Geek's Guide to the Galaxy – Science Fiction Writer Interviews, Movie Reviews, Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi Books and Writing

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] John Joseph Adams, Sara Lynn Michener, and Rafael Jordan join us to discuss Season 5 of the alternate reality sci-fi show For All Mankind on Apple TV.

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Andrea Kail, Matthew Kressel, and Tom Gerencer join us to discuss the Stephen King movie adaptations Firestarter, Maximum Overdrive, Dreamcatcher, and Cell.

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic novella “True Names” as well as the first nine stories in the book The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge. Stories Discussed: “Bookworm, Run!” (4:12), “The Accomplice” (14:55), “True Names” (20:17), “The Peddler’s Apprentice” (3...

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Chris Avellone, writer on Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas, joins us to discuss the role of storytelling in the Fallout series of post-apocalyptic video games. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and Rajan Khanna join us to discuss Roger Zelazny’s classic novel Creatures of Light and Darkness, about a cosmic war between godlike beings. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the second half of the book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. Stories discussed: “The Translator” (1:38), “Glacier” (14:57), “The Lunatics” (27:34), “Zurich” (45:56), “Vinland the Dream” (58:34), “A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations” (1:07...

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] John Joseph Adams, Rajan Khanna, and Christopher M. Cevasco join us to discuss Season 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new HBO series set 100 years before Game of Thrones. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as a sponsor.

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Jonathan Kay joins us to discuss Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Pluribus, about an alien virus that transforms most of humanity into an extremely cheerful hive mind, and his book Panics and Persecutions, which explores some of the worst excesses of cancel culture. Please support us on Patreon or sign up as […]

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the first half of the book The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson. Stories discussed: “Venice Drowned” (10:53), “Ridge Running” (19:25), “Before I Wake” (26:55), “Black Air” (34:18), “The Lucky Strike” (44:23), “A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions” (55:29...

[YouTube] [Apple] [Spotify] [Download] David P. Silverman, author of Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World, joins us to discuss his new science fiction novella Darkshiner. Topics discussed: David’s childhood, Star Trek and Trekkies, science fiction conventions, Douglas Adams, atheism among sci-fi fans, persuasion vs. coercion, the idea behind Darkshiner, fiction like Darks...