590. The Best of Larry Niven Part 1 (with Mercurio D. Rivera)

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

David Barr Kirtley

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Mercurio D. Rivera joins us to discuss the first nine stories in the short story collection The Best of Larry Niven, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Stories discussed: "Becalmed in Hell" (5:10), "Bordered in Black" (17:54), "Neutron Star" (26:35), "The Soft Weapon" (38:16), "The Jigsaw Man" (56:27), "The Deadlier Weapon" (1:02:55), "All the Myriad Ways" (1:08:16), "Not Long Before the End" (1:19:48), "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" (1:28:01). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	Thank you. really appreciate it. All right, so now let's get to our show. Hi, I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me Please and other stories, and welcome to episode 590 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.
1:03.3	Today on the show we'll be discussing the short story collection The Best of Larry Niven and reviewing the first nine stories in the book.
1:10.5	And the stories are, be calmed in hell, bordered in black, neutroniven, and reviewing the first nine stories in the book. And the stories are,
1:11.7	be calmed in hell, bordered in black, neutron star, the soft weapon, the jigsaw man, the deadlier
1:18.2	weapon, all the myriad ways, not long before the end, and man of steel, woman of Kleenex.
1:24.3	And this will include spoilers for all of those stories, so just be aware of that.
1:28.8	And I'm joined today by my good friend Mercurio Di Rivera, making his sixth appearance on the show.
1:34.3	He's the author of the short story collection across the event horizon from Nucon Press.
1:39.0	And his story beyond the tattered veil of stars recently appeared as a podcast from Dust Studios,
1:44.9	featuring the voices of Jillian Jacobs from Community and Justin Kirk from Weeds. His first novel work in the Alien
1:50.3	Love War has been nominated for the Arthur C. Clark Award. So, David, welcome to the show.
1:55.6	Hey, David. Happy to be here to discuss these iconic stories by Larry Niven. Yeah.
2:01.2	And I mean, I think the first thing I wanted to mention was that David and I also discussed
2:05.6	Larry Niven's Ringworld back in episode 505.
2:09.3	And I just went back and re-listen to that.
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