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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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Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
In which we eat cake, celebrate our tenth birthday, and say goodbye.
Cake
Reminiscences & Podcast recs
The Guilty Feminist
The Good Place, The Podcast
Be The Serpent
As my Wimsey Takes Me
Antimatter Pod: https://antimatterpod.podbean.com
NEWS
Nebula finalists https://www.tor.com/2020/02/20/announcing-the-2019-nebula-awards-finalists/
Hugo noms are closing
Tansy’s Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/castlecharming/castle-charming
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson; The City We Became, N K Jemisin (also her short story The City Born Great in How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?); Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist
Tansy: Birds of Prey (& Harley Quinn), Six the Musical (Sydney), Future culture: https://www.serialbox.com/serials/jessica-jones, Black Friday (StarKid)
Alex: For All Mankind, on Apple TV; Altered Carbon S2; Elysium, Jennifer Marie Brissett; Amelia Peabody (Elizabeth Peters) and Mary Russell (Laurie R King)
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
In which Galactic Suburbia has a sad announcement, and the word ‘penultimate’ is used...
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Nominating for the Hugos
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: The Good Place; Picard S1 Ep 1-2.
Tansy: Moontangled, by Stephanie Burgis, The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, Supernatural Season 15 (first 5 eps)
Alex: many books over the holidays. Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow; Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir; A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine; Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire.
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
Tuesday Dec 03, 2019
In which we finally complete the Joanna Russ book club in our final ep for 2019!
Tansy - Terror Australis
Alex goes to Broadside, The Wheeler Centre’s festival of feminist ideas, and is confronted by whiteness. (https://broadside.wheelercentre.com)
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Rebuilding Tomorrow crowdfunded - postponed
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Author’s Note and Afterword
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: the great Twelfth Planet Press move (again)
Tansy: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Theodora Goss; The Crown; Big Finish: Cicero; Dead Media by John Richards;
Alex: Infomocracy, Malka Older; The Name of the Rose (tv series); White Tears/ Brown Scars, Ruby Hamad
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Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
In which an Epilogue is not always the end of the book…
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Rebuilding Tomorrow https://www.pozible.com/project/rebuilding-tomorrow/
“Otherwise” Award: https://tiptree.org/2019/10/from-tiptree-to-otherwise
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: Epilogue (BUT STILL NOT THE END)
38:20 to 58:45
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Good Omens; The Good Place
Tansy: Romances: Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals & Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities, The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter & The Gilded Cage by KJ Charles. Killjoys & Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin.
Alex: Orphan Black; The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley; The Old Lie, Claire G Coleman; Dolly Parton’s America: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america
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Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
In which we tackle aesthetics, astounding name changes, and leave you the Danger Mouse theme tune.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Winter’s Tale Kickstarter fully funded!
Hugo winners: https://locusmag.com/2019/08/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-winners/
The Campbell Award/Astounding Award, Codes of Conduct, and such: http://file770.com/storm-over-campbell-award/
https://theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2019/08/27/a-statement-from-the-editor/
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: 1:21:15 to 1:49:05
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 11
PSA for Australians: Glitch season 3 is on ABC iView, completely.
No culture this week, too much talking!
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In light of recent discussions, Julie Phillips has commented on the question of whether or not Alli Sheldon and her husband Ting had a suicide pact, an issue that she felt she was not clear enough about in the final chapters of her biography. https://twitter.com/jcfphillips/status/1168267581708546049
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
In which we struggle with responses, and Winter’s Tale is coming…
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
World Fantasy Finalists https://www.tor.com/2019/07/25/announcing-the-2019-world-fantasy-award-finalists/
CSFG Kickstarter -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/csfg/unnatural-order
Coming this week: the next Twelfth Planet Press Kickstarter! Winter’s Tale by Nike Sulway & Shauna O’Meara
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 10 Responses:
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers Wayfarers series; Geek Actually S1 (Serial Box)
Alex: Machineries of Empire (inc Hexarchate Stories), Yoon Ha Lee; New Suns, ed. Nisi Shawl; Good Omens
Tansy: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, Spider-Man,The Spy who Dumped Me, Good Omens
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Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
In which we consider renaming our podcast to Houston, We Have A Podcast, but someone else got in first...
FEEDBACK: From Rachel & Phillip
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Ditmars: https://locusmag.com/2019/06/2019-ditmar-awards-winners/
Norma: https://normakhemmingaward.org
No Joanna Russ Book Club this week, but read How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 10 Responses for next episode!
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Tansy: Harry Potter & The Cursed Child (Princess Theatre, Melbourne), Last Pen Standing by Vivian Conroy, Big Finish blitz (Torchwood: Ghost Mission, Goodbye Piccadilly, Broken, The Green Life), Evelina, Frances Burney
Alex: The Meg; all of Haven; most of my Hugo reading; Robots vs Fairies, ed. Navah Wolfe and Dominik Parisien
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Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
In which we consider our role models and lost history, plus awards season is hotting up!
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Hugos: https://locusmag.com/2019/04/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-finalists/
BSFA: https://locusmag.com/2019/04/2018-bsfa-winners/
Norma: https://normakhemmingaward.org
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 9, Models (38:30)
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Santa Clarita Diet S3; Discovery!; Sabrina S2; Your Favourite Band Cannot Save You, Scotto Moore; Dread Nation, Justina Ireland
Tansy: Five Unicorn Flush by TJ Berry, The Women’s War by Jenna Glass, The Royals
Alex: Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez; a lot of Marvel; Perihelion Summer, Greg Egan; The City, not long after, Pat Murphy
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Sunday Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
In which we are not an anomaly, because there are three of us.
FEEDBACK:
Dave & Clara
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Tiptree winner and shortlist: https://tiptree.org/news
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:
(time stamp 21:25 to 58:15)
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 8: Anomalousness
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Wingspan
Alex: three seasons of Lucifer; Captain Marvel; The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie; Alastair Reynolds: Shadow Captain, and “Zima Blue” and “Beyond the Aquila Rift” on Love, Death and Robots (Netflix)
Tansy: Captain Marvel, The Custard Protocol by Gail Carriger, The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles, Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufman, The Atraea Conspiracy, Village Pillage
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Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
It’s our 200th episode! Let there be cake.
This month:
CAKE
What deliciousness are you pairing with this month’s episode?
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET
Aurealis noms: https://aurealisawards.org
Nebula noms: https://nebulas.sfwa.org/2018-nebula-finalists-announced/
Tansy news: Creature Court release, and Nullus Anxietas Discworld Convention April 12-14.
Jennifer Kent’s Tiptree TV series in development
Also a Tiptree documentary https://roxannesamer.com/tip-alli/
Antimatter Pod: https://antimatterpod.podbean.com
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB: (starts around 36:00)
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 7, Isolation
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Russian Doll; The Umbrella Academy; I Met a Traveler, Connie Willis.
Tansy: ATA Girls, Team Starkid: The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, Misrule by Jodi McAlister
Alex: Tides of the Titans, Thoraiya Dyer; a lot of Ben Aaronovitch (Peter Grant novels); Umbrella Academy (not finished yet!)
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Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
We're making some changes, but we're still here! Check out our Patreon. [https://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia ]
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET:
Hugo Award nomination period!
JOANNA RUSS BOOK CLUB:
How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 6, False Categorizing
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Twelfth Planet Press news
Tansy: Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis, The Favourite, David Tennant Does A Podcast With Olivia Colman, Who Is Mary Sue by Sophie Collins
Alex: Radio Lab, October 30 episode; How long Til Black Future Month?, NK Jemisin; John Scalzi’s Collapsing Empire and Consuming Fire; The Mental Load, by Emma: https://english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/
Next episode is our 200th AND OUR NINTH BIRTHDAY, and we’ll be reading chapter 7 of How to Suppress Women’s Writing (Isolation)… and we’d love feedback! (Celia, are you still there?)
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Monday Nov 26, 2018
Monday Nov 26, 2018
Double standards with Joanna Russ, Christmas specials, and does the Addams Family hold up?
Pre-order the new Twelfth Planet Press holiday novellas: Merry Happy Valkyrie, by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Marry Me, Mischa McPhee, by Kate Gordon Or check them out on the TPP webpage
HOW TO SUPPRESS WOMEN WRITING:
Joanna Russ’ How to Suppress Women’s Writing: Chapter 5 - The Double Standard of Content 14:20 to 1:01:55
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: Doctor Who, Hallmark Christmas movies
Alex: The Addams Family, and The Addams Family Values; The Trouble with Women, Jacky Fleming; Rupetta, Nike Sulway; The Second Shelf, issue 1.
Tansy: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power; Making It
One more episode before we break for the summer!!!
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Sunday Nov 11, 2018
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
The end of the world might be nigh but we're still podcasting.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERNET?
World Fantasy Awards were given out at World Fantasy Convention this year -- congrats to all winners and nominees.
How to Suppress Women’s Writing, by Joanna Russ Chapter 4 - Pollution of Agency
Time stamps: 7:25 to 41:00
CULTURE CONSUMED:
Alisa: news and PhD
Tansy: Resist Fascism; Which Witch, Eva Ibbotson
Alex: A new hobby; Icefall, Stephanie Gunn; Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch
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Sunday Oct 28, 2018
Sunday Oct 28, 2018
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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Sunday Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
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
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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