the January Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 20 is called “Contains Homeopathic Quantities of Meat.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente! In this episode we squeed about:

• Antiquities and Tangibles by Tim Pratt (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• SF/F Food Blogs including Cooking the Books, Food Through the Pages, Inn at the Crossroads , Fictional Food, and Eating Authors (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• 2000 AD “Trifecta” (shared by Paul Cornell)
• d’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths and d’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (shared by Seanan McGuire)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

Welcome to the December Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 19 is called “Delicious, Delicious Sin…” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Lynne M. Thomas, and Very Special Guest Sarah Monette! In this episode we squeed about:

• After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Nexus by Ramez Naam (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Merlin (shared by Paul Cornell)
• Sherlock Holmes in Many Forms (shared by Sarah Monette)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

A SPECIAL THANKS this month to Dmitri and Michael for dealing with some major website issues!

Welcome to the November Episode of the Hugo Award-winning SF Squeecast! Episode 18 is called “You Can’t Put Your Finger There!” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catheynne M. Valente! In this episode we squeed about:

• Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Ink by Sabrina Vourvoulias (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Mockingbird Lane (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Quatermass (shared by Paul Cornell)
• Seaward by Susan Cooper (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.

Welcome to the October Episode of the Hugo Award-winning SF Squeecast! Episode 17 is called “Be Bloody, Bold, and Resolute.” This episode features the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Very Special Guest Ellen Kushner! In this episode we squeed about:

• Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Ludo (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Dan Dare (shared by Paul Cornell)
• The Flora Fyrdraaca Novels by Ysabeau S. Wilce (shared by Ellen Kushner)

Ellen also answered our silly questions.

Click here to listen, press play below, or right-click to download the episode (mp3)

Additional credits: Special thanks to our webmaster, Dmitri Zagidulin, our technical producer David McHone-Chase, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael Damian Thomas for general administrative support.