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Welcome to the May Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 12, A Whole Year. This episode brought together Squeecast regulars  Lynne M. Thomas and Paul Cornell, with our Very Special Guest Rachel Swirsky!

In this episode we talked about:

• 52  and Gotham Central  (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh (shared by Rachel Swirsky)
• EasterCon Report (shared by Paul Cornell)
• With a bonus Invisible Cup of Tea roundtable discussion on the value of conventioning, and the origins of our cup of tea’s invisibility.

Rachel 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 D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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Welcome to the April Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 11, This Episode Goes To… This episode brought together Squeecast regulars  Lynne M. Thomas, Elizabeth Bear, Seanan McGuire, and Catherynne M. Valente.

In this episode we talked about:

• It by Stephen King (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Was by Geoff Ryman (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• With a bonus digression of Seanan’s reaction to The Hum and the Shiver in there somewhere.

We skipped the silly questions this time, in favor of an “invisible cup of tea” segment, where we discussed the whole notion of negative reviews of other people’s work when you’re a professional writer yourself.

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 D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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Holy Cats!

We are deeply pleased to announce that we are nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fancast!

We’re in great company:

Best Fancast (326 ballots)
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, produced by Patrick Hester
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

The full slate of nominees is here.

Congrats to our contributors and regulars from 2011, nearly all of whom are also nominated in other categories.

WOW.

Thank you. We are so very, very proud.

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Welcome to the March Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 10, The Linguistic Divide of Pants. This episode brought together Squeecast regulars  Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Cornell, along with our special guest Nebula and Campbell Award nominee Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon.

In this episode we talked about:

• Unpossible by Daryl Gregory (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Anno Dracula by Kim Newman (shared by Paul Cornell)
• Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (shared by Saladin Ahmed)
• The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• With a bonus digression about the X-Men in there somewhere.

We also asked Saladin 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 D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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Welcome to the February Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 9, What I Like About You, AKA The Awkward Episode. In this episode, recorded on February 4, we have discarded our cardinal rule and talked about each others’ work, doing our best to make each other squirm in honor of Valentine’s Day.

It is truly awkward. We hope that you enjoy it.

Our discussion featured Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente, along with our special guest Scott Lynch, the author of the Gentlemen Bastard Sequence of novels, beginning with The Lies of Locke Lamora.

In this episode we discussed works from each Squeecaster that we had consumed. Their websites are linked on our sidebar, so we’re just gonna list ‘em.

• First we talked about Paul Cornell’s Doctor Who work, and his fiction work, including his short story “Secret Identity” and the novelette “The Copenhagen Interpretation” (plus a couple of bonus Doctor Who New Adventures novels). I should note that I misspoke about the season in which “Human Nature/The Family of Blood” appear: they are in the THIRD series of the New Series, not the second. I also happened to reverse the sexualities of the main character in Paul’s short story that appeared in the Masked anthology, “Secret Identity.” It’s a good story, but I read it over a year ago. (Sorry, Paul.)
• Then we talked about the works of Seanan McGuire, specifically Feed, Discount Armageddon, and her album Wicked Girls. Please note: WE TOTALLY SPOILED THE END OF FEED to talk about the awesome execution of it. If you don’t want to be spoiled, you’ll need to fast forward about 5 minutes. You have been warned.
• Lynne M. Thomas was on the hotseat next, as Squeecasters discussed Chicks Dig Time Lords and Apex Magazine and the SF Archives at NIU.
• We discussed Cat Valente’s work next, specifically Deathless and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, and The Orphan’s Tales.
• Elizabeth Bear was next, and we talked about The Stratford Man, The Jenny Casey novels, and the New Amsterdam stories.
• Finally, we put Scott on the hot seat, discussing The Lies of Locke Lamora, and making him answer embarrassing questions. There were sharks involved.

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 D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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Welcome to the January Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 8, The Middlesquee! This episode, recorded back on July 30 of last year, brought together Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Cornell, along with our special guest Javier Grillo-Marxuach, who worked as a producer on Lost, and was the creator of The Middleman.

In this episode we talked about:

• SYFY original movie Swamp Shark (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Tower Prep (shared by Javier Grillo-Marxuach)
• Gail Simone‘s run on Birds of Prey (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• Heaven’s Shadow by Michael Cassutt and David Goyer (shared by Paul Cornell)
• The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson (shared by Elizabeth Bear)

We also asked Javi 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 Carole Brown, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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Welcome to our Winter Holiday Extravaganza Episode of the SF Squeecast! This episode brought our regular cast together once again: Catherynne M. Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas,  Seanan McGuire, and Paul Cornell.

In this episode we talked about:

• The film The Nightmare Before Christmas (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Stealth Holiday Films [kitchen sink edition] (shared by Elizabeth Bear) (Seriously, too many to list. Just trust us)
• Terry Pratchett’s novel Hogfather (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• “Too Many Christmas Trees“  from  The Avengers (shared by Lynne M. Thomas)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (shared by Paul Cornell)

We also asked Seanan our silly questions at long last. There may even be some spontaneous caroling. Along with Seanan’s explanation of the importance of stopping murdering people during the holiday season.

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 Carole Brown, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

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This Very Special  Episode of the SF Squeecast was recorded with Squeecast regulars Catherynne M. Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas,  Seanan McGuire, and Paul Cornell with Very Special Guest George R.R. Martin!!!

In this episode we talked about:

• The film Dark City (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• The works of author Jack Vance (shared by George R.R. Martin)
• The television mini-series The 10th Kingdom (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• Medea the Sorceress by Diane Wakoski (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• The television series The Outer Limits (shared by Paul Cornell)

We also asked George our silly questions.

Unfortunately, all of this frenzy of activity, with George joining us via telephone and the rest of us over the web, means that you might have a little trouble hearing what’s going on from time to time.  We kinda strained our internet connection. A bit.

We are REALLY VERY SORRY, but it could not be helped. We did try.

That being said, we had a lovely time chatting with George, and we do think that this was totally worth some minor sound hiccups.

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 Carole Brown, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

 

 

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This Very Special Halloween Episode of the SF Squeecast was recorded with Squeecast regulars Catherynne M. Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Lynne M. Thomas,  and Seanan McGuire.  Paul Cornell, alas, was unable to make it, but Jim C. Hines bravely stepped in and did his best to fill the breach.

There was candy corn! And pumpkins! And the Best Video Game Ever!

In this episode we talked about:

• Halloweentown (shared by Seanan McGuire)
• “Halloween” (episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, shared by Jim C. Hines)
• Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Costume Quest (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! (shared by Lynne M.  Thomas)

We also asked Jim 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 Carole Brown, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support.

 

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ETA: This episode has now been corrected. Let’s give it another try, shall we?

 

This episode of the SF Squeecast was recorded LIVE at CONvergence, on 7/3/2011, where Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas and Seanan McGuire were Guests of Honor, and Elizabeth Bear Skyped in. Paul Cornell, alas, was moving house and without internet access, and he totally missed out on us being live! In person! with an audience! that you can hear! They even applaud and laugh at our jokes…

In this episode we talked about:

• John Crowley‘s Little, Big (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• Genevieve Valentine’s Mechanique (shared by Lynne M.  Thomas)
• Caitlin R. Kiernan‘s The Drowning Girl (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder (shared by Seanan McGuire)

We also took some audience 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 Carole Brown, Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studios for the instrumentals of music by Seanan McGuire, Katy Shuttleworth, who made our ROCKING logo, and Michael D. Thomas for general administrative support. Extra special thanks to Matt Ledder, who was our on-site audio engineer, the entire CONvergence Crew, and Steve Manfred for furnishing internet access on the fly. <3