The Science in The Fiction

Nicholas Keating Casbarro on World-Building in 'Vitalerium'

September 13, 2025·55 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Marty speaks to Nicholas Keating Casborro about the hard-scrabble, dystopian world portrayed in his book 'Vitalerium: Descent into the Void'. This is a far future space opera where faster than light travel is made possible by the exotic substance that serves as the title of the book, where humans have spread across multiple planets, where the politics are cynical, street life is vicious, human life disposable, and corruption endemic. This episode is lighter on the science and heav...

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