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Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award winning author of Hull Zero Three, joins us this week on io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to talk about his novels, working with Neal Stephenson, and the Fermi paradox.

Panel Topic: Alien Invasion

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Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, joins us to discuss time travel and parallel universes. Plus, what’s the best time travel story ever?

Panel Topic: Time Travel

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Catherynne M. Valente—author of Palimpsest (a finalist for the Hugo Award)—joins us this week on io9 podcast The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy to discuss mythpunk, sexually-transmitted cities, and pulp era visions of Mars and Venus.

Panel Topic: Ancient Rome/New Writers/Pulp-Era Mars and Venus

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George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, joins us to talk about his short fiction, his novels, and the HBO adaptation of A Game of Thrones. Dave and John discuss Martin and his work.

Panel Topic: George R. R. Martin and A Song of Ice and Fire

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Also check out Episode 48, in which we discuss A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin.

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Nnedi Okorafor, author of Zahrah the Windseeker and The Shadow Speaker, joins us to talk about Africa as it’s represented in science fiction and fantasy.

Panel Topic: Africa in Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Robin Wasserman, author of the young adult science fiction novel Frozen (previously titled Skinned), joins us to discuss hacking Harvard, working in publishing, and writing about the future.

Panel Topic: Consciousness Transference

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Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series, joins us to talk about dragons, fan fiction, and copyright law.

Panel Topic: Dragons

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