Salon Futura
By Cheryl Morgan
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Podcast Description
The Salon is a monthly discussion about science fiction, fantasy and related literature. Each month Cheryl Morgan invites writers, editors, critics, artists and other industry professionals to talk with her about topics of interest.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Cheryl Morgan interviews Graham Sleight about the new third edition of the famous Encyclopedia of Science Fiction which is due to be launched any day now. Graham is the business manager for the enterprise. The encyclopedia is being written primarily by John Clute, David Langford and Peter Nicholls, with a large number of guest specialist contributors. The official website of the new encyclopedia is here. There is also a working website here with sample entries and the contact form by which the editors can be contacted. The encyclopedia blog, which Graham mentions in the interview, can be found here. The new encyclopedia is part of the Gollancz SF Gateway project, which is online here. | 10 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eurocon 2011 Gender in SF&F Panel | This is a recording of a panel from the 2011 Eurocon, held in Stockholm in June. It featues a panel titled "Men, Women and Neuters in SF and Fantasy". The panel members were Kari Sperring (moderator), Ian McDonald, Elizabeth Bear, Johan Jönsson, Kristina Knaving and Cheryl Morgan. The recording also features audience contributions from Charlie Stross and (briefly) Amanda Downum. Our thanks to the Eurocon committee for providing the raw audio. | 1 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Out of This World: The Launch of the British Library Exhibition | This podcast contains interviews that Cheryl Morgan conducted at the launch party for the British Library's science fiction exhibition. For more details see the show notes at Cheryl's blog. | 31 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hugo Award Questions: Episode 2 | Following the recent release of the 2011 Hugo Award nominees, Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee, ably assisted by John DeNardo of SF Signal, boldly dive into the dark underbelly of the Hugo Award rules in search of enlightenment. How notes for this podcast will be available at the Science Fiction Awards Watch website. | 16 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: Making a Book Cover | This month on The Salon Cheryl Morgan and her guests discuss how book covers are designed. With Cheryl in The Salon are artist, John Picacio, art director Irene Gallo, and former Barnes & Noble buyer, Joe Monti. For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 11 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: YA Science Fiction | This month on The Salon Cheryl Morgan and her guests discuss science fiction for younger readers. With Cheryl in The Salon are David D. Levine, Imogen Russell Williams and Ben Jeapes. For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 11 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: It's A Crime | This month on The Salon Cheryl Morgan and her guests discuss writing science fiction, fantasy and horror novels that are also crime novels. With Cheryl in The Salon are Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Aliette de Bodard and Mike Carey. For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 13 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview: Ann VanderMeer | Cheryl Morgan talks to editor, Ann VanderMeer, about Weird Tales and some of the projects she is working on with her husband, Jeff. For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 14 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: Running A Small Press | This month on The Salon we welcome three people who run their own science fiction and fantasy publishing businesses. To find out just what it takes to do this sort of thing, and what the various changes affected the publishing business will mean for a small press, listen to L. Timmel Duchamp (Aqueduct Press), Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) and Sean Wallace (Prime Books). For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website . | 14 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How the Hugos Work | This is a podcast from Salon Futura's siste web site, Science Fiction Awards Watch. In it Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee answer questions about the Hugo Awards from their invited guests: . If you have any follow-up questions you can ask them at: http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=3925. | 7 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: The Graphic Story Hugo | This month on The Salon Cheryl Morgan and her guests discuss which 2010 graphic stories might be good candidates for the Hugo Award. With Cheryl in The Salon are writer Maura McHugh, retailer and blogger Joe Gordon, and podcaster David Monteith. For more information about the matters discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 17 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: Steampunk Without Empire | This month in The Salon we discuss whether steampunk is necessarily all about empire. The guests are Karin Lowachee (from Canada via Guyana), Lavie Tidar (from Israel) and Jeff VanderMeer (co-editor of two steampunk anthologies and other steampunk-related books). For more information about things discussed in this podcast see the Salon Futura website. | 13 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon; Is Fantasy Gendered? | Cheryl Morgan talks to Glenda Larke, Lou Anders and Tim Pratt about whether some fantasy fiction is specifically aimed at one gender or another. | 5 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: Writing LGBT Characters | Cheryl Morgan talks to Nicola Griffith, Hal Duncan and Catherynne M. Valente about how and why writers should use lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters in their work. | 3 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Salon: A Changing Conversation | Each month Cheryl Morgan invites a number of celebrity guests to visit The Salon and talk about some topic related to speculative literature. This month we welcome Gary K. Wolfe, Nnedi Okorafor and Fábio Fernandes. The topic of conversation is, perhaps appropriately, The Conversation -- how we talk about science fiction and understand its history. | 1 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
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