This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by an absolutely remarkable thing,

the debut novel from blogger, entrepreneur, and science communicator Hank Green.

Booklist writes, at once funny, exciting, and a tad terrifying, this exploration of aliens and social media culture

is bound to have wide appeal to readers interested in either theme.

Learn more about the book over at handgreen.com. dot com.

Wired presents

The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 327 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Peter F. Hamilton.

He's the author of over a dozen novels

including Pandora's Star, The Neutronium Alchemist,

the Dreaming Void, and the Abyss Beyond Dreams, as well as the short story

collections Manhattan in reverse and a second chance at Eden.

Ants will be speaking with him today about his latest book Salvation, the first in an All New Space Opera trilogy.

And today's show is brought to you by an absolutely remarkable thing, the debut novel from Hank Green.

And here's description of the book.

It says, April May is a recent art school graduate working long hours at a Manhattan-based startup.

Coming home from work one day at 3 a.m. April stumbles across something extraordinary.

A giant sculpture that looks like a 10-foot tall transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor.

Delighted April and her friend Anti film a video with it, dubbing the sculpture Carl.

The next day April wakes up to a viral video in a new life.

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