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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

475. Tom Gerencer on Robert Sheckley

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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0:00.0

This episode of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy is made possible thanks to support from listeners

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0:13.7

And if you'd rather make a one-time contribution, you can do that via check or PayPal over at GeeksGuyshow.com

0:19.4

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0:21.2

And to want to give a special thank you to Shane Sawyer, who just increased his pledge

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0:25.8

So big thanks again to everyone who's contributed, we really appreciate it.

0:29.9

All right, so now let's get to our show.

0:32.2

Geeks Guide to the Galaxy Hello, and welcome to episode 475 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

0:56.2

Our guest today is Tom Gorenser, making his 19th appearance on the show.

1:00.6

He's the author of the business book Think Like Google, and the short story collection

1:04.3

Intergalactic Refrigerator Appearment tells him Kerry Cash, and his popular science book

1:08.9

How It's Made, written for the Discovery Channel, will be out in December.

1:13.3

And we'll be speaking to him today about his favorite short story writer Robert Sheckley,

1:17.4

with a special focus on the book store of the worlds, The Stories of Robert Sheckley,

1:21.7

edited by Jonathan Leatham and Alex Abramovich.

1:24.8

Now here's our interview with Tom Gorenser.

1:27.0

All right, so we're here with Tom Gorenser, welcome to the show.

1:31.1

Thanks.

1:32.1

Okay, so the first thing I want to mention is that Tom appeared on the show two weeks ago

1:36.6

to talk about a short story collection Intergalactic Refrigerator Appearment tells him Kerry Cash.

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