Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
A weekly Arts podcast featuring David Barr Kirtley
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
Episodes
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
A weekly Arts podcast featuring David Barr Kirtley
Best Episodes of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy
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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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Charles Wilson joins us to discuss his books The Perseids and Other Stories and Owning the Unknown: A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic
Ben Riggs joins us to discuss his new book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons, a behind-the-scenes look at the downfall of gaming giant TSR.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Be
Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss the first nine stories in the short story collection 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),
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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
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 Bea
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] 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. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.
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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] 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. Please support us on Patreon or
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
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the first nine stories in the new short story collection Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits, edited by J. Michael Straczynski. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a spon
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, about two planets that may or may not be inhabited by shapeshifting aliens.Learn more about your ad ch
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] 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. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.
Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Gattaca, The Truman Show, Simone, In Time, and Anon, all of which were written by Andrew Niccol.Time stamps: Gattaca (11:57), The Truman Show (45:09), Simone (1:03:1
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the movies Gattaca, The Truman Show, Simone, In Time, and Anon. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.
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. Do
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] 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. Please support us on Patreon or
Malcolm Collins, co-host of the Based Camp podcast, joins us to discuss future scenarios involving demographic collapse, genetic engineering, and AI.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Malcolm Collins, co-host of the Based Camp podcast, joins us to discuss future scenarios involving demographic collapse, genetic engineering, and AI. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.
[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] 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. Please support us on Patreon or
Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley and his wife Steph Grossman just had their first baby, so our schedule will probably be unpredictable for the next few weeks. For updates, watch geeksguideshow.com or follow us on Patreon over
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