Episode 123: 8 July 2015




Galactic Suburbia show

Summary: <br> 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.<br> <br> Introducing <a href="http://thewimminpamphlet.tumblr.com">The Wimmin Pamphlet</a>: serving you a diverse range of feminist thought since this fortnight.<br> <br> Strange Horizons essay by Renay - <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/2015/20150706/renay-c.shtml">Communities: Weight of History</a><br> <br> Renay, we are with you! Anti-Impostor-Syndrome Reading and Life Support Group Is Go!<br> <br> <br> James Nicoll's reviews of Women of Wonder, the Pamela Sargent books Tansy refers to as her SF education, highly recommended: <a href="http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/return-to-sf-about-women-by-women">1</a> &amp; <a href="http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/sequel-to-return-to-sf-about-women-by-women">2</a><br> <br> <br> What Culture Have we Consumed? <br> <br> Alisa: The 100 Season 1; Tiptree Bio, Julie Phillips, Sens8<br> <br> Tansy: <a href="http://www.tor.com/2015/05/06/rocket-talk-episode-53-renee-williams-and-shaun-duke/">Rocket Talk Ep 53</a> on Spec Fic 14 &amp; online writing in the spec fic scene, <a href="http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/issue-1-loki-agent-of-asgard-2014/">Loki: Agent of Asgard</a>; <a href="http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/issue-1-fresh-romance/">Fresh Romance #1</a><br> <br> Alex: Hugo fiction reading: short stories, novelettes, novellas, novels. OMG the decisions! <a href="http://randomalex.net/2015/07/12/the-goblin-emperor/">The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison</a>, <a href="http://randomalex.net/2015/07/09/the-three-body-problem/">The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu</a>, others to be updated on the blog soon.<br> <br> <br> Also New Horizons!!<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>