Galactic Suburbia

In which Alisa & Tansy are left unsupervised to read feedback, give you the lowdown on the Brangelina break up and discuss how Hillary Clinton and Harley Quinn both have to put up with the same ridiculous gender double standards. Relevant links: Garth Nix on Aboriginal stories The Cost of Building the Death Star Brangelina is Dead, Long Live Angelina (on Jolie’s handling of the media narrative built around her and her family) 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 consume culture and take names! WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? Tansy's novel Musketeer Space is half price this week on Kindle (and in other ebook stores)! Price goes back to normal on Wednesday. CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Vaginal Fantasy; Crosstalk, Connie Willis Alex: Revenger, Alastair Reynolds; Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer; Stealing Snow, Danielle Paige - abandoned!; The Silk Roads, a New History of the World, Peter Frankopan Tansy: Superior, Jessica Lack; Fangirl Happy Hour on Ghostbusters: Eps 49, 50 & 52 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 consume culture and take names! WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? Tansy's novel Musketeer Space is half price this week on Kindle (and in other ebook stores)! Price goes back to normal on Wednesday. CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Vaginal Fantasy; Crosstalk, Connie Willis Alex: Revenger, Alastair Reynolds; Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer; Stealing Snow, Danielle Paige - abandoned!; The Silk Roads, a New History of the World, Peter Frankopan Tansy: Superior, Jessica Lack; Fangirl Happy Hour on Ghostbusters: Eps 49, 50 & 52 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 celebrate our 150th episode via cake and Hugo stats, the top two sources of podcaster fuel in the known world. Read the Hugo Stats along with us by downloading the pdf. Or just check out the winners. The Uncanny Magazine acceptance speech: (Love wins!) 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 celebrate our 150th episode via cake and Hugo stats, the top two sources of podcaster fuel in the known world. Read the Hugo Stats along with us by downloading the pdf. Or just check out the winners. The Uncanny Magazine acceptance speech: (Love wins!) 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 compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in chatting. WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? WSFA Small Press Award shortlist released. Aussie SF Snapshot 2016 - 150+ short interviews with active members of our community. What's everyone up to? Find out in a snap! CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Star Trek Beyond, Olympics Alex: Deadpool and Batman v Superman; Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day, Seanan McGuire (out next January from Tor.com; Strange Matings, ed Rebecca J Holden and Nisi Shawl; The Godless, Ben Peek Tansy: Shadowhunters (Netflix), Masks & Shadows by Stephanie Burgis; Damaged Goods by Russell T Davies adapted by Big Finish Audio Independent Olympians at the Olympics 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 compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in chatting. WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? WSFA Small Press Award shortlist released. Aussie SF Snapshot 2016 - 150+ short interviews with active members of our community. What's everyone up to? Find out in a snap! CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Star Trek Beyond, Olympics Alex: Deadpool and Batman v Superman; Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day, Seanan McGuire (out next January from Tor.com; Strange Matings, ed Rebecca J Holden and Nisi Shawl; The Godless, Ben Peek Tansy: Shadowhunters (Netflix), Masks & Shadows by Stephanie Burgis; Damaged Goods by Russell T Davies adapted by Big Finish Audio Independent Olympians at the Olympics 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!

Ghostbusters (2016) Spoilerific!Was it better than the original? Did we love it or hate it? Was it appropriate for a 6 year old? If you want the new Ghostbusters movie thoroughly Spoiled, who are you gonna call?Some links to other think pieces/reviews:Ghostbusters is Still Haunted by Negative Racial Tropes (Polygon)The Clothes of Ghostbusters (Women Write About Comics)Ghostbusters 1984 vs Ghostbusters 2006 (Book Smugglers)Not discussed but interesting: the clothes of Ghostbusters: 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!

Ghostbusters (2016) Spoilerific!Was it better than the original? Did we love it or hate it? Was it appropriate for a 6 year old? If you want the new Ghostbusters movie thoroughly Spoiled, who are you gonna call?Some links to other think pieces/reviews:Ghostbusters is Still Haunted by Negative Racial Tropes (Polygon)The Clothes of Ghostbusters (Women Write About Comics)Ghostbusters 1984 vs Ghostbusters 2006 (Book Smugglers)Not discussed but interesting: the clothes of Ghostbusters: 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 Letters To Tiptree is still turning heads, and it's winter in Australia. Much winter. So coldness. WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? World Fantasy Award finalists Locus Awards winners CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Undisclosed - Vacated; 4 hideous romcoms (Remember Sunday, Thanks for Sharing, Life Happens and Something Borrowed) Alex: Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones; Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress; Fifth Season, NK Jemisin; The Hollow Crown Tansy: Person of Interest Season 5, Book Smugglers Quarterly Almanac (especially John Chu's "How to Piss off a Failed Super-Soldier"), Batman v Superman; Hamilton, Rocket Talk podcast - Amal El-Mohtar on Does Hamilton Count as Genre. 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 Letters To Tiptree is still turning heads, and it's winter in Australia. Much winter. So coldness. WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET? World Fantasy Award finalists Locus Awards winners CULTURE CONSUMED Alisa: Undisclosed - Vacated; 4 hideous romcoms (Remember Sunday, Thanks for Sharing, Life Happens and Something Borrowed) Alex: Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones; Beggars in Spain, Nancy Kress; Fifth Season, NK Jemisin; The Hollow Crown Tansy: Person of Interest Season 5, Book Smugglers Quarterly Almanac (especially John Chu's "How to Piss off a Failed Super-Soldier"), Batman v Superman; Hamilton, Rocket Talk podcast - Amal El-Mohtar on Does Hamilton Count as Genre. 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!

Alisa and Alex in Melbourne discuss the SF miniseries Trepalium. WARNING: Spoilers!

Alisa and Alex in Melbourne discuss the SF miniseries Trepalium. WARNING: Spoilers!

In which we all had a very exciting weekend Launched & pre-launched at Continuum: Defying Doomsday and Something New Can Come Into This World (Tansy & the Silent Producer totally got married!) British Fantasy Award shortlist CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: The Martian, Trepalium Tansy: The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley, Cleverman, UnReal, Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson Alex: Angela Slatter binge: Vigil, Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Sourdough and Other Stories, Black-Winged Angels. Revolution School (ep 1 until July 6) Alex’s new podcast! Acts of Kitchen Tansy’s new superhero story at The Book Smugglers: Kid Dark Against the Machine On superheroes, kids, gender and role models: Tansy's Inspiration & Influences 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 all had a very exciting weekend Launched & pre-launched at Continuum: Defying Doomsday and Something New Can Come Into This World (Tansy & the Silent Producer totally got married!) British Fantasy Award shortlist CULTURE CONSUMED: Alisa: The Martian, Trepalium Tansy: The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley, Cleverman, UnReal, Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson Alex: Angela Slatter binge: Vigil, Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Sourdough and Other Stories, Black-Winged Angels. Revolution School (ep 1 until July 6) Alex’s new podcast! Acts of Kitchen Tansy’s new superhero story at The Book Smugglers: Kid Dark Against the Machine On superheroes, kids, gender and role models: Tansy's Inspiration & Influences 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!