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GGG#111: Lawrence Krauss
Episode 111 << Click to Listen
Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek, joins us to discuss the new documentary film The Unbelievers.
Panel Topic: Being an Atheist Writer
Guest Geeks: James Morrow and Tobias Buckell
This episode and panel are also available on YouTube.
A transcript is available for this interview.
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Episode List Seasons 1-6
Episode List Seasons 7-9
| # | Guest Name |
| Guest Description | |
| Panel Topic | |
| Guest Geek(s) |
| Season Six – 2015 (produced for Wired.com): |
| 182 | Fred Nadis | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey | ||
| 181 | Bill McGoldrick | Listen at Wired.com |
| Syfy Head of Original Programming | ||
| 180 | Syfy’s The Expanse | Listen at Wired.com |
| Andrew Liptak, Justin Landon, Liz Shannon Miller | ||
| 179 | The Man in the High Castle | Listen at Wired.com |
| Laura Miller, John Kessel | ||
| 178 | Star Trek Wish List | Listen at Wired.com |
| Keith DeCandido, Rafael Jordan, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 177 | Best American SF and Fantasy | Listen at Wired.com |
| Joe Hill, Seanan McGuire, Carmen Machado, Jess Row, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 176 | William Shunn | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Accidental Terrorist | ||
| 175 | David Mitchell | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Bone Clocks and Slade House | ||
| 174 | Halloween Horror | Listen at Wired.com |
| Lisa Morton, John Skipp, John Langan | ||
| 173 | Queers Destroy Horror | Listen at Wired.com |
| Wendy Wagner, Craig Gidney, Alyssa Wong | ||
| 172 | Jewish Science Fiction | Listen at Wired.com |
| Jack Dann, Rachel Swirsky, Matthew Kressel | ||
| 171 | David Wong | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits | ||
| 170 | History of Dungeons and Dragons | Listen at Wired.com |
| David Ewalt, Michael Witwer | ||
| 169 | Andy Weir | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Martian | ||
| 168 | The New Star Wars Canon | Listen at Wired.com |
| Chuck Wendig, Alexandra Bracken | ||
| 167 | Killjoys and Dark Matter | Listen at Wired.com |
| Andrew Liptak, Rafael Jordan | ||
| 166 | J. Michael Straczynski | Listen at Wired.com |
| Creator of Babylon 5 and co-creator of Sense8 | ||
| 165 | N.K. Jemisin | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Fifth Season | ||
| 164 | Gary Whitta | Listen at Wired.com |
| Writer of The Book of Eli and author of Abomination | ||
| 163 | Video Games in Books and Movies | Listen at Wired.com |
| Chris Avellone, Micky Neilson, Daniel H. Wilson, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 162 | Pixel Art | Listen at Wired.com |
| Mark Ferrari, Michael B. Myers Jr, Blake Reynolds | ||
| 161 | The Law of Superheroes | Listen at Wired.com |
| James Daily, Brad Desnoyer | ||
| 160 | Wesley Chu | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Lives of Tao and Time Salvager | ||
| 159 | Jason Blum | Listen at Wired.com |
| Producer of Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Sinister, and Insidious | ||
| 158 | Ernest Cline | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Ready Player One and Armada | ||
| 157 | Sense8 | Listen at Wired.com |
| Tobias Buckell, Sam J. Miller, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 156 | Hannibal TV Show Review | Listen at Wired.com |
| Theresa DeLucci, Kat Howard, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 155 | Jurassic World and Dinosaurs in SF | Listen at Wired.com |
| Genevieve Valentine, Christopher Cevasco, Seth Dickinson | ||
| 154 | Ashlee Vance | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future | ||
| 153 | Black Mirror | Listen at Wired.com |
| Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Sunil Patel | ||
| 152 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Listen at Wired.com |
| Carrie Vaughn, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 151 | Clive Barker | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Scarlet Gospels | ||
| 150 | Malcolm Gladwell | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of David and Goliath | ||
| 149 | Jon Ronson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed | ||
| 148 | Ken Liu | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Grace of Kings | ||
| 147 | Alex Gardland | Listen at Wired.com |
| Director of Ex Machina | ||
| 146 | Game of Thrones Spoilers | Listen at Wired.com |
| John Joseph Adam, Douglas Cohen, Chris Cevasco, Andrea Kail | ||
| 145 | Kazuo Ishiguro | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Buried Giant | ||
| 144 | Science Fiction Bookstores | Listen at Wired.com |
| Alan Beatts and Cici James | ||
| 143 | Military Fantasy | Listen at Wired.com |
| Myke Cole and Weston Ochse | ||
| 142 | Marc Goodman | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Future Crimes | ||
| 141 | Michael Shermer | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Moral Arc | ||
| 140 | Terri Tatchell | Listen at Wired.com |
| Co-writer of District 9 and Chappie | ||
| 139 | Amanda Palmer | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Art of Asking | ||
| 138 | Jupiter Ascending Debate | Listen at Wired.com |
| Angela Watercutter, Matt London, Rob Bland, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 137 | Horror Podcasting | Listen at Wired.com |
| Kc Wayland and David Cummings | ||
| 136 | Kelly Link | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Get In Trouble | ||
| 135 | Glen Berger | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Song of Spider-Man | ||
| 134 | Writing Workshops | Listen at Wired.com |
| Jeanne Cavelos and Jilly Dreadful | ||
| 133 | Queers Destroy Science Fiction | Listen at Wired.com |
| Seanan McGuire and Steve Berman | ||
| 132 | James Morrow | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Galapagos Regained | ||
| 131 | Walter Isaacson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators | ||
| Season Five – 2014 (produced for Wired.com): |
| 130 | Exodus Movie Review | Listen at Wired.com |
| Robert M. Price and Richard Carrier | ||
| 129 | Naomi Klein | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine | ||
| 128 | Chris Williams | Listen at Wired.com |
| Director of Big Hero 6 | ||
| 127 | Big Hero 6 vs. Interstellar | Listen at Wired.com |
| Carrie Vaughn, Rob Bland, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 126 | The Business of Star Wars | Listen at Wired.com |
| Chris Taylor and Brian Stillman | ||
| 125 | David Cronenberg | Listen at Wired.com |
| Director of Videodrome, The Fly, eXistenZ, and A History of Violence | ||
| 124 | John Cleese | Listen at Wired.com |
| Writer, Actor, and member of Monty Python | ||
| 123 | Women in Fantasy and Horror | Listen at Wired.com |
| Ellen Datlow, Cat Rambo, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 122 | Patrick Rothfuss | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Kingkiller Chronicle | ||
| 121 | Haunted Houses | Listen at Wired.com |
| Lauren Beukes, John Langan, Grady Hendrix | ||
| 120 | Ann Leckie | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Ancillary Justice | ||
| 119 | Constructed Languages | Listen at Wired.com |
| David J. Peterson and Lawrence M. Schoen | ||
| 118 | David X. Cohen | Listen at Wired.com |
| Head writer on Futurama | ||
| 117 | Kim Harrison | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Hollows series | ||
| Extreme Weather | ||
| Paolo Bacigalupi, Ramez Naam, Tobias Buckell | ||
| 116 | Steven Gould | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Jumper | ||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | ||
| Alison Haislip, Matt London, David Wexler | ||
| 115 | Nick Harkaway | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the The Gone-Away World and Tigerman | ||
| Guardians of the Galaxy | ||
| Matt London, Rob Bland, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 114 | Charles Stross | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Laundry Files series | ||
| The Nintendo Entertainment System | ||
| Alison Haislip, Blake J. Harris, John Joseph Adams | ||
| 113 | James S. A. Corey | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Expanse series | ||
| Game of Thrones Season 4 | ||
| John Joseph Adams, Doug Cohen, Theresa DeLucci | ||
| 112 | Diana Gabaldon | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Outlander series | ||
| Women Destroy Science Fiction | ||
| John Joseph Adams, Christie Yant, Wendy Wagner | ||
| 111 | Lawrence Krauss | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Physics of Star Trek and star of The Unbelievers | ||
| Being an Atheist Writer | ||
| James Morrow and Tobias Buckell | ||
| 110 | Cecil Baldwin | Listen at Wired.com |
| Actor and narrator of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast | ||
| Assholes & Trolls | ||
| Aaron James and John Joseph Adams | ||
| 109 | Mary Robinette Kowal | Listen at Wired.com |
| Puppeteer and author of the Glamourist Histories novel series | ||
| Weird Western Books & Comics | ||
| John Joseph Adams, Fred Van Lente, Rajan Khanna | ||
| 108 | Christopher Moore | Listen at Wired.com |
| Bestselling humor novelist | ||
| Noah Movie Review | ||
| Robert M. Price and Richard Carrier | ||
| 107 | Elizabeth Bear | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Eternal Sky Trilogy | ||
| Robot Uprisings | ||
| John Joseph Adams and Daniel H. Wilson | ||
| 106 | Karl Schroeder | Listen at Wired.com |
| Hard science fiction author and futurist | ||
| Ender’s Game and Philosophy | ||
| D.E. Wittkower and Ashley Shew | ||
| 105 | Richard Garriott | Listen at Wired.com |
| Creator of the Ultima computer games | ||
| Dungeons and Dragons Novels | ||
| James Sutter and Wendy Wagner | ||
| 104 | Michio Kaku | Listen at Wired.com |
| Physicist and futurist | ||
| John Joseph Adams Returns | ||
| John Joseph Adams and Joe Monti | ||
| 103 | Jeff VanderMeer | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Finch and Annihilation | ||
| Dating for Geeks | ||
| Eric Smith, Bones Rodriguez, Marjorie Liu | ||
| 102 | Scott Sigler | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Infected and Pandemic | ||
| Hackers | ||
| P.W. Singer and Myke Cole | ||
| 101 | Joe Haldeman | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Forever War and Work Done for Hire | ||
| Writers as Characters | ||
| John Langan and Kat Howard | ||
| Season Four – 2013 (produced for Wired.com): |
| 100 | Chris Hadfield | Listen at Wired.com |
| Astronaut and YouTube sensation | ||
| Geek’s Guide Retrospective | ||
| Matt London | ||
| 99 | Dean Koontz | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of over a dozen #1 New York Times bestsellers | ||
| Subterranean Horrors | ||
| John Langan and Grady Hendrix | ||
| 98 | Doug Dorst | Listen at Wired.com |
| Co-author with J.J. Abrams on the mysterious novel S. | ||
| Junot Diaz Chat | ||
| Junot Diaz and Tobias Buckell | ||
| 97 | Allie Brosh | Listen at Wired.com |
| Creator of the webcomic Hyperbole and a Half | ||
| Comic Strips | ||
| David Malki | ||
| 96 | Dan Simmons | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Hyperion and The Terror | ||
| Sex in Horror | ||
| Grady Hendrix and Jaym Gates | ||
| 95 | Scott Lynch | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Lies of Locke Lamora | ||
| Epic Fantasy Series | ||
| Douglas Cohen and Rajan Khanna | ||
| 94 | Margaret Atwood | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake | ||
| Political Agendas | ||
| Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias Buckell | ||
| 93 | Ryan North | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of To Be or Not To Be | ||
| Choose Your Own Adventure | ||
| Kat Howard, Grady Hendrix, Matt London | ||
| 92 | Chris Kluwe | Listen at Wired.com |
| Professional football player and activist | ||
| Sports in Science Fiction | ||
| Douglas Cohen | ||
| 91 | Felicia Day | Listen at Wired.com |
| Creator of The Guild | ||
| YouTube for Geeks | ||
| Matt London and Cate Matthews | ||
| 90 | Melissa Marr | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Wicked Lovely series | ||
| Weird Western Movies | ||
| Rajan Khanna | ||
| 89 | Lauren Beukes | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Shining Girls | ||
| Psycho Killers | ||
| Ross Lockhart | ||
| 88 | Annalee Newitz | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember | ||
| Rationalism in Science Fiction | ||
| Julia Galef | ||
| 87 | Alaya Dawn Johnson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Summer Prince | ||
| Star Trek Into Darkness | ||
| E.C. Myers and Emily Asher-Perrin | ||
| 86 | Rick Yancey | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The 5th Wave | ||
| Science Fiction Podcasting | ||
| Mur Lafferty | ||
| 85 | Joe Hill | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of NOS4A2 and Locke & Key | ||
| Recent Horror Movies | ||
| Brittany Geragotelis | ||
| 84 | Austin Grossman | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Soon I Will Be Invincible and You | ||
| Video Games | ||
| Ted Kosmatka | ||
| 83 | Hugh Howey | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the self-published phenomenon Wool | ||
| Self-Publishing | ||
| Tobias Buckell | ||
| 82 | Robert J. Sawyer | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Triggers and Red Planet Blues | ||
| Space Marine Trademark | ||
| Matt London | ||
| 81 | Nalo Hopkinson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Brown Girl in the Ring and Sister Mine | ||
| Weirdest Movies Ever | ||
| Matt London | ||
| 80 | Gregory Maguire | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Wicked | ||
| The Wizard of Oz | ||
| Douglas Cohen | ||
| 79 | Karen Russell | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove | ||
| Weirdest Stories Ever | ||
| Lynne M. Thomas | ||
| 78 | Jane Yolen | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of over 300 books, including the graphic novel Foiled | ||
| Swordfights | ||
| Kat Howard | ||
| 77 | Brandon Sanderson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author selected to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time | ||
| Robert E. Howard Movie Adaptations | ||
| Douglas Cohen | ||
| Season Three – 2012 (produced for Wired.com): |
| 76 | Philip Pullman | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Golden Compass | ||
| The Hobbit Book vs. Film | ||
| Corey Olsen | ||
| 75 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Vorkosigan Series | ||
| Soldiers in Science Fiction | ||
| Myke Cole | ||
| 74 | Steven Erikson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Malazan Book of the Fallen | ||
| Epic Fantasy Short Fiction | ||
| Douglas Cohen | ||
| 73 | Cory Doctorow | Listen at Wired.com |
| Blogger, activist, and author of Pirate Cinema | ||
| Sex in Science Fiction | ||
| Laura G. Duncan | ||
| 72 | Daniel Handler | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events books | ||
| Nightmare Magazine | ||
| R.J. Sevin | ||
| 71 | Mike Mignola | Listen at Wired.com |
| Creator of Hellboy | ||
| H.P Lovecraft | ||
| Chris Cevasco | ||
| 70 | Junot Diaz | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and “Monstro” | ||
| Slipstream | ||
| Meghan McCarron | ||
| 69 | Tad Williams | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Otherland and The Dirty Streets of Heaven | ||
| Angels and Heaven | ||
| Genevieve Valentine | ||
| 68 | Alastair Reynolds | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Revelation Space and Blue Remembered Earth | ||
| Philip K. Dick Movie Adaptations | ||
| Matt London | ||
| 67 | Terry Brooks | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Shannara and Landover series | ||
| Magic Items | ||
| Matt London | ||
| 66 | David Brin | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Uplift series and Existence | ||
| Batman | ||
| Rob Bland | ||
| 65 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Earthsea and Hainish Cycles | ||
| Ray Bradbury | ||
| Rajan Khanna | ||
| 64 | John Scalzi | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Old Man’s War and Redshirts | ||
| Star Trek | ||
| E.C. Myers | ||
| 63 | Seanan McGuire | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Newsflesh Trilogy | ||
| Prometheus Movie Review | ||
| Matt London and Theresa DeLucci | ||
| 62 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Red Mars and 2312 | ||
| Ecology in SF | ||
| Tobias Buckell | ||
| 61 | Paul Krugman | Listen at Wired.com |
| Nobel Prize-winning economist | ||
| Economics in SF | ||
| Sarah Brand | ||
| 60 | Brian Greene | Listen at Wired.com |
| Theoretical physicist and host of The Fabric of the Cosmos | ||
| Parallel Worlds | ||
| 59 | Garth Nix | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Sabriel and A Confusion of Princes | ||
| 1980s TV Cartoons | ||
| E.C. Myers | ||
| 58 | Anne Rice | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Interview with the Vampire and The Wolf Gift | ||
| Horror and Publishing | ||
| Jordan Hamessley London | ||
| 57 | Morgan Spurlock | Listen at Wired.com |
| Director of Super Size Me and Comic-Con IV: A Fan’s Hope | ||
| Science Fiction Conventions | ||
| Christopher M. Cevasco | ||
| 56 | Vernor Vinge | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of A Fire Upon the Deep and Rainbows End | ||
| Tobias Buckell Chat | ||
| Tobias S. Buckell | ||
| 55 | Michael Chabon | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay | ||
| John Carter Movie Review | ||
| 54 | Robin Hobb | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of the Farseer trilogy and the Rain Wilds chronicles | ||
| Epic Fantasy | ||
| Saladin Ahmed | ||
| 53 | William Gibson | Listen at Wired.com |
| Author of Neuromancer and Distrust That Particular Flavor | ||
| Cyberpunk | ||
| Seth Dickinson | ||
| Season Two – 2011 (produced for io9.com): |
| 52 | Ian McDonald | Play | Download |
| Author of The Dervish House and Planesrunner | |||
| Upcoming Movie Adaptations Part 2 | |||
| Matt London | |||
| 51 | Brian Selznick | Play | Download |
| Author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret | |||
| Upcoming Movie Adaptations Part 1 | |||
| Matt London | |||
| 50 | Chuck Palahniuk | Play | Download |
| Author of Fight Club and Damned | |||
| The Devil & Hell | |||
| Grady Hendrix | |||
| 49 | R. A. Salvatore | Play | Download |
| Creator of the popular dark elf character Drizzt Do’Urden | |||
| Dungeons & Dragons | |||
| James L. Sutter | |||
| 48 | Lev Grossman | Play | Download |
| Author of The Magicians and TIME book critic | |||
| A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin | |||
| Douglas E. Cohen | |||
| 47 | Neal Stephenson | Play | Download |
| Author of Snow Crash and The Diamond Age | |||
| Computer Role-Playing Game Design | |||
| Keith Burgun | |||
| 46 | Richard Dawkins | Play | Download |
| Author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion | |||
| Atheism & Science Fiction | |||
| 45 | Jim Butcher | Play | Download |
| Author of The Dresden Files and The Codex Alera | |||
| Nerd Bashing | |||
| 44 | Charlaine Harris | Play | Download |
| Creator of Sookie Stackhouse (star of True Blood) | |||
| Game of Thrones / The Walking Dead / Dexter | |||
| 43 | China Miéville | Play | Download |
| Author of Perdido Street Station and Embassytown | |||
| The New Weird | |||
| 42 | Eoin Colfer | Play | Download |
| Author of Artemis Fowl and And Another Thing | |||
| Douglas Adams | |||
| Christie Yant | |||
| 41 | Daniel H. Wilson | Play | Download |
| Author of Robopocalypse | |||
| The Terminator movies | |||
| 40 | Genevieve Valentine | Play | Download |
| Author of Mechanique | |||
| Bad movies | |||
| 39 | Simon Pegg | Play | Download |
| Star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Paul | |||
| Humorous Fantasy & Science Fiction | |||
| 38 | Ken Denmead | Play | Download |
| Editor of the Geek Dad blog on Wired.com | |||
| Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? | |||
| 37 | Ellen Kushner | Play | Download |
| Fantasy novelist and editor of Welcome to Bordertown | |||
| Bias Against Fantasy | |||
| 36 | Mary Roach | Play | Download |
| Author of Stiff, Spook, and Packing for Mars | |||
| Horror in Outer Space | |||
| 35 | Daniel Abraham | Play | Download |
| Author of The Dragon’s Path | |||
| The Game of Thrones TV show | |||
| 34 | Alan Dean Foster | Play | Download |
| Author of Predators I Have Known | |||
| The Predator movies / Animal Characters | |||
| 33 | Cameron Stracher | Play | Download |
| Author of The Water Wars | |||
| Post-apocalyptic Fiction | |||
| 32 | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Play | Download |
| Astrophysicist and author of Death by Black Hole | |||
| I Am Number Four / Astronomy and Science Fiction | |||
| 31 | Chris Roberson | Play | Download |
| Novelist and writer on the Superman comic | |||
| Superheroes | |||
| 30 | Jennifer Ouellette | Play | Download |
| Author of The Calculus Diaries | |||
| Fantasy & Science Fiction on TV | |||
| 29 | Orson Scott Card | Play | Download |
| Author of Ender’s Game and The Lost Gate | |||
| Wizards | |||
| 28 | Jennifer Finney Boylan | Play | Download |
| Author of Falcon Quinn and She’s Not There | |||
| Monsters | |||
| 27 | Ron Gilbert | Play | Download |
| Creator of The Secret of Monkey Island | |||
| Adventure Games | |||
| 26 | Greg Bear | Play | Download |
| Author of Eon and Hull Zero Three | |||
| Alien Invasion | |||
| 25 | Robert Kirkman | Play | Download |
| Creator of The Walking Dead | |||
| Zombies | |||
| 24 | Charles Yu | Play | Download |
| Author of How to Live Safely in an SF Universe | |||
| Time Travel | |||
| 23 | Catherynne M. Valente | Play | Download |
| Author of Palimpsest | |||
| New Writers / Pulp Era Mars & Venus | |||
| 22 | George R. R. Martin | Play | Download |
| Author of A Game of Thrones | |||
| The A Song of Ice and Fire series | |||
| Season One – 2010 (produced for Tor.com): |
| 21 | Nnedi Okorafor | Play | Download |
| Author of Who Fears Death? | |||
| Africa in Fantasy & Science Fiction | |||
| 20 | Eli Kintisch | Play | Download |
| Author of Hack the Planet | |||
| Terraforming | |||
| 19 | Robin Wasserman | Play | Download |
| Author of Frozen (previously Skinned) | |||
| Consciousness Transference | |||
| 18 | Eric Garcia | Play | Download |
| Screenwriter of Repo Men | |||
| Total Recall / Robocop 2 / The Running Man | |||
| 17 | Naomi Novik | Play | Download |
| Author of His Majesty’s Dragon | |||
| Dragons | |||
| 16 | Jonathan Coulton | Play | Download |
| Singer/Songwriter | |||
| Geek Music | |||
| 15 | Dan Carlin | Play | Download |
| Host of the Hardcore History podcast | |||
| History in Fantasy & Science Fiction | |||
| 14 | Holly Black | Play | Download |
| Author of The Spiderwick Chronicles | |||
| Toys and Miniatures | |||
| 13 | John Langan | Play | Download |
| Author of House of Windows | |||
| Horror | |||
| 12 | Corey Olsen | Play | Download |
| Host of the Tolkien Professor podcast | |||
| The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings | |||
| 11 | Alexandre Philippe | Play | Download |
| Director of The People vs. George Lucas | |||
| Star Wars | |||
| 10 | Tom Rogers | Play | Download |
| Author of Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics | |||
| Hard Science Fiction | |||
| 9 | Carrie Vaughn | Play | Download |
| Author of the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series | |||
| Vampires and Werewolves | |||
| 8 | Blake Charlton | Play | Download |
| Author of Spellwright, about a dyslexic wizard | |||
| Magic in Fantasy / Medicine in Science Fiction | |||
| 7 | Steve Eley | Play | Download |
| Host of the Escape Pod podcast | |||
| Audio Fiction | |||
| 6 | Cherie Priest | Play | Download |
| Author of Boneshaker | |||
| Sherlock Holmes / Steampunk | |||
| 5 | Brian Dunning | Play | Download |
| Host of the Skeptoid podcast | |||
| Pseudoscience & Skepticism | |||
| 4 | Marjorie M. Liu | Play | Download |
| Novelist and writer on the Dark Wolverine comic | |||
| Comic Books | |||
| 3 | P. W. Singer | Play | Download |
| Author of Wired for War, about military robotics | |||
| Military Science Fiction | |||
| 2 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Play | Download |
| Author of The Windup Girl | |||
| Science Fiction & Education | |||
| 1 | Chet Faliszek | Play | Download |
| Writer on the Left 4 Dead video game | |||
| Zombies / Video Games / The End of the World | |||
Reading List for Episodes 26-50
| Episode 26 | Greg Bear | Alien Invasion |
Quantico – Greg Bear
Eon – Greg Bear
Slant – Greg Bear
Darwin’s Child – Greg Bear
Forge of God – Greg Bear
Hull Zero Three – Greg Bear
Mariposa – Greg Bear
The Mongoliad – Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson et al
Halo: Cryptum – Greg Bear
Legacy – Greg Bear
Eternity – Greg Bear
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
The Skull-faced Boy – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Zorba the Greek – Nikos Kazantzakis
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel – Nikos Kazantzakis
The Last Temptation of Christ – Nikos Kazantzakis
Last and First Men – Olaf Stapledon
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Star Maker – Olaf Stapledon
Odd Job – Olaf Stapledon
A Man Divided – Olaf Stapledon
The Summing Up – W Somerset Maugham
On Writing – Stephen King
Solaris – Stanislaw Lem
The Golden Notebook – Doris Lessing
War of the Worlds – H G Wells
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches – Kevin J Anderson (editor)
After a Lean Winter – Dave Wolverton (short story)
The Puppet Masters – Robert Heinlein
The Body Snatchers – Jack Finney
Who Goes There? – John W Campbell
The Genocides – Tom Disch
Vilcabamba – Harry Turtledove (short story)
Scott Pilgrim – Bryan Lee O’Malley (comic)
8 O’clock in the morning – Ray Nelson (short story)
Records of the Medieval Sword – Ewart Oakeshott
| Episode 27 | Ron Gilbert | Adventure Games |
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
The Skull-faced City – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Family Tree – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
On Stranger Tides – Tim Powers
Pandora’s Star – Peter F Hamilton
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son – Orson Scott Card
The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell
The Art of ‘Sierra’ – Eriq Chang and Brandon Klassen
| Episode 28 | Jennifer Finney Boylan | Monsters |
Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror – Jennifer Finney Boylan
She’s Not There – Jennifer Finney Boylan
The Planets – Jennifer Finney Boylan
I’m Looking Through You – Jennifer Finney Boylan
Falcon Quinn and the Silver Vapour – Jennifer Finney Boylan
I’ll Give you Something to Cry About – Jennifer Finney Boylan
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Straight Man – Richard Russo
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
It Gets Better – Dan Savage (editor)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West – Gregory Maguire
The Swordsmen of Varnis – Geoffrey Cobbe (short story)
The Princess Bride – William Goldman
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J K Rowling (UK Title)
The Wizard of Oz – Frank L Baum
Throne of Bones – Brian McNaughton
Orcs – Stan Nicholls
Paradise Lost – John Milton
The Divine Comedy – Dante
Utopia – Thomas Moore
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon – Julie Philips
| Episode 29 | Orson Scott Card | Wizards |
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
Enders Shadow – Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead – Orson Scott Card
Magic Street – Orson Scott Card
Enchantment – Orson Scott Card
Rachael and Leah – Orson Scott Card
Seventh Son – Orson Scott Card
The Lost Gate – Orson Scott Card
The Worthing Chronicle – Orson Scott Card
Pathfinder Series – Orson Scott Card
Sarah – Orson Scott Card
Hearts Hope – Orson Scott Card
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Family Tree – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Neuromancer – William Gibson
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
Lost Country Life – Dorothy Hartley
The Chronicles of Narnia – C S Lewis
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
Myth Series – Robert Asprin
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Conan the Barbarian – Robert E Howard
So you want to be a Wizard? – Diane Dwayne
Wizards – Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois (editors)
Wizards Inc. – Martin H Greenberg and M Coleman (editors)
The Go Slow – Nnedi Okorafor (short story)
Card Sharp – Rajan Khanna (short story)
One Click Banishment – Jeremiah Tolbert (short story)
The Patriot Witch – C C Finley
The Demon Redcoat – C C Finley
A Spell for Revolution – C C Finley
Secret of the Blue Star – Marion Zimmer Bradley (short story)
Thieves World – Robert Asprin (editor)
Stem, Stone and Bone – Deb Taber (short story)
The Dying Earth – Jack Vance
| Episode 30 | Jennifer Oulette | Fantasy & Science Fiction TV |
Black Bodies and Quantum Cats – Jennifer Ouellette
The Physics of the Buffyverse – Jennifer Ouellette
The Calculus Diaries – Jennifer Ouellette
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – Alfred Hitchcock (editor)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The Physics of Star Trek – Lawrence Krauss
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics – Tom Rogers
The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (short story)
Think Like a Dinosaur – James Patrick Kelly (short story)
Sand Kings – George R R Martin (short story)
Discworld Series – Terry Pratchett
Authors mentioned – China Mieville, Paolo Bacigalupi
| Episode 31 | Chris Roberson | Superheroes |
End of the Century – Chris Roberson
Paragea: A Planetary Romance – Chris Roberson
X-Men: The Return – Chris Roberson
I Zombie – Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (comic)
Save Me Plz – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2008 – Rich Horton (editor)
Superman Annual 11: For the Man who has Everything – Alan Moore
Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre – Peter Coogan
The Star is my Destination – Alfred Bester
The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters – Tim Pratt (short story)
Dr Diablo goes through the motions – Saladin Ahmed (short story)
Pandemonium – Daryl Gregory
Soon I will be Invincible – Austin Grossman
Nobody gets the girl – James Maxie
Playing for Keeps – Mur Lafferty
Wild Cards – George R R Martin (editor)
Masked – Lou Anders (editor)
Thug – Gayle Simone (short story)
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
Who can save us now? – Owen King (editor)
The Darker Mask – Gary Philips and Christopher Chambers (editors)
Superheroes – John Varley (editor)
| Episode 32 | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Astronomy in Science Fiction |
Death by Black Hole – Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Pluto Files – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Blood of Virgins – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Contact – Carl Sagan
A Million Little Pieces – James Frey
I am Number Four – Tobey Hughes
Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
The Dark Wing – Walter H Hunt
Starplex – Robert Sawyer
Inconstant Moon – Larry Niven (short story)
Nightfall – Isaac Asimov (short story)
Neutron Star – Larry Niven (short story)
In Fall – Ted Kosmatka
Gateway – Frederik Pohl
Universe – Byron Price (editor)
Planets – Byron Price (editor)
Isaac Asimov’s Solar System – Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams (editors)
Shepherded by Galatea – Alex Irvine
Diamonds in the Sky – Mike Brotherton (editor)
| Episode 33 | Cameron Stracher | Dystopian Fiction |
Dinner with Dad – Cameron Stracher
Double Billing – Cameron Stracher
The Water Wars – Cameron Stracher
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Skull-faced Boy – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Not One Drop – Riki Ott
The Tripods Trilogy – John Christopher
Dune – Frank Herbert
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman (US Title)
The Traveller – John Twelve Hawks
Catcher in the Rye – J D Sallinger
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Feed – M T Anderson
Shipbreaker – Paolo Bacigalupi
The Wind Up Girl – Paolo Bacigalupi
The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (short story)
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
1984 – George Orwell
Shine – Jetse deVries (editor)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas – Ursula K LeGuin (short story)
The Pedestrian – Ray Bradbury (short story)
Repent Harlequin said the Ticktock Man – Harlan Ellison (short story)
The Minority Report – Philip K Dick (short story)
Harrison Bergeron – Kurt Vonnegut (short story)
Billenium – J G Ballard (short story)
Pop Squad – Paolo Bacigalupi (short story)
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
The Fireman – Ray Bradbury (short story)
The Three Californias Trilogy – Kim Stanley Robinson
The Wild Shore – Kim Stanley Robinson
Candide – Voltaire
A Modest Proposal – Jonathan Swift
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Pre-Persons – Philip K Dick (short story)
Auspicious Eggs – James Morrow (short story)
| Episode 34 | Alan Dean Foster | Predator / Animal Characters |
The Commonwealth – Alan Dean Foster
The Spell Singer – Alan Dean Foster
Journeys of the Catechist – Alan Dean Foster
Predators I Have Known – Alan Dean Foster
Icerigger – Alan Dean Foster
Blue Magic – Alan Dean Foster
The Human Blend (The Tipping Point Trilogy) – Alan Dean Foster
The Disciple – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Red Road – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Dead but Dreaming – Kevin Ross and Keith Herber (editors)
Skywalking – Dale Pollock
Dangerous Visions – Harlan Ellison (editor)
Arabian Nights
The Redwall Series – Brian Jacques
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – Robert C O’Brien
Ralph S Mouse Series – Beverly Cleary
Watership Down – Richard Adams
Plague Dogs – Richard Adams
Sergeant Chip – Bradley Denton
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
Pet Semetary – Stephen King
The Death Bird – Harlan Ellison (short story)
A Boy and his Dog – Harlan Ellison
Tails of Wonder and Imagination – Ellen Datlow (editor)
Beauty Land – Gene Wolfe (short story)
| Episode 35 | Daniel Abraham | Game of Thrones TV Show |
The Long Price Quartet – Daniel Abraham
The Dragon’s Path – Daniel Abraham
Hunter’s Run – Daniel Abraham, George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois
Flat Diane – Daniel Abraham (short story)
The Cambist and Lord Iron – Daniel Abraham (short story)
Leviathan Wakes – Daniel Abraham writing as James S A Corey
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Veil of Ignorance – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Skin Trade – George R R Martin
Fever Dream – George R R Martin
Wild Cards – George R R Martin
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
| Episode 36 | Mary Roach | Horror in Outer Space |
Stiff – Mary Roach
Spook – Mary Roach
Bonk – Mary Roach
Packing for Mars – Mary Roach
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Second Rat – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
The Velt – Ray Bradbury
Red Mars – Kim Stanley Robinson
2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C Clarke
The Cold Equations – Tom Godwin (short story)
The Old Equations – Jake Kerr (short story)
A Taste of Starlight – John R Fultz (short story)
The Haunted Spacesuit – Arthur C Clarke (short story)
Nightflyer – George R R Martin
Above it all – Robert J Sawyer (short story)
The Mote in God’s Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Parnell
Death Troopers – Joe Schreiber
| Episode 37 | Ellen Kushner | Bias Against Fantasy |
Swords Point – Ellen Kushner
Thomas the Rhymer – Ellen Kushner
The Fall of the Kings – Ellen Kushner
Welcome to Bordertown – Ellen Kushner and Holly Black (editors)
The Privilege of the Sword – Ellen Kushner
Mockery – Ellen Kushner and Terri Windling
The New Adventures of John Carter of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Ontological Effect – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Thieves World – Robert Asprin
Elsewhere – Will Shetterly
Never, Never – Will Shetterly
Finder – Emma Bull
Bordertown – Terri Windling (editor)
The Chronicles of Narnia – C S Lewis
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
1984 – George Orwell
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Feed – Mira Grant
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
Chronicles of Prydain – Lloyd Alexander
Wheel of Time Series – Robert Jordan
Chronicles of Amber Series – Roger Zelazny
Dragon Lance Series – Laura and Tracy Hickman
Time of the Twins – Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Test of the Twins – Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
War of the Twins – Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Legend – David Gemmell
| Episode 38 | Ken Denmead | Are We Living in a Simulation? |
Geek Dad – Ken Denmead
The Geek Dad’s Guide to Weekend Fun – Ken Denmead
The Geek Dad’s Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists – Ken Denmead
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Lightspeed: Year One – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Ontological Factor – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Rendezvous with Rama – Arthur C Clarke
City in the Stars – Arthur C Clarke
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Stainless Steel Rat Series – Harry Harrison
Idle Wild – Nick Sagan
The Three Stigmatas of Palmer Eldridge – Philip K Dick
Unexpected Outcomes – Tim Pratt
Ouroboros – Jeff Landis
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K LeGuin
| Episode 39 | Simon Pegg | Humorous Fantasy & Science Fiction |
Nerd do Well – Simon Pegg
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Skull-faced City – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
Warm Bodies – Isaac Marion
Myth Series – Robert Asprin
Myth-conception – Robert Asprin
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Xanth Series – Piers Anthony
A Malady of Magics – Craig Shaw Gardener
The Eye of Argon – Jim Theis
Discworld Series – Terry Pratchett
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) – Terry Pratchett
We Free Men (Discworld YA) – Terry Pratchett
Fools Company – Robert Asprin
Bill, the Galactic Hero – Harry Harrison
Transcript of Interaction Between Astronaut Mike Skudderman and the On Star Handsfree AI Crash Advisor – Grady Hendrix (short story)
Old Man’s War – John Scalzi
The Android’s Dream – John Scalzi
Lamb – Christopher Moore
The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land – Dianna Wynne Jones
The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde
The Star is my Destination – Alfred Bester
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Bored of the Rings – Henry N Beard and Douglas Kenney
Split Heirs – Esther Friesner and Lawrence Watt-Evans
Chicks in Chainmail – Esther Friesner (editor)
Goblin Quest – Jim C Hines
Gil’s All Fright Diner – A Lee Martinez
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer – Jonathan L Howard
| Episode 40 | Genevieve Valentine | Bad Movies |
Mechanique – Genevieve Valentine
Seeing – Genevieve Valentine (short story)
Study for Solo Piano – Genevieve Valentine (short story)
Bespoke – Genevieve Valentine (short story)
The Zeppelin Conductors Society Annual Gentleman’s Ball – Genevieve Valentine (short story)
Geek Wisdom – Genevieve Valentine and Stephen Segal
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Cats in Victory – David Barr Kirtley (short story)
The Last Unicorn – Peter S Beagle
Contact – Carl Sagan
Super Toys Last All Summer Long – Brian Aldiss (short story)
Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
I Robot – Isaac Asimov
Eragon – Christopher Paolini
The Golden Man – Philip K Dick (short story)
| Episode 41 | Daniel H. Wilson | The Terminator Franchise |
How to Survive a Robot Uprising – Daniel H Wilson
The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame – Daniel H Wilson
Where’s my Jetpack? – Daniel H Wilson
A Boy and his Bot – Daniel H Wilson
Robopocalypse – Daniel H Wilson
Amp – Daniel H Wilson
‘The Executor’ – Daniel H Wilson
‘Helmet’ – Daniel H Wilson
Lightspeed:Year One – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Seth Grahaeme-Smith
‘For a Breath I Tarry’ – Roger Zelazny
Authors mentioned – H P Lovecraft
| Episode 42 | Eoin Colfer | Douglas Adams |
And Another Thing – Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl Series – Eoin Colfer
Plugged – Eoin Colfer
The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Power Armour Love Story’ – David Barr Kirtley
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything – Douglas Adams
The Salmon of Doubt – Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish – Douglas Adams
Last Chance to See – Douglas Adams
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011 – Rich Horton (editor)
Xanth Series – Piers Anthony
Myth Series – Robert Asprin
The Blind Watchmaker – Richard Dawkins
Don’t Panic – Neil Gaiman
Wish You Were Here – Nick Webb
The Anthology at the End of the Universe – Glenn Yeffeth (editor)
Enders Game – Orson Scott Card
1984 – George Orwell
| Episode 43 | China Mieville | The New Weird |
Embassytown – China Mieville
Bas-Lag Series – China Mieville
Perdido Street Station – China Mieville
The Scar – China Mieville
Iron Council – China Mieville
The City and the City – China Mieville
The Tain – China Mieville
‘Cove Hithe’ – China Mieville
‘Details’ – China Mieville
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘The Disciple’ – David Barr Kirtley
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Critical Theory and Science Fiction – Carl Freedman
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
The New Weird – Jeff Vandermeer (editor)
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
‘In the Hills, the Cities’ – Clive Barker
‘The Neglected Garden’ – Kathe Koja
| Episode 44 | Charlaine Harris | TV Shows |
Southern Vampire Mysteries – Charlaine Harris
Harper Connelly Series – Charlaine Harris
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion – Charlaine Harris
Deadlocked – Charlaine Harris
An Apple for the Creature – Charlaine Harris (editor)
Death’s Excellent Vacation – Charlaine Harris (editor)
Home Improvement: Undead Edition – Charlaine Harris (editor)
‘An Evening with Al Gore’ – Charlaine Harris
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘The Ontological Factor’ – David Barr Kirtley
The Vampire Chronicles – Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire – Anne Rice
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman (comic)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter – Jeff Lindsay
The Sociopath Next Door – Martha Stout
American Psycho – Brett Easton Ellis
Dune – Frank Herbert
Children of Dune – Frank Herbert
The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K LeGuin
The Dresden Files – Jim Butcher
Nine Princes in Amber – Roger Zelazny
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
‘The Strength Inside’ – Melissa Marr
Authors mentioned – Ray Bradbury, H P Lovecraft, Connie Willis, Mike Cary
| Episode 45 | Jim Butcher | Nerd Bashing |
Dresden Files – Jim Butcher
Codex Alera Series – Jim Butcher
Changes – Jim Butcher
Stormfront – Jim Butcher
Side Jobs – Jim Butcher
Death Masks – Jim Butcher
Cold Days – Jim Butcher
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘The Skull-faced Boy’ – David Barr Kirtley
Z Zombie Stories – J M Lassen (editor)
Songs of Love and Death – George R R Martin (editor)
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny
The Ten Cent Plague – David Hajdu
Danse Macabre – Stephen King
Shogun – James Clavell
‘The Kansas Jayhawks vs the Midwest Monster Squad’ – Jeremiah Tolbert
| Episode 46 | Richard Dawkins | Atheism and Science Fiction |
The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins
The Extended Phenotype – Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker – Richard Dawkins
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
The Magic of Reality – Richard Dawkins
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Brave New Worlds – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Cats in Victory’ – David Barr Kirtley
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
The Black Cloud – Fred Hoyle
A for Andromeda – Fred Hoyle
Andromeda Breakthrough – Fred Hoyle
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton
Contact – Carl Sagan
Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
The Terminal Experiment – Robert J Sawyer
Hominids – Robert J Sawyer
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
Authors mentioned – Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, John Wyndham
| Episode 47 | Neal Stephenson | Computer RPG Design |
Snowcrash – Neal Stephenson
The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson
The Baroque Cycle – Neal Stephenson
Anathem – Neal Stephenson
Reamde – Neal Stephenson
The Mongoliad – Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear et al
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Save Me Plz’ – David Barr Kirtley
| Episode 48 | Lev Grossman | A Dance with Dragons |
The Magicians – Lev Grossman
The Magician King – Lev Grossman
‘End Game’ – Lev Grossman
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Family Tree’ – David Barr Kirtley
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C S Lewis
The Magician’s Book – Laura Miller
His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling
A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin
A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin
The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
Armageddon Rag – George R R Martin
| Episode 49 | R.A. Salvatore | Dungeons & Dragons |
Homeland – R A Salvatore
Neverwinter – R A Salvatore
Echoes of the Fourth Magic – R A Salvatore
The Crystal Shard – R A Salvatore
Streams of Silver – R A Salvatore
The Witch’s Daughter – R A Salvatore
Bastion of Darkness – R A Salvatore
The Icewind Dale Trilogy – R A Salvatore
The Dark Elf Trilogy – R A Salvatore
The Stone of Tymora Trilogy – R A and Geno Salvatore
Vector Prime – R A Salvatore
‘Dark Mirror’ – R A Salvatore
The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams
‘Blood of Virgins’ – David Barr Kirtley
The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien
Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien
Silas Marner – George Eliot
Ethan Frome – Edith Wharton
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
Dragonlance Series – Laura and Tracy Hickman
Dark War on Moonshae – Douglas Niles
The Godfather – Mario Puzo
Before They Were Giants – James L Sutter (editor)
Death’s Heretic – James L Sutter
Necronomicon – H P Lovecraft
| Episode 50 | Chuck Palahniuk | The Devil and Hell |
Haunted – Chuck Palahniuk
Rant – Chuck Palahniuk
Snuff – Chuck Palahniuk
Tell All – Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
Choke – Chuck Palahniuk
Damned – Chuck Palahniuk
‘Guts’ – Chuck Palahniuk
‘Romance’ – Chuck Palahniuk
‘Cold Calling’ – Chuck Palahniuk
‘The Knock Knock’ – Chuck Palahniuk
Lightspeed: Year One – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Under the Moons of Mars – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Armoured – John Joseph Adams (editor)
Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)
‘Veil of Ignorance’ – David Barr Kirtley
Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
Nightshift – Stephen King
Satan Loves You – Grady Hendrix
The Divine Comedy – Dante
Aesop’s Fables
Paradise Lost – John Milton
The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin
Sandman – Neil Gaiman (comic)
The Screwtape Letters – C S Lewis
Sympathy for the Devil – Tim Pratt (editor)
Needful Things – Stephen King
Horns – Joe Hill
To Reign in Hell – Steven Brust
‘In the Deep Blue Sea’ – Elizabeth Bear
‘Metaphysics’ – Elizabeth Glover
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Episode List
538. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 (with John Joseph Adams, Rebecca Roanhorse, P. Djèlí Clark)
537. Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Book Club (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Rajan Khanna)
536. Arcane Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman, Lara Elena Donnelly)
535. James Wynn and Craig Brewer on Gene Wolfe
534. Warren Lapine on Roger Zelazny
533. Andor Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Andrea Kail, Matt London)
532. Michael Livingston on Robert Jordan
531. Cliff Bleszinski, creator of Gears of War and author of Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
530. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Book Club (with Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, Mercurio D. Rivera)
529. Melinda M. Snodgrass, author of Lucifer’s War
528. Veronica Roth, author of Poster Girl and Arch-Conspirator
527. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Book Club (with Matthew Kressel, Lisa Yaszek, Joseph Reisert)
526. Steven Novella, co-author of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
525. Sabine Hossenfelder, author of Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions
524. Predator Movies Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Zach Chapman, Stephen Graham Jones)
523. Ken and Roberta Williams on Sierra Online and Colossal Cave Adventure
522. Lori Garver, author of Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age
521. A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons (with Ben Riggs)
520. Chris Matheson on Richard Matheson and God
519. Adam-Troy Castro, author of Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories and The Author’s Wife vs. The Giant Robot
518. Emery Emery on Scientists vs. The Media
517. Laura J. Mixon, author of Up Against It
516. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Book Club (with Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, Robby Soave)
515. Dune Miniseries Review (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Rajan Khanna)
514. David S. F. Wilson, director of Sonnie’s Edge and Bloodshot
513. Alex Kurtzman on Star Trek and The Man Who Fell to Earth
512. Stephen Marche, author of The Hunger of the Wolf and The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
511. Christopher M. Cevasco, author of Beheld: Godiva’s Story
510. Ben Burgis, author of Give Them an Argument, Christopher Hitchens, and Canceling Comedians While the World Burns
509. Severance Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, John Kessel)
508. Maureen McHugh, author of After the Apocalypse and Mothers and Other Monsters
507. The Wheel of Time Season 1 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, Abby Goldsmith)
506. The Thing Movie Review (with Tom Gerencer, Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel)
505. Ringworld by Larry Niven Book Club (with Rajan Khanna, Abby Goldsmith, Mercurio D. Rivera)
504. Carol Pinchefsky, author of Turn Your Fandom Into Cash: A Geeky Guide to Turn Your Passion Into a Business (Or At Least a Side Hustle)
503. Foundation Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, John Kessel, Abby Goldsmith)
502. Ghostbusters Afterlife Movie Review (with Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco, Robert Repino)
501. Marc Burrows on Terry Pratchett
500. David Barr Kirtley Book Launch Party (with John Joseph Adams, Tom Gerencer, Zach Chapman)
499. Christopher J. Ferguson, author of Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons and Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and the Depiction of Evil Monsters
498. Awesome 70s and 80s Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
497. Don’t Look Up Movie Review (with John Joseph Adams, Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer)
496. The Matrix Resurrections Movie Review (with Rafael Jordan, Theresa DeLucci, Lisa Yaszek)
495. Ada Palmer, author of Too Like the Lightning
494. Awesome 80s Science Fiction Movies II (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
493. Brent Spiner, author of Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir Inspired by True Events
492. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 (with John Joseph Adams, Veronica Roth, Yohanca Delgado)
491. Dune Movie Review (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Rajan Khanna)
490. Awesome 80s Science Fiction Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
489. Jon Peterson on Gary Gygax vs. Dave Arneson
488. Robby Soave, author of Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future
487. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Book Club (with Anthony Ha, Sam J. Miller, Lisa Yaszek)
486. Awesome 80s Fantasy Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
485. Joseph Reisert on Brave New World
484. Daryl Gregory, author of The Album of Doctor Moreau and Unpossible and Other Stories
483. The Green Knight Movie Review (with Erin Lindsey, Christopher M. Cevasco, Lara Elena Donnelly)
482. Final Girls in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Stephen Graham Jones)
481. The History of Diablo II (with David L. Craddock)
480. Paul Di Filippo, author of The Summer Thieves
479. Richard Carrier on Michael Moorcock and Jesus
478. Masters of the Universe: Revelation Review (with Andrea Kail, Christopher M. Cevasco, Zach Chapman)
477. Neuromancer by William Gibson Book Club (with Matthew Kressel, Theresa DeLucci, Sam J. Miller)
476. Scott Edelman, author of Tell Me Like You Done Before and Other Stories Written on the Shoulders of Giants
475. Tom Gerencer on Robert Sheckley
474. Django Wexler, author of Hard Reboot
473. Tom Gerencer, author of Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen Seldom Carry Cash
472. Jordan Morris, creator of Bubble
471. Jane Lindskold, author of Curiosities and Wanderings on Writing
470. F. Brett Cox, author of The End of All Our Exploring
469. Love, Death, and Robots Season 2 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, Zach Chapman)
468. Cass R. Sunstein on Star Wars and Averting Catastrophe
467. F. Brett Cox on Roger Zelazny
466. Jason Schreier on Video Game Jobs
465. Matthew Yglesias on Star Trek and One Billion Americans
464. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Book Club (with Sara Lynn Michener, Rajan Khanna, Lisa Yaszek)
463. Avenue 5 Season 1 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer)
462. Julia Galef on Spock and Rationality
461. James Altucher on 11 Sci-Fi Movies That Changed My Life
460. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Book Club (with Anthony Ha, Matthew Kressel, Lisa Yaszek)
459. Classic Graphic Adventure Games (with Kurt Kalata, Julia Minamata)
458. Griffin McElroy, co-host of The Adventure Zone
457. Upload Season 1 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith)
456. Fantasy artist Denis Loubet
455. Blood of Zeus Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Douglas Cohen, Zach Chapman)
454. David Gerrold, author of Hella
453. His Dark Materials Season 2 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Sara Lynn Michener, Sam J. Miller)
452. The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 (with John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, Elizabeth Bear)
451. Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 Review (with Sara Lynn Michener, Rafael Jordan, Christopher M. Cevasco)
450. Apple II Games (with David L. Craddock, Mark Lemmert)
449. Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco)
448. The Mandalorian Season 2 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rajan Khanna, Matthew Kressel)
447. Tenet Movie Review (with Erin Lindsey, Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail)
446. Jon Peterson, author of The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
445. Brian Keating, host of Into the Impossible
444. Owen Egerton, author of Hollow
443. Erin Lindsey, author of The Silver Shooter
442. Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Survival Guide
441. Dreams in Science Fiction (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Lisa Yaszek)
440. Terry Gilliam Movies (with Matthew Kressel, Tom Gerencer, Chandler Klang Smith)
439. Neal Pollack, author of Repeat and Keep Mars Weird
438. C. Robert Cargill, author of We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories
437. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, directors of The Endless and Synchronic
436. The Making of Game of Thrones (with James Hibberd)
435. Time Loop Movies (with Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
434. Foundation by Isaac Asimov Book Club (with Anthony Ha, John Kessel, Abby Goldsmith)
433. Bill and Ted Trilogy Review (with Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, Rafael Jordan)
432. Lynch’s Dune and Jodorowsky’s Dune (with Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, Matthew Kressel)
431. Fantasy BookTuber Daniel Greene
430. Katie Mack, author of The End of Everything, Astrophysically Speaking
429. Bad Video Game Movies (with Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
428. Suburban Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek)
427. Tolkien and Bluth Cartoons (with Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, Tom Gerencer)
426. Kenneth Kully on the Ultima Dragons
425. Arkady Martine, author of A Memory Called Empire
424. Dark Season 3 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, Ruairi Carroll)
423. Castlevania Seasons 2 and 3 Review (with Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
422. Steve Alpert on Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli
421. Video Game Movies and Cartoons (with Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
420. Christopher J. Ferguson on Violent Video Games
419. Underwater Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Paul Tremblay, Molly Tanzer)
418. Devs TV Show Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Rafael Jordan)
417. Dune by Frank Herbert Book Club (with Andrea Kail, Rajan Khanna, Matthew Kressel)
416. Dave Rubin, author of Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason
415. Video Game Movies (with Blake J. Harris, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
414. Max Barry, author of Providence
413. Animated 80s Fantasy Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
412. Rick Wilber, author of Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination
411. Steven Kotler, author of Last Tango in Cyberspace
410. Cosmic Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Paul Tremblay)
409. Veronica Roth, author of Chosen Ones
408. Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Review (with Melinda Snodgrass, Daniel H. Wilson, Sara Lynn Michener)
407. Myke Cole, author of Sixteenth Watch
406. Awesomely Bad 80s Fantasy Movies II (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
405. Ross Douthat, author of The Decadent Society
404. Invisibility in Science Fiction (with Anthony Ha, Lisa Yaszek, John Kessel)
403. Gwyneth Jones, author of Joanna Russ and Big Cat and Other Stories
402. Years and Years TV Show Review (with John Joseph Adams, Tobias S. Buckell, Lisa Yaszek)
401. Cults in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Paul Tremblay)
400. Meet the Parents (with John R. Kirtley, Kathryn Barr Kirtley)
399. The Witcher Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, Gillian Conahan)
398. Wil Wheaton, host of The Ready Room
397. David L. Craddock on Quake and Diablo
396. Peter Boghossian, co-author of How to Have Impossible Conversations
395. The Mandalorian Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rajan Khanna, Matthew Kressel)
394. His Dark Materials Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Sara Lynn Michener, Sam J. Miller)
393. Watchmen TV Show Review (with Anthony Ha, Tobias S. Buckell, Lara Elena Donnelly)
392. Jonathan Kay, author of Your Move and Among the Truthers
391. Final Space Seasons 1 and 2 Review (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Robert Repino)
390. Nicky Drayden, author of Escaping Exodus
389. Scott Adams, author of Loserthink
388. Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World
387. Cadwell Turnbull, author of The Lesson
386. Terminator: Dark Fate Movie Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Rafael Jordan)
385. John Hodgman, author of Medallion Status
384. Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi on Jordan Peterson
383. Kat Rosenfield, co-author of A Trick of Light: Stan Lee’s Alliances
382. Aeon Flux Animated Series Review (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
381. Christopher Brown, author of Rule of Capture
380. Overlooked Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Desirina Boskovich, Paul Tremblay, Grady Hendrix)
379. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Review (with Erin Lindsey, Christopher M. Cevasco, Chandler Klang Smith)
378. Awesomely Bad 70s and 80s Science Fiction Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
377. Matt Bell, author of Boss Fight Books: Baldur’s Gate II
376. The OA Seasons 1 and 2 Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Rafael Jordan)
375. Giant Monsters as Metaphor (with Sara Lynn Michener, Seth Dickinson, Lisa Yaszek)
374. Max Gladstone, author of Empress of Forever
373. Pretentious Science Fiction Movies (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, John Kessel)
372. Dark Season 2 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, Ruairi Carroll)
371. Awesomely Bad 80s Fantasy Movies (with Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, Matthew Kressel)
370. Melinda Snodgrass, author of The High Ground
369. Shannon Appelcline on the History of Tabletop RPGs
368. Ryan Holiday on Nick Denton and Peter Thiel
367. Good Omens TV Show Review (with Erin Lindsey, Tom Gerencer, Peter Rubin)
366. Rob Reid, author of After On and Year Zero
365. Creative Writing MFAs (with Steph Grossman, Chandler Klang Smith, John Kessel)
364. Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Review (with Anthony Ha, Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco)
363. Matt Barton on the History of Computer RPGs
362. Jeffery Deaver, author of The Never Game
361. Penny Lane, director of Hail Satan?
360. Prospect Movie Review (with Rajan Khanna, Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco)
359. Ian McEwan, author of Machines Like Me
358. Blake J. Harris on Palmer Luckey and Oculus
357. Us Movie Review (with Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, Craig Laurance Gidney)
356. Love, Death, and Robots Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, Tom Gerencer)
355. Jasper Fforde, author of Early Riser
354. Activism Through Fiction (with Malka Older, Sam J. Miller, Tobias S. Buckell, John Joseph Adams)
353. Wes Locher on Ultima Online
352. Ben Bova, author of New Frontiers
351. David Baldacci, author of The Finisher
350. Future Man Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer)
349. Lori Ann Cole, co-creator of Quest for Glory and Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption
348. Gregory Benford, author of Timescape and Rewrite
347. Dimension 404 Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer)
346. Lisa Yaszek on Women in Science Fiction
345. Christian Davenport on Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin
344. Sean Carroll, host of Mindscape
343. Doctor Who Series 11 Review (with Rajan Khanna, Sara Lynn Michener, Matthew Kressel)
342. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (with Caroline M. Yoachim, Charles Payseur, John Joseph Adams)
341. Nightflyers Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Matthew Kressel, Andrea Kail)
340. James Patterson, co-author of Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment and The President is Missing
339. Resolution, Spring, and The Endless Movie Review (with Sara Lynn Michener, Christopher M. Cevasco, Andrea Kail)
338. Dale Bailey, author of In the Night Wood and The End of the End of Everything
337. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 1 Review (with Anthony Ha, Andrea Kail, Rafael Jordan)
336. Andy Duncan, author of An Agent of Utopia
335. Maniac on Netflix Review (with Rajan Khanna, Chandler Klang Smith, Matthew Kressel)
334. Richard A. Clarke, co-author of Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes
333. The Haunting of Hill House Season 1 Review (with Paul Tremblay, Leah Schnelbach, Seth Dickinson)
332. Richard K. Morgan, author of Thin Air
331. The Art of Dungeons and Dragons (with Michael Witwer, Brian Stillman)
330. The Internet in Horror and Thrillers (with Grady Hendrix, Sara Lynn Michener, Anthony Ha)
329. Hallie Lambert, co-author of The Expanse: Origins
328. Hank Green, author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
327. Peter F. Hamilton, author of Salvation
326. Walter Jon Williams, author of The Accidental War
325. Yuval Noah Harari, author of Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
324. Disenchantment Season 1 Review (with Robert Repino, Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer)
323. Sorry to Bother You Movie Review (with Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, Craig Laurance Gidney)
322. Michael Bishop, author of The Sacerdotal Owl and Three Other Long Tales
321. Garry Kasparov, author of Deep Thinking and Winter is Coming
320. Politics in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Ana Marie Cox, Sam J. Miller)
319. Neal Asher, author of The Gabble and Other Stories
318. Emily Calandrelli, author of Ada Lace on the Case
317. Scary Families in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Paul Tremblay)
316. Westworld Season 2 Review (with John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, Anthony Ha)
315. Peter Watts, author of The Freeze-Frame Revolution and Beyond the Rift
314. The Terror Season 1 Review (with Grady Hendrix, Erin Lindsey, Sam J. Miller)
313. Kari Byron, author of Crash Test Girl
312. Solo: A Star Wars Story Movie Review (with Rajan Khanna, Erin Lindsey, Matthew Kressel)
311. Clint Watts, author of Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
310. Paul Melko, author of Ten Sigmas and Other Unlikelihoods
309. Ana Marie Cox on Science Fiction and Politics
308. Gordon Van Gelder on Repopulation in Science Fiction
307. Cities in Fantasy and Science Fiction (with Sam J. Miller, Lara Elena Donnelly, Bryan Camp)
306. Mary Rickert, author of You Have Never Been Here
305. Mercurio D. Rivera, author of Across the Event Horizon
304. Ready Player One Movie Review (with Peter Rubin, Carol Pinchefsky, Kent Bye)
303. Craig Shaw Gardner, author of A Malady of Magicks and Temporary Monsters
302. The History of Black Panther (with Evan Narcisse, Tananarive Due, Jesse J. Holland)
301. Chandler Klang Smith, author of The Sky Is Yours
300. The Listeners Strike Back II (with Jesse Colton, Tyler Lutz, Crissy Lutz, Juhan Raud, John Joseph Adams)
299. Vandana Singh, author of Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories
298. Annihilation Movie Review (with Jason Kehe, Leah Schnelbach, Andrew Willett)
297. Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
296. Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
295. Altered Carbon Season 1 Review (with Daniel H. Wilson, Beth Elderkin, Anthony Ha)
294. Dark Season 1 Review (with Erin Lindsey, Rafael Jordan, Ruairi Carroll)
293. Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance
292. Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (with Sara Lynn Michener, Anthony Ha, John Joseph Adams)
291. David Ignatius, author of The Quantum Spy
290. Black Mirror Season 4 Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Rafael Jordan, John Joseph Adams)
289. Joe Quirk on Floating Cities
288. The Orville Season 1 Review (with Melinda Snodgrass, Robert Repino, John Joseph Adams)
287. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Movie Review (with Rajan Khanna, Erin Lindsey, Seth Dickinson)
286. Britt Wray, author of Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
285. Star Trek: Discovery Review (with Sara Lynn Michener, Anthony Ha, John Joseph Adams)
284. Jess Phoenix, vulcanologist running for Congress
283. John Crowley, author of Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruins of Ymr
282. Channel Zero Season 2 Review (with Grady Hendrix, Erin Lindsey, Zach Chapman)
281. Dirk Gently Season 1 Review (with Tom Gerencer, Leah Schnelbach, John Joseph Adams)
280. Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties
279. Overpopulation in Science Fiction (with Carrie Vaughn, Maggie Shen King, John Joseph Adams)
278. Nat Segaloff on Harlan Ellison
277. Blade Runner 2049 Movie Review (with Daniel H. Wilson, Sara Lynn Michener, Matthew Kressel)
276. Adam Savage, host of SYFY25: Origin Stories
275. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 (with Charles Yu, John Joseph Adams)
274. Kids vs. Monsters (with Grady Hendrix, John Langan, Erin Lindsey)
273. Bill Nye the Science Guy, author of Everything All at Once
272. Science Fiction Podcasting and Public Radio (with Rose Eveleth of Flash Forward, Eric Molinsky of Imaginary Worlds)
271. Zoe Quinn, author of Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
270. Recent Horror Movies (with Seth Dickinson, Grady Hendrix, Maya Prohovnik)
269. John Kessel, author of The Moon and the Other
268. The Dark Tower Movie Review (with Rajan Khanna, John Joseph Adams, Maya Prohovnik)
267. David Bishop on Judge Dredd and 2000 AD
266. Valerian Movie Review (with Erin Lindsey, Anthony Ha, Zach Chapman)
265. Rick and Morty TV Series Review (with Carli Velocci, Matt London, John Joseph Adams)
264. James Patrick Kelly, author of Mother Go and The Promise of Space
263. The Handmaid’s Tale TV Series Review (with Beth Elderkin, Charley Locke, Sara Lynn Michener)
262. Theodora Goss, author of The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter
261. Prisoners of Gravity (with Rick Green, Mark Askwith, Gregg Thurlbeck)
260. Tim Hanley on the History of Wonder Woman
259. Live Action Role-Playing (with Lizzie Stark, Ben Schwartz, Steph Grossman)
258. Sofia Samatar, author of A Stranger in Olondria and Tender
257. Professors vs. Fantasy (with Alina Sichevaya, Jameyanne Fuller, Emma Clark)
256. Taboo TV Series Review (with Carrie Vaughn, Erin Lindsey, Sam J. Miller)
255. The Cosmic Powers Anthology (with Becky Chambers, Tobias Buckell, John Joseph Adams)
254. Sean Patrick Fannon on the Rifts Role-Playing Game
253. Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods
252. Titus Chalk on the History of Magic: The Gathering
251. Daniel Suarez, author of Change Agent
250. Elizabeth Hand, author of Fire and Errantry
249. Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko
248. Cancelled Sci-Fi Classics (with John J. Joex, John Joseph Adams)
247. Syfy’s Incorporated (with Anthony Ha, Erin Lindsey, John Joseph Adams)
246. Mark Dawidziak on The Twilight Zone
245. Gold Farming and Real Money Trade (with Julian Dibbell, Marcus Eikenberry)
244. Hunted TV Series Review (with Myke Cole, Zaira Pirzada, John Joseph Adams)
243. George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo
242. Writers Under 30 (with Seth Dickinson, Lara Elena Donnelly, Haris Durrani, John Joseph Adams)
241. James Gleick, author of Time Travel: A History
240. Naren Shankar, showrunner of Syfy’s The Expanse
239. BrainDead TV Series Review (with Grady Hendrix, Erin Lindsey, John Joseph Adams)
238. Bruce Sterling, author of Pirate Utopia
237. People of Color in Fantasy and Horror (with Daniel José Older, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Maurice Broaddus)
236. The WIRED Fiction Issue (with Maria Streshinsky, Jason Kehe)
235. Star Wars: Rogue One Movie Review (with Matt London, Rajan Khanna, Jordan Hamessley London, John Joseph Adams)
234. Gerry Canavan on Octavia E. Butler
233. Connie Willis, author of Crosstalk
232. Shawn Otto, author of The War on Science
231. Aimee Bender, author of The Color Master
230. Arrival Movie Review (with Christopher M. Cevasco, Andrew Liptak, Carol Pinchefsky)
229. Nameless Horrors (with Douglas Cohen, John Langan, Desirina Boskovich, John Joseph Adams)
228. T.C. Boyle, author of The Terranauts
227. Black Mirror Season 3 Review (with Rafael Jordan, Anthony Ha, Natalie Zutter)
226. Jonathan Lethem, author of A Gambler’s Anatomy
225. Ruth Franklin on Shirley Jackson
224. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (with Karen Joy Fowler, John Joseph Adams)
223. Westworld TV Series Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Rajan Khanna, John Joseph Adams)
222. Michael Swanwick, author of Not So Much, Said the Cat
221. Julian Guthrie, author of How to Make a Spaceship
220. Hannu Rajaniemi, author of Invisible Planets
219. Michael R. Page on Frederik Pohl
218. Adam Nimoy, director of For the Love of Spock
217. Kij Johnson on Lovecraft and Feminism
216. Stranger Things TV Series Review (with Andrew Liptak, Carli Velocci, Peter Rubin)
215. The Best of Nancy Kress
214. Star Trek Beyond (with Ryan Britt, Sara Lynn Michener, Anthony Ha)
213. Ghostbusters 2016 (with Angela Watercutter, Carmen Maria Machado, Jennifer Cross, Carol Pinchefsky)
212. Jeffrey Ford, author of A Natural History of Hell
211. Stephen Baxter on Arthur C. Clarke and Jupiter
210. Penny Dreadful TV Series Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Christie Yant, Angela Watercutter)
209. Simone Caroti on Iain M. Banks
208. Witches in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Katherine Howe)
207. David Kushner on id Software and Doom
206. Kameron Hurley on Geek Feminism
205. Manu Saadia on the Economics of Star Trek
204. Mark Adams on the Search for Atlantis
203. Demonic Possession (with Grady Hendrix, Jordan Hamessley London, Paul Tremblay)
202. Joyce Carol Oates, author of The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
201. Rob Salkowitz on the Business of Comics
200. The Listeners Strike Back! (with Zach Chapman, Nicolette Stewart, Bruno Hanquier)
199. Syfy’s The Magicians (with Melinda Snodgrass, Andrew Liptak)
198. 11.22.63 TV Series Review (with Matt London, Christopher M. Cevasco, Jordan Hamessley London)
197. Gregory Pence on Orphan Black and Bioethics
196. Glen Weldon on Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
195. Launching a New Science Fiction Imprint (with John Joseph Adams, Bruce Nichols)
194. Allen Steele, author of Coyote and Arkwright
193. Warren Spector on the New Ultima Underworld and System Shock Sequels
192. Risen Movie Review (with Richard Carrier, Dan Barker)
191. Chris Offutt, author of My Father, the Pornographer
190. Christopher Buckley, author of Little Green Men and The Relic Master
189. People of Color Destroy Science Fiction (with Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl, Sunil Patel)
188. Kara Platoni on Hacking Human Perception
187. Charlie Jane Anders, editor in chief of io9 and author of All the Birds in the Sky
186. Tim Powers, author of Medusa’s Web and On Stranger Tides
185. Joseph Laycock on Dungeons and Dragons and Moral Panic
184. Ginger Strand on Kurt Vonnegut
183. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Review (with John Joseph Adams, Matt London, Rajan Khanna, Jordan Hamessley London)
182. Fred Nadis on The Shaver Mystery
181. Syfy Channel Executive Bill McGoldrick
180. Syfy’s The Expanse (with Andrew Liptak, Justin Landon, Liz Shannon Miller)
179. The Man in the High Castle TV Show (with Laura Miller, John Kessel)
178. Star Trek Wish List (with Keith DeCandido, Rafael Jordan, John Joseph Adams)
177. Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Joe Hill, Seanan McGuire, Carmen Maria Machado, Jess Row)
176. William Shunn, author of The Accidental Terrorist
175. David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks, and Slade House
174. Halloween Horror (with Lisa Morton, John Skipp, John Langan)
173. Queers Destroy Horror (with Wendy Wagner, Craig Gidney, Alyssa Wong)
172. Jewish Science Fiction (with Jack Dann, Rachel Swirsky, Matthew Kressel)
171. David Wong (Jason Pargin), author of John Dies at the End
170. The History of Dungeons and Dragons (with David Ewalt, Michael Witwer)
169. Andy Weir, author of The Martian
168. The New Star Wars Canon (with Chuck Wendig, Alexandra Bracken)
167. Syfy’s Killjoys and Dark Matter (with Andrew Liptak, Rafael Jordan)
166. J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5 and co-creator of Sense8
165. N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season
164. Gary Whitta, writer of The Book of Eli and author of Abomination
163. Video Games in Books and Movies (with Chris Avellone, Micky Neilson, Daniel H. Wilson, John Joseph Adams)
162. Pixel Art (with Mark Ferrari, Michael B. Myers Jr., Blake Reynolds)
161. The Law of Superheroes (with James Daily, Brad Desnoyer)
160. Wesley Chu, author of The Lives of Tao and Time Salvager
159. Jason Blum, producer of Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Sinister, and Insidious
158. Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One and Armada
156. Hannibal TV Show Review (with Theresa DeLucci, Kat Howard, John Joseph Adams)
155. Jurassic World and Dinosaurs in SF (with Genevieve Valentine, Christopher M. Cevasco, Seth Dickinson)
154. Ashlee Vance on Elon Musk and SpaceX
153. Black Mirror (with Grady Hendrix, Theresa DeLucci, Sunil Patel)
152. Mad Max and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction (with Carrie Vaughn, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams)
151. Clive Barker, author of The Scarlet Gospels
150. Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath
149. Jon Ronson, author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed
148. Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings
147. Alex Garland, director of Ex Machina
146. Game of Thrones Spoilers (with John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, Christopher M. Cevasco, Andrea Kail)
145. Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Buried Giant
144. Science Fiction Bookstores (with Alan Beatts, Cici James)
143. Military Fantasy (with Myke Cole, Weston Ochse, John Joseph Adams)
142. Marc Goodman, author of Future Crimes
141. Michael Shermer, author of The Moral Arc
140. Terri Tatchell, co-writer of District 9 and Chappie
139. Amanda Palmer, author of The Art of Asking
137. Horror Podcasting (with Kc Wayland of We’re Alive and David Cummings of NoSleep)
136. Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble
135. Glen Berger on Writing the Disastrous Spider-Man Musical
134. Writing Workshops (with Jeanne Cavelos, Jilly Dreadful, John Joseph Adams)
133. Queers Destroy Science Fiction (with Seanan McGuire, Steve Berman, John Joseph Adams)
132. James Morrow, author of Galapagos Regained
131. Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and The Innovators
130. Exodus: Gods and Kings Movie Review (with The Bible Geek Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier)
129. Naomi Klein on Capitalism vs. The Climate
128. Big Hero 6 Director Chris Williams
127. Big Hero 6 vs. Interstellar (with Carrie Vaughn, Rob Bland, John Joseph Adams)
126. The Business of Star Wars (with Chris Taylor, Brian Stillman of Plastic Galaxy)
125. Director David Cronenberg
124. John Cleese of Monty Python
123. Women in Fantasy and Horror (with Ellen Datlow, Cat Rambo, John Joseph Adams)
122. Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle
121. Haunted Houses (with Lauren Beukes, John Langan, Grady Hendrix)
120. Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice
119. Klingon, Dothraki, and Other Constructed Languages (with David J. Peterson, Lawrence M. Schoen)
118. Futurama Head Writer David X. Cohen
117. Kim Harrison / Extreme Weather (with Paolo Bacigalupi, Ramez Naam, Tobias Buckell)
116. Steven Gould (Jumper) / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with Alison Haislip of Nerdist)
115. Nick Harkaway on Existential Pulp / Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Review
114. Charles Stross / The Nintendo Entertainment System (with Alison Haislip of Nerdist and Blake J. Harris)
113. James S. A. Corey / Game of Thrones Season 4 (with Theresa DeLucci)
112. Diana Gabaldon (Outlander) / Women Destroy Science Fiction (with Christie Yant, Wendy Wagner)
111. Lawrence Krauss (The Physics of Star Trek) / Being an Atheist Writer (with James Morrow)
110. Cecil Baldwin of Welcome to Night Vale / A-holes and Trolls (with Aaron James)
109. Mary Robinette Kowal of Writing Excuses / Weird Western Books and Comics (with Fred Van Lente)
108. Christopher Moore / Noah Movie Review (with The Bible Geek Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier)
107. Elizabeth Bear / Robot Uprisings (with Daniel H. Wilson author of Robopocalypse)
106. Author and Futurist Karl Schroeder / Ender’s Game and Philosophy
105. Richard Garriott (Ultima) / Dungeons and Dragons Novels (with James L. Sutter)
104. Michio Kaku on the Future of the Mind / John Joseph Adams Returns (with Joe Monti)
103. Jeff VanderMeer / Dating for Geeks / “Power Armor: A Love Story” read by Norm Sherman
102. Podcasting Star Scott Sigler / Hackers (with Myke Cole, P.W. Singer)
101. Joe Haldeman (The Forever War) / Writers as Characters (with Kat Howard)
100. Astronaut Chris Hadfield / Geek’s Guide Retrospective (with Matt London)
99. Dean Koontz / Subterranean Horrors (with Grady Hendrix, John Langan)
98. Doug Dorst on Working with J.J. Abrams / Junot Diaz Chat (with Tobias Buckell)
97. Allie Brosh on Web Comics and Writing for the NoSleep Podcast / Comic Strips (with David Malki)
96. Dan Simmons (Hyperion) / Sex in Horror (with Grady Hendrix, Jaym Gates)
95. Scott Lynch (The Lies of Locke Lamora) / Epic Fantasy Series
94. Margaret Atwood / Political Agendas (with Paolo Bacigalupi)
93. Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) / Choose Your Own Adventure Books
92. NFL Kicker Chris Kluwe / Sports in Science Fiction (with Douglas Cohen)
91. Felicia Day (The Guild) / YouTube for Geeks (with Cate E. Matthews)
90. Melissa Marr / Weird Western Movies (with Rajan Khanna)
89. Lauren Beukes / Psycho Killers (with Ross Lockhart)
88. Annalee Newitz of io9 / Rationalism in SF (with Julia Galef of Rationally Speaking)
87. Alaya Dawn Johnson / Star Trek Into Darkness (with Emily Asher-Perrin of Tor.com)
86. Rick Yancey / SF Podcasts (Sword and Laser, SF Signal, StarShipSofa, Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing)
85. Horror Author Joe Hill / Recent Horror Movies (with Brittany Geragotelis)
84. Austin Grossman / Video Games / “Save Me Plz” read by Mur Lafferty of I Should Be Writing
83. Self-Publishing Star Hugh Howey / How to Self-Publish (with Tobias Buckell)
82. Robert J. Sawyer / The Games Workshop “Space Marine” Trademark
81. Nalo Hopkinson / Weirdest Movies Ever
80. Gregory Maguire (Wicked) / The Wizard of Oz
79. Karen Russell / Weirdest Stories Ever (with Lynne M. Thomas of the SF Squeecast)
78. YA Author Jane Yolen / Swordfights (with Kat Howard)
77. Brandon Sanderson of Writing Excuses / Robert E. Howard Movies
76. Philip Pullman / The Hobbit Movie (with Corey Olsen of The Tolkien Professor)
75. Lois McMaster Bujold / Soldiers in Science Fiction (with Myke Cole)
74. Steven Erikson on His Malazan Prequel / Epic Fantasy Short Fiction
73. Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing / Sex in Science Fiction (with Laura G. Duncan)
72. Daniel Handler on Being Lemony Snicket / Nightmare Magazine (with R.J. Sevin)
71. Mike Mignola (The Hellboy Comic Books) / H.P. Lovecraft (with Christopher M. Cevasco)
70. Junot Diaz on Sci-Fi in The New Yorker / Slipstream (with Meghan McCarron)
69. Tad Williams / Angels and Heaven (with Genevieve Valentine)
68. Alastair Reynolds / Philip K. Dick Movies
67. Terry Brooks (Sword of Shannara) / Magic Items
66. David Brin / Batman in TV, Film, and Graphic Novels (with Rob Bland)
65. Ursula K. Le Guin / Remembering the Classic Tales of Ray Bradbury
64. John Scalzi (Old Man’s War) / Star Trek (with E.C. Myers)
63. Creating a Zombie Virus with Seanan McGuire / Prometheus Movie Review
62. Kim Stanley Robinson / Ecology in Science Fiction
61. Economist Paul Krugman / Economics in Science Fiction
60. Physicist Brian Greene / Parallel Worlds
59. YA Fantasy Author Garth Nix / 1980s TV Cartoons
58. Anne Rice on Werewolves / Horror and Sci-Fi Publishing (with Jordan Hamessley London)
57. Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) on Comic-Con / Science Fiction Conventions
56. Vernor Vinge / Tobias Buckell Chat
55. Michael Chabon / John Carter Movie Review
54. Epic Fantasy Author Robin Hobb / Epic Fantasy (with Saladin Ahmed)
53. William Gibson (Neuromancer) / Cyberpunk (with Seth Dickinson)
52. Ian McDonald / Upcoming Movie Adaptations 2
51. Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) / Upcoming Movie Adaptations 1
50. Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) / The Devil and Hell
49. R. A. Salvatore / Dungeons and Dragons (with James L. Sutter co-creator of Pathfinder)
48. Lev Grossman (The Magicians) / A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin Book Review
47. Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash) / Computer RPG Design (with Keith Burgun)
46. Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) / Atheism and Science Fiction
45. Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files) / Nerd-Bashing
44. Charlaine Harris / Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Dexter
43. China Miéville / The New Weird
42. Eoin Colfer / Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
41. Robot Expert Daniel H. Wilson / The Terminator Movies
40. Genevieve Valentine / Bad Movies
39. Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) / Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction
38. Ken Denmead of GeekDad / Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
37. Ellen Kushner of the Interstitial Arts Salon / Bias Against Fantasy
36. Packing for Mars with Mary Roach / Horror in Outer Space
35. Daniel Abraham / The Game of Thrones TV Show
34. Alan Dean Foster / The Predator Movies and Animal Characters
33. Water Wars Author Cameron Stracher / Dystopian Fiction
32. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson of StarTalk / Astronomy in Science Fiction
31. Superman Writer Chris Roberson / Superheroes
30. Science Writer Jennifer Ouellette / TV Science Fiction
29. Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Game) / Wizards
28. Author and Transgender Activist Jennifer Finney Boylan / Monsters
27. Video Game Designer Ron Gilbert (The Secret of Monkey Island) / Adventure Games
26. Greg Bear / Alien Invasion
25. Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead Comic Books) / Zombies
24. Charles Yu / Time Travel
23. Catherynne M. Valente / New Writers and Pulp Era Mars and Venus
22. George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones) / A Song of Ice and Fire
21. Nnedi Okorafor / Africa in Fantasy and Science Fiction
20. Geoengineering with Eli Kintisch / Terraforming
19. YA Author Robin Wasserman / Consciousness Transference
18. Eric Garcia (Repo Men) / Total Recall, Robocop 2, and The Running Man
17. Naomi Novik on “Master and Commander with Dragons” / Dragons
16. Geek Rock Star Jonathan Coulton / Geek Music
15. Dan Carlin of Hardcore History / History in Fantasy and Science Fiction
14. Dark Fairy Tales with Holly Black / Toys and Miniatures
13. Horror Author John Langan / Horror
12. Corey Olsen of The Tolkien Professor / The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
11. The People vs. George Lucas with Alexandre Philippe / Star Wars
10. Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics with Tom Rogers / Hard Science Fiction
9. Urban Fantasy Author Carrie Vaughn / Vampires and Werewolves
8. Blake Charlton on Overcoming Dyslexia / Magic and Medicine
7. Steve Eley, creator of Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and Podcastle / Audio Fiction
6. Steampunk Author Cherie Priest / Sherlock Holmes and Steampunk
5. Brian Dunning of Skeptoid / Pseudoscience and Skepticism
4. Author and Comic Book Writer Marjorie M. Liu / Comic Books
3. War Robots with P. W. Singer / Military Science Fiction
2. The Windup Girl Author Paolo Bacigalupi / Science Fiction and Education
1. Game Writer Chet Faliszek (Left 4 Dead) / Video Games and The Apocalypse
Transcripts
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Panel Transcripts
- Westworld TV Series Review from Episode 223
- Penny Dreadful TV Series Review from Episode 210
- Witches in Horror from Episode 208
- Demonic Possession from Episode 203
- Syfy’s The Expanse from Episode 180
- The New Star Wars Canon from Episode 168
- Horror Podcasting from Episode 137
- YouTube for Geeks from Episode 91
Feature Interview Transcripts
- Richard Kelly Interview from Episode 249
- Connie Willis Interview from Episode 233
- Kij Johnson Interview from Episode 217
- Nancy Kress Interview from Episode 215
- Stephen Baxter Interview from Episode 211
- Kameron Hurley Interview from Episode 206
- Joyce Carol Oates Interview from Episode 202
- Allen Steele Interview from Episode 194
- Charlie Jane Anders Interview from Episode 187
- Tim Powers Interview from Episode 186
- Bill McGoldrick Interview from Episode 181
- David Mitchell Interview from Episode 175
- Andy Weir Interview from Episode 169
- J. Michael Straczynski Interview from Episode 166
- N.K. Jemisin Interview from Episode 165
- Gary Whitta Interview from Episode 164
- Jason Blum Interview from Episode 159
- Clive Barker Interview from Episode 151
- Ernest Cline Interview from Episode 158
- Ken Liu Interview from Episode 148
- Alex Garland Interview from Episode 147
- Kazuo Ishiguro Interview from Episode 145
- Marc Goodman Interview from Episode 142
- Kelly Link Interview from Episode 136
- James Morrow Interview from Episode 132
- Chris Williams Interview from Episode 128
- David Cronenberg Interview from Episode 125
- Patrick Rothfuss Interview from Episode 122
- Ann Leckie Interview from Episode 120
- David X. Cohen Interview from Episode 118
- Kim Harrison Interview from Episode 117
- Steven Gould Interview from Episode 116
- Nick Harkaway Interview from Episode 115
- Charles Stross Interview from Episode 114
- James S.A. Corey Interview from Episode 113
- Diana Gabaldon Interview from Episode 112
- Lawrence Krauss Interview from Episode 111
- Cecil Baldwin Interview from Episode 110
- Mary Robinette Kowal Interview from Episode 109
- Christopher Moore Interview from Episode 108
- Elizabeth Bear Interview from Episode 107
- Karl Schroeder Interview from Episode 106
- Richard Garriott Interview from Episode 105
- Michio Kaku Interview from Episode 104
- Jeff VanderMeer Interview from Episode 103
- Scott Sigler Interview from Episode 102
- Joe Haldeman Interview from Episode 101
- Chris Hadfield Interview from Episode 100
- Dean Koontz Interview from Episode 99
- Doug Dorst Interview from Episode 98
- Allie Brosh Interview from Episode 97
- Dan Simmons Interview from Episode 96
- Scott Lynch Interview from Episode 95
- Margaret Atwood Interview from Episode 94
- Ryan North Interview from Episode 93
- Chris Kluwe Interview from Episode 92
- Felicia Day Interview from Episode 91
- Melissa Marr Interview from Episode 90
- Lauren Beukes Interview from Episode 89
- Annalee Newitz Interview from Episode 88
- Alaya Dawn Johnson Interview from Episode 87
- Rick Yancey Interview from Episode 86
- Joe Hill Interview from Episode 85
- Austin Grossman Interview from Episode 84
- Hugh Howey Interview from Episode 83
- Robert J. Sawyer Interview from Episode 82
- Nalo Hopkinson Interview from Episode 81
- Gregory Maguire Interview from Episode 80
- Karen Russell Interview from Episode 79
- Jane Yolen Interview from Episode 78
- Brandon Sanderson Interview from Episode 77
- Philip Pullman Interview from Episode 76
- Lois McMaster Bujold Interview from Episode 75
- Steven Erikson Interview from Episode 74
- Cory Doctorow Interview from Episode 73
- Daniel Handler Interview from Episode 72
- Mike Mignola Interview from Episode 71
- Junot Diaz Interview from Episode 70
- Tad Williams Interview from Episode 69
- Alastair Reynolds Interview from Episode 68
- Terry Brooks Interview from Episode 67
- David Brin Interview from Episode 66
- Ursula K. Le Guin Interview from Episode 65
- John Scalzi Interview from Episode 64
- Seanan McGuire Interview from Episode 63
- Kim Stanley Robinson Interview from Episode 62
- Paul Krugman Interview from Episode 61
- Brian Greene Interview from Episode 60
- Garth Nix Interview from Episode 59
- Anne Rice Interview from Episode 58
- Morgan Spurlock Interview from Episode 57
- Vernor Vinge Interview from Episode 56
- Michael Chabon Interview from Episode 55
- Robin Hobb Interview from Episode 54
- William Gibson Interview from Episode 53
- Ian McDonald Interview from Episode 52
- Chuck Palahniuk Interview from Episode 50
- R. A. Salvatore Interview from Episode 49
- Neal Stephenson Interview from Episode 47
- Richard Dawkins Interview from Episode 46
- Charlaine Harris Interview from Episode 44
- China Miéville Interview from Episode 43
- Daniel H. Wilson Interview from Episode 41
- Simon Pegg Interview from Episode 39
- Mary Roach Interview from Episode 36
- Greg Bear Interview from Episode 26
- Robert Kirkman Interview from Episode 25
- Episode 22 with George R. R. Martin
About
Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is a podcast that airs each week on Wired.com. The show is hosted by science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories) and produced by Lightspeed Magazine editor John Joseph Adams. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy features conversations about fantasy & science fiction in books, movies, games, and comics, as well as related subjects such as science, history, and critical thinking. The show has more than 1,000 five-star ratings on Apple Podcasts, gets about 15,000 downloads per episode, and has racked up over 10 million total downloads.
Guests have included:
Novelists, such as: James Patterson (The President is Missing), David Baldacci (The Finisher), George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones), Neil Gaiman (American Gods), Dean Koontz (Innocence), Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), Joyce Carol Oates (The Doll Master), Kazuo Ishiguro (Never Let Me Go), Veronica Roth (Divergent), Junot Diaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass), Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Diana Gabaldon (Outlander), Neal Stephenson (Anathem), and Ursula K. Le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness);
Directors, such as: Alex Garland (Ex Machina), David Cronenberg (A History of Violence), and Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko);
Showrunners, such as: Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek: Discovery), J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5), David X. Cohen (Futurama), and Naren Shankar (The Expanse);
Film and TV personalities, such as: John Cleese (Monty Python), Adam Savage (MythBusters), Bill Nye (Bill Nye Saves the World), Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation), John Hodgman (The Daily Show), Felicia Day (The Guild), and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead);
Comic book writers, such as: Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Scott Adams (Dilbert), and Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half);
Video game designers, such as: Richard Garriott (Ultima), Warren Spector (Deus Ex), Ron Gilbert (The Secret of Monkey Island), and Lori Ann Cole (Quest for Glory);
Scientists, such as: Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Neil deGrasse Tyson (Death by Black Hole), Lawrence Krauss (A Universe from Nothing), Michio Kaku (Physics of the Future), Brian Greene (Fabric of the Cosmos), Katie Mack (The End of Everything, Astrophysically Speaking), and Sean Carroll (Mindscape);
Nonfiction writers, such as: Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers), Steven Pinker (Enlightenment Now), Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine), and Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs);
Policy experts, such as: Richard A. Clarke (Against All Enemies), Garry Kasparov (Winter is Coming), and Daniel Ellsberg (The Doomsday Machine);
Political commentators, such as: Paul Krugman and Ross Douthat (New York Times columnists), David Ignatius (Washington Post columnist), Bill McKibben (environmental activist), Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report), and Ana Marie Cox (Wonkette);
Documentary filmmakers, such as: Penny Lane (Hail Satan?), Patricia Marcoccia and Maziar Ghaderi (The Rise of Jordan Peterson), Alexandre Philippe (The People vs. George Lucas), and Brian Stillman (Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons);
Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared on recommended podcast lists from NPR, The Guardian, 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.”
The show launched in January 2010. Season One (2010) was produced for Tor.com, the website of a major science fiction book publisher. Season Two (2011) was produced for io9, a science fiction and futurism blog owned by Gawker Media. Seasons Three through Ten (2012-20) have been produced for Wired.com, the website of the popular tech magazine Wired. John Joseph Adams served as full-time co-host for the first 100 episodes. To learn more, check out The History of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams (with Diane Turnshek)
Guest Geeks
 Matt London |
116 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 115 – Guardians of the Galaxy 100 – Geek’s Guide Retrospective 93 – Choose Your Own Adventure 91 – YouTube for Geeks 82 – Space Marine Trademark 81 – Weirdest Movies Ever 68 – Philip K. Dick Movie Adaptations 67 – Magic Items 63 – Prometheus Movie Review 52 – Upcoming Movie Adaptations 2 51 – Upcoming Movie Adaptations 1 |
 Tobias Buckell |
117 – Extreme Weather 111 – Being an Atheist Writer 98 – Junot Diaz Chat 94 – Political Agendas 83 – Self-Publishing 62 – Ecology in Science Fiction 56 – Tobias Buckell Chat |
 Rajan Khanna |
109 – Weird Western Books & Comics 95 – Epic Fantasy Series 90 – Weird Western Movies 65 – Ray Bradbury |
 Grady Hendrix |
99 – Subterranean Horrors 96 – Sex in Horror 93 – Choose Your Own Adventure 50 – The Devil and Hell |
 Paolo Bacigalupi |
117 – Extreme Weather 94 – Political Agendas 2 – Feature Interview |
 Kat Howard |
101 – Writers as Characters 93 – Choose Your Own Adventure 78 – Swordfights |
 John Langan |
101 – Writers as Characters 99 – Subterranean Horrors 13 – Feature Interview |
 E.C. Myers |
87 – Star Trek Into Darkness 64 – Star Trek 59 – 1980s TV Cartoons |
 Alison Haislip |
116 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 114 – The Nintendo Entertainment System |
 Rob Bland |
115 – Guardians of the Galaxy 66 – Batman |
 Theresa DeLucci |
113 – Game of Thrones Season 4 63 – Prometheus Movie Review |
 Christie Yant |
112 – Women Destroy Science Fiction 42 – Douglas Adams |
 Wendy Wagner |
112 – Women Destroy Science Fiction 105 – Dungeons and Dragons Novels |
 Daniel H. Wilson |
107 – Robot Uprisings 41 – Feature Interview |
 James Sutter |
105 – Dungeons and Dragons Novels 49 – Dungeons and Dragons |
 Marjorie Liu |
103 – Dating for Geeks 4 – Feature Interview |
P.W. Singer |
102 – Hackers 3 – Feature Interview |
 Myke Cole |
102 – Hackers 75 – Soldiers in Science Fiction |
Junot Diaz |
98 – Junot Diaz Chat 70 – Feature Interview |
 Corey Olsen |
76 – The Hobbit Book vs. Movie 12 – Feature Interview |
 Chris Cevasco |
71 – H.P. Lovecraft 57 – Science Fiction Conventions |
Genevieve Valentine |
69 – Angels and Heaven 40 – Feature Interview |
 Ramez Naam |
117 – Extreme Weather |
 David Wexler |
116 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
 Blake Harris |
114 – The Nintendo Entertainment System |
 James Morrow |
111 – Being an Atheist Writer |
 Aaron James |
110 – Assholes and Trolls |
 Fred Van Lente |
109 – Weird Western Books & Comics |
 Richard Carrier |
108 – Noah Movie Review |
 Robert M. Price |
108 – Noah Movie Review |
 D.E. Wittkower |
106 – Ender’s Game and Philosophy |
 Ashley Shew |
106 – Ender’s Game and Philosophy |
 Joe Monti |
104 – John Joseph Adams Returns |
 Bones Rodriguez |
103 – Dating for Geeks |
 Eric Smith |
103 – Dating for Geeks |
 David Malki |
97 – Comic Strips |
 Jaym Gates |
96 – Sex in Horror |
 Cate Matthews |
91 – YouTube for Geeks |
 Ross Lockhart |
89 – Psycho Killers |
 Julia Galef |
88 – Rationalism in Science Fiction |
 Emily Asher-Perrin |
87 – Star Trek Into Darkness |
 Mur Lafferty |
86 – Science Fiction Podcasting |
 Brittany Geragotelis |
85 – Recent Horror Movies |
 Ted Kosmatka |
84 – Video Games |
 Lynne M. Thomas |
79 – Weirdest Stories Ever |
 Laura G. Duncan |
73 – Sex in Science Fiction |
 R.J. Sevin |
72 – Nightmare Magazine |
 Meghan McCarron |
70 – Slipstream |
 Sarah Brand |
61 – Economics in Science Fiction |
 Jordan London |
58 – Horror and Publishing |
 Saladin Ahmed |
54 – Epic Fantasy |
 Seth Dickinson |
53 – Cyberpunk |
 Keith Burgun |
47 – Computer Role-Playing Game Design |
Panel Topics
#123: Women in Fantasy & Horror
#121: Haunted Houses
#119: Klingon, Dothraki, and Other Constructed Languages
#117: Extreme Weather
#116: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [YouTube]
#115: Guardians of the Galaxy [YouTube]
#114: The Nintendo Entertainment System [YouTube]
#113: Game of Thrones Season 4 [YouTube]
#112: Women Destroy Science Fiction
#111: Being an Atheist Writer [YouTube]
#110: Assholes and Trolls [YouTube]
#109: Weird Western Books & Comics [YouTube]
#108: Noah Movie Review [YouTube]
#107: Robot Uprisings [YouTube]
#106: Ender’s Game and Philosophy [YouTube]
#105: Dungeons and Dragons Novels [YouTube]
#104: John Joseph Adams Returns
#103: Dating for Geeks
#102: Hackers
#101: Writers as Characters
#100: Geek’s Guide Retrospective [YouTube]
#099: Subterranean Horrors
#098: Junot Diaz Chat
#097: Comic Strips
#096: Sex in Horror
#095: Epic Fantasy Series
#094: Political Agendas
#093: Choose Your Own Adventure
#092: Sports in Science Fiction
#091: YouTube for Geeks
#090: Weird Western Movies
#089: Psycho Killers
#088: Rationalism in Science Fiction
#087: Star Trek Into Darkness
#086: Science Fiction Podcasting
#085: Recent Horror Movies
#084: Video Games
#083: Self-Publishing
#082: Space Marine Trademark
#081: Weirdest Movies Ever
#080: The Wizard of Oz
#079: Weirdest Stories Ever
#078: Swordfights
#077: Robert E. Howard Movie Adaptations
#076: The Hobbit Book vs. Film
#075: Soldiers in Science Fiction
#074: Epic Fantasy Short Fiction
#073: Sex in Science Fiction
#072: Nightmare Magazine
#071: H.P. Lovecraft
#070: Slipstream
#069: Angels and Heaven
#068: Philip K. Dick Movie Adaptations
#067: Magic Items
#066: Batman
#065: Ray Bradbury
#064: Star Trek
#063: Prometheus Movie Review
#062: Ecology in Science Fiction
#061: Economics in Science Fiction
#060: Parallel Worlds
#059: 1980s TV Cartoons
#058: Horror and Publishing
#057: Science Fiction Conventions
#056: Tobias Buckell Chat
#055: John Carter Movie Review
#054: Epic Fantasy
#053: Cyberpunk
#052: Upcoming Movie Adaptations Part 2
#051: Upcoming Movie Adaptations Part 1
#050: The Devil and Hell
#049: Dungeons & Dragons
#048: A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
#047: Computer Role-Playing Game Design
#046: Atheism and Science Fiction
#045: Nerd-Bashing
#044: Game of Thrones/The Walking Dead/Dexter
#043: China Miéville and the New Weird
#042: Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
#041: The Terminator Franchise
#040: Bad Movies
#039: Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction
#038: Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?
#037: Bias Against Fantasy and Science Fiction
#036: Horror in Outer Space
#035: The Game of Thrones TV Show
#034: The Predator Franchise/Animals as Characters
#033: Dystopian Fiction
#032: I Am Number Four/Superhuman Intelligence/Astronomy and Science Fiction
#031: Superheroes
#030: Fantasy and Science Fiction on Television
#029: Wizards
#028: Monsters
#027: Adventure Games
#026: Alien Invasion
#025: Zombies
#024: Time Travel
#023: Ancient Rome/New Writers/Pulp-Era Mars and Venus
#022: George R. R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire
#021: Africa in Fantasy and Science Fiction
#020: Terraforming
#019: Consciousness Transference
#018: Robocop 2/Total Recall/The Running Man
#017: Dragons
#016: Music for Geeks
#015: History and Fantasy
#014: Toys and Miniatures
#013: Horror
#012: Tolkien
#011: Star Wars
#010: Hard Science Fiction
#009: Vampires and Werewolves
#008: Magic in Fantasy/Medicine in Science Fiction
#007: Audiobooks and Podcasts
#006: Steampunk/Sherlock Holmes
#005: Pseudoscience and Skepticism
#004: Comic Books
#003: Robots and Military Science Fiction
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - Science Fiction Writer Interviews, Movie Reviews, Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi Books and Writing 