In which parasites are creepy, pregnancy is body horror, and consent is important! 
Get comfy and listen to Alex & Tansy's discussion of Octavia Butler's "Bloodchild" and her essay "Positive Obsessions," both available in the Bloodchild & Other Stories collection (plus Bloodchild is available as a single story digitally).
Don’t forget: submissions for the Octavia Butler tribute anthology are due on Jan 8! See Submissions for details.
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Episode 157: 7 December 2016  Bloodchild Spoilerific

Alisa, Alex and Tansy bring you speculative fiction news, reading notes and chat from the galactic suburbs of Australia

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Science Fiction

Fiction

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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Episode 209: March 2020: The End

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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Episode 208: February 2020

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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Episode 207: November 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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Episode 206: October 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

Episode 157: 7 December 2016 Bloodchild Spoilerific

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