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This week on Fangirl Happy Hour, Renay and Ana discuss their favorite media of 2015’s second quarter, media they’re looking forward to in the rest of 2015, and name their top favorites of the year so far. Pop the cap on your favorite pen, prep a notebook, and strap in for the rec fest.
Note: This episode is later than usual because Renay’s oven exploded. Did you know heating coils can produce rainbow firesparks?
Discussion References
Intro
81 Cool Podcasts to Check Out
The Merger by Sunil Patel
Favorite Media of 2015 Q2
Ana:
Mad Men
Bitch Planet (issues 1-4) by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Valentine De Landro
Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-men (podcast)
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
Renay:
Wild
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Looking Forward To
Renay:
Cold Iron by Stina Leicht
Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan
The End of All Things by John Scalzi
Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
The Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
The Labyrinth of Flame by Courtney Schafer
Updraft by Fran Wilde
Lightless by C.A. Higgins
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Planetfall by Emma Newman
Ana:
Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda
A Madness So Discreet by Mindy Mcginnis
The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman
Avatar the Last Airbender – Smoke and Shadows by Gene Luen Yang
Supergirl
Lucifer
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Serpentine by Cindy Pon
Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
The Shadow Behind Stars by Rebecca Hahn
The Rest of us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
The Uninvited by Cat Winters
Bitch Planet #5 by Kelly Sue DeConnick & Valentine De Landro
Heroes Reborn
Last First Snow by Max Gladstone
Recommendations
Ana::
Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Thor by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman
Mad Max Fury Road
Agent Carter
Renay
Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
Jupiter Ascending
Rat Queens Vol 1
Agent Carter
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
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— Fangirl Happy Hour (@fangirlpodcast) July 1, 2015
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