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Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and it's welcome to episode 307 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show will be discussing cities and fantasy and science fiction,

and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Sam J Miller,

who you may remember from our panel on Since 8 back in episode 157 and it's our panel on

taboo back in episode 256. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Lightspeed,

Nightmare and Strange Horizons, and has been nominated for the Nebula and Theodore Sturgeon awards and has won the Shirley Jackson Award.

His novels The Art of Starving and Blackfish City are out now.

So Sam, welcome to the show.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Then next up we've got Lara Elena Donnelly, who you may remember from our panel on

Writers Under 30 back in episode 242.

She's a graduate of the Alpha and Clarion Writers workshops, and her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, Nightmare, and Mythic Delirium.

Her new novel Armistice, a sequel to her debut novel Amberlo, will be out next month.

So Lara, welcome to the show.

It's a pleasure to be back.

And also joining us today is Brian Camp. He's a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop

and the University of New Orleans low residency MFA program,

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