Summary: In which we talk convention gossip, awards, go through piles and piles of reading for Tansy and Alex, while Alisa patiently explains her position on ebooks. =========== Recorded Live from Swancon! http://2011.swancon.com.au/about/ News Shirley Jackson nominees http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/sja_2010_nominees.php PK Dick http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/2010pkd/ BSFA http://www.sfsite.com/news/2011/04/23/bsfa-winners-2/ SF Hall of Fame http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/04/2011-sf-hall-of-fame-inductees/ What Culture Have we Consumed? Alex: Kraken, China Mieville (http://randomalex.net/2011/03/29/wave-your-tentacles-in-the-air/); Doomsday Book, Connie Willis (http://randomalex.net/2011/04/02/doomsday-book-the-sf-and-the-medieval/); Contact (the movie), Mappa Mundi, Justina Robson; Brasyl, Ian McDonald (http://randomalex.net/2011/04/15/this-time-its-brasyl/) ; Nightsiders, Sue Isle (http://aussiespecficinfocus.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/nightsiders/) Tansy: The Clockwork Angel, by Cassandra Clare, The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke, Fun Home & Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel, [http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/clockwork-rocks-and-a-tragicomic/] Tales of the Tower: the Wilful Eye edited by Isobelle Carmody & Nan McNab, especially “Catastrophic Disruption of the Head” by Margo Lanagan, Nightsiders (twelve planets 1) by Sue Isle. Pet Subject: Indie Press: Alisa talks Ebooks! 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
