249. Introductions: Our Theme and Our Most Anticipated Things in 2015 w/ Renay and Natalie Luhrs

Women, non-binary, and far too many things to love in 2015, oh my! Natalie Luhrs and Renay join us to talk about our 2015 theme and all the movies, books, TV shows, and comics we’re looking forward to this year. Well, not all of the things, but certainly a few of them. Feel free to add your own anticipated things in the comments!

This is just the beginning…

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Episode 249 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

The Guests:
- Natalie Luhrs
  - Pretty Terrible
  - Twitter
- Renay
  - Lady Business
  - Twitter
Women and Non-Binary in SF/F Open Call
Our Long Lists:
- Julia
  - The Walk by Six Apart and Naomi Alderman — Mobile phone game where you unlock story by walking.
    (Andrea Phillips)
  - Hark, A Vagrant! by Kate Beaton (collection, Step Aside, Pops! coming out later this year)
  - SL Huang
  - Hidden Youth edited by Sofia Samatar and Mikki Kendall (subs open until April)
  - C.S.E. Cooney
  - Glittership LGBTQ SFF story podcast edited by Keffy Kehrli
  - Queers Destroy SF
  - Archivist Wasp (YA novel by Nicole Kornher-Stace coming from Small Beer Press)
  - Book of Phoenix (Prequel to Who Fears Death) by Nnedi Okorafor
  - Updraft by Fran Wilde
  - Hostage (sequel to Stranger) by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith)
  - Cinderella (live action). (I’m not sure how excited I am by this, but I was somewhat surprised to find that I really enjoyed the Disney Into The Woods, and I like Cate Blanchett and Lily James)
- Paul
  - The Strange and Numenera RPGs supplements by Shanna Germain
  - Updraft by Fran Wilde
  - Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman
  - Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
  - Jupiter Ascending
  - Last Song Before Night by Ilana Myer
  - Edge of Dark by Brenda Cooper
  - Cold Iron by Stina Leicht
  - Company Town by Madeline Ashby
  - Lagoon by Nnedi Okorofor
  - Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley
  - Stories of the Raksura: Volume Two: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below by Martha Wells
  - Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
- Mike
  - Lumberjanes
  - Clockwork Crown
  - Deadly Spells
  - Spider-Gwen
  - Bitch Planet
  - Agent Carter
  - Updraft
  - Ms. Marvel
  - Catwoman (Genevive Valentine et al.)
- Renay
  - The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
  - Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
  - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
  - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
  - reV by Madeline Ashby
- Natalie
  - Sunny Moraine, Labyrinthian
  - Fran Wilde, Updraft
  - Rose Lemberg, editor, An Alphabet of Embers
  - Nnedi Okorafor, The Book of Phoenix and Lagoon (came out in UK last year, US this year)
  - NK Jemisin, The Fifth Season
  - AC Wise, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again
  - Jamie Lee Moyer, Delia’s Shadow
  - Beth Bernobich, The Time Roads
  - Tina Connolly, Copperhead, Silverblind (2 books)
  - Jo Walton, The Just City and The Philosopher Kings
  - Genevieve Valentine, Persona (also interested in her Catwoman, too!)
- Shaun
  - The Year’s Illustrious Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Nisi Shawl
  - Cold Iron by Stina Leicht
  - The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
  - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
  - The Birdverse stories by Rose Lemberg
  - Half-Life by SL Huang
  - Agent Carter
  - Jupiter Ascending (Dir. the Wachowski’s)
  - Mary Shelley’s Monster (Dir. Coky Giedroyc)
  - Beyond: An Anthology of Queer SFF comics edited by Sfe Monster