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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 380 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing overlooked science fiction and fantasy

and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Deserina Boscovic, who you may remember from our panel on Nameless Horrors back in

episode 229. Her short fiction appears in Clark's World, FNSF, and Nightmare magazine, and she's also

the co-author of the Steampunk users manual.

And we'll be speaking with her today about her new book Lost Transmissions,

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