The Skiffy and Fanty Show

The past, the future, and geek plans, oh my! Shaun Duke, Daniel Haeusser, Trish Matson, Paul Weimer, and Brandon O’Brien begin the new 2024 season with some announcements, some jokes, and a whole lotta of their favorite things from 2023 and the thing they’re looking forward to in 2024! The announcements are big ones, too!

Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

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• Our 2023 Things:
  • Shaun:
    • Book: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (our interview here)
    • Media: How I Met Your Mother
    • Other: Torture Cinema live shows in 2023!
  • Brandon:
    • Book: Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams
    • Media: Shin Kamen Rider
    • Other:
  • Trish:
    • Book: Rosalind’s Siblings edited by Bogi Takács
    • Media: Polite Society
    • Other: Blasphemous Tomes and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord
  • Paul:
    • Book: Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes
    • Media: Baldur’s Gate III
    • Other: Paul gets into Mirrorless Photography!
  • Daniel:
    • Book: Recital of the Dark Verses by Luis Felipe Fabre
    • Media: Godzilla Minus One
    • Other: Sabbatical E. coli research!
• Our 2024 Things:
  • Shaun:
    • Book: Your Utopia: Stories by Bora Chung and translated by Anton Hur
    • Media: Mickey 17
    • Other: The excitement of new beginnings cause I’m on the job market!
  • Brandon:
    • Book: Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente
    • Media: Handling the Undead
    • Other: Jukebox by Lyla McBeath Fujiwara
  • Trish:
    • Book: New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine
    • Media: Nothing…it all looks like sequels, and even worse, prequels…
    • Other: Glasgow Business Meeting, if I get there. How will the WSFS convention be revised to fix the Hugos?
  • Paul:
    • Book: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
    • Media: Dune Part II
    • Other: Worldcon in Scotland!
  • Daniel:
    • Book: The Lotus Empire by Tasha Suri
    • Media: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    • Other: Mining the Genre Asteroid on S&F

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