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)

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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 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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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 September Episode of the Hugo Award-winning SF Squeecast! Episode 16 is called “Live from Chicon: Keeping It Classy on the Eve of a Hugo Award.” This episode brought together for THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER IN PERSON the SF Squeecast regulars Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, and Catherynne M. Valente with Very Special Guests Jay Lake and Sarah Monette! In this episode we squeed about:

• Engine Summer by John Crowley (shared by Catherynne M. Valente)
• Rubber (shared by Jay Lake)
• The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers and Chime by Franny Billingsley (shared by Elizabeth Bear)
• Night of the Comet(shared by Seanan McGuire)
• The Hugo Awards(shared by Paul Cornell)

Jay 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. Extra special thanks to the programming team at Chicon, especially Steven H Silver, who made this recording possible and Harold Stein and Peter for the microphone.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.