Yes, Episode 6 is up at Galactic Suburbia! Show notes are here for browsing. We didn’t discuss feedback in this ep, as we already ran way long – might have to do an inbetweeny ep just for talking about feedback received.

News

China Mieville becomes first 3-time Arthur C Clarke winner

Hugo Voting pack now available for download by Aussiecon4 members

Matthew Cheney has an intriguing (no, not INTERESTING, shut up, we have other words in our vocabulary honestly) column, “Patriarchy Studies,” up at Strange Horizons

Asimov’s is (finally) accepting online submissions – now can we just go back in time and tell Jeremy Tolbert of the Sofanauts from 12 months ago?

Google to open an online bookstore by July

Diana Gabaldon attacks fanfiction [posts have been removed by the author but have been archived by others]
Charlie Stross weighs in
Kate Nepveu on the legalities of fanfic
Sarah Rees Brennan, novelist & former fanfic writer
Nick Mamatas responds to George RR Martin’s claims that Lovecraftian fanfic sent Lovecraft to an early grave
Catherynne Valente being sensible

New editor at Escape Pod, Mur Lafferty

Angry Robot sold to Osprey Publishing

Storm in a teacup over Neil Gaiman’s appearance fee – the man himself sets the internet straight

“Men Don’t Read,” by Jason Pinter, in the Huffington Post.
Laura Miller responds.

MindMeld: what SF should be in every fan’s library. If we remove Ursula leGuin as the outlier, none of the men here mention women in their lists.

What have we been reading?
Alex: Sean Williams, Orphans of Earth and Heirs of Earth; Octavia Butler, Imago; Sean Williams, The Resurrected Man
Alisa: Borderline by Leanne Frahm
Listening to: Sofanauts, Memories of the FutureCast, The Outland Institute (where I discovered I WANT this), Radio Free Burrito
Tansy: Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey, Soulless by Gail Carriger
Listening to: Shada (Big Finish)

Pet Subject: book reviews
Do we read them, and why?
Do we write them, and why?
What’s the use for publishers?
What’s the use for authors?
What’s the use for readers?

Mary Beard’s on women writing reviews – there’s not that many in prominent publications, lots of UK and US broadsheets have stopped literary reviews completely…
An article on whether female book bloggers are just too nice

This ties into last episode’s comments about reader expectations; getting books to the right audience, or explaining why you might want to read a particular book.

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