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-h

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 & Fantas

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 questio

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 e

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 articl

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 t

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

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 t

"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 Thoma

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 re