This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by Solarius, an innovative new project that uses blockchain technology to empower hundreds of artists and writers to come together and build a collaborative science fiction world. Learn more over at Salarius dot network, so that's CEL, L And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 308 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Gordon Van Gelder. He's the publisher of the magazine

of fantasy and science fiction, and he also served as the magazine's editor from 1997 to 2015.

He's also edited nearly a dozen anthologies, including Lonely Souls, Welcome to the Green House,

and the very best of fantasy in science fiction.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his recent anthology, Go Forth and Multiply,

which collects science fiction stories

about small groups of humans often just a single man and woman attempting to

repopulate the earth or to populate an alien world. And today's show is brought

to you by Salarius, an ambitious new shared world project that aims to combine fan fiction and blockchain technology.

Salarius bills itself is an example of the blockpunk genre, which is similar to cyberpunk, but with a more neutral attitude to our technology and more optimistic attitude about the future.

Blockpunk explores the ways that blockchain technology and artificial intelligence might lead to a more equitable and

decentralized future and Salarius aims to put those principles into practice by

blurring the line between creators and fans. Anyone can apply to join the

Salarius community and those community members are encouraged

to contribute fiction, art, video, or music to the project.

The community then votes on which of those contributions to canonize, and works that are

canonized become a permanent part of the Salarious world

with blockchain technology ensuring that the work will continue to exist in its original form in perpetuity.

In that way, Salarious aims to avoid the sorts of constant ret cons and reboots that have

roiled other fan communities in recent years. The world of Salarious is a high-tech

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