Welcome back to the Seattle Geekly podcast! We’re kicking of the second half of our 2010 season with a month that is all about women in geekdom. To start us off on that month is another author show! This week we talk with Adrian Phoenix, Mira Grant, Jennifer Brozek, Seanan McGuire, Jessa Slade and Marjorie M. Liu, covering genres from horror to paranormal romance, to urban fantasy to the Marvel Universe.
As always we also have the weekly geek news, Seattle area geek events and another bad movie for Shannon to watch!
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Our Geek Week
- Shannon is in the World of Warcraft Cataclysm beta! Check out the first of her (spoilerrific) weekly beta updates!
- Matt, on the other hand, is bidding farewell to WoW for the time being
- Played Battleship for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
- Playing Dragon Age: Origins on the PC
- Confirmed that we have our press credentials for PAX 10!
- It should be noted that we were incorrect when we said it was likely that the 3 day passes for PAX would sell out sometime this weekend. They have, as a matter of fact, already sold out.
Holy Smokes! We Talked to More Authors!
- Seanan McGuire
- Seanan explains the Campbell Award with a handy webcomic
- John Scalzi wearing the Campbell Tiara
Hey, did you ever notice how much Mira Grant looks like Seanan McGuire?
Seanan McGuire
Mira Grant
Weird…
- Marjorie M. Liu
- Tiger Eye: Curse of the Riddle Box by Passionfruit Games
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
This week’s Bad Movie was Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) dared by Eric
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352. Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.
Next week’s Bad Movie will be Lightspeed (2006) dared by Matt in spite of antyhing to the contrary that was said in the podcast.
News
- DJ Hero 2′s 108 mashed-up artists revealed
- Dark Horse reveals details of #NotAtComicCon
- If you are planning to attend the #NotAtComicCon festivities at Comics Dungeon in Seattle, they have asked that you RSVP on Facebook
- Entire Star Wars opening scene recreated on NYC subway
Events
Can’t Stop the Serenity
When: Sat, July 17, 4:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) 2700 24th Ave. E Seattle
Seattle Browncoats Charities is proud to present the 5th annual Can’t Stop the Serenity! Enjoy a screening of Serenity along with a full day of other events including live music from Live music by Vixy & Tony and Marian Call. They will be also be joined by SJ Tucker, Betsy Tinney, and Sunnie Larsen. There will also be a screening of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, concessions, raffles and swag all to benefit Equality Now, Northwest Harvest and MOHAI, More information at http://www.cstsseattle.org/index.html
SEATTLE GEEKLY Game Night!
When: Sun, July 18, 1pm – 5pm
Where: Wayward Coffee 8570 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle WA 98103
Come join Shannon & Matt to play fun games and get prizes! Wayward Coffeehouse is the perfect GEEK clubhouse!
Naomi Novik: Tongues of Serpents Reading & Book Signing
When: Wed, July 21, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Book Store, Seattle
Now we come to the sixth novel in Naomi Novik’s high-flying, fantasy adventure series about intelligent dragons harnessed as weapons of war in the Napoleonic era. The dragon Temeraire and his rider, Capt. Will Laurence, have been stripped of rank and standing after a treason conviction. Sent to a prison colony because of their dangerous ideas about liberty for dragons, they carry with them three dragon eggs and a desire to change the nature of the relationship between dragons and men.
Tom Bissell: Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter Reading & Book Signing
When: Thu, July 22, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Where: University Bookstore, Seattle
We love Tom Bissell’s books. And—we’re just going to go ahead and admit it—we kind of love video games. Put the two of them together, and you have made happy, happy readers of us. Bissell’s funny and sharp critique of a growing-like-mad part of the entertainment industry raises the possibility that games can actually be art, and raises the bar for anyone hoping to produce games worth playing. (A note: it is quite likely we will force Mr. Bissell to demonstrate his Rock Band drummer chops during this event. Come prepared for that.)
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
When: Fri, July 23, 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Open Circle Theater 2222 Second Ave, Seattle
Open Circle Theater is pleased to present the stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s cult Discworld novel WYRD SISTERS. Wyrd Sisters takes Macbeth and then turns it up ‘till the knob comes off (with healthy doses of Hamlet, Lear and Richard III implied as well). It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three powerful witches and a cartload of puns, jokes and lampooning. It’s “the Scottish play” from the witches perspective.
We have revamped the full Event Calendar so check it out to see what you need to go to!
Contest!
Horror Swag Giveaway!
We have a multimedia pile of horror swag with a little something for everyone that we are going to give away to one lucky listener.
For details on what the swag bag contains, and to enter to win see our Contest Page!
Music
Music this week was “Good Old Girl” and “It’s Good To Have Jayne On Your Side” by Marian Call who will be here in Seattle at the CSTS Seattle showing at MOHAI and at w00tstock in San Diego!
Next show: Episode #69 – Women in Comics!
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Newish listener to the podcast here, and I’ve been enjoying it a lot! Wasn’t there originally a trivia night scheduled for tonight? I see it on Neptune Coffee’s calendar, but when I looked here for details today it had disappeared from the event page.
Hi there Melodie! We’re taking a smallish break from Trivia Nights until October. They’ll still be the 3rd Friday, but we’re so busy during the next few months we had to cancel them. Sorry about the misunderstanding with Neptune Coffee, I’ve emailed them again, so hopefully they take the Trivia off of their calendar. Stay Tuned in October!
No worries, thanks for the info!
Episode 68 is showing up on Zune! I’m really jonesing here, guys, please help!
Hey James! I looked at Zune through our button on the website, and it looks like it’s there. Some people were having problems having iTunes automatically download it, so maybe resubscribe through Zune? Unfortunately, we don’t know much about Zune, but I see it listed!
At this time the episode is not showing up in iTunes yet.
I see it in iTunes, Matt’s checking into the problem. For any Podcast, you can always delete it from your iTunes then resubscribe and the new episode should start downloading. I did that and it worked. I think the gerbil running the podcast area at Apple died.
One of your authors said “gilded” used to mean “bloodied.” I thought, “Huh! That’s not right!” & looked it up. As I thought, etymology of “gild” is from Anglo-Saxon “gyldan,” to overlay with gold (AS for gold is “gold”). No blood. I don’t know where she got it from, unless gold is supposed to be the blood of earth or something that my source doesn’t mention.
I know, I know…nobody cares but OCD word freaks like me…