The Hello and welcome to episode 569 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm David Barr Curley.

Author of the book Save Me, Please, and Other Stories.

Publishers Weekly says

Visseral settings and robust characters will have readers marveling at how much Kirkley's

currently is able to fit into a limited page count.

For SFF fans with no time to sink into a door-stopper,

these concentrated doses of genre goodness will hit the spot. And Kirkus Reviews writes,

Currently employs sharp concise pros that complements his pucish sense of humor.

The author's passionate voice breathes life into this wonderful array of tales.

So again, the book is called Save Me Please and Other Stories,

and it's available now on Amazon.com.

And our guest today is Lionel Shriver.

She's the author of more than a dozen novels, including The Mandibles,

The Motion of the Body Through Space,

and Should We Stay or Should We Go.

And her 2003 novel, we need to talk about Kevin,

was adapted into a feature film starring Tilda Swinton,

Ezra Miller, and John C. Riley.

And in this interview we'll be discussing her new novel

Mania about a world in which calling another person stupid is considered a hate

crime and her non-fiction book Abominations selected essays from a career of courting

self-destruction. And now here's our interview with Lionel Schreiber.

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