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 310 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Paul Melko. He's the author of the novel's

Singularities Ring, The Walls of the Universe, and the Broken Universe, and his work has been

nominated for the Sturgeon, Nebula, and Hugo Awards.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his short story collection,

10 Sigmas and other unliklihoods from Fairwood Press.

And today's show is brought to you by Salarious,

an ambitious new shared world project that aims

to combine fan fiction and blockchain technology. Salarius builds itself as an example of the

block punk 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 Salarious aims to put those principles into practice by blurring the line between creators

and fans.

Anyone can apply to join the Salarious community, and those community members are encouraged

to contribute fiction, art, video, or music. community and

works that 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

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