172. Jewish Science Fiction (with Jack Dann, Rachel Swirsky, Matthew Kressel)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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0:14.0	Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.
0:27.0	And here is your host, David Barr Kirtley.
0:34.0	Hello. David Barr-Kirtley. Hello, and welcome to episode 172 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.
0:39.0	Today on the show will be discussing Jewish themes in fantasy and science fiction and I'm joined by three guests.
0:45.6	So first up we've got Jack Dan.
0:47.7	He's written nine novels and over a hundred short stories and he's also edited dozens of anthologies, including Wandering Stars and more
0:54.8	Wandering Stars, two classic anthologies of Jewish science fiction and fantasy.
0:59.0	He also co-edited Everybody Has Somebody in Heaven, Essential Jewish Tales of the Spirit,
1:04.4	a collection of short fiction by Avram Davidson.
1:07.2	Jack's new book, Concentration,
1:09.1	a collection of his short fiction
1:10.3	dealing with the Holocaust,
1:11.6	is forthcoming from PS publishing. So Jack
1:14.2	welcome to the show. Happy to be here. Then next up we've got Rachel Swersky.
1:20.2	She was the founding editor of the Podcastle Podcast, and she's a former vice president of the science fiction and fantasy writers of America.
1:27.0	She's published more than 70 short stories and won the Nebul Award twice.
1:31.0	Her second collection, How the Worlds Became Quiet, is out now from Sub-Taranian Press.
1:36.9	Together with Sean Wallace, she co-edited People of the Book, a decade of Jewish science fiction
1:41.0	and fantasy.
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