Month: January 2015

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Fangirl Happy Hour, Episode #2 – Tales of Love and Romance

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This week on Fangirl Happy Hour, Ana and Renay dig into Tansy Rayner Roberts’s essay from the first issue of Uncanny Magazine, “Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?” and explore our experience with sex and romance in our reading pasts. Then, it’s time to discuss The Hugo Awards: the latest debates and drama among the community, as well and some of our nominees for the award. Lastly, we read The Very Best of Kate Elliott, her first short fiction collection, and discuss what we took away from her first of three 2015 literary offerings.

Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft? — starts at 3:53
The Hugo Awards — starts at 22:42
The Very Best of Kate Elliott – starts at 44:04

Media mentioned: “Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft” by Tansy Rayner Roberts, “A Beautiful Lifetime Event” by astolat, Of Hard SF and Messy Emotions by Cora Buhlert, The Very Best of Kate Elliott by Kate Elliott

Other references: Chaos Horizon, Renay’s Initial Hugo Nominees, Hugo Awards Debate 2015: Earlier Every Year by Cora Buhlert

Recommendations: 12 Monkeys (TV), Sia – Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler

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Fangirl Happy Hour, Episode 1 – Brimming with Emotions

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This week on Fangirl Happy Hour, Renay and Ana join up for the first episode. It’s 2015; what media are we looking forward to in the coming year? Then, Serial, the podcast everyone was talking about in 2014. How did we feel coming away from this hugely contentious piece of journalism? Was it only reporting or was it entertainment, too? Lastly, Marvel’s Agent Carter: did it live up to our huge hopes and dreams?

Media mentioned: The Black Wolves by Kate Elliott, Pitch Perfect 2, Avatar The Last Airbender’s Smoke and Shadow, The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, Mad Men S7 finale, Persona by Genevieve Valentine + Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia, The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black, 2015 Hugo Awards, Court of Fives by Kate Elliott, The Labyrinth of Flame by Courtney Schafer, Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey, The Expanse (TV), The Heat 2, The Martian, The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Inside Out (Pixar), Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling by Ted Chiang

Other references: Episode 210: Genevieve Valentine and all the things, Avengers: Age of Ultron (and Emotions) Trailer Response, Serial’s website, Split the Moon – Rabia Chaudry’s blog, Gavia Baker Whitelaw’s post on costume design

Recommendations: The Legend of Korra + Show creator’s essay; The Heart Wants What It Wants by talitha78 (also available on tumblr)