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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).

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Melinda M. Snodgrass joins us to discuss the New Mexico Mafia, a tight-knit community of fantasy & science fiction writers that formed in New Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s, a group that included George R. R. Martin, Roger Zelazny, Stephen R. Donaldson, and Fred Saberhagen.

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Malcolm Collins, co-host of the Based Camp podcast, joins us to discuss future scenarios involving demographic collapse, genetic engineering, and AI.

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Daniel H. Wilson and Zach Chapman join us to discuss the Netflix series Terminator Zero, an animated spinoff of the classic films Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the short story collection The Best of Roger Zelazny, part of the SF Masterworks series of science fiction classics.

Stories discussed: “Corrida” (20:04), “LOKI 72181” (24:05), “The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth” (27:08), “The Great Slow Kings” (35:21), “Permafrost” (38:56), “Home is the Hangman” (44:13), “He Who Shapes” (59:44), “Divine Madness” (1:14:19), “The Last Defender of Camelot” (1:19:58), “Damnation Alley” (1:28:34), “The Keys to December” (1:38:45), “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” (1:44:07), “For a Breath I Tarry” (1:59:10).

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Lisa Yaszek, John Kessel, and Robby Soave join us to discuss Robert Heinlein’s classic novel Stranger in a Strange Land, about a young man raised by Martians.

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Matthew Kressel, Anthony Ha, and Sara Lynn Michener join us to discuss Arthur C. Clarke’s classic novel Rendezvous with Rama, about astronauts exploring a giant alien spacecraft.

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