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  • In which we eat cake, celebrate our tenth birthday, and say goodbye.

    Cake

    Reminiscences & Podcast recs

    The Guilty Feminist

    The Good Place, The Podcast

    Be The Serpent

    As my Wimsey Takes Me

    Antimatter Pod: https://antimatterpod.podbean.com

    NEWS

    Nebula finalists https://www.tor.com/2020/02/20/announcing-the-2019-nebula-awards-finalists/

    Hugo noms are closing

    Tansy’s Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/castlecharming/castle-charming

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson; The City We Became, N K Jemisin (also her short story The City Born Great in How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?); Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist

    Tansy: Birds of Prey (& Harley Quinn), Six the Musical (Sydney), Future culture: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/jessica-jones, Black Friday (StarKid)

    Alex: For All Mankind, on Apple TV; Altered Carbon S2; Elysium, Jennifer Marie Brissett; Amelia Peabody (Elizabeth Peters) and Mary Russell (Laurie R King)

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  • In which Galactic Suburbia has a sad announcement, and the word ‘penultimate’ is used...

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Nominating for the Hugos

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: The Good Place; Picard S1 Ep 1-2.

    Tansy: Moontangled, by Stephanie Burgis, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, Supernatural Season 15 (first 5 eps)

    Alex: many books over the holidays. Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow; Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir; A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine; Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire.

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  • In which we finally complete the Joanna Russ book club in our final ep for 2019!

    Tansy - Terror Australis

    Alex goes to Broadside, The Wheeler Centre’s festival of feminist ideas, and is confronted by whiteness. (https://broadside.wheelercentre.com)

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Rebuilding Tomorrow crowdfunded - postponed

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Author’s Note and Afterword

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: the great Twelfth Planet Press move (again)

    Tansy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss; The Crown; Big Finish: Cicero; Dead Media by John Richards;

    Alex: Infomocracy, Malka Older; The Name of the Rose (tv series); White Tears/ Brown Scars, Ruby Hamad

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  • In which an Epilogue is not always the end of the book…

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Rebuilding Tomorrow https://www.pozible.com/project/rebuilding-tomorrow/

    “Otherwise” Award: https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Epilogue (BUT STILL NOT THE END)

    38:20 to 58:45

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Good Omens; The Good Place

    Tansy: Romances: Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals & Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities, The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter & The Gilded Cage by KJ Charles. Killjoys & Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin.

    Alex: Orphan Black; The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley; The Old Lie, Claire G Coleman; Dolly Parton’s America: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america

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  • In which we tackle aesthetics, astounding name changes, and leave you the Danger Mouse theme tune.

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Winter’s Tale Kickstarter fully funded!

    Hugo winners: https://locusmag.com/2019/08/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-winners/

    The Campbell Award/Astounding Award, Codes of Conduct, and such: http://file770.com/storm-over-campbell-award/

    https://theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2019/08/27/a-statement-from-the-editor/

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: 1:21:15 to 1:49:05

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 11

    PSA for Australians: Glitch season 3 is on ABC iView, completely.

    No culture this week, too much talking!

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    In light of recent discussions, Julie Phillips has commented on the question of whether or not Alli Sheldon and her husband Ting had a suicide pact, an issue that she felt she was not clear enough about in the final chapters of her biography. https://twitter.com/jcfphillips/status/1168267581708546049

  • In which we struggle with responses, and Winter’s Tale is coming…

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    World Fantasy Finalists https://www.tor.com/2019/07/25/announcing-the-2019-world-fantasy-award-finalists/

    CSFG Kickstarter -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/csfg/unnatural-order

    Coming this week: the next Twelfth Planet Press Kickstarter! Winter’s Tale by Nike Sulway & Shauna O’Meara

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 10 Responses:

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers Wayfarers series; Geek Actually S1 (Serial Box)

    Alex: Machineries of Empire (inc Hexarchate Stories), Yoon Ha Lee; New Suns, ed. Nisi Shawl; Good Omens

    Tansy: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, Spider-Man,The Spy who Dumped Me, Good Omens

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  • In which we consider renaming our podcast to Houston, We Have A Podcast, but someone else got in first...

    FEEDBACK: From Rachel & Phillip

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Ditmars: https://locusmag.com/2019/06/2019-ditmar-awards-winners/

    Norma: https://normakhemmingaward.org

    No Joanna Russ Book Club this week, but read How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 10 Responses for next episode!

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Tansy: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child (Princess Theatre, Melbourne), Last Pen Standing by Vivian Conroy, Big Finish blitz (Torchwood: Ghost Mission, Goodbye Piccadilly, Broken, The Green Life), Evelina, Frances Burney

    Alex: The Meg; all of Haven; most of my Hugo reading; Robots vs Fairies, ed. Navah Wolfe and Dominik Parisien

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  • In which we consider our role models and lost history, plus awards season is hotting up!

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Hugos: https://locusmag.com/2019/04/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-finalists/

    BSFA: https://locusmag.com/2019/04/2018-bsfa-winners/

    Norma: https://normakhemmingaward.org

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 9, Models (38:30)

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Santa Clarita Diet S3; Discovery!; Sabrina S2; Your Favourite Band Cannot Save You, Scotto Moore; Dread Nation, Justina Ireland

    Tansy: Five Unicorn Flush by TJ Berry, The Women’s War by Jenna Glass, The Royals

    Alex: Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez; a lot of Marvel; Perihelion Summer, Greg Egan; The City, not long after, Pat Murphy

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  • In which we are not an anomaly, because there are three of us.

    FEEDBACK:

    Dave & Clara

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Tiptree winner and shortlist: https://tiptree.org/news

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:

    (time stamp 21:25 to 58:15)

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 8: Anomalousness

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Wingspan

    Alex: three seasons of Lucifer; Captain Marvel; The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie; Alastair Reynolds: Shadow Captain, and “Zima Blue” and “Beyond the Aquila Rift” on Love, Death and Robots (Netflix)

    Tansy: Captain Marvel, The Custard Protocol by Gail Carriger, The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles, Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufman, The Atraea Conspiracy, Village Pillage

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  • It’s our 200th episode! Let there be cake.

    This month:

    CAKE

    What deliciousness are you pairing with this month’s episode?

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET

    Aurealis noms: https://aurealisawards.org

    Nebula noms: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2018-nebula-finalists-announced/

    Tansy news: Creature Court release, and Nullus Anxietas Discworld Convention April 12-14.

    Jennifer Kent’s Tiptree TV series in development

    https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/guillermo-del-toro-jennifer-kent-working-horror-film-together-1181685.html

    Also a Tiptree documentary https://roxannesamer.com/tip-alli/

    Antimatter Pod: https://antimatterpod.podbean.com

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: (starts around 36:00)

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 7, Isolation

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Russian Doll; The Umbrella Academy; I Met a Traveler, Connie Willis.

    Tansy: ATA Girls, Team Starkid: The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, Misrule by Jodi McAlister

    Alex: Tides of the Titans, Thoraiya Dyer; a lot of Ben Aaronovitch (Peter Grant novels); Umbrella Academy (not finished yet!)

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  • We're making some changes, but we're still here! Check out our Patreon. [https://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia ]

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:

    Hugo Award nomination period!

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 6, False Categorizing

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: Twelfth Planet Press news

    Tansy: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis, The Favourite, David Tennant Does A Podcast With Olivia Colman, Who Is Mary Sue by Sophie Collins

    Alex: Radio Lab, October 30 episode; How long Til Black Future Month?, NK Jemisin; John Scalzi’s Collapsing Empire and Consuming Fire; The Mental Load, by Emma: https://english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/

    Next episode is our 200th AND OUR NINTH BIRTHDAY, and we’ll be reading chapter 7 of How to Suppress Women’s Writing (Isolation)… and we’d love feedback! (Celia, are you still there?)

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  • Double standards with Joanna Russ, Christmas specials, and does the Addams Family hold up? Pre-order the new Twelfth Planet Press holiday novellas: Merry Happy Valkyrie, by Tansy Rayner Roberts Marry Me, Mischa McPhee, by Kate Gordon Or check them out on the TPP webpage HOW TO SUPPRESS WOMEN WRITING: Joanna Russ’ How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 5 - The Double Standard of Content 14:20 to 1:01:55 CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Doctor Who, Hallmark Christmas movies Alex: The Addams Family, and The Addams Family Values; The Trouble with Women, Jacky Fleming; Rupetta, Nike Sulway; The Second Shelf, issue 1. Tansy: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power; Making It One more episode before we break for the summer!!! Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

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  • The end of the world might be nigh but we're still podcasting.

    WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET?

    World Fantasy Awards were given out at World Fantasy Convention this year -- congrats to all winners and nominees.

    How to Suppress Women’s Writing, by Joanna Russ Chapter 4 - Pollution of Agency

    Time stamps: 7:25 to 41:00

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alisa: news and PhD

    Tansy: Resist Fascism; Which Witch, Eva Ibbotson

    Alex: A new hobby; Icefall, Stephanie Gunn; Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch

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  • Science fiction, spoilerifics and Bad Faith... WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET? Counterpart spoilerific British Fantasy Awards BOOK CLUB Joanna Russ’ How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 2 + 3 discussion (9:05 to 56:45) CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: PhD update, Icefall by Stephanie Gunn Tansy: Killjoys S1 & S2, Melissa Scott, Finders.

    Alex: The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker; Exit Strategy, Martha Wells; Stargate SG1 rewatch… Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

  • Welcome to a not quite Galactic Suburbia spoilerific. While Galactic Suburbia is usually the Australian podcast of speculative fiction books, publishing news and chat, this episode is a bit different. Firstly, it’s a spoilerific: we’re going to be talking about the TV show Counterpart, so if you haven’t seen it be warned that we will well and truly spoil it here. Secondly, this is an unusual episode because although this is Alex, from Melbourne, joining me is…

    Liz from Melbourne

    squiddishly.net

    @_lizbarr on Twitter

    The order of the cast on IMDB:

    Howard Silk

    Emily Burton Silk

    Ian

    Peter Quayle

    Claire

    Baldwin

    Aldrich

    Alexander Pope

    Thoughts on the plot:

    Berlin

    Parallels (people, pairings, with their others and each other)

    Likelihood/necessity of a second season

    Management

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  • You are not technically prohibited from listening to this podcast, but beware the ingrained biases and inequities in our society which might still prevent you from doing so...

    WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK?

    #fallforbooksmugglers on Instagram

    Tansy: Halloween is Not a Verb available for pre-order! Drops on Halloween.

    TPP Novellas announced: Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner Roberts Marry Me, Mischa McPhee by Kate Gordon

    JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: How to Suppress Women’s Writing:

    Chapter 1, Prohibitions Time stamp: 20:25 to 54:00

    Next episode: read Chapters 2 + 3

    CULTURE CONSUMED:

    Alex: Mars; Netizens; The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal; Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe.

    Tansy: Check Please #1 Hockey; Teen Titans Go, The Muppets, The Orville, Wellington Paranormal

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  • What's a Glottolog, you ask, and what does it have in common with a llama? Galactic Suburbia tells you how... WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET? Tansy on Skiffy & Fanty talking Mother of Invention Mother of Invention paperback now on sale. HOW TO SUPPRESS WOMEN'S WRITING The Prologue “We have always fought,” Kameron Hurley CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: world news, PhD report Alex: Shakespeare and Hathaway; a lot of Terry Pratchett; Pandora’s Breeches: Women, Science, Power in the Enlightenment, Patricia Fara; Counterpart Tansy: The Governess Game, Tessa Dare; The Crown S2, Triquetra by Kirstyn McDermott on Tor.com, Jacqueline Pearce Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

  • In which we chew through some Hugo chat & stats, and revisit the age-old (tragically still relevant) Joanna Russ text How To Suppress Women's Writing WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK? Hugo Awards & N.K. Jemisin's historic triple novel win Results Stats stats statsGuardian coverageFree Thought Blogs Haters gotta hate Extra reading: Everything Wrong with SF is John W Campbell’s Fault Introducing our discussion of Joanna Russ’ How to Suppress Women’s Writing CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before; PHD report Alex: The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley; Restoration, Angela Slatter; Highlander Tansy: We Will Rock You; Highlander; Disenchantment Part 1, Supernatural Season 13 Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

  • In which we get political and expendable... WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK? Fraser Anning: if you want to put yourself through it Worldcon protests planned… CULTURE CONSUMED: Tansy: The Worst Witch S2, Voltron S7, Libby, Suits Alisa: Glow S2; The Big Sick; Good Girls; TPP novella slush Alex: terrible movies: Wrath of the Titans. Also Expendables 3. The Memoirs of Lady Trent, Marie Brennan; Early Riser, Jasper Fforde. Tansy is launching a brand new Mocklore fantasy adventure serial on Patreon! Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

  • In which Harry Potter is a luxury item, and Alex watches terrible action movies so you don't have to. WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK? Hugo voting & the Worldcon program disaster Mother of Invention essays: check out AI explorations by Aliette De Bodard, K. Tempest Bradford & Katherine Cross http://motherofinvention.twelfthplanetpress.com/category/essays/ Tansy buys tickets to Harry Potter & The Cursed Child! CULTURE CONSUMED: Tansy: Courtney Milan reread, Moving Pictures, Ant Man & the Wasp, Alex: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Gods of Egypt (abandoned), The A-Team, Battleship, Geostorm. Also Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Please send feedback to us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!