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Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley .
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Here ’s what ’s in store for you , bit - by - minute :
0:00 Introduction by io9.com
1:04 Dave and John introduce the show
1:30 Dave recap Eps . 1 - 21 of Geek ’s Guide to the Galaxy , uncommitted on Tor.com
4:24 Ad touch for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
audience : George R.R. Martin
05:29 consultation set about
05:42 risible book adaptations of Fevre Dream and Doorways
09:18 Editing anthologies , includingJack Vance‘s Songs of the Dying Earth and warrior and Songs of Love and Death ( all edited alongsideGardner Dozois )
10:49 foregather contributors for song of the Dying Earth
12:34 Crossing genre with Songs of Love and Death
16:21 The possible action of newHaviland Tufstories
17:23 The future tense of the Wild Cards serial , including volume 21 , Fort Freak and comic books
19:32 Advice on launching a successful shared - universe serial
21:59 Role - playacting with a gaming group
22:36 Health Insurance as a full - time fiction author
28:04 Teaching at Writing Workshops , includingClarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers ’ WorkshopandOdyssey Writing Workshop
29:55Roger Zelazny’sandHoward Waldrop’soriginal involvement in the series
33:53 Doing a book signalise at the same time as Clifford the Big Red Dog
36:10 Game adaptations of A Song of Ice and Fire : plug-in games , circuit board games and telecasting game
37:50 Collecting Miniatures and its influence on writing
38:43 Continuity between New and older novel ; would George like to go back and change anything in his earlier books ?
39:53 Noteworthy examples of fandom touch on to George ’s oeuvre
42:39 Upcoming appearances
42:54 HBO ’s adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire
43:54 Discussion of A Song and Ice and Fire begins
44:20 zombi ! !
44:45 surprise while developing A Song of Ice and Fire
46:01 Hacking at the infamous “ Meereenese Knot ”
48:29 Merging the timelines of A Feast for Crows and A dancing with Draco
49:53 How the HBO series will be conform beyond the first season
51:14 What if the HBO serial catches up to the published novel ?
52:49 Will HBO streamline the serial for Television ?
54:04 Leaving and then return to Hollywood and Television
55:04 End of interview
55:12 Ad berth for The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor
Dave and John talk about George R.R. Martin and his writing
55:53 Quick update on Geek ’s templet to the Galaxy
56:27Now accept auditor donations via PayPal([email protect ] )
57:13 Dave discovers Sandkings , a Hugo Award winning short story , and studies it at Odyssey Writer ’s shop
59:02 John reminisce about Meathouse Man andÉ gender with living dead ?
1:00:32 Dreamsongs , a collection of Martin ’s shortsighted fabrication
1:01:24 Favorite George R.R. Martin short tale
1:03:03 Dave ’s debut to A Song of Ice and Fire
1:03:59 An vivid connection to the characters of A Song of Ice and Fire
1:05:46 John ’s debut to A Song of Ice and Fire
1:07:19 advocate A Song of Ice and Fire to friends
1:07:51 The appeal of the series to non - Fantasy readers
1:08:48 Over 1,000 named fiber in A Song of Ice and Fire !
1:09:49Amoka’sfan prowess
1:10:56 A Song of Ice and Fire 2011 Calendar , illustrated byTed Nasmithand the board games
1:12:25 Is A Song of Ice and Fire the Harry Potter of adult Fantasy Fiction ? Plus the immense community that ’s grown around the game
1:14:42 Unfinished series , fan rooter - fueled vitriol , and Neil Gaiman
1:16:49 What to read while waiting for A dancing with Dragons ; fantasy inspired and influenced by George R.R. Martin : Scott Lynch’sLies of Locke Lamora , Roger Zelazny ’s The Chronicles of Amber , Gene Wolfe’sThe Book of the New Sun , Brian Ruckley , Swords & Dark Magic , blue-pencil byJonathan StrahanandLou Anders , Glen Cook
1:20:37 Re - reading A Song of Ice and Fire ; even better the fifth prison term around says Dave !
1:23:28 References to Martin ’s earlier short stories and novels
1:24:28 John wonders about Martin ’s obsessions with “ Songs ”
1:26:08 Is A Song of Ice and Fire Martin ’s magnum opus ?
1:27:08 Is Sandor Clegane one of the “ aphrodisiac ” reference in A Song of Ice and Fire ?
1:28:15 Casting for the HBO Television Series ; the official annoyer trailer
1:29:34 Dave take a quotation mark about Martin as a writer
1:30:43 Show wrap - up
Thanks for heed !
John Joseph Adamsis an anthologist , a writer , and a geek . He is the bestselling editor of the anthologies By rip We Live , Federations , The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , The Living Dead ( a World Fantasy Award finalist ) , Seeds of Change , andWastelands : Stories of the Apocalypse . His most recent books are The Living Dead 2 and The Way of the Wizard , and he is currently set up several other anthologies , including Brave New Worlds and The Mad Scientist ’s template to World Domination . Barnes & Noble.com key out him “ the predominate queen of the anthology macrocosm , ” and his account book have been name to numerous good of the class listing . In addition to his anthology work , he work for more than eight year as an editor at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , and is currently the fable editor ofLightspeed Magazine .
David Barr Kirtleyhas published fiction in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy , Weird Tales , Lightspeed , Intergalactic Medicine Show , On Spec , and Cicada , and in anthologies such as New Voices in Science Fiction , Fantasy : The good of the Year , and The Dragon Done It . Recently he ’s contributed fib to several of John ’s anthology , including The Living Dead , The Living Dead 2 , and The way of life of the Wizard . He ’s attended numerous composition workshops , including Clarion , Odyssey , Viable Paradise , James Gunn ’s Center for the Study of Science Fiction , and Orson Scott Card ’s Writers Bootcamp , and he holds an MFA in screenwriting and fabrication from the University of Southern California . He also teaches on a regular basis at Alpha , a Pittsburgh - surface area skill fiction workshop for young writers . He lives in New York .
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