Galactic Suburbia

In Which We Have High Expectations Of What Lies Beyond Equality, but in the meantime there's Party Down. We apologise for the sound quality of this episode, which had a few glitches that even the Silent Producer could not magic away, notably Alisa's emergency phone call which the mike occasionally picks up. (Everything's fine now) What’s New on the Internet 7 Jewish Authors Get Personal About Anti-Semitism (Alisa finds 7 new authors to read) SF Editors Picks - Recommendations on great new SF/F/H stories by top editors. Twitter @SFEditorsPicks Facebook SFEditorsPicks Mind Meld w/ Tansy & Tehani - Books That Made Me Love SFF What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Scandal S1 and S2; Party Down S1 and S2; Coode St Podcast Ep 251: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and women in SF; The Serial Dynasty podcast Tansy: House of Shattered Wings, by Aliette de Bodard; Alias by Brian Michael Bendis (Tor.com reread leading up to the show on Nov 20), SHIELD 50th Anniversary comics - Mockingbird [woo since we recorded this they announced it was going to series with the same writer!], [Don’t call her] The Cavalry, Agent Carter, Fury, Quake Alex: Aurora: Beyond Equality; Up the Walls of the World, James Tiptree Jr; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, Samuel Delany 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 Have High Expectations Of What Lies Beyond Equality, but in the meantime there's Party Down. We apologise for the sound quality of this episode, which had a few glitches that even the Silent Producer could not magic away, notably Alisa's emergency phone call which the mike occasionally picks up. (Everything's fine now) What’s New on the Internet 7 Jewish Authors Get Personal About Anti-Semitism (Alisa finds 7 new authors to read) SF Editors Picks - Recommendations on great new SF/F/H stories by top editors. Twitter @SFEditorsPicks Facebook SFEditorsPicks Mind Meld w/ Tansy & Tehani - Books That Made Me Love SFF What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Scandal S1 and S2; Party Down S1 and S2; Coode St Podcast Ep 251: Kristine Kathryn Rusch and women in SF; The Serial Dynasty podcast Tansy: House of Shattered Wings, by Aliette de Bodard; Alias by Brian Michael Bendis (Tor.com reread leading up to the show on Nov 20), SHIELD 50th Anniversary comics - Mockingbird [woo since we recorded this they announced it was going to series with the same writer!], [Don’t call her] The Cavalry, Agent Carter, Fury, Quake Alex: Aurora: Beyond Equality; Up the Walls of the World, James Tiptree Jr; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, Samuel Delany 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 explain the metaphorically violent nature of Australian politics, celebrate the return of Feminist Frequency and our faces are on the internet. What’s New on the Internet Malcolm Turnbull is not Tony Abbott: the Australian Spill Story Our national sport The onion thing, no we don't get it either. New Feminist Frequency Tropes v Women in Video Games - Women as Reward & Special DLC Mini Episode. The Three Hoarsemen Podcast Episode 25 featuring Alisa Galactic Suburbia on Books and Pieces What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Mad Max Fury Road; Undisclosed: The State vs Adnan Syed Podcast Alex: Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut; Archer’s Goon, Diana Wynne Jones; I finished Stranger in a Strange Land!! Also Of Sorrow and Such, Angela Slatter Tansy: Dawn, Octavia E. Butler; Bombshells #1, Marguerite Sauvage & Marguerite Bennett; The Cornell Collective; Supernatural 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 explain the metaphorically violent nature of Australian politics, celebrate the return of Feminist Frequency and our faces are on the internet. What’s New on the Internet Malcolm Turnbull is not Tony Abbott: the Australian Spill Story Our national sport The onion thing, no we don't get it either. New Feminist Frequency Tropes v Women in Video Games - Women as Reward & Special DLC Mini Episode. The Three Hoarsemen Podcast Episode 25 featuring Alisa Galactic Suburbia on Books and Pieces What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Mad Max Fury Road; Undisclosed: The State vs Adnan Syed Podcast Alex: Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut; Archer’s Goon, Diana Wynne Jones; I finished Stranger in a Strange Land!! Also Of Sorrow and Such, Angela Slatter Tansy: Dawn, Octavia E. Butler; Bombshells #1, Marguerite Sauvage & Marguerite Bennett; The Cornell Collective; Supernatural 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 other women are magnificent on the Internet, Fangirls are happy, and something mysterious is happening in Night Vale. What’s New on the Internet Nicola Griffith crunches some data about book bias between winners & shortlists Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Women and SF blog, and the Vonda McIntyre Starfarers post in particular Kate Elliott on Diversity Panels: Where Next? What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Fangirl Happy Hour Podcast Alex: Night Vale; Seanan McGuire, Every Heart A Doorway; Catherynne Valente, The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making Tansy: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott, Letters to Tiptree You can buy Tansy's murder mystery Drowned Vanilla in ebook now! 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 other women are magnificent on the Internet, Fangirls are happy, and something mysterious is happening in Night Vale. What’s New on the Internet Nicola Griffith crunches some data about book bias between winners & shortlists Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Women and SF blog, and the Vonda McIntyre Starfarers post in particular Kate Elliott on Diversity Panels: Where Next? What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Fangirl Happy Hour Podcast Alex: Night Vale; Seanan McGuire, Every Heart A Doorway; Catherynne Valente, The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making Tansy: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott, Letters to Tiptree You can buy Tansy's murder mystery Drowned Vanilla in ebook now! 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!

It’s Tiptreemonth! Our second Tiptree Spoilerific looks at several of James Tiptree Jr and Raccoona Sheldon's most iconic and important short stories from the collection: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. Houston, Houston, Do you Read? Your Faces, O my Sisters! Your Faces filled of Light! And I Awoke Me Here on the Cold Hillside The Girl Who Was Plugged In Love is the Plan the Plan is Death The Screwfly Solution The Women Men Don’t See You can Skype us to leave a short feedback message about Tiptree or any of our other episodes, to be included in a future show. 03 90164171 (within Australia) +613 90164171 (from overseas) 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!

It’s Tiptreemonth! Our second Tiptree Spoilerific looks at several of James Tiptree Jr and Raccoona Sheldon's most iconic and important short stories from the collection: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever. Houston, Houston, Do you Read? Your Faces, O my Sisters! Your Faces filled of Light! And I Awoke Me Here on the Cold Hillside The Girl Who Was Plugged In Love is the Plan the Plan is Death The Screwfly Solution The Women Men Don’t See You can Skype us to leave a short feedback message about Tiptree or any of our other episodes, to be included in a future show. 03 90164171 (within Australia) +613 90164171 (from overseas) 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!

Our completely self-indulgent post-Hugos squeefest!

Our completely self-indulgent post-Hugos squeefest!

Galactic Suburbia Spoilerific - James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips In which we celebrate Alli Sheldon's centenary with the first of our James Tiptree Jr spoilerific episodes and stand in awe of her extraordinary life, and the hard work of her biographer, Julie Phillips. James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips It’s Tiptree month, and this spoilerific is a bit different from our usual ones because we’re focussing on a biography - Julie Phillips’ biography of Alice James Raccoona Bradley Davies Tiptree Sheldon. Her life sounds a bit like a novel and it’s all the more amazing for being real… Join us for our next episode when we talk about some of Tiptree’s short works, including Houston, Houston, Do you Read? and "Your Faces, O my Sisters! Your Faces filled of Light!" (both are available in the Tiptree collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, and Tansy particularly recommends the ebook which is nicely laid out) IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Galactic Suburbia now has Messagebank on its Skype number, so you can leave us audio feedback. I know, right??? This month, we would particularly appreciate comments about your favourite Tiptree work, thoughts on the Julie Phillips biography, or on the short fiction we'll be discussing later this month. We would love to be able to include your audio feedback in future episodes (so make sure to let us know if your comment is not something you wish to be broadcast). 03 90164171 (within Australia) +613 90164171 (from overseas) You can order the upcoming Letters to Tiptree from Twelfth Planet Press - a selection of thoughtful letters written by science fiction and fantasy’s writers, editors, critics and fans to celebrate her, to recognise her work, and in some cases to finish conversations set aside nearly thirty years ago. The book also contains archived letters between Tiptree and some of her dearest correspondents. 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!

Galactic Suburbia Spoilerific - James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips In which we celebrate Alli Sheldon's centenary with the first of our James Tiptree Jr spoilerific episodes and stand in awe of her extraordinary life, and the hard work of her biographer, Julie Phillips. James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips It’s Tiptree month, and this spoilerific is a bit different from our usual ones because we’re focussing on a biography - Julie Phillips’ biography of Alice James Raccoona Bradley Davies Tiptree Sheldon. Her life sounds a bit like a novel and it’s all the more amazing for being real… Join us for our next episode when we talk about some of Tiptree’s short works, including Houston, Houston, Do you Read? and "Your Faces, O my Sisters! Your Faces filled of Light!" (both are available in the Tiptree collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, and Tansy particularly recommends the ebook which is nicely laid out) IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Galactic Suburbia now has Messagebank on its Skype number, so you can leave us audio feedback. I know, right??? This month, we would particularly appreciate comments about your favourite Tiptree work, thoughts on the Julie Phillips biography, or on the short fiction we'll be discussing later this month. We would love to be able to include your audio feedback in future episodes (so make sure to let us know if your comment is not something you wish to be broadcast). 03 90164171 (within Australia) +613 90164171 (from overseas) You can order the upcoming Letters to Tiptree from Twelfth Planet Press - a selection of thoughtful letters written by science fiction and fantasy’s writers, editors, critics and fans to celebrate her, to recognise her work, and in some cases to finish conversations set aside nearly thirty years ago. The book also contains archived letters between Tiptree and some of her dearest correspondents. 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!

An all culture consumed special (with a little awards chat just for old time's sake) Hugo Awards update - how we voted. If you're voting, get in before the eleventh hour! World Fantasy Awards: Aussies on the ballot. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: The Almighty Johnsons; Wayward Pines Alex: Arrow season 1; Beauty, Sheri S Tepper; Poseidon’s Wake, Alastair Reynolds; Of Noble Family, Mary Robinette Kowal Tansy: Uncanny Magazine No. 5: “Midnight Hour” by Mary Robinette Kowal, “Woman at Exhibition” by E. Lily Yu, “Ghost Champagne” by Charlie Jane Anders, “Catcall” by Delilah S Dawson, Natalie Luhrs “Ethics of Reviewing”. Black Canary #1. Glitch. In August we will be reading: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon, Julie Phillips "Houston, Houston Do You Read?" and "Your Faces, O my Sisters, your Faces filled of Light!" by James Tiptree Jr. 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!

An all culture consumed special (with a little awards chat just for old time's sake) Hugo Awards update - how we voted. If you're voting, get in before the eleventh hour! World Fantasy Awards: Aussies on the ballot. What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: The Almighty Johnsons; Wayward Pines Alex: Arrow season 1; Beauty, Sheri S Tepper; Poseidon’s Wake, Alastair Reynolds; Of Noble Family, Mary Robinette Kowal Tansy: Uncanny Magazine No. 5: “Midnight Hour” by Mary Robinette Kowal, “Woman at Exhibition” by E. Lily Yu, “Ghost Champagne” by Charlie Jane Anders, “Catcall” by Delilah S Dawson, Natalie Luhrs “Ethics of Reviewing”. Black Canary #1. Glitch. In August we will be reading: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon, Julie Phillips "Houston, Houston Do You Read?" and "Your Faces, O my Sisters, your Faces filled of Light!" by James Tiptree Jr. 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 classics, what classics, we'll pick our own canon thanks, and reading Heinlein becomes less and less compulsory every year, so try not to worry about it. Actually, no books are compulsory. Read what you want to read. Book-shaming is the worst. Don't do that. Introducing The Wimmin Pamphlet: serving you a diverse range of feminist thought since this fortnight. Strange Horizons essay by Renay - Communities: Weight of History Renay, we are with you! Anti-Impostor-Syndrome Reading and Life Support Group Is Go! James Nicoll's reviews of Women of Wonder, the Pamela Sargent books Tansy refers to as her SF education, highly recommended: 1 & 2 What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: The 100 Season 1; Tiptree Bio, Julie Phillips, Sens8 Tansy: Rocket Talk Ep 53 on Spec Fic 14 & online writing in the spec fic scene, Loki: Agent of Asgard; Fresh Romance #1 Alex: Hugo fiction reading: short stories, novelettes, novellas, novels. OMG the decisions! The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, others to be updated on the blog soon. Also New Horizons!! 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!