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Alisa, Alex and Tansy bring you speculative fiction news, reading notes and chat from the galactic suburbs of Australia
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Monday Jul 31, 2017
Monday Jul 31, 2017
In which we revisit a favourite old space station to see if it totally holds up, and get angry about superhero girlfriends.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET
WFA Shortlist Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Kickstarter
Defying Doomsday Award - last call for nominations
Let’s talk about Titania, brand new imprint of Twelfth Planet Press, coming soon.
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Deep Space 9; The Wanderers, Meg Howrey; Voyager S1
Tansy: The Refrigerator Monologues, Catherynne Valente; Once Upon a Time S5, Erased.
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 Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!
Monday Jul 17, 2017
Monday Jul 17, 2017
In which Alisa & Tansy are not Handmaids, and we need a lot of cheerful culture to balance out the darkness.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET/WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK?
Our Kickstarter for Mother of Invention is Complete: it's the end but the moment has been prepared for.
Nnedi Okorafor’s amazing African dystopian novel Who Fears Death to be adapted for HBO, produced by GRRM. (and you thought The Handmaid's Tale was hardcore viewing...) Radio National Books program Alisa listened to - discussing The Wanderers & the horrible phenomenon of mainstream literary snobbery around science fiction.
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: The Handmaid’s Tale, Star Trek DS9 Seasons 1-5, Orphan Black S5 eps 1-5 Some Handmaid links: SBS Streaming Ad Placement Almost as Brutal As Gilead The Handmaid's Tale in the Monthly by Elle Hardy Margaret Atwood herself on Handmaid in the Age of Trump
Tansy: Reign Season 2; Bearly a Lady, Cassandra Khaw; The Dragon with A Chocolate Heart, Stephanie Burgis
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 Patreon - which now includes access to the ever so exclusive GS Slack - and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!