If your regular geek's gone to the Galaxy listener, please rate and review us on iTunes or

using the podcast app on your phone.

We just passed 1,000 5 star ratings.

So huge thanks to everyone who's taken the time to rate and review us.

You are now my 1,000 favorite people.

And so I want to give a special thank you to Chris himself, 22, who just gave us this

5 star review.

Rekindled my love of fantasy.

As a kid I loved fantasy literature, but as I grew up I lost touch with the people I shared

my geekiness with and my love of the genre, finding this podcast to single-handedly made

me love fantasy again.

As a Brit, I have found many recommendations for American books that I never would have

heard of, and Dave's discussions with this great panelists have made me feel part of

a fantasy community again.

Thanks Geeks Guide, you've made my life better.

So big thanks again to Chris himself, 22, for that great review.

Alright, so now let's get to our show.

Wired.com presents

The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Curtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 489 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is John Peterson.

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