Galactic Suburbia

Episode 54: 23 February 2012

In which we keep it short (truly) through restraint and perseverance, despite setting Tansy off on a tangent about Lego and lots of crunchy gender bias stuff to chew through. News Nebula shortlist Stoker shortlist Paul Cornell on Panel Parity Elizabeth L Huede on National Year of (Gender Biased) Reading Tansy's thing: new feminist Doctor Who blog Doctor Her Can princesses play with Lego? (Lego friends petition at Change.org) What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Vorkosigan - Shards of Honor, Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold Alex: The Islanders, Christopher Priest Tansy: After the Apocalypse, by Maureen McHugh (collection) Feedback episode coming too! 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!

Episode 53: 8 February 2012

In which we pop the cork on the champagne bottle to welcome in the beginning of the 9 month science fiction awards season - hooray! News Responses to the Galactic Suburbia Award. Crawford nominees and winner: Genevieve Valentine's Mechanique. BSFA nominees SF Translation Awards Fundraiser - donate and win awesome books The Kitschies: yes really, rum and tentacles. LOCUS Recommended Reading List! [and Poll] Young Australian of the Year who founded Robogals: Marita Cheng Women of SF in their own words, reviewed by Brit Mandelo Diana Peterfreund: following up on Brave New Love [and how the internet often fails to pick up the pieces after a controversy has died down] Women Writing Horror (it’s new, who knew?) [and the other Guardian article patronising genre readers, taken apart by Smart Bitches Trashy Books] 10 Great SF books for "girls" Creature Court trilogy giveaway - we'll be drawing it next episode, email us to tell us about one book you read because of us & you'll enter the draw to win all three books by Tansy Creature Court Spoilerific Blog Post - only for those who have read Creature Court Book Three, Reign of Beasts, by Tansy Rayner Roberts What Culture Have we Consumed? Alisa: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby; The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson Alex: Clockwork Rocket, Greg Egan; A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, Ursula le Guin; The Business of Death, Trent Jamieson; Skyrim Tansy: Bad Power by Deborah Biancotti; Batgirl: the Lesson; Redwood & Wildfire by Andrea Hairston; Blake’s 7: The Turing Test [Big Finish], Doctor Who: Foe From the Future [Big Finish] 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!