Author Archives: Geek's Guide to the Galaxy

GGG#16: Jonathan Coulton

Episode 16 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Jonathan Coulton, geek singer/songwriter, joins us to talk about music, video games, and becoming an internet rock star.

Panel Topic: Music for Geeks

Please give us 5 stars on iTunes.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#15: Dan Carlin

Episode 15 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Dan Carlin, host of the Hardcore History podcast, joins us to discuss the history of the future, the origins of the centaur legend, and what the Black Death can teach us about postapocalyptic fiction.

Panel Topic: History and Fantasy

Please like us on Facebook.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#14: Holly Black

Episode 14 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles, joins us to talk about the Spiderwick movie, graphic novels, and D&D.

Panel Topic: Toys and Miniatures

Please follow us on Twitter.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#13: John Langan

Episode 13 << Click to Listen

[Download]

John Langan, author of Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters and House of Windows, joins us for our horrifying thirteenth episode to discuss reading comics, becoming part of academia, and his love/hate relationship with Henry James.

Panel Topic: Horror

Please give us 5 stars on iTunes.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#12: Corey Olsen

Episode 12 << Click to Listen

[Download]

The Tolkien Professor, Corey Olsen, joins us to talk about Tolkien, Medieval literature, and whether Balrogs have wings.

Panel Topic: Tolkien

Please like us on Facebook.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#11: Alexandre Philippe

Episode 11 << Click to Listen

[Download]

The People vs. George Lucas director Alexandre Philippe joins us to talk about the film and the love/hate relationship between Star Wars fans and its creator.

Panel Topic: Star Wars

Please follow us on Twitter.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#10: Tom Rogers

Episode 10 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Tom Rogers, author of Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics, joins us to talk about exploding cars, battles in space, and the problem of scale in the insectoid world.

Panel Topic: Hard Science Fiction

Please give us 5 stars on iTunes.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#9: Carrie Vaughn

Episode 9 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Carrie Vaughn, author of the bestselling Kitty Norville series, joins us to talk about werewolves, heroines, Wild Cards, and other things.

Panel Topic: Vampires and Werewolves

Please like us on Facebook.

Read the rest of this entry

GGG#8: Blake Charlton

Episode 8 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Blake Charlton, author of Spellwright, joins us to talk about fantasy, dyslexia, and medical school.

Panel Topic: Magic in Fantasy / Medicine in Science Fiction

Please follow us on Twitter.

GGG#7: Steve Eley

Episode 7 << Click to Listen

[Download]

Steve Eley—editor of Escape Pod, the internet’s most popular science fiction podcast—stops by this week and we discuss the very promising future of audio fiction.

Panel Topic: Audiobooks and Podcasts

Please give us 5 stars on iTunes.