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Wired.com presents

The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Curtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 454 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is David Gerald.

He's the author of dozens of novels, including the man who folded himself, a matter for

men, and jumping off the planet.

He also wrote the classic Star Trek episode The Trouble with Tribbles.

And his story of the Martian child was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Q. Sack and

Amanda Pete.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his new novel, Hella.

And so now here's our interview with David Gerald.

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