Summary: <br> Happy New Year edition! <br> One last episode before we squeak into 2017. In which we sum up a year of culture consumed and other interests, and mourn the recently departed.<br> WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET?<br> Carrie Fisher<br> George Michael<br> Richard Adams<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/26/vera-rubin-pioneering-astronomer-dark-matter-died-aged-88">Vera Rubin</a><br> (note: we recorded this ep before the death of Debbie Reynolds was reported)<br> CULTURE CONSUMED IN 2016: <br> Tansy: Rogue One<br> Alisa: Operation Apocalypse Plan (books mentioned: Will McIntosh’s Soft Apocalypse as a guide to the probable future, Defying Doomsday)<br> Alex: The Arrival<br> Tansy: <a href="http://thebooksmugglers.com/2016/12/hurricane-heels-hurricane-heels-1-isabel-yap.html">Hurricane Heels</a> by Isabel Yap (& Buffy rewatch with daughter, because this is what 11 yr olds are for)<br> Alisa: PhD & Jamberry<br> Alex: The Expanse<br> Tansy: Check Please fandom & Yuri on Ice<br> Alisa: <a href="https://paleocinema.podbean.com/e/paleo-cinema-podcast-200-love-has-many-faces-sylvia/">Paleo Cinema Podcast</a><br> Alex: Octavia Butler Link to call for <a href="http://www.twelfthplanetpress.com/news/announcing-new-non-fiction-project-letters-octavia-butler">Letters to Butler</a><br> Tansy -- 2016 culture round ups in <a href="http://thebooksmugglers.com/2016/12/smugglivus-2016-tansyrr-smugglivus.html">Smugglivus</a> & <a href="https://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/">Ambling Down the Aqueduct</a><br> <br> 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 <a href="http://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia">Patreon</a> and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!<br>
