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Aug 29th, 2011 by galactisuburbia
All you need to know about Galactic Suburbia:
Alex is a reviewer and a teacher;
Tansy is a fantasy author and a mum;
Alisa is an indie publisher and an engineer;
We talk. A lot. About:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, publishing, books, gossip, (feminist) history, blogging, Joanna Russ, cyberpunk, steampunk, (is there a Romanpunk; there should be a Romanpunk!), anthologies, The Future, The Internet (many people are wrong on The Internet), Australian Speculative Fiction, conventions, anything else that crosses our screens...
Galactic Suburbia. We talk a lot.
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Oct 30, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Hi. I have listened to about half-a-dozen episodes, and I wanted to let you know I’m enjoying them, and thank you for putting them out. I listen to several genre podcasts, and this is fun for not being like all the others.
I just listened to the Joanna Russ episode. I have not read any of her work, but I’ve ordered, _How to Suppress Women’s Writing_, and will be borrowing, _The Female Man_, from the library, so you do have an influence on what people read.
I do not know if you ladies read much Urban Fantasy, but one of my favorite books of the year is, _My Life As a White Trash Zombie_, by Diana Rowland. The protagonist is a young woman considered by all, including her self, to be a white trash loser. The book is based on the ironic premise that her life only turns around after she becomes a zombie. It is a fun, crass, romp of a good story, but it also deals with her liberating herself from an abusive home, and I thought that it did so with a great deal of humanity and compassion. I recommend it, for what that’s worth.
Thanks again,
Josh
