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So big thanks again to everyone who's contributed. We really appreciate and welcome to episode 611 of

Geeks Guide to the Galaxy. Today on the show, we'll be discussing Rogers Elizney's classic novel

roadmarks about a magical highway that runs through time and space. And this will include

spoilers for everything in the book, so just be aware of that. And I'm joined by two guests.

So first up, we've got Tom Gorenzer, making his 39th appearance on the show. He's the author of

the business book Think Like Google, the short story collection intergalactic refrigerator

repairman, seldom carry cash, and the popular science book, How It's Made, which he wrote for the Discovery

Channel. His middle great novel, The Magic Ski Mountain, is out now. So Tom, welcome to the show.

Thanks, Dave. Glad to be back. And also joining us today is Rajan Kana, making his 29th appearance

on the show. He's the author of the post-apocalyptic novels Falling Sky,

Rising Tide, and Drainning Fire. And his short fiction appears in magazines such as Analog, Asimovs,

Clark's World, and Beneatheseless Skies. He's also a game designer whose work appears in books

such as Tom of Heroes, Monster Vault, and Dungeons and Ruins from Cobled Press.

So, Raj, welcome to the show. Thanks. Always happy to be back.

All right, so we're going to start off with Raj and have you tell us about your history reading

Roger Salasney. Okay. I was thinking about this before the podcast, and I definitely, my first encounter wasn't until college.

I think the first thing I read of his was a rose for Ecclesiastes in a science fiction class I took in college.

And I seemed to recall that we might have ended up reading Lord of Light later, which is, you know, I love that novel too,

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