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

Hello and welcome to episode 335 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show will be discussing the Netflix original series Maniac

starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone.

And this will involve spoilers for everything in the show,

so just be aware of that. and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Rajan Kana, making his 11th appearance on the show.

He's the author of the post-apocalyptic novels, Falling sky, rising tide, and raining fire.

And his short fiction appears in magazines such as light speed, shimmer, and beneath useless skies.

His articles have appeared on tour.com and a litreactor.com.

So Raj, welcome to the show.

Thanks. Always happy to be back.

The next up we've got Chandler Clang Smith, who you may remember from our feature interview back in

episode 301. Her debut novel The Sky Is Yours about a surreal science fiction city that for decades has been under attack by Dragons, was published earlier this year by Hogarth.

She's also served twice as a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards, and she currently teaches in the Creative Writing MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College.

So Chandler, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me.

And also joining us today is Matthew Kressle, who you may remember from our panel on solo back in episode

three 12, our panel on Blade Runner 2049 back in episode two seventy seven, and it's our panel

on Jewish science fiction back in episode one seventy two. He's the author of the novel King of Shards. In a short story,

the last novelist, or a Dead Lizard in the Yard, was nominated for the Nebul Award and

was a finalist for the Yucci Foster Memorial Award. Together with Ellen Dautlow, he hosts the monthly

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