Glitchy Pancakes

We've been on hiatus, but we're back with news, updates, and recommendations to get you hyped about the coming months! Rob and Jesse discuss Hugo/Locus/Ignyte Award nominations, the (possible? Hopeful?) return of conventions, the Baen Bar reopening, and plenty of cool stuff for you to watch, read, and play. Enjoy! Hugo Award nominees: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2021-hugo-awards/ Locus Award Nominees: https://locusmag.com/2021/05/2021-locus-awards-top-ten-finalists/ Ignyte Award Nominees: https://theconvention.fiyahlitmag.com/2021/04/22/announcing-the-2021-ignyte-awards-shortlist/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Find yourself wanting to learn how to write science fiction or fantasy? Already writing and want to level up? Then you'll definitely want to hear what our guest Cat Rambo has to say. Cat is one of the most accomplished names in the field, having published over 200 original works with many more on the way, as well as serving two terms as President of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) and founding one of the most popular and helpful online writing schools, the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Listen in & learn some cool stuff! Cat Rambo's Website: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/ The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers: http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/academy/ Cat's Twitter: @CatRambo Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Check out the cool stuff we've been consuming to help us stay upright and functioning in 2021 (AKA "2020 Part 2: Even 2020er"). Games, books, movies, and shows to soothe your brain and make happy. Enjoy! Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Time to get SPOOKY! We're talking about horror stories this week! Joining us is Tonia Ransom, creator and executive producer of the excellent Nightlight Podcast, a horror podcast dedicated to publishing creepy tales by Black writers and acted by Black voice professionals. We discuss why we like to be scared, where horror writers get their terrifying ideas, what the Black American experience adds to the genre, the ins and outs of delivering horror through audio/podcasting, and much more! Turn your nightlight on and settle in... Nightlight Podcast: https://nightlightpod.com/ Nightlight Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nightlightpod Nightlight Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightlightPod Tonia Ransom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/missdefying?lang=en Tonia's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/toniaransom Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

It's always something, isn't it? This week we dig into the controversy surrounding the Baen Bar forum, WorldCon/DisCon III, and the removal of Toni Weisskopf as WorldCon's Editor Guest of Honor. Free speech and censorship (what they mean, and what they don't), how communities define and enforce their standards, and what the fallout means for everyone involved. Enjoy! File 770 article detailing the whole thing: http://file770.com/weisskopf-correia-weber-defend-baens-bar-jason-sanford-subjected-to-harassment-over-his-report/ Excellent list of logical fallacies: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review there if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Welcome back! It's our first episode of the year, and having lost our minds long ago in the Before Times of 2020, we attempt to stay coherent as we discuss what's going on in fandom. We talk about the release of Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda, the upcoming Black Panther tv series helmed by Ryan Coogler, the Locus recommended reading list, updates on the convention scene, explain the Hugo Award nomination process, and more. We do NOT discuss WandaVision. Yet. Enjoy! LINKS: Locus Recommended Reading List (2020): https://locusmag.com/2021/02/2020-locus-recommended-reading-list/ Hugo Award Nomination info & website: http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review there if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

This week, we took a few minutes to thank everyone who has helped us make the back half of 2020 better than we'd hoped. We launched Glitchy Pancakes on June 19 of this year with an episode on Protest & Rebellion in SF/F, featuring the amazing Sheree Renée Thomas. From then until now, we've published 30 episodes full of fun and illuminating conversations about all aspects of SF/F fandom with a slate of absolutely fantastic guests, and we hope you've all gotten something good out of listening. We greatly appreciate every guest who gave us a slice of their time, as well as all the listeners who have kept us going. We'll be back in January serving up more fresh hot stacks of Glitchy Pancakes. Happy New Year everybody! Let's make it the best one yet! Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Some say there are certain works & authors in SF/F/H that one Must Read in order to appreciate or understand the genres. But with all the amazing new work coming out from new voices around the world, are the so-called "canonical" works even relevant anymore? How can fans navigate the world of speculative fiction in a way that makes it meaningful (and let's not forget FUN) for them? We get into it with two fantastic guests: 2019 Astounding Award winner & author of Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng, and Georgia Tech Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies & author of The Future is Female, Dr. Lisa Yaszek. Heads up: there may be some discussion of gross '70s Jell-O molds. Jeannette Ng: Website and UNDER THE PENDULUM SUN Dr. Lisa Yaszek: Website & Amazon author page Octavia Butler on Devil Girls from Mars: https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/archive/transcript-devil-girl-mars-why-i-write-science-fiction-octavia-butler-1998 Hugo Gernsback and Amazing Stories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Stories Lost Transmissions: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Transmissions-History-Science-Fiction/dp/1419734652 Jeanette Ng’s Astounding Award Acceptance Speech: https://medium.com/@nettlefish/john-w-campbell-for-whom-this-award-was-named-was-a-fascist-f693323d3293 We Have Always Fought http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/ Big Book of Science Fiction (edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer): https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Science-Fiction/dp/1101910097 Milton Davis: https://www.mvmediaatl.com/ Balogun Ojetade: https://chroniclesofharriet.com/ Margaret Cavendish: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/one-of-the-earliest-science-fiction-books-was-written-in-the-1600s-by-a-duchess The Last Man by Mary Shelley: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1840224037 Brian Aldiss on Mary Shelley: https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/brian-w-aldiss/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

"Own Voices" fiction means stories written BY members of the marginalized groups and cultures they depict, instead of written by people from outside those groups. People deserve to tell their OWN stories instead of having others take up that space and write about them, so today we get into what needs to happen and why. We're joined by two amazing author/editors: Sheree Renée Thomas (World Fantasy Award-winning editor, author, Marvel writer, and new Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction) and K. Tempest Bradford (author, editor, writing teacher at Writing the Other, podcaster, and Vice Chair of the board of the Carl Brandon Society) for a deep dive into Own Voices fiction and why it's so important. Sheree Renée Thomas: Website and Twitter (@blackpotmojo) Books: NINE BAR BLUES, DARK MATTER & DARK MATTER: READING THE BONES, & pre-order BLACK PANTHER: TALES OF WAKANDA Visit & subscribe to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction K. Tempest Bradford: Website and Twitter (@tinytempest) Fiction & Non-Fiction Bibliography: http://tempest.fluidartist.com/bibliography/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ktempestbradford Writing the Other writing classes The Carl Brandon Society's website Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Swing and a miss, Audible! After last week's episode, the audiobook giant emailed authors & publishers with a "solution" to their policy of not paying creators. It was... not good. We talk with author & Mocha Memoirs Press publisher Nicole Givens Kurtz about why SO MUCH MORE needs to be done to make publishing equitable and ethical. And while we're at it, we get into the recently announced purchase of Simon & Schuster by Penguin/Random House (taking the "Big 5" publishing houses down to the Big 4), and why this is a raw deal for readers as well as writers, agents. and publishers. On a positive note, congratulations to Nalo Hopkinson on being named SFWA's 37th Grandmaster! See, good stuff happens too, sometimes... NICOLE GIVENS KURTZ: https://nicolegivenskurtz.net/ & @NicoleGKurtz on Twitter MOCHA MEMOIRS PRESS: https://mochamemoirspress.com/ & @MochaMemoirs on Twitter Author Susan May's blog post about AudibleGate 2 Washington Post article about the Penguin/Random House + Simon & Schuster purchase Petition from Writer’s Guild: https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/sign-our-letter-and-tell-audible-to-stop-charging-authors-for-returns Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

PAY CREATORS. PERIOD. It's a tale as old as time, folks... the House of Mouse has been refusing to pay royalties to the great Alan Dean Foster for his many novelizations of Star Wars (including 1976's Star Wars: A New Hope), Alien, etc. In the entertainment industry, this is what's known as "a d*** move." In other news, Audible (owned by Amazon) is pushing a ridiculous return policy that steals money from the pockets of authors. Fans gotta rise up... to discuss this, we brought in author & publisher John G. Hartness, he of the often-colorful hair and always-colorful language. Listen & learn what we can all do to make the entertainment industry more fair to the people who make the stuff we love. Verge Article on Alan Dean Foster/Disney: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/19/21578621/disney-alan-dean-foster-royalties-copyright-law Message from Mary Robinette Kowal/SFWA: https://www.sfwa.org/2020/11/18/disney-must-pay/ Susan May Blog - https://www.susanmaywriter.net/single-post/audiblegate-the-incredible-story-of-missing-sales Petition from Writer’s Guild: https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/sign-our-letter-and-tell-audible-to-stop-charging-authors-for-returns Writer Beware: https://accrispin.blogspot.com/ File 770: http://file770.com/how-audibles-returns-policy-exploits-writers/ Cory Doctorow: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1323469836941340672 Scribd ($10/mo plan read or listen to as much as you want): https://www.scribd.com/ Audiobooks for free in return for reviews: https://bookriot.com/11-websites-find-free-audiobooks-online/ https://www.howtogeek.com/354016/8-places-you-can-find-free-audiobooks-legally/ Find John Hartness: https://www.patreon.com/johnhartness/ https://johnhartness.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/johnhartnessbooks https://www.facebook.com/groups/falstaffmisfits Falstaff Books - free shipping through Dec 7!: http://falstaffbooks.com/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

We recap the 2020 Election (wow, Georgia) & continue destroying your TBR lists with a heaping helping of recommendations. It's a tough time right now, heading into the holidays in the time of COVID-19, and we all need some quality entertainment to keep us happy and get us through. We've got books, shows, comics, movies, and games to keep your spirits up and your big brains occupied. Enjoy! Jesse's Recs: This is How you Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, Utopia (series on Prime Video), Over the Garden Wall (animated miniseries on Hulu), Gravity Falls (animated series). Allie's Recs: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Yonder Chronicles (Switch game), Fobia (Switch game), Mortal (2020 film), The Call (2020 film). Rob's Recs: Suspiria (2018 film w/ 1977 original), Cosmic Ghost Rider (graphic novel), Hanna (Netflix series). Shopping hashtag to support creators (artists, writers, etc.): #CreatorHolidays Voting info: Runoffs are January 5th for both Georgia Senate seats (Jon Ossoff vs. David Perdue & Rev. Raphael Warnock vs. Kelly Loeffler), as well as Public Service Commission seat (Daniel Blackmon). Early voting starts December 14th, and absentee ballots can be requested now. If you want to help, here are several resources (thanks to Allie for compiling): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xqW7FK6n2A-8tyCwI-4f9fusJL5rLuj8D_xEcoemprU/edit?usp=sharing Follow us on social media @GlitchyPancakes, email comments, questions, or suggestions to CakesPod@gmail, and don't forget to subscribe on your favorite podcast app & leave a review if you like what we do. Thanks for listening!

WorldCon, AKA the World Science Fiction Convention, is one of the oldest and most storied conventions anywhere, the home of the Hugo Awards and the source of much fandom lore. The 79th annual WorldCon will be in Washington D.C. at DisCon III, August 25-29, 2021. DisCon III Co-Chair Bill Lawhorn joins Rob & Jesse to talk about the history & meaning of WorldCon, what to expect in 2021 (Sheree Renée Thomas & Malka Older hosting the Hugos, yes please!), and how DisCon is addressing certain *ahem* issues that previous WorldCons have faced. Listen in & get all the details! WorldCon 2021 (DisCon III): https://discon3.org/ Follow them on Twitter @worldcon2021 Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Join us for a great chat with Liz Gorinsky, recorded for Multiverse Convention. We talk about the publishing business, trends in speculative fiction, the life of an editor, and the meaning of major awards with the Hugo-winning editor & Erewhon Books founder. BIO: Liz Gorinsky (she/they) is a speculative fiction editor. Liz began her publishing career at Tor Books, editing a list that included popular and acclaimed speculative fiction authors Felix Gilman, Mary Robinette Kowal, Liu Cixin, George Mann, Annalee Newitz, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Cherie Priest, Lev Rosen, Nisi Shawl, Brian Francis Slattery, Catherynne M. Valente, and Jeff VanderMeer; and anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow, David Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ken Liu, and Ann and Jeff VanderMeer. She won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form, and has received seven nominations in that category. She also won the 2016 Alfie Award, designed and presented by George R. R. Martin, in the same category. She was part of the team that founded Tor.com, and acquired and edited short fiction and comics for that site for many years, and also acted as the reprint editor of Queers Destroy Fantasy. In June 2018, she founded Erewhon Books, a new independent speculative fiction publishing company where she is the President, Publisher, and lead editor. EREWHON BOOKS: https://www.erewhonbooks.com/ Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Join us for a fascinating hour with Hugo Award-winning artist Galen Dara, recorded for Multiverse Convention. We chat about artistic inspiration & stylistic choices, consistency & practice as a creator, and how to stay productive during quarantine. Also about apricots. Ripe ones. Very ripe ones. Galen Dara, Multiverse's 2020 Artist Guest of Honor, is an award-winning artist working primarily in the styles of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She has won the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and been nominated for the Locus and Chesley Awards, among others. Her clients include Escape Artists Inc., Skyscape Publishing, Fantasy Flight Games, Uncanny Magazine, 47North Publishing, Fireside Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, and Tyche Books. When she's not making art, you can find her on the edge of the Sonoran Desert climbing mountains and hanging out with a friendly conglomerate of humans and animals. You can follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @GalenDara and find her online at galendara.com. Follow Glitchy Pancakes on Twitter @GlitchyPancakes & subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app, and please leave us a review if you like what we do. Email questions/comments to CakesPod@gmail. Thanks for listening!

We're back! Join us for a fascinating hour with Maurice Broaddus, recorded for Multiverse Convention. We discuss Afrofuturism + music, TV adaptations, the influence of comics, and how authors can live mission-driven lives. Broaddus, Multiverse's 2020 Author Guest of Honor for 2020, is an award-winning author of speculative fiction ranging from middle-grade detective books (The Usual Suspects) to steampunk novels and novellas (Buffalo Soldier and Pimp My Airship) to urban fantasy (The Knights of Breton Court series), and hundreds of published short stories. Broaddus also has a new 3-book deal for a space opera at Tor, AND a TV adaptation in the works. On top of all that, he's extremely active in his community AND still finds time to collect comics (more than 20k issues so far)! Maurice Broaddus can be found at: http://mauricebroaddus.com/ and on Twitter @MauriceBroaddus. Find Maurice's books at IndieBound or Amazon. Follow Glitchy Pancakes on Twitter @GlitchyPancakes & subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app. Email questions/comments to CakesPod@gmail. Thanks for listening!

J.K. Rowling won't get off the transphobia train. In the wake of her recent comments, tweets, and blog posts, we decided to discuss this issue with Malorie Cooper, extremely prolific science fiction author (writing as MD Cooper), successful businessperson, trans woman, and owner of a truly impressive wardrobe of catsuits. We talk about Rowling's recent detective novel (under the pen name Robert Galbraith... and yes, we'll talk about that name), trans authors you can read instead of Rowling, and how we can approach the Harry Potter universe without continuing to support its author. Find Malorie Cooper on Twitter at @MDCooperAuthor. Find her books on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/M-D-Cooper/e/B008I6L0Q6/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 Authors & books recommended in this episode: Marianne de Pierres: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3ADe%20Pierres%2C%20Marianne Dharma Kelleher: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AKelleher%2C%20Dharma Vonda N. McIntyre: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AMcIntyre%2C%20Vonda Charlie Jane Anders: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AAnders%2C%20Charlie%20Jane BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=blackfish+city Follow Glitchy Pancakes on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and hey, if you like what we're doing, we'd love for you to leave a review on your podcast app. Email suggestions & comments to CakesPod@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

SHERLOCKIANS! You're going to love this. We discuss the premiere of Enola Holmes on Netflix. Joining us are the founders of 221BCon, the greatest Sherlock-themed event around: Heather Holloway & Crystal Noll. We discuss Millie Bobby Brown's acting, Henry Cavill's shirtful performance, Mycroft being a jerk, and just what the heck was going on with Lestrade? Plus plenty of fun Sherlockian lore to occupy the minds of you most excellent detectives. Enjoy! Visit 221BCon in Atlanta & online at 221BCon.com & follow @221Bcon on Twitter Multiverse Convention 2020: MultiVirtual is online & free October 16-18. Find out more at https://www.multiversecon.org/ & follow @MultiverseCon on social media CRYSTAL NOLL's Twitter: @LadyRedCrest Stream Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and if you like what we're doing, we'd love it if you'd leave a review! Follow us @GlitchyPancakes on social media & thanks for listening! Twitter handles: Jesse = @Jesse_A_Adams, Rob = @iaiblackout, Allie = @allie911

It's everything you want to know about Furries but were afraid to ask! Enjoy a fascinating look into the world of furry fandom with the excellent Chelsea Eckert. Learn what draws people to furry, the many different ways people can participate, crossovers with other fandoms, and dispel some misconceptions you may hold about this inclusive, artistic bunch of anthropomorphic-animal geeks. Also find out which superhero MAY be a furry... CHELSEA ECKERT: Find her on Instagram @World.Of.BeanCraft Stream Glitchy Pancakes on GlitchyPancakes.com or on your favorite podcast app (now on Amazon Podcasts too!). Follow us on Twitter @GlitchyPancakes and Facebook at facebook.com/GlitchyPancakes. Send emails to CakesPod@gmail.com, and make plans to check out our VIDEO panel episodes at Multiverse 2020: MultiVirtual (details at multiversecon.org). Thanks for listening!

Ever wondered who Polidori wrote "The Vampyre" about? Have you ever noticed LGBTQ+ coding (positive or negative) in your favorite science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories? What do the past and future look like for LGBTQ+ genre writers? We talk about it with author & publisher at Queen of Swords Press, Catherine Lundoff. There's a LOT to unpack here, but we got a good start! Might need a part 2 on this one... or part 3... check the notes below for contact info & links to Catherine Lundoff's excellent articles on the history of LGBTQ+ speculative fiction. CATHERINE LUNDOFF: https://catherinelundoff.net/ QUEEN OF SWORDS PRESS: https://queenofswordspress.com/ + @QoSPress on Twitter Catherine's article on Queer SFF/F/H pre-1970: https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/11/guest-post-catherine-lundoff-on-lgbt-science-fiction-and-fantasy-before-1970/ Catherine's article on Queer SFF/F/H 1970-2010: https://www.queerscifi.com/tag/out-of-the-past/ Catherine's piece on Queer Horror from Nightmare Magazine: http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nightmare_37_October_2015.pdf Follow GlitchyPancakes on Twitter @GlitchyPancakes. Send email suggestions to CakesPod@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!