You're going to be. Hi, I'm David Barr Curley.

author of the book Save Me Please and Other Stories.

And welcome to episode 574 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing Werner Vinci's classic novel of Deepness in the

sky, a prequel to his novel of Fire Upon the Deep, which we discussed back in episode

530. And this will involve spoilers for everything in the book, so just be aware of that, and I'm joined by three guests.

So first hope we've got Seth Dickinson making his ninth appearance on the show.

He's the author of the Baruch Cormorant series of epic fantasy novels and the new science fiction novel

Exordia and he's also a 10-year contributor to Bungee's hit video game destiny.

So Seth, welcome to the show. Thank you.

Great to be here.

The next hope we've got Abby Goldsmith, making her sixth appearance on the show.

She's a co-host of The Stories for Nords Podcast,

and her short work appears in the Escape Pod Podcast

and in the anthology Putting the Science and Fiction

from Writers Digest books.

World of Reckage, the third book in her Torth series of Space Opera novels, is out now.

So Abby, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me on.

And also joining us today is Mercurio de Rivera, making his fifth appearance on the show.

He's the author of the Short Story Collection across the Event Horizon from New Con Press, and his story

beyond The Tattered Vale of Stars recently appeared as a podcast from Dust Studios,

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