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John Joseph Adams and David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 53 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Okay so this is our first episode to be appearing on wired.com so we're really excited

about that and we'd really like to thank Kevin Paulson and Lewis Wallace of

wired.com for helping us get this set up and to beg hello to all our new

listeners here at wired.com. Check back here at wired.com every two weeks for

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Each hour-long show features an interview with a leading figure in the world of

science and science fiction,

followed by a discussion of science fiction books, movies, games, and more.

And we're your hosts.

I'm David Barr Hurley.

I'm a fantasy and science fiction author and I've published short stories in a few dozen books

and magazines.

And I'm John Joseph Adams.

I'm the editor and publisher of Lightspeed magazine and I've also

edited about a dozen anthologies. To learn more about us visit our website at

geeks goshow.com where you can check out all our previous episodes featuring

guests such as George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, and Simon Peg.

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