530. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Review (with Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, Mercurio D. Rivera)

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

David Barr Kirtley

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Tobias S. Buckell, Abby Goldsmith, and Mercurio D. Rivera join us to discuss Vernor Vinge’s classic novel A Fire Upon the Deep, about a universe where technology gets more powerful the farther you travel from the galactic center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a regular geek's guide to the galaxy listener, please rate and review us on iTunes or using the podcast app on your phone.
0:08.0	And I want to give a special thank you to Bloom Ulysses in Great Britain, who just gave us this five-star review.
0:14.1	Great host, great guests, fascinating topics.
0:17.7	There's so much in this podcast, every sci-fi fan will find something. There's discussions of the classic novels, reviews of modern works, and the interviews and panel discussions usually have interesting guests. David's got a good interview style and often asks insightful questions, just a good podcast overall.
0:36.4	So big thanks again to Bloom Ulysses for that great review all right so now let's get to our show
0:43.7	wired dot com presents the geek's guide to the Galaxy.
0:55.8	And here is your host, David Barr-Curtley.
1:01.5	Hello, and welcome to episode 530 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.
1:06.5	I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me, Please, and other stories, which is available
1:11.9	now on Amazon.com. We had a great conversation about the book back in episode 500, so definitely
1:18.5	check that out if you missed it. And in this episode, we'll be discussing the classic
1:23.2	1992 novel of Fire Upon the Deep by Werner Vinci, the first book in his space opera series,
1:28.9	The Zones of Thought. And this will include spoilers for everything in the book, so just be
1:33.7	aware of that. And I'm joined by three guests. So first up we've got Tobias S. Backell,
1:40.2	making his 15th appearance on the show. He's the author of the Zenowel series of
1:44.8	space adventure novels, the eco-thrillers, Arctic Rising and Hurricane Fever, and the Halo novels,
1:50.7	The Cold Protocol, and Envoy. His latest book, Show Goths and Traffic and other stories,
1:55.5	is out now from Fairwood Press. So, Toby, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me. 15. Wow.
2:03.8	The next up, we've got Abby Goldsmith, making her sixth appearance on the show.
2:08.5	She's a co-host of the Stories for Nerds podcast, and her short fiction has appeared in EscapePod and Fantasy Magazine.
2:15.5	Her TORTH series of space opera novels are available now on Wattpad,
2:19.2	where they've racked up over 65,000 reads. So, Abby, welcome to the show.
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