I have one friend who makes really good, low-budget fantasy and sci-fi movies, and he really needs more publicity. I have another friend who self-publishes good magic realism-style fantasy books, and he's struggling to get any attention at all. If they were making horror stuff I can think of a number of fairly popular horror podcasts, blogs and Youtube shows that might review their work, but where are the places to get reviews like that for fantasy and sci-fi? (I'm not going to specify who these friends are, for reasons.) My filmmaker friend makes really fun, comedic shorts and features with sci-fi and fantasy elements. Low-budget, but imaginative and unique. My author friend writes comedic books that read kind of like charming, mid-20th Century New Yorker-y stories, but with lightly fantastical stuff. Somewhere between James Thurber and John Collier. They're both doing good work and I want to help them get more attention. As I said above I can think of a number of horror podcasts, blogs and Youtube shows that regularly review low-budget movies or indie books based on recommendations from their fans, but I'm not really finding similar things for fantasy and sci-fi stuff. Can you folks offer any suggestions? People who review mainstream, non-genre movies and books would also be an option. The most important thing would be that they're open to reviewing low-budget, indie work.
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