Summary: In which Alex and Tansy wax lyrical about Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing (despite knowing next to nothing about it), welcome the new Apex overlord Lynne Thomas, celebrate the twin dawns of All Hallows Read and Nanowrimo, and embark upon an epic marathon of Culture Consumed. News Joss Whedon makes Much Ado About Nothing in secret at first we knew next to nothing then we knew something and every new bit of something brings squeeage! Harry Potter DVDs to disappear from the shelves after Christmas (and Tansy's still not over the whole Disney revelation) Lynne Thomas’ first issue of Apex comes out next week featuring an article by Tansy on The Australian Dark Weird. As the new editor, Lynne talks about what she wants from authors at Outer Alliance The lack of (paid) women reviewers (in the lit scene) continues to dismay and fascinate us in equal measure. All Hallows Read is upon us And if you're going to gift a scary book to someone, why not make it Australian? Nanowrimo is imminent! What Culture Have we Consumed? Tansy: Zoo City by Lauren Beukes Alex: Life on Mars S2 Tansy: Bumped by Megan McCafferty Alex: Obernewtyn, The Farseekers, and Ashling, by Isobelle Carmody Tansy: Debris by Jo Anderton Alex: God’s War, Kameron Hurley Tansy: Marvel’s Ultimate Universe: Ultimate Spiderman, Ultimate X-Men, The Ultimates Alex: Shadow Unit Tansy: Big Finish and Mary Shelley: Mary’s Story (for 99p) The Silver Turk. 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
