Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Kurtly.

Hello, and welcome to episode 191 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Chris Offit.

He's worked as a writer on the TV show's True Blood and Weeds, and is the author of

several novels, including Kentucky Straight, The Good Brother, and Out of the Woods.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his new memoir,

My Father the Pornographer,

which describes his difficult relationship with his father,

science fiction writer Andrew Offit.

When Andrew died in 2013,

Chris was left with the task of sorting through his father's papers.

Chris had always believed that his father wrote only a small amount of pornography

to help pay the bills, but he discovered that in fact virtually all of his father wrote only a small amount of pornography to help pay the bills,

but he discovered that in fact virtually all of his father's 400 novels were pornographic.

My father, the pornographer, is a fascinating look into the life of a brilliant cantankerous man,

and a haunting reflection on the uneasy relationship between creative obsession and family life.

And now here's our interview with Chris Offutt.

All right, so we're here with Chris Offit.

Welcome to the show.

Thank you.

Nice to be here.

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