Episode 83: 19 June 2013




Galactic Suburbia show

Summary: In which we tamper with our format to discuss reconciliation in SF, and the disappearance of women in modern movies.Discussion NK Jemisin’s GoH speech about reconciliation in SF The Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison on not turning a blind eye. At the movies, all the women are gone. Culture ConsumedALEX: The White Queen, Gwyneth Jones - abandoned; Mono no Aware, Ken Liu; After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress; Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed. (Also S2 of Game of Thrones)ALISA: PhD paper - Female bestsellers: A cross-national study of gender inequality and the popular–highbrow culture divide in fiction book production, 1960–2009 by Marc Verboord TANSY: Original Sin, by Andy Lane; The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!