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Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss the first nine stories in the book The Best of Larry Niven, edited by Jonathan Strahan.

Stories discussed: “Becalmed in Hell” (5:10), “Bordered in Black” (17:54), “Neutron Star” (26:35), “The Soft Weapon” (38:16), “The Jigsaw Man” (56:27), “The Deadlier Weapon” (1:02:55), “All the Myriad Ways” (1:08:16), “Not Long Before the End” (1:19:48), “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex” (1:28:01).

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Season 1 of the HBO series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel set 10,000 years before the events of Frank Herbert’s Dune.

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James Wynn and Craig Brewer, hosts of the ReReading Wolfe podcast, join us to discuss Gene Wolfe’s classic novel The Urth of the New Sun, a sequel to The Book of the New Sun.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the science fiction noir movies Dark City, Strange Days, The Thirteenth Floor, Looker, and Alphaville.

Time stamps: Dark City (3:25), Strange Days (28:55), The Thirteenth Floor (48:19), Looker (1:00:43), Alphaville (1:16:19).

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the second half of the new short story collection Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits, edited by J. Michael Straczynski.

Stories discussed: “On the Downhill Side” (2:34), “Paladin of the Lost Hour” (12:00), “The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World” (30:08), “I’m Looking for Kadak” (39:10), “How Interesting: A Tiny Man” (48:42), “Djinn, No Chaser” (59:36), “How’s the Nightlife on Cissalda?” (1:09:06), “From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet” (1:17:32), “Eidolons” (1:26:13), “All the Lies that are My Life” (1:32:36).

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Philip Gelatt joins us to discuss writing the hard science fiction film The Europa Report and the animated sword & sorcery film The Spine of Night.

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J.T. Petty joins us to discuss serving as executive producer on the new Amazon series Secret Level, a collection of animated shorts set in the worlds of popular video games.

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the first half of the new short story collection Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits, edited by J. Michael Straczynski.

Stories discussed: “‘Repent Harlequin,’ Said the Ticktockman” (13:08), “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (26:00), “The Deathbird” (37:17), “Chatting with Anubis” (47:39), “The Whimper of Whipped Dogs” (51:29), “Jefty is Five” (59:10), “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes” (1:11:39), “Shatterday” (1:26:56), “Mefisto in Onyx” (1:32:48).

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James Wynn and Craig Brewer, hosts of the ReReading Wolfe podcast, join us to discuss Gene Wolfe’s classic novel The Fifth Head of Cerberus.

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Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Gattaca, The Truman Show, Simone, In Time, and Anon.

Time stamps: Gattaca (11:57), The Truman Show (45:09), Simone (1:03:13), In Time (1:18:08), Anon (1:25:59).