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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy
Registrace 30. 09. 2006
Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is a podcast hosted by science fiction author David Barr Kirtley (Save Me Plz and Other Stories). The show features conversations about fantasy & science fiction in books, movies, games, and comics, as well as related subjects such as science, history, and critical thinking. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has received over 1,000 five-star ratings on Apple Podcasts and racked up over 10 million total downloads. Interviews from the show have been reprinted in books such as Conversations with William Gibson, Conversations with Michael Chabon, and Conversations with Nalo Hopkinson.
The Best of Roger Zelazny
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.
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Stranger in a Strange Land Review
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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 human being raised by Martians.
Rendezvous with Rama Review
zhlédnutí 205Před 28 dny
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.
A Deepness in the Sky Review
zhlédnutí 145Před měsícem
Seth Dickinson, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic 1999 novel A Deepness in the Sky, a prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep.
Robert Charles Wilson Interview
zhlédnutí 180Před měsícem
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.
Scavengers Reign Season 1 Review
zhlédnutí 180Před 2 měsíci
Andrea Kail, Zach Chapman, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss the animated series Scavengers Reign, about a group of survivors stranded on an alien planet.
Civil War Movie Review
zhlédnutí 287Před 2 měsíci
Myke Cole and Michael Livingston join us to discuss the new Alex Garland movie Civil War, about a civil war breaking out in modern day America.
Invincible Seasons 1 & 2 Review
zhlédnutí 272Před 2 měsíci
Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Seasons 1 and 2 of the animated series Invincible, based on the superhero comic by Robert Kirkman.
Lionel Shriver Interview
zhlédnutí 345Před 3 měsíci
Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, joins us to discuss her new books Mania and Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction.
Children of Dune Miniseries Review
zhlédnutí 270Před 3 měsíci
Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the 2003 miniseries Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune, which adapts the second and third Dune novels.
Téa Obreht Interview
zhlédnutí 120Před 3 měsíci
Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, joins us to discuss her dystopian novel The Morningside.
Fallout Season 1 Review
zhlédnutí 210Před 4 měsíci
John Joseph Adams, Theresa Delucci, and Zach Chapman join us to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime series Fallout, based on the popular series of post-apocalyptic video games.
David Sirota Interview
zhlédnutí 114Před 4 měsíci
David Sirota, co-creator of Don’t Look Up, joins us to discuss his book Back to Our Future, about the massive political impact of ’80s pop culture.
Teresa Sutherland Interview
zhlédnutí 143Před 4 měsíci
Teresa Sutherland, writer of The Wind, joins us to discuss her new horror movie Lovely, Dark, and Deep.
Dune: Part Two Movie Review
zhlédnutí 257Před 5 měsíci
Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss the new movie Dune: Part Two, based on the novel by Frank Herbert.
Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson Interview
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Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson Interview
George R. R. Martin on Wild Cards - Funny Story
zhlédnutí 362Před 7 měsíci
George R. R. Martin on Wild Cards - Funny Story
Zelazny fans make sure to check out our epic two and a half hour review of the new book The Best of Roger Zelazny: czcams.com/video/fVbP_Oc0NLg/video.html
Zelazny fans make sure to check out our epic two and a half hour review of the new book The Best of Roger Zelazny: czcams.com/video/fVbP_Oc0NLg/video.html
Love this movie.
Much love, great work
Siri is impassive observer on the ship so much so that he reluctantly participates in the trips to alien ship. Sarasti attacks Siri because Sarasti AI (its mentioned that all along Sarasti was controlled by an AI) knows that Siri will deliver this news back on Earth in impassive neutral manner. AI knows that a message delivered without the urgency or seriousness of the alien's capabilities will make humans complacent. The attack is meant to shake Siri out of his system enough that he warns the Earthlings with all his might. That is the only chance of our species survival as per AI's calculations.
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"When he has sex with Jill for the first time." It seems to be Jill, but it is never made absolutely clear that is Jill, and not any of Jubal's secretaries.
Isaac Asimov said Heinlein changed his politics among the time he changed wives. Asimov may not have known he was married three times. His earlier wife was more leftist or socialist, and Virginia was more conservative or libertarian.
Asimov didn't think Heinlein could be easily dominated by whatever woman he happened to be with, but was more comfortable with a woman whose politics already matched his anyway.
Seth thank you for the only prescient explanation of the attack on Siri that i've been able to find. i think you're completely right
I think that instead of all that destruction, god could have just tickled Pharoah until he relented.
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Im still sad fro Scriber :(
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Peter Watts either intentionally or not set all the voices as a subset of siri, who is translating from incomprehensible technobabble to something the average corporate CEO could understand. All of the voices with the exception of Susan James are in his own voice by his own admission even, since he states "I will let Susan speak for herself"
I bought the hard cover the week it released. Was a great book, still come back to it from time to time.
Is this real? Redemption Ark is blowing my mind as we speak
The problem is that.. there are in fact many signs of the shaver story to be truth.. missing people in strange circunstances during "mental brakes"... (missing 411) people who in last years claim to hear voices and being targeted and attacked by "psichotronik weapons" amongsts other strange activity that we the sane people call "crazy stuff" (targeted individuals). In fact i think that you already saw some of this persons in the news doing massacres (My e.l.f. weapon, etc..) Other intresting point is that there were psychiatrists that has been involved in strange ufo cases where investigators fell into paranoia due to having experienced delusional situations very similar to those experienced by schyzophrenics. Read the bible and you will see in there many strange situations too. The interviewee seems to be another "blind scientist".
12:00 great advice
Wow guys fantastic to have such intresting perspectives on the book thanks so much for making this! I would say that one thing you guys missed was that these books heavily inspired the video game 'fallout'. Anyone who has played these games will instantly see the refrences. The religious order in Canticle are mixture of what will become the brotherhood of steel and the followers
Glad you liked it! You're definitely right about the Fallout influence. Nobody mentioned it in this panel, but we did discuss it briefly in our panel on Fallout: czcams.com/video/ZEywiHy2H90/video.html
Pretty sure she was a ball busting bitch and quit eager to push Gygax out. She ran it like a sterile company and they lost the fans then lost the money. She was hired by the Blumes to push him out.
This and the boys on amazon are the best rhins going😊
Don’t never start stopping
Great conversation, thank you! I've heard one off episodes over the years but now I've finally subscribed.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
126min of a review ? No thanks
The movie is called civil war; "this movie is not about a war" You guys were way too kind to this dumb movie.
I DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL THIS GUY IS TALKING ABOUT, I SAW THIS STUPID ASS MOVIE. THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A DEVELOPING LESBIAN AFFAIR AND STUPID FAKE NEWS REPORTERS DOING STUPID THINGS. THE REAL SECOND CIVIL WAR WILL BECOMING ANY SECOND NOW AND ITS NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT LESBIANS AND FAKE NEWS PEOPLE DOING STUPID THINGS, IT GOING TO BE ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS VS THE LAME ASS DEMOCRATS. SO MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE THAT THE US WILL NOT BE A SUPER POWER ANYMORE. CHINA WILL TAKE OVER. THIS WAS PROPHESIED OVER 100 YEARS AGO, ALSO READ YOUR KING JAMES BIBLE'S. REVELATION, ITS ALL THERE.
I liked Prey, but some of it felt a little contrived. The main character basically *spoilers gets the Predator to shoot itself with its own weapon at the end. That’s a dumb ending. I get that there wasn’t much they could do to have her overcome a dramatically technologically superior enemy, but if that’s so, then have the protagonist lose or fail to kill the creature and barely escape with her life. I think Predator and Predators are both better than Prey.
Just want to chime in that Prey’s budget is lower than that of The Predator, but not by that much. $88 million versus $65 million. It really shouldn’t *look* much cheaper.
After hearing what Peter has to say about Tor how it was in 2006 is sad ;( I lost all respect for TOR... Blindsight is such a delicious construction. Patchwork from modern ideas in a style of a body of the Frankenstain monster.
Reading this book really open my eyes to the wonderful creative process of her abilities as an artist !
great book, both of them^^
"The Blabber" was the first to be published, yet the last chapter of "Zone of Thoughts" so far. The Blight was not dead/or at least the Blight fleet and had destroyed the Tine's World. :p
I've been thinking about this. In "The Children of the Sky" it's revealed that the Blight is still making its determined way towards Tines World. Why is it doing this? Countermeasure has alteady done its thing. Does the Blight think that by reaching the used remains of Countermeasure it can somehow reshape the Zone boundaries? In "The Blabber", Ravna&Tines seem to have come from the Beyond. The Zones must have shifted again for them ever to have escaped Tines world.
The guy is not good at talking about books he’s just talking bout how he feels please stfu
Aye please get to the same point shit you talk a lot
it was on the edg og our seat fun dont over think it
The Corwin cycle of the Amber books is an incredible work of art.
Great interview. Thanks to Chris for giving us such a personal look at his relationship with his father.
Here is our special guest who is an actual writer. She’s absolutely clueless though.
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Awesome book
Aahz (no relation!)
Does anyone know if Matt will re release this book as a hardback ? I've just discovered it but cant afford the crazy eBay prices :-(
One of my favorite authors of one of my favorite series of books. Love it.
Someone help me!!!! Please. I am a space opera fan, I cut teeth on Asimov, Hilien and Clark, and have grown to Tchaikovsky, Hamilton and my fav Reynolds BUT every single time i dip my toe into anything Bsnksidh I find myself stuff on some planet that is itself stuck in some well written fantasy sword and sorcery thing. And, worse, there longer I stick with it the more sword and fantasy shit it becomes. That, or as with plebius, the problem is with an adjective for ever single noun, which is tiresome "the gloriously refractive coffee pot". Someone help, really