Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Shoot the WISB #01: Prometheus (2012) Reviewed w/ Paul Weimer

Spoiler Alert:  the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; enjoy at your own risk (or something like that). Paul Weimer was kind enough to spend a little time with me talking about the release of Ridley Scott’s long-anticipated Alien prequel, Prometheus.  If you’ve seen the film and want to offer your two […]

Weekly Roundup #4: The Skiffy and Fanty Show / Duke and Zink Do America

Here’s everything going on with me on my other sites of note: We’ve just released our double-slam Torture Cinema feature, in which Jen and I reviewed New Moon and Eclipse one after another…while drinking.  The second piece of that, Torture Cinema Meets Eclipse, can be found here.  Lots to listen to, no? I’ve had one […]

Weekly Roundup #3: The Skiffy and Fanty Show / Duke and Zink Do America

Yet another roundup of all the things I’ve got going on elsewhere.  Enjoy! Over at The Skiffy and Fanty Show, we cover the hype surrounding J. K. Rowling’s new adult novel, the abuse of Seanan McGuire by readers (and the stupid things publishers do that hurt authors), the power of science fiction, plus a few […]

Weekly Roundup #2: The Skiffy and Fanty Show / Duke and Zink Do America

This week, Tobias S. Buckell joins us on the show to talk about his latest book, Arctic Rising, the environment, technology (green and otherwise), and a load of other fantastic stuff. You can check out the episode here. And… Over at Duke and Zink Do America there’s a new column asking whether Star Trek is conservative, […]

Weekly Roundup: The Skiffy and Fanty Show / Duke and Zink Do America

This is the first in my weekly roundups of stuff I’m doing elsewhere.  Here goes: In last week’s episode, Jen and I interviewed Michael Sullivan, author of The Riyria Revelations series.  The conversation wandered from publishing to reviews to fantasy to anti-heroes to the wickedness of dwarves (and, of course, the novels).  You can check […]

SandF #85 (Interview w/ Myke Cole) is Live!

The latest episode of The Skiffy and Fanty Show is yet another reason why we’re totally awesome.  No, we don’t have an ego.  Promise. #85 should be fairly obvious based on the title.  Myke Cole comes on the show to talk about Shadow Ops:  Control Point, his latest novel, and topics such as:  the military, […]