Hi, I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me Please and other stories, and welcome to episode 575 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing Arthur C. Clark's classic novel, Rondefu with Rama,

about a group of astronauts exploring a mysterious alien spacecraft.

And this will include spoilers for everything in the book,

so just be aware of that, and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Matthew Cressel, making his 35th appearance on the show.

His novel Queen of Static, the follow-up to his groundbreaking novel King of Shards is available now,

and he's also the author of the new book Dispatches from the Outer Deep,

a guide to writing, editing, submitting, and publishing short and long fiction.

Together with Ellen Datlow, he hosts the monthly Fantastic Fiction Reading Series in New York City.

So I'm at, welcome to the show.

Thanks, Dave, Good to be back.

The next hope we've got Anthony Haugh, making his 30th appearance on the show. He's a writer

and tech journalist living in Harlem. His fiction is forthcoming in Asimov's magazine, and has also

appeared in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Ristlet and in his chatbook,

Love Songs for Monsters. He currently works as weekend editor at TechCrunch, and is a co-host of

the podcast original content. So Anthony, welcome to the show. Thanks. I'm excited to be back.

And also joining us today is Sarah Lynn Mishner, making her 29th appearance on the show.

She's the author of many essays, mostly on the intersection between fandom, science fiction,

feminism, and social justice, with titles such as science fiction often wins the Bechdel

Test by Breaking It, which is part of its job.

She's also the chief creative officer at Lightburn Software, so she has access to an army of laser

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