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Alan Dean Foster, science fiction writer and author of the new wildlife memoir Predators I Have Known, joins us to talk about meeting George Lucas, fixing bad movie scripts, and playing hide-and-seek with deadly otters.

Panel Topic: The Predator Franchise / Animals as Characters

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Cameron Stracher, media lawyer and author of the dystopian YA novel The Water Wars, joins us to talk about water scarcity, trademarking the word “superhero,” and why he gets paid to watch Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Panel Topic: Dystopian Fiction

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Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game, joins us this week on io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to talk about his new book The Lost Gate, comic books, and how working in theatre made him a better writer.

And, as promised, here’s 20 minutes of bonus material from our interview with Orson Scott Card.

Panel Topic: Wizards

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Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of Falcon Quinn and the Black Mirror, joins us this week on io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to talk about literal and metaphorical monsters, and growing up transgender.

Panel Topic: Monsters

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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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