Science fiction, spoilerifics and Bad Faith...

WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET?

Counterpart spoilerific

British Fantasy Awards

BOOK CLUB

Joanna Russ’ How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 2 + 3 discussion (9:05 to 56:45)

CULTURE CONSUMED:

Alisa: PhD update, Icefall by Stephanie Gunn

Tansy: Killjoys S1 & S2, Melissa Scott, Finders.

Alex: The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker; Exit Strategy, Martha Wells; Stargate SG1 rewatch…

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Welcome to a not quite Galactic Suburbia spoilerific. While Galactic Suburbia is usually the Australian podcast of speculative fiction books, publishing news and chat, this episode is a bit different. Firstly, it’s a spoilerific: we’re going to be talking about the TV show Counterpart, so if you haven’t seen it be warned that we will well and truly spoil it here. Secondly, this is an unusual episode because although this is Alex, from Melbourne, joining me is…

Liz from Melbourne

squiddishly.net

The order of the cast on IMDB:

Howard Silk

Emily Burton Silk

Ian

Peter Quayle

Claire

Baldwin

Aldrich

Alexander Pope

Thoughts on the plot:

Berlin

Parallels (people, pairings, with their others and each other)

Likelihood/necessity of a second season

Management

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You are not technically prohibited from listening to this podcast, but beware the ingrained biases and inequities in our society which might still prevent you from doing so...

WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK?

#fallforbooksmugglers on Instagram

Tansy: Halloween is Not a Verb available for pre-order! Drops on Halloween.

TPP Novellas announced: Merry Happy Valkyrie by Tansy Rayner Roberts Marry Me, Mischa McPhee by Kate Gordon

JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: How to Suppress Women’s Writing:

Chapter 1, Prohibitions Time stamp: 20:25 to 54:00

Next episode: read Chapters 2 + 3

CULTURE CONSUMED:

Alex: Mars; Netizens; The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal; Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe.

Tansy: Check Please #1 Hockey; Teen Titans Go, The Muppets, The Orville, Wellington Paranormal

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