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Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss the last nine stories from the book The Best of Larry Niven.

Stories discussed: “Flatlander” (2:06), “The Borderland of Sol” (17:15), “The Magic Goes Away” (31:40), “A Teardrop Falls” (44:00), “The Return of William Proxmire” (49:43), “Limits” (57:45), “Smut Talk” (1:07:21), “The Missing Mass” (1:12:35), “Cautionary Tales” (1:21:30).

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies Timecop, Universal Soldier, Cyborg, and Replicant.

Time stamps: Timecop (15:21), Universal Soldier (41:27), Cyborg (1:01:35), Replicant (1:19:53).

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Anthony Ha join us to discuss Season 1 of the FX series Alien: Earth, a prequel to the classic films Alien and Aliens.

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Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the last six stories from the book The Best of Greg Egan.

Stories discussed: “Crystal Nights” (1:27), “Zero for Conduct” (19:18), “Uncanny Valley” (37:31), “Bit Players” (52:11), “3-adica” (1:05:17), “Instantiation” (1:19:51).

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Anthony Ha joins us to discuss six more stories from the book The Best of Greg Egan.

Stories discussed: “Silver Fire” (1:30), “Reasons to be Cheerful” (16:42), “Oceanic” (28:10), “Oracle” (44:19), “Singleton” (1:04:54), “Dark Integers” (1:16:32).

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Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King, creators of The Spine of Night, join us to discuss the book Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword and Sorcery by Brian Murphy.

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Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss nine more stories from the book The Best of Larry Niven.

Stories discussed: “Inconstant Moon” (1:34), “Rammer” (18:42), “Cloak of Anarchy” (27:42), “The Fourth Profession” (38:22), “Flash Crowd” (47:59), “The Defenseless Dead” (59:37), “Flight of the Horse” (1:15:55), “The Hole Man” (1:22:29), “Night on Mispec Moor” (1:28:32).

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Matthew Kressel joins us to discuss Fantastic Fiction at KGB, a monthly science fiction reading series in New York City.

Photo by Ellen Datlow. Please support the Fantastic Fiction at KGB Fundraiser.

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In this special 600th episode David Barr Kirtley interviews his wife Steph Grossman, short story writer and co-host of the Basement Girls horror podcast.

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the book Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm.

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