This episode of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by Trainers World, from Steam to Stars by Scott Blackmer.

A Steam punk sci-fi novel about a gifted young man unlocking the mysteries that brought his ancestors to colony from long-lost Earth.

Learn more over at TrainersWorld.com, so that's T-R-A-Y-N-O-R-S-World.com.

Wired.com presents The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Bar-Curtley.

Hello, it's welcome to episode 473 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Tom Gorenser, making his 18th appearance on the show.

He's the author of the business book Think Like Google, and his popular science book How It's Made, written for the Discovery Channel, will be out in December.

And we'll be speaking with him today about a short-story collection intergalactic refrigerator repairmen seldom carry cash, which collects 19 humorous science fiction stories that have appeared in magazines such as Galaxy's Edge, Science Fiction Age, and Realms of Fantasy.

And today's show is brought to you by Trainers World, from Steam to Stars by Scott Blackmer.

And here's a description of the book. It says Trainers World is a young adult science fiction series set on the planet colony, settled some 500 years earlier by an arc ship fleeing mankind's obliteration.

Unfortunately, the colonists emerged from stasis with their old quarrels unresolved, losing or destroying most of the advanced knowledge they brought with them.

Now they are on the verge of war again, even though their technology is only recovered to the level of steam and electricity.

All the while, the arc ship known only as the sphere continues to orbit silently above them.

The boy named John Trainers is an unlikely agent of change. A foreign student from a backwards farm, he dreams of the stars while mopping floors to the university in Nouveau Parry.

Then one night, he inadvertently wakes the artificial intelligence aboard the sphere, and learns that the world as he knows it may be facing extinction.

John holds the key to a treasure trove of knowledge, but can he keep one step ahead of the powerful forces that would use the ancient technology to dominate colony?

Is the new world doomed to repeat the mistakes of the old? John just wants to leave home and get an education.

Now he finds himself in the middle of a struggle for the future of his world.

Trainers World by Scott Blackmer is available now as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from amazon.com, where it's received only five star reviews.

A sequel is coming out soon, and you can discover more content, puzzles, and ways to engage with the story over at TrainersWorld.com.

So again, that's t-r-a-y-n-o-r-s-world.com.

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