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Seanan McGuire, who appears four times on this year’s Hugo ballot (twice as Mira Grant), joins us to discuss the importance of quarantine, how to deal with internet trolls, and why hookworms are good for you.

Panel Topic: Prometheus Movie Review

Guest Geeks: Matt London and Theresa DeLucci

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Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Red Mars and 2312, joins us to discuss Manhattan as a city of canals, the Mondragon Accord as an alternative to capitalism, and how he ran into Jimmy Carter in Nepal.

Panel Topic: Ecology in Science Fiction

Guest Geek: Tobias Buckell

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Garth Nix, author of Sabriel and A Confusion of Princes, joins us to discuss escape and evasion, picking just the right character name, and how he created the most expensive, least useful book marketing ever.

Panel Topic: 1980s TV Cartoons

Guest Geek: E. C. Myers, author of Fair Coin

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Anne Rice, author of Interview with the Vampire and The Wolf Gift, joins us to discuss werewolf superheroes, why she’s no longer a Christian, and why we’re living in the Golden Age of fantasy fiction.

Panel Topic: Horror and Publishing

Guest Geek: Jordan Hamessley London, editor at Penguin

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Vernor Vinge, author of A Fire Upon the Deep and Rainbows End, joins us to discuss the Technological Singularity, living to be 100,000, and why he’s optimistic about the collapse of civilization.

Panel Topic: Tobias Buckell Chat

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Michael Chabon, author of Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, joins us to discuss working with Disney, his dislike of genre snobs, and why circumcision makes him think of John Carter.

Panel Topic: John Carter Movie Review

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Robin Hobb, author of City of Dragons and The Inheritance & Other Stories, joins us to discuss the personalities of sailing ships, why sticking roadkill in your mouth might be good for you, and whether or not Alaska is a writerly utopia.

Panel Topic: Epic Fantasy

Guest Geek: Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon.

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