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Jane Yolen, author of over 300 books, joins us to discuss female pirates, how to deal with book burners, and why celebrities write bad novels.

Panel Topic: Swordfights

Guest Geek: Kat Howard

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Episode 77 << Click to Listen

Brandon Sanderson joins us to discuss finishing The Wheel of Time, his collection of 50,000 unread emails, and why so many Mormons write science fiction.

Panel Topic: Robert E. Howard Movie Adaptations

Guest Geek: Douglas Cohen

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Episode 76 << Click to Listen

Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials and The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ, joins us to discuss UFOs and Jesus, whether he’ll watch The Hobbit, and why kids shouldn’t be hooked on phonics.

Panel Topic: The Hobbit Book vs. Film

Guest Geek: Corey Olsen (The Tolkien Professor)

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Episode 75 << Click to Listen

Lois McMaster Bujold, author of the Vorkosigan Saga and the Chalion series, joins us to discuss uterine replicators, making the real New York Times Best Seller list, and why crime scenes tend to be book-free zones.

Panel Topic: Soldiers in Science Fiction

Guest Geek: Myke Cole

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Episode 74 << Click to Listen

Steven Erikson, author of Forge of Darkness and Gardens of the Moon, joins us to discuss postmodernism vs. post-structuralism, art and civilization, and his ever-growing exoskeleton.

Panel Topic: Epic Fantasy Short Fiction

Guest Geek: Douglas Cohen

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Episode 73 << Click to Listen

Cory Doctorow — internet activist, science fiction writer, and blogger at Boing Boing.net — joins us to discuss his new books Pirate Cinema and Rapture of the Nerds.

Panel Topic: Sex in Science Fiction

Guest Geek: Laura G. Duncan

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Episode 72 << Click to Listen

Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, joins us to discuss Occupy Wall Street, unhelpful wizards, and why vomit contingency planning is the mark of a good bookstore.

Panel Topic: Nightmare Magazine

Guest Geek: R.J. Sevin

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Episode 70 << Click to Listen

Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and “Monstro,” joins us to discuss The New Yorker‘s science fiction issue, teaching post-apocalyptic lit at MIT, and his most obscure geek reference ever.

Panel Topic: Slipstream

Guest Geek: Meghan McCarron

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Episode 69 << Click to Listen

Tad Williams, author of The Dirty Streets of Heaven and the Otherland series, joins us to discuss the Otherland MMO, being a patron saint of the furry movement, and whether or not he’s going to hell.

Panel Topic: Angels and Heaven

Guest Geek: Genevieve Valentine

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