592. The Best of Greg Egan Part 1 (with Anthony Ha)

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

David Barr Kirtley

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 144 minutes

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Anthony Ha joins us to discuss the first eight stories in the book The Best of Greg Egan, part of the SF Masterworks series of science fiction classics. Stories discussed: "Learning to Be Me" (20:42), "Axiomatic" (44:03), "Appropriate Love" (50:10), "Into Darkness" (1:00:30), "Unstable Orbits in the Space of Lies" (1:14:47), "Closer" (1:26:42), "Chaff" (1:38:50), "Luminous" (1:52:12). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.4	Yeah. Hi, I'm David Barr-Curtley, author of the book Save Me Please and Other Stories, and welcome to episode 592 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.
0:59.4	Today on the show, we'll be discussing the first eight stories in the book The Best of Greg Egan,
1:03.9	which recently appeared as part of the SF Masterwork series of science fiction classics.
1:08.6	And those stories are, learning to be me, axiomatic, appropriate
1:12.7	love, into darkness, unstable orbits in the space of lies, closer, chaff, and luminous.
1:19.8	And this will include spoilers for all of those stories, so just be aware of that. And I'm joined
1:25.0	today by my good friend Anthony Ha, making his 31st appearance on the show.
1:29.8	His short fiction appears in Lady Churchill's Rosebud Ristlet and in the chatbook Love Songs for Monsters.
1:35.7	And his story, A Brief History of the Afterlife, recently appeared in the March-April issue of
1:40.1	Asimov's magazine. He currently works as weekend editor at TechCrunch and is a co-host of the
1:45.8	podcast's original content. So, Anthony, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me
1:51.2	back. I am very excited to be here. Okay, so let's start off and have you tell us about how big of a
1:56.9	Greg Egan fan you were going into this episode? I would say that Greg Egan was someone I
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