Galactic Suburbia

photo credit: Paul Weimer In Which Alex & Tansy talk awards, culture & promote each other's projects. Continuum & the Ditmars. Locus Awards: so many winners. Mother of Invention: last day of Tansy's Kickstarter campaign! Last chance to pledge! Luminescent Threads pre-orders open now. The Book Riot review/interview is here! Avid Bookshop vs. Trolls How has Twelfth Planet Press has impacted on our listeners? Email galacticsuburbia@gmail.com to provide us with your anecdata! CULTURE CONSUMED Tansy: GLOW on Netflix Alex: InCryptid short stories, Seanan McGuire Tansy: One Con Glory, Sarah Kuhn Alex: The Girl who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, Catherynne Valente Tansy: Not Your Sidekick, C.B. Lee; Star Crossed by Barbara Dee Alex: Agents of SHIELD Tansy: Valentine, Jodi McAlister (@JodiMcA & #PaceysCreek on Twitter) Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, 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 Continuum all the Continuum! Our live podcast, recorded on the afternoon of June 11 2016, with us still buzzing, inspired and surrounded by cake. Alex has a travel announcement. Alisa is knitting. Continuum 13! We were there! Seanan McGuire's Guest of Honour Hour Likhain's GOH speech on YouTube & written version. (we hadn't seen this when we recorded so don't mention it in the episode but PLEASE read/watch it. Rivqa Rafael's Continuum tweets Storified. Mother of Invention: our campaign is past $11,000 and still going! CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Hidden Figures; The Happy Place; Disney on Ice: Frozen Tansy: Heathers: The Musical/Heathers, Wonder Woman Alex: Wonder Woman; Hugo reading: Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee; All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders; That Game We Played During the War, Carrie Vaughn; Q&A: we answer your questions & take on your conversation topics. Thanks SO MUCH to our darling audience, who filled our seats, howled when we needed you to, came up with questions, and stayed blissfully quiet the rest of the time. If you hear a moment of odd, no-context-provided hilarity, just assume something funny has happened involving one of the Galactic Suburbia Gentleman's Auxilary, or that someone is gesturing with cake. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, 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 launch new projects and Discover a new/old love for Star Trek. Bet you didn't know how much we love Star Trek. What's new on the internet? Nebula Weekend means awards and other announcements! Tansy announces the impending Kickstarter for Mother of Invention: A speculative fiction anthology of diverse, challenging stories about gender & artificial intelligence. Alex reveals the cover of Luminescent Threads, the new book about Octavia Butler coming soon from Twelfth Planet Press. Continuum Preview! Check out the program, because we're all over it. The whole GalSub team will be at Melbourne for this year's Continuum -- if you're planning to be there, block off three hours for our Galactic Suburbia-and-Twelfth Planet Press extravaganza including a fundraising bake sale and a pre-launch party for Luminescent Threads. (It's like a baby shower but for a book, and you don't have to bring gifts) CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Santa Clarita Diet S1; Anne with an E; Luminescent Threads edited by Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal, Twin Peaks. Alex: Moana; Doctor Strange; Arrow; For the Love of Spock; Silent Invasion, James Bradley Tansy: Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief; The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells; The Sarah Jane Adventures (check out Tansy's appearance on the Sarah Jane themed Splendid Chaps here) All of us: Star Trek Discovery Trailer! We have a lot of feels. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, 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 debate the all important question, how much zombie vomit is too much zombie vomit? WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET Clarke Award Shortlist The End of Tropes Vs Women Sleeping With Monsters Book coming soon! CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Rogue One, Santa Clarita Diet Tansy: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Beauty & the Beast, Legion Ep 1, “Making the Magic Lightning Strike Me,” John Chu in Uncanny Magazine Alex: The Dark Forest, Cixin Liu; Gemina, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff; The Glass Universe, Dava Sobel; other people’s culture consumed (Asher, Kathryn, Meredith) Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, 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!

A Very Special Galactic Suburbia Announcement. We're doing a thing for our Patreon supporters! You're the first to hear about it! Our Galactic Suburbia Podcast Patreon. Alisa's Champagne & Socks crafting podcast (the champagne is metaphorical) (Patreon to be launched shortly) Alex's Acts of Kitchen foodie & cooking podcast and Patreon Tansy's Sheep Might Fly fiction podcast and Patreon

In which we feed our feedback back to you, with a side order of cheesecake! WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET Aurealis Award winners announced. Ditmar prelim ballot FEEDBACK: Flea’s YouTube channel Books mentioned in feedback: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Roller Girl The Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook Joy of Cooking Amanda Downum’s Necromancer Chronicles The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: S-Town; Sharp Edge, Marianne Delacourt Alex: Babylon’s Ashes, James SA Corey; Harry Potter; Samovar Tansy: Harry Potter + fanfic, Drop Dead Fred Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Galactic Suburbia becomes a five-time Hugo nominated podcast... WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? Hugo shortlist Also the Nommo shortlist (from the African Speculative Fiction Society) CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: The 45th; S-Town; Sea Swept, Nora Roberts Tansy: Lotus Blue, Cat Sparks; Buffy rewatch Alex: New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson; the Ancillary series, Ann Leckie; season 2 and most of 3 of Person of Interest; Last Cab to Darwin   Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Alisa reads us all under the table (again) and the women of SFF are anything but Humble. What's New on the Internet? Cheesecake can be cake if it wants to be cake. Especially if you do not belong to a pie nation. Also, pies need lids or they're not trying hard enough. GUFF race (until 17 April) Paul Weimer is the DUFF candidate, hooray! Women of SFF Humble Bundle - get this amazing bunch of SFF books now, only a couple of days to go! CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell; Too Sharp, Marianne Delacourt; Missing Richard Simmons Tansy: Dreadnought, by April Daniels, Mad Money, Iron Fist Alex: Hawk and Fisher, Simon R Green; The Delirium Brief, Charles Stross; Logan; The Abyss; Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Alisa reads us all under the table (again) and the women of SFF are anything but Humble. What's New on the Internet? Cheesecake can be cake if it wants to be cake. Especially if you do not belong to a pie nation. Also, pies need lids or they're not trying hard enough. GUFF race (until 17 April) Paul Weimer is the DUFF candidate, hooray! Women of SFF Humble Bundle - get this amazing bunch of SFF books now, only a couple of days to go! CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell; Too Sharp, Marianne Delacourt; Missing Richard Simmons Tansy: Dreadnought, by April Daniels, Mad Money, Iron Fist Alex: Hawk and Fisher, Simon R Green; The Delirium Brief, Charles Stross; Logan; The Abyss; Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which we are seven years old! Get yourself some delicious cake and settle down to our International Women's Day episode. What's New on the Internet? Post-mortem on the first Octavia Butler book club hosted by Twelfth Planet Press! We had such a great time talking about Wild Seed. Next up: Fledgling on April 2 2017. Aurealis Awards shortlist is out. Locus Recommended Reading List CULTURE CONSUMED: REPEAT THE TITLE OF YOUR CULTURE Alisa: Ken Liu; Women of Letters; The Arrival; Canberry; Courtney Milan - Trade Me & Hold Me. Alex: Because You’ll Never Meet Me, and Nowhere Near You, Leah Thomas; more Bujold; Cooked (Netflix, 4 parts) Tansy: Younger, Hidden Figures, shout out for Kickstarter campaign for new card game featuring the art of Tania Walker: The Lady & the Tiger. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us! TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAKE! IF YOU ATE CAKE WITH THIS PODCAST, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

In which we are seven years old! Get yourself some delicious cake and settle down to our International Women's Day episode. What's New on the Internet? Post-mortem on the first Octavia Butler book club hosted by Twelfth Planet Press! We had such a great time talking about Wild Seed. Next up: Fledgling on April 2 2017. Aurealis Awards shortlist is out. Locus Recommended Reading List CULTURE CONSUMED: REPEAT THE TITLE OF YOUR CULTURE Alisa: Ken Liu; Women of Letters; The Arrival; Canberry; Courtney Milan - Trade Me & Hold Me. Alex: Because You’ll Never Meet Me, and Nowhere Near You, Leah Thomas; more Bujold; Cooked (Netflix, 4 parts) Tansy: Younger, Hidden Figures, shout out for Kickstarter campaign for new card game featuring the art of Tania Walker: The Lady & the Tiger. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us! TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAKE! IF YOU ATE CAKE WITH THIS PODCAST, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

In which Alex & Tansy consume bucketloads of culture and explain what all those fan fund letters really mean. This is an educational podcast! What's new on the internet? GUFF race (until 1 April) DUFF race (until 10 March) CULTURE CONSUMED Tansy: Pantomime by Laura Lam, Alex: lots of the Vorkosigan saga, Lois McMaster Bujold Tansy: Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Alex:Obelisk Gate, NK Jemisin; Tansy:Passing Strange by Ellen Klages, Alex:Bright Air Black, David Vann; Tansy:Dr Strange Alex:My Real Children, Jo Walton Tansy:Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which Alex & Tansy consume bucketloads of culture and explain what all those fan fund letters really mean. This is an educational podcast! What's new on the internet? GUFF race (until 1 April) DUFF race (until 10 March) CULTURE CONSUMED Tansy: Pantomime by Laura Lam, Alex: lots of the Vorkosigan saga, Lois McMaster Bujold Tansy: Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Alex:Obelisk Gate, NK Jemisin; Tansy:Passing Strange by Ellen Klages, Alex:Bright Air Black, David Vann; Tansy:Dr Strange Alex:My Real Children, Jo Walton Tansy:Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which the world is on fire but we're still reading... WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET Teen Vogue as tool of the revolution - why we shouldn't be surprised. Problem Daughters: check out this fantastic crowdfunding project for intersectional feminist stories. GUFF race (until 1 April) DUFF race (until 10 March) Help support these fan funds! Alisa & Alex are hoping to go to Helsinki this year, while friend of the podcast Paul Weimer is hoping to come to Melbourne. CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Nora Roberts (Bride Quartet); Fangirl Happy Hour; Please Like Me; Travelers; Frequency; Designated Survivor; Younger Alex: Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Fledgling, and Dawn, Octavia Butler; River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey; Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, Bettany Hughes Tansy: Acts of Kitchen; Wicked (local performance); Heroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn; Ladycastle, Deliah S Dawson (writing) & Ashley A Woods (art); Unstoppable Wasp; Hawkeye; Moana (film & soundtrack), Buffy rewatch check in. Tansy's new literary gift shop business: Alice & Austen Also, Tansy has a story in the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine: Some Cupids Kill With Arrows. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

In which the world is on fire but we're still reading... WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET Teen Vogue as tool of the revolution - why we shouldn't be surprised. Problem Daughters: check out this fantastic crowdfunding project for intersectional feminist stories. GUFF race (until 1 April) DUFF race (until 10 March) Help support these fan funds! Alisa & Alex are hoping to go to Helsinki this year, while friend of the podcast Paul Weimer is hoping to come to Melbourne. CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Nora Roberts (Bride Quartet); Fangirl Happy Hour; Please Like Me; Travelers; Frequency; Designated Survivor; Younger Alex: Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Fledgling, and Dawn, Octavia Butler; River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey; Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, Bettany Hughes Tansy: Acts of Kitchen; Wicked (local performance); Heroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn; Ladycastle, Deliah S Dawson (writing) & Ashley A Woods (art); Unstoppable Wasp; Hawkeye; Moana (film & soundtrack), Buffy rewatch check in. Tansy's new literary gift shop business: Alice & Austen Also, Tansy has a story in the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine: Some Cupids Kill With Arrows. Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!