Episodes
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L.A. Young generously does a guest-takeover-episode of the podcast to talk about race and oppression in Science Fiction. With her extensive knowledge, she gives suggestions and examples of works by Black Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction authors that have used the genre to address the issues of racism and social justice within society. The biggest thank you to L.A. for doing this episode and sharing her insights into such an impressive reading list!
The complete list of books and stories she mentions in the show notes on the Sisters of Sci-Fi website: www.sistersofscifi.com/
The books and stories on race and oppression she mentions are:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season [Book One], The Obelisk Gate [Book Two], The Stone Sky [Book Three]) by N.K. Jemisin
Black Friday by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Specifically her short story "Zimmer Land")
Riot Baby by Tochi Onybuchi
The Deep by River Soloman
The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson (a short story available here: https://www.tor.com/2014/04/02/the-devil-in-america-kai-ashante-wilson/
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforYou can follow L.A. here:
Website: https://mistyaquavenatus.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AquaVenatus
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aquavenatus
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLOH5jwux5Wk3r5K2_z-ezQ?view_as=subscriber
Fantasy Faction reviews:Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Jeanne Cavelos and I talk about her journey from Astrophysicist to Sci-Fi editor, to writer, to creator of the Odyssey Writing Workshop.
Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust site (lots of free resources for writers): https://odysseyworkshop.org/
Jeanne’s site: http://jeannecavelos.com/
Odyssey Blog: https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/
Odyssey Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/OdysseyWorkshop
Odyssey Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/OdysseyWorkshop
Odyssey Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/odysseyworkshop/
Odyssey Pinterest Page: https://www.pinterest.com/odysseyworkshop/
Odyssey YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OdysseyWorkshop
The next book we cover will be Love and Gravity, by Samantha Sotto, in a crossover episode with Melissa Haskins of the Paperback Romance Book Club Podcast.
It is more than likely available at your local library, and can also be purchased here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546466/love-and-gravity-by-samantha-sotto/
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Theo Motzenbacker and I cannot say enough good things about Joyce Chng's book Rider, which is the first book in the Rider trilogy.
You can purchase copies of the series here:
https://awolfstale.wordpress.com/the-rider-trilogy-ya-sf/
The next book we cover will be Love and Gravity, by Samantha Sotto, in a crossover episode with Melissa Haskins of the Paperback Romance Book Club Podcast.
It is more than likely available at your local library, and can also be purchased here:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546466/love-and-gravity-by-samantha-sotto/
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Dalal Hanna and Andrea Reid, of the organization Riparia, and I talk about their work to educate young women on the importance of freshwater ecology and fisheries, as well as the importance of educating young women through Riparia on how they can make a difference.
Instagram: @Dalal_el_Hanna and @AndreaJaneReid and @RipariaExpeditions
Twitter: @Dalal_el_Hanna and @andreajanereid
Websites: http://bennettlab.weebly.com/dalal.html and http://andreajanereid.com/
Riparia: www.riparia.ca
The next book review will be on Joyce Chng’s Rider (Book 1 of the Rider trilogy), which can be purchased here:
The Rider Trilogy – YA SF
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Melissa Selzer and I cover a LOT in this episode- not only do we talk about two of Mary Shelley's works (Frankenstein and Lodore), we also talk about the history of Gothic Literature, our personal experiences with reading Frankenstein when we were younger, who Mary Shelley was, and how different Frankenstein the novel is from the film versions of the story.
The next book review will be on Joyce Chng's Rider (Book 1 of the Rider trilogy), which can be purchased here:
https://awolfstale.wordpress.com/the-rider-trilogy-ya-sf/
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Dr. Monifa Phillips and I talk about her recent PhD research, and her current career as an electronics and engineering trainee patent attorney.
You can find her on twitter at @monifa_monifa
And her linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monifa-physicist/
Here is the article about the Anywayup Cup:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jun/08/a-working-life-the-inventor
Our next book will actually be two: a comparative study between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and her penultimate book, Lodore.
Frankenstein can be found online through the Project Gutenberg website:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Melissa Selzer and I both thoroughly enjoyed Devorah Major's short story, Trade Winds. The idea of home and being able to translate that idea to someone with a different context to the word really struck a chord with us.
Here is a link to videos of her performing her work: https://www.devorahmajor.com/?page_id=12
Our next book will actually be two: a comparative study between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and her penultimate book, Lodore (which I pronounce Lo-door-eh, but may just be Lo-Door).
Frankenstein can be found online through the Project Gutenberg website:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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I had the great honor and pleasure of talking with Dawn Sam Alden and Jen Albert about their experiences as both fight coordinators and acting in classic theatre, including their current production of a Klingon adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine through the theatrical company, the School of Night.
See the show-notes on our website for photos from the production.
You can find Jen Albert on the following social media:
Twitter:@thejenalbert
Instagram:@thejenalbert
Twitter: @SchoolofNightLA
Instagram: @SchoolofNight
FB: @schoolofnighttheatreDawn Sam Alden can be followed here:
Twitter: @Vicarious_Films
IG: @herpowmovies
FB: https://www.facebook.com/VicariousFilms/
Website: www.vicariousfilms.com
Twitter: @dawnsam13
IG: @bluebeardruidsister
Website: www.dawnalden.comOur next book review will be a comparative study of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and her penultimate book, Lodore.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Quick amendment to this episode: Hera WAS mentioned in Rogue One and the Ghost is one of the rebel ships that shows up for the battle of Scarif.
Kate Motzenbacker and I cover Claudia Gray's Star Wars: Bloodline. It most likely can be found at your local library, as well as on Amazon and through Penguin Random House's website.
We both absolutely adored this book. I personally cannot recommend this book enough.
Our next book will actually be two: a comparative study between Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and her penultimate book, Lodore (which I pronounce Lo-door-eh, but may just be Lo-Door).
Frankenstein can be found online through the Project Gutenberg website:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm
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Dr. Linh Anh Cat talks about her work on fungi, using her work in STEM to help inform public policy, her organization, Reclaiming STEM, and writing book reviews for the Book Riot Blog.
Twitter: @LinhAnhCat
https://linhanhcat.weebly.com/
Our next book will be Bloodline by Claudia Gray. It may be available at your local library, or it can be purchased on Amazon.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Melissa Selzer and I talked about We and Our Own by one of histories most incredible women, Magdalena Mouján Otaño.
The poem, of the same name, written by her grandfather, that inspired this short story is here:
Zer da Euskera, nor da euskaldunak,
Zeiñ, will Nongotarrak say?
Galdezka daude atzerritarrak
Ontara Begira,
mundu gustyan bere berdiñik
Ez Duben Euskal will miss.
Eziñ ikusi gaituste ondo,
irten gautezen argira,
iñork mantxarik sortu ez dezan
Gure Jatorri Garbira.- Pedro Mari Otaño
Our next book will be Bloodline by Claudia Gray. It may be available at your local library, or it can be purchased on Amazon.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Part two of a crossover with the Amphibian Press Podcast, V.S. Holmes talks about her experiences as a writer, publisher, and archaeologist in the private sector.
Part one can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CRdtAH5oxw&feature=youtu.be
Website: www.vsholmes.com
Publishing site: www.amphibianpressbooks.com
Box set pre-order/order: books2read.com/darkhorizons
Start reading the archaeological sci-fi series (Starsedge: Nel Bently) for free: https://www.vsholmes.com/explorersFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorvsholmes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VS_Holmes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vs_holmes
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthRhMtY9NSLpbCIMNd20twOur next story will be We and Our Own by Magdalena Moujan Otano. You can find it in the anthology Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain. It may be available at your local library, or it can be purchased on Amazon.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Neha Bawa joins me to talk about "Panopte's Eye" by Tamai Kobayashi.
A copy of the story is in So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction and Fantasy. It is more than likely available at your local library, as well as on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/So-Long-Been-Dreaming-Postcolonial/dp/155152158X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=So+Long+Been+Dreaming&qid=1557281170&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Our next story will be We and Our Own by Magdalena Moujan Otano. You can find it in the anthology Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain. It may be available at your local library, or it can be purchased on Amazon.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Dr. Steffi Diem joins us to discuss her fascinating work in Nuclear Fusion. She talks about how she got into the subject area during college, what she's working on now, and the important, positive impact Nuclear Fusion can have on the future of clean/green energy.
A link to the image of the reaction in process:
https://www.iter.org/fr/newsline/229/1229
Image of the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment at Princeton can be found in the show notes for this episode on the Sisters of Sci-Fi website.
Our next story will be Panopte's Eye by Tamai Kobayashi.
You can find it in the collection So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction and Fantasy. It is more than likely available at your local library, as well as on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/So-Long-Been-Dreaming-Postcolonial/dp/155152158X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=So+Long+Been+Dreaming&qid=1557281170&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Dr. Steffi Diem and I both adored the short story Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy.
It is available on iBooks, Kindle, and in the fantastic collection, Sisters of the Revolution: a Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
It is also available here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Sex-Among-Invertebrates-Murphy-ebook/dp/B009KZ0ZV0
Our next story will be Panopte's Eye by Tamai Kobayashi.
CORRECTION: I say the anthology is called Post-colonial Dreaming, which is incorrect. The actual title is So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction and Fantasy. It is more than likely available at your local library, as well as on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/So-Long-Been-Dreaming-Postcolonial/dp/155152158X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=So+Long+Been+Dreaming&qid=1557281170&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger talks about her work in Marine Biology and how climate change affects marine ecosystems.
She also brings up the important, and often overlooked, element of how climate change is a social justice issue, and that changes happening in one part of the globe wind up affecting ecosystems in entirely different areas.
Website: https://nyssasilbiger.com/
Twitter: @NSilbiger
Our next story will be Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy. It is available on iBooks, Kindle, and in the fantastic collection, Sisters of the Revolution: a Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
It is also available here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Sex-Among-Invertebrates-Murphy-ebook/dp/B009KZ0ZV0
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Teresa Jusino, of the Finding Felicity Podcast, and the Leather and Love Podcast, joins me to talk about Everfair by Nisi Shawl (who it, admittedly, one of my favorite authors).
The bio of Nisi Shawl, as told in her own words (as I promised in the intro): http://www.nisishawl.com/Autobiography.html
Follow Teresa on social media: Twitter and IG, @teresajusino @teampomonok
Facebook: @teampomonok
Podcasts: “Finding Felicity (on Fanbase Press)” and “Leather and Love”
Our next story will be Love and Sex Among the Invertebrates by Pat Murphy. It is available on iBooks, Kindle, and in the fantastic collection, Sisters of the Revolution: a Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.
It is also available here: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Sex-Among-Invertebrates-Murphy-ebook/dp/B009KZ0ZV0
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Using her work and research in the area of the Biology of Fear, Mary Poffenroth teaches people, especially scientific researchers, techniques to be able to communicate their findings to the public in an accessible way.
Here is an infographic that shows her 3 steps for neutralizing fear: https://www.marypoffenroth.com/infographic
Website:https://www.marypoffenroth.com
Twitter: @marypoffenroth
IG: @marypoffenroth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marypoffenroth/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marypoffenroth
Our next story will be Everfair by Nisi Shawl. It is more than likely available at your local library. It is also available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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This episode is filled with SPOILERS, since we give specifics throughout our discussion.
Sandra Escalante-Harder and I talk about The Blue Laboratory by L.T.Meade. You can find a copy of it in the collection The Dreaming Sex, edited by Mike Ashley. It is more than likely available at your local library, or can be purchased on Amazon.
Sandra on IG: @_____sandrita_____
We both loved this story, and how well it illustrated the creepy side of science, pairing the trope of tenacious governance with a bit of mad-scientist on the side.
I realized too late that we never gave a synopsis:
Madeleine, a young English woman, moves to St, Petersburg to become a nanny to the two children, Olga and Maroussa, of English scientist Dr. Chance and his wife. Once there she finds herself enlisted as secretary to Dr. Chance's science experiments, after expressing an interest in the subject to the two girls.
Olga and Maroussa warn Madeleine that one night they followed their father into the secret lab and hear someone calling for help. By ingratiating herself into his confidence, Madeleine soon discovers that Dr. Chance's previous secretary, another English man, has been held captive and experimented on in the name of Dr. Chance's desire to photograph thought.
With the help of Olga and Maroussa, Madeleine is able to free the captive secretary and have Dr. Chance arrested.
Our next story will be Everfair by Nisi Shawl.
Sisters of Sci-Fi is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and through the RSS Feed.
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Cristina Patterson has the most unique job and impressive filmography I have seen to date. She uses her talents as an artist to create and paint the contact lenses we see in just about every major sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and action movie and tv show from the past 18 years.
IG: EyeFXInc
Website: https://eyeinkfx.com/
Our next story will be The Blue Laboratory by L. T. Meade, which can be found in the collection The Dreaming Sex, edited by Mike Ashley. It is more than likely available at your local library, or can be purchased on Amazon.
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