GGG#592: The Best of Greg Egan Part 1
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Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the first eight stories in the book The Best of Greg Egan, part of the SF Masterworks series of science fiction classics.
Stories discussed: “Learning to Be Me” (20:42), “Axiomatic” (44:03), “Appropriate Love” (50:10), “Into Darkness” (1:00:30), “Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies” (1:14:47), “Closer” (1:26:42), “Chaff” (1:38:50), “Luminous” (1:52:12).
GGG#591: Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits Part 3
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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the book The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison, which contains 11 stories not included in Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits.
Stories discussed: “A Boy and His Dog” (1:39), “The Region Between” (37:12), “Basilisk” (48:29), “Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54′ N, Longitude 77° 00′ 13″ W” (53:57), “Croatoan” (1:05:55), “Count the Clock that Tells the Time” (1:16:45), “With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole” (1:32:30), “Soft Monkey” (1:41:43), “The Function of Dream Sleep” (1:47:38), “The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore” (2:01:01), “The Human Operators” (2:11:50).
GGG#590: The Best of Larry Niven Part 1
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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).
GGG#587: Science Fiction Noir Movies
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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).
GGG#586: Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits Part 2
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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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