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- Yesterday1h 46m
619. The Best of Vernor Vinge Part 1 Review (with Mercurio D. Rivera)
Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic novella “True Names” as well as the first nine stories in the book The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge. Stories Discussed: “Bookworm, Run!” , “The Accomplice” , “True Names” , “The Peddler’s Apprentice” , “The Ungoverned” , “Apartness” , “Conquest by Default” , “Long Shot” , “The Whirligig of Time” , “Bomb Scare” . Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago1h 0m
618. The Story of Fallout (with Chris Avellone)
Chris Avellone, writer on Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, joins us to discuss the role of storytelling in the Fallout series of post-apocalyptic video games. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 13, 20261h 23m
617. Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny Review
Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Roger Zelazny’s classic novel Creatures of Light and Darkness, about a cosmic war between godlike beings. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 2, 20262h 13m
616. The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Part 2 Review (with Anthony Ha)
Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the second half of the book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. Stories discussed: "The Translator" , "Glacier" , "The Lunatics" , "Zurich" , "Vinland the Dream" , "A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations" , "Muir on Shasta" , "Sexual Dimorphism" , "Discovering Life" , "Prometheus Unbound, At Last" , "The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942" . Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 18, 20261h 45m
615. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 Review
John Joseph Adams, Rajan Khanna, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new HBO series set 100 years before Game of Thrones. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 5, 20262h 2m
614. Jonathan Kay: Pluribus and Cancel Culture
Jonathan Kay joins us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Pluribus, about an alien virus that transforms most of humanity into an extremely cheerful hive mind, and his book Panics and Persecutions, which explores some of the worst excesses of cancel culture. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Feb 26, 20261h 58m
613. The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Part 1 Review (with Anthony Ha)
Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the first half of the book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. Stories discussed: “Venice Drowned” , “Ridge Running” , “Before I Wake” , “Black Air” , “The Lucky Strike” , “A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions” , “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” , “The Blind Geometer” , “Our Town” , “Escape from Kathmandu” , “Remaking History” . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Feb 7, 20261h 3m
612. David P. Silverman: Science Fiction and Atheism
David P. Silverman, author of Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World, joins us to discuss his new science fiction novella Darkshiner. Topics discussed: David's childhood, Star Trek and Trekkies, science fiction conventions, Douglas Adams, atheism among sci-fi fans, persuasion vs. coercion, the idea behind Darkshiner, fiction like Darkshiner, AI collaboration, human editors, scientific accuracy, character names, cover blurbs, Babylon 5, the current state of sci-fi TV, church tax breaks, Atheists for Liberty, Dungeons & Dragons, setting aside differences. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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About Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
** Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks ** Host David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories, talks geek culture with guests such as Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, Simon Pegg, Bill Nye, Margaret Atwood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The A.V. Club, BBC America, CBC Radio, WVXU, io9, Omni, The Strand, Library Journal, and Popular Mechanics. CBC Radio writes, "You may not think a podcast about science fiction and fantasy would be the place to go for political insight, but -- it is. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy manages to be more insightful about politics than many pundits." View a complete list of guests and topics at geeksguideshow.com/episodes/. Listen to the show on YouTube at youtube.com/@geeksguidetothegalaxy to easily skip ahead to our discussion of a particular movie or story.
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