Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast

SAVE ME PLZ AND OTHER STORIES by @davebarrkirtley currently has 20 reviews on Amazon, all of them five stars. Huge thanks to everyone who's taken the time to rate and review it. amazon.com/Save-Me-Plz-Ot…

Anthony Ha's Top 5 Kim Stanley Robinson stories: 1) "The Lucky Strike," 2) "A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions," 3) "The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942," 4) "Before I Wake," 5) "Escape from Kathmandu." Honorable Mention: "Glacier."

David Barr Kirtley's Top 5 Kim Stanley Robinson stories: 1) "The Lucky Strike," 2) "Glacier," 3) "Before I Wake," 4) "Muir on Shasta," 5) "The Blind Geometer." Honorable Mention: "Black Air."

In Episode 616 we review the second half of the book THE BEST OF KIM STANLEY ROBINSON with Anthony Ha.

Link here: geeksguideshow.com/2026/03/15/ggg…

In Episode 615 we review Season 1 of A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS with @JohnJosephAdams, @rajanyk, and @cevasco_m:

I am pleading with the forces of the universe to convince Villeneuve to tackle yet another "unfilmable" sci-fi series.

Jon previously joined us back in Episode 392 to discuss his books YOUR MOVE, about the history of board games, and AMONG THE TRUTHERS, about the psychology behind conspiracy theories.

Link here: geeksguideshow.com/2026/03/03/ggg…

In Episode 614 @jonkay joins us to review the Apple TV+ series PLURIBUS, about an alien virus that transforms most of humanity into an extremely cheerful hive mind, and to discuss his book PANICS AND PERSECUTIONS, about some of the worst excesses of cancel culture.

Interview here: nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/int…

Very sad to hear that Dan Simmons has died. I'm grateful I got the chance to interview him back in 2013 and benefit from his enormous wit and wisdom.

“The Blind Geometer” (1:17:30), “Our Town” (1:25:25), “Escape from Kathmandu” (1:28:54), “Remaking History” (1:44:05).

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), “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” (1:09:15)...

In Episode 613 we discuss the first half of the book THE BEST OF KIM STANLEY ROBINSON with Anthony Ha.

Link here: geeksguideshow.com/2026/02/06/ggg…

Big thanks to Mdk for posting this really nice comment on our @MrAtheistPants interview!

I'm super proud to have been a guest on this podcast. Thanks Geek's Guide to the Galaxy! David P. Silverman: Science Fiction and Atheism youtu.be/9Pw7miiI9xA?si… via @YouTube

David P. Silverman: Science Fiction and Atheism youtu.be/9Pw7miiI9xA?si… via @YouTube #darkshiner