I did however finish Auxiliary<\/i>\u00a0Justice<\/em> by Anne Leckie. I enjoyed the book – good solid space opera with an engaging protagonist and interesting concepts around ship consciousness when spread across multiple “individuals” and a society where gender is irrelevant to the point where the protagonist thinks of everyone as “she”. A lot has been written about\u00a0Auxiliary Justice<\/em> and I’ve decided that I can add precisely zero to the debate, so I’ll leave it there. Worth a read if you’re into space opera.<\/p>\n I also finished\u00a0Winter Be My Shield<\/em> by Jo Spurrier, however I’m writing up a review for the Australian Women Writers Challenge so I won’t give away any thoughts here.<\/p>\n As reported earlier, I’m also reading the serial novel\u00a0Musketeer Space<\/em> by Tansy Rayner Roberts. A lot of fun so far, and I’ve also been enjoying the ecosystem she has been creating around the novel. As at the time of writing I’ve finished chapter 9\u00a0and am a couple of chapters behind.<\/p>\n My six year old daughter and I watched Star Wars for the first time (episode four) and that has given me a bit of Star Wars nostalgia. I’ve dipped into\u00a0and out of\u00a0into the Star Wars novels since they first started coming out, and in honour of my daughter’s first step into the universe\u00a0I’ve decided to dip into a sequence of Star Wars novels I have yet read – the Fate of the Jedi. The series kicks off with a novel called\u00a0Outcast\u00a0<\/em> by Aaron Allston. Previous forays into the Star Wars novel universe have met with mixed results, it’ll be interesting to see how this goes.<\/p>\n By the way, my daughter’s verdict on Star Wars? “It’s good. I particularly like Princess Leia’s hair.”<\/p>\n On the podcast side of things, I’ve been rapidly running through the back catalog of\u00a0Tea and Jeopardy\u00a0<\/em>by Emma Newman. An interesting SF interview show out of the UK, that adds a little radio play style bit before and after the main interview, in which the interviewee is put into (and often escapes) a spot of mild peril. I’m really enjoying it, and there is a certain sense of continuity that is keeping me listening to the episodes in order. I’m almost caught up!<\/p>\n I thought I’d mention TV here as well, if there is anything of interest. Main genre TV watching for me at the moment is Continuum<\/em> (the Canadian SF series about a time travelling cop from the future and the group of terrorists she’s chased back to our time). This season has been good – I’ve particularly liked the greying of the lines between “good guy” and “bad guy”.<\/p>\n I’ve also been watching the first few episodes of season 2 of Defiance<\/em>, which has been suitably interesting. More on that in future months.<\/p>\n The Tomorrow People<\/em> is heading towards the season (and series) finale. I think the show had some potential, but I can understand why it got axed – it wasn’t quite hitting that potential.<\/p>\n Looking forward to the launch of BBC First on Foxtel where they are giving us all 10 episodes of\u00a0Musketeers<\/em>, which looks very good from the previews.<\/p>\n I’ve recorded the first couple of episodes of\u00a0The Strain<\/em> as well, but I’m as yet undecided as to whether I’ll be watching.<\/p>\n That’s all for this month. What have you been reading\/listening to\/watching? Any suggestions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n <\/p>Hi,\n