Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr

Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 521 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

I'm David Barr Hurley, author of the book Save Me Please and Other Stories,

which is available now on Amazon.com.

We had a great conversation about the book back in

episode 500 so definitely check that out if you missed it. And I want to give a

special thank you to Leor Segev, who just gave the book a five-star review on Amazon.com. It says,

Such a great read. I bought this book as soon as I found out about it and loved

all the stories in the book. Fun to read but also thoughtful and beautifully written.

Frankly, I'd have bought this book site on scene just based on Geek's Guy into the Galaxy,

but since I knew some of the stories, especially the wonderful Save Me Please.

I knew I wouldn't be disappointed.

David, waiting for your second book.

So big thanks again to Leor Segev for that great review.

And our guest today is Ben Riggs.

He's the co-host of the tabletop gaming podcast PlotPoints,

and his work has also appeared on Geek and Sundry

in the Horror Gaming magazine The Unspeakable Oath,

and on NPR's to the best of our knowledge.

And in this interview we'll be discussing his new book

Slaying the Dragon, a secret history of Dungeons and Dragons,

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