Geek's Guide to the Galaxy – Science Fiction Writer Interviews, Movie Reviews, Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi Books and Writing
Episode 1 Chet Faliszek Post-Apocalyptic Fiction The Road, Cormac McCarthy World War Z, Max Brooks The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks Jumper, Stephen Gould On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers The Anubis Gates, Tim Powers The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham Pet Sematary, Stephen King Earth Abides, George R. Stewart "A Boy and his Dog,"…
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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - Science Fiction Writer Interviews, Movie Reviews, Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi Books and Writing
Episode 1 Chet Faliszek Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

The Road , Cormac McCarthy

World War Z , Max Brooks

The Zombie Survival Guide , Max Brooks

Jumper , Stephen Gould

On Stranger Tides , Tim Powers

The Anubis Gates , Tim Powers

The Day of the Triffids , John Wyndham

Pet Sematary , Stephen King

Earth Abides , George R. Stewart

“A Boy and his Dog,” Harlan Ellison

A Canticle for Leibowitz , Walter Miller

The Stars My Destination , Alfred Bester

“Adam and No Eve,” Alfred Bester

Cat’s Cradle , Kurt Vonnegut

Alas, Babylon , Pat Frank

On the Beach , Nevil Shute

The Last Man , Mary Shelley

Episode 2 Paolo Bacigalupi Education

The Windup Girl , Paolo Bacigalupi

Pump Six and Other Stories , Paolo Bacigalupi

“Pocketful of Dharma,” Paolo Bacigalupi

“The Fluted Girl,” Paolo Bacigalupi

“The People of Sand and Slag,” Paolo Bacigalupi

Ship Breaker , Paolo Bacigalupi

Citizen of the Galaxy , Robert Heinlein

The Weekend Novelist , Robert J. Ray

The Artist’s Way , Julia Cameron

The Dispossessed , Ursula K LeGuin

Empire of the Sun , J. G. Ballard

The Sun Also Rises , Ernest Hemingway

Blood Meridian , Cormac McCarthy

Snow Crash , Neal Stephenson

The Hobbit , J. R. R. Tolkien

Red Planet , Robert Heinlein

Have Space Suit, Will Travel , Robert Heinlein

Jurassic Park , Michael Crichton

Meet Me in the Moon Room , Ray Vukcevich

Brave New World , Aldous Huxley

Fahrenheit 451 , Ray Bradbury

1984 , George Orwell

The White Mountains , John Christopher

The Chronicles of Narnia , C. S. Lewis

The Dragonlance Chronicles , Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman

A Wrinkle in Time , Madeleine L’Engle

“The Fun They Had,” Isaac Asimov

Ender’s Game , Orson Scott Card

The Grapes of Wrath , John Steinbeck

Leviathan , Scott Westerfeld

Another Fine Myth , Robert Asprin

Singularity , William Sleator

Interstellar Pig , William Sleator

green futures of tycho , William Sleator

Episode 3 P.W. Singer Military SF

Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatised Military Industry – P W Singer

Children at War – P W Singer

The Forever War – Joe Halderman

Old Man’s War – John Scalzi

I Robot – Isaac Asimov

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

R. U. R. – Karel Capek

Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein

Descendent – Iain M Banks

Armour – John Stapley

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Sphere – Michael Crichton

Medusa’s Child – John Nance

Pandora’s Clock – John Nance

Episode 4 Marjorie Liu Comic Books

Dirk and Steele Series – Marjorie M Liu

Hunter Kiss Series – Marjorie M Liu

Tiger Eye – Marjorie M Liu

Dark Mirror – Marjorie M Liu

NYX – Marjorie M Liu (Comic)

Dark Wolverine – Marjorie M Liu (Comic)

Little House on the Prairie – Laura Ingles Wilder

Into the Wilderness – Sara Donati

Songs of Love and Death – George R R Martin (editor)

Strangers in Paradise – Terry Moore (Comic)

Too Much Coffee Man – Shannon Wheeler (Comic)

The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman (Comic)

Wild Cards Series – George R R Martin (editor)

Episode 5 Brian Dunning Skepticism

The Amityville Horror – Jay Anson

The Secret – Rhonda Byrne

Little Green Men – Christopher Buckley

War of the Worlds – H G Wells

Episode 6 Cherie Priest Steampunk / Sherlock Holmes

Four and Twenty Blackbirds – Cherie Priest

Boneshaker – Cherie Priest

Clementine – Cherie Priest

Dreadnought – Cherie Priest

Wild Cards Series – George R R Martin (editor)

Neuromancer – William Gibson

Mirror Shades – Bruce Sterling

The Difference Engine – Sterling & Gibson

Edgar Allan Poe Compendium

Sherlock Holmes Anthology – Arthur Conan Doyle

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Alan Moore (Comic)

World War Z – Max Brooks

Steampunk Reloaded – Ann & Jeff Vandemere (editors)

Son of Retropulp – Joe Lansdale

Watchmen – Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)

V for Vendetta – Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)

From Hell – Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)

Dracula – Bram Stoker

The Invisible Man – H G Wells

War of the Worlds – H G Wells

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stephenson

The Anubis Gates – Tim Powers

The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Conan Doyle

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – John Joseph Adams (editor)

Steampunk – Ann & Jeff Vandemere (editors)

Authors mentioned – H P Lovecraft

Episode 7 Steve Eley Audio Fiction

Mr Penumbra’s 24hr Bookstore – Robin Sloane

Nightfall – Isaac Asimov

Squnk the Dragon – Pete Butler

Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelazny

The Time Travellers Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

Hode’s Grimm – Jack Kincade

Dream Songs – George R R Martin

Slow Life – Michael Swanwick

Enders Game – Orson Scott Card

The Wheel of Time Series – Robert Jordan

A Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R R Martin

Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)

A Song Before Sunset – David Roland Grigg

Orphans of the Sky – Robert Heinlein

Seamstress – Sarah Pineus

Stockholm Syndrome – David Tallerman

The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)

Everything’s Better With Zombies – Hannah Wolf Bowen

The Skull Faced Boy – David Barr Kirtley

Infestation – Garth Nix

The 43 Antarean Dynasties – Mike Resnick

End Words – Ted Kozmaka

Instead of a Loving Heart – Jeremiah Tolbert

All Star Zeppelin – David Moles (editor)

Impossible Dreams – Tim Pratt

Cup and Table – Tim Pratt

Annals of Elinoch – Jeffrey Ford

Will you be an Astronaut? – Greg Vandekaut

Authors mentioned – Neil Gaiman, Scott Sigler

Episode 8 Blake Charlton Magic in Fantasy / Medicine in SF

Spellwright – Blake Charlton

The Wheel of Time Series – Robert Jordan

Enders Game – Orson Scott Card

The Long Price Quartet – Daniel Abraham

The Dragon Boat Chair – Tad Williams

Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling

A Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R R Martin

Illusion – Paul Bolski

Myth Series – Robert Asprin

Amber Chronicles – Roger Zelazny

The Magicians – Lev Grossman

Chromosome 6 – Robin Cook

The Terminal Experiment – Robert J Sory

Kay Scarpetta Series – Patricia Cornwell

The Sector General Series – James White

Star Doc – S L Vielle

Alex Benedict Series – Jack McDevitt

The Omega Series – Jack McDevitt

Authors mentioned – Sean Williams, Ursula K LeGuin, Brandon Sanderson, Robin Hobb

Episode 9 Carrie Vaughn Vampires and Werewolves

Kitty Goes to War – Carrie Vaughn

Voices of Dragons – Carrie Vaughn

A Hunter’s Ode to his Bait – Carrie Vaughn

Discord’s Apple – Carrie Vaughn

Warriors – George R R Martin

Dandelion Wines – Ray Bradbury

The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley

The Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley

The Black Stallion Series – Walter Farley

Black Beauty – Anna Sewell

The Last Unicorn – Peter S Beagle

Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer

The Vampire Chronicles – Anne Rice

Dracula – Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker and the Man who was Dracula – Barbara Belford

Salem’s Lot – Stephen King

Myth-ing Persons – Robert Asprin

Sookie Stackhouse Series – Charlene Harris

Night Flyer – Stephen King

One for the Road – Stephen King

Popsie – Stephen King

I am Legend – Tim Matheson

Frostbite – David Wellington

Monster Island – David Wellington

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter – Laurel K Hamilton

Gestella – Susan Powlick

The Skin Trade – George R R Martin

In the Lost Lands – George R R Martin

Running with the Pack – Ekaterina Sedia (editor)

By Blood We Live – John Joseph Adams (editor)

Snow Glass Apples – Neil Gaiman

Abraham’s Boys – Joe Hill

The Wide Carnivorous Sky – John Langan

Infestation – Garth Nix

House of Windows – John Langan

Child of an Ancient City – Tad Williams

Sunrise on Running Water – Barbara Hambley

Life Blood – Michael Berstein

Under St Peters – Harry Turtledove

Hit – Bruce McAllister

Blue Fire – Bruce McAllister

Episode 10 Tom Rogers Hard Science Fiction

Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics – Tom Rogers

Red Shift Rendezvous – John Stith

Time for the Stars – Robert Heinlein

The Long Arm of Gil Hamilton – Larry Niven

The Stars are my Destination – Alfred Nestor

Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – John Clute

Encyclopedia of Fantasy – John Clute

Known Space Series – Larry Niven

Orbital Decay – Alan Steel

Mars Trilogy – Kim Stanley Robinson

Galactic Sinners Series – Greg Benford

Manifold Series – Stephen Baxter

Forge of God Series – Stephen Baxter

Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov

Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge

The Deepness in the Sky – Vernor Vinge

Culture Series – Iain M Banks

Consider Phlebas – Iain M Banks

Player of Games – Iain M Banks

Use of Weapons – Iain M Banks

Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein

Uplift Series – David Brin

Dune – Frank Herbert

Ringworld – Larry Niven

The Other Side of Jordan – Allen Steele

Hex – Allen Steele

State of the Art – Allen Steele

Revelation Space – Alistair Reynolds

Zeema Blue – Alistair Reynolds

Diamond Dogs – Alistair Reynolds

Deep Navigation – Alistair Reynolds

Authors mentioned – William Gibson, Neal Stephenson

Episode 11 Alexandre Phillipe Star Wars

Skywalking – Dale Pollock

Star Wars on Trial – David Brin

The Science of Star Wars – Jeanne Cavelos

Splinter in the Mind’s Eye – Alan Dean Foster

Star Wars Novels – Timothy Zahn

Star Wars Novels – Kevin J Anderson

The Dark Lords of the Sith – Kevin J Anderson (Comic)

Dark Sabre – Kevin J Anderson

Episode 12 Cory Olsen J.R.R. Tolkien

Le Morte D’Artur – Sir Thomas Mallory

The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer

The Silmarillion – J R R Tolkien

Tolkien: Author of the Century – Tom Shippey

A Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R R Martin

Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien

The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien

The Annotated Hobbit – Doug Anderson

Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein

Homeland – Rob Salvatore

Myth Series – Robert Asprin

The Wheel of Time Series – Robert Jordan

The Hero’s Journey – Joseph Campbell

The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King

Episode 13 John Langan Horror

Mr Gaunt and other Uneasy Encounters – John Langan

Tutorial – John Langan

Conan the Barbarian – Lynn Carter (editor)

Christine – Stephen King

The Thing from the Mound – Robert E Howard

Wolfs Head and other stories – Robert E Howard

The Horror Stories of Robert E Howard

To Room Nineteen – Doris Lessing

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

Ghost World – Daniel Clowes (Graphic Novel)

Maus – Art Spiegelman (Graphic Novel)

Watchmen – Alan Moore (Graphic Novel)

Sandman – Neil Gaiman (Comic)

The Turn of the Screw – Henry James

Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad

Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

Cthulhu’s Reign – Darryl Schweitzer

Audrey’s Door – Sarah Langan

The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters

Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures – Rod Ruth

Guts – Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk

Choke – Chuck Palahniuk

The Jungle – Upton Sinclair

The God of Dark Laughter – Michael Chabon

Sand Kings – George R R Martin

Learning to be me – Greg Egan

Elements of Style – Strunk & White

The Language of the Night – Ursula K LeGuin

Episode 14 Holly Black Toys

The Spiderwick Chronicles – Holly Black

Good Neighbours – Holly Black

Tithe – Holly Black

The Poison Eaters – Holly Black

Geektastic – Holly Black (editor)

Zombies vs Unicorns – Holly Black (editor)

Thomasina – Paul Galico

Dresden Files – Jim Butcher

Myth Series – Robert Asprin

Wild Cards Series – George R R Martin (editor)

On Writing – Stephen King

A Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R R Martin

The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald

The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet – Stephen King

Episode 15 Dan Carlin History in SF

Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien

The History of Civilisation – Will & Ariel Durant

The Guns of the South – Harry Turtledove

Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut

Blood Red Roses – Veronica Fiorato, Anthea Boylston et al

A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain – John O’Farrell

Poetics – Aristotle

Empire of Blue Water – Stephen Talty

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – Edward Gibbon

Lies my Teacher Told me – James Loewen

Authors mentioned – H G Wells, Isaac Asimov

Episode 16 Jonathan Coulton Geek Music

The Things that make me Weak and Strange get Engineered Away – Cory Doctorow

Stars – Mike Resnick

The Raft – Stephen King

The Armageddon Rag – George R R Martin

Stars Seen Through Stone – Lucius Shepard

The Best of Michael Morcock – Michael Morcock

Eragon – Christopher Paolini

Authors mentioned – Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury

Episode 17 Naomi Novik Dragons

Temeraire Series – Naomi Novik

Tongues of Serpents – Naomi Novik

Liberty Vocational – Naomi Novik

The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien

Lord of the Rings – J R R Tolkien

Alanna Series – Tamora Pierce

Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K LeGuin

The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley

The Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley

The Riddle-Master of Hed – Patricia McKillip

The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper

Military Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars

Nelson’s Navy – Brian Lavery

Life in the Georgian City – Dan Cruickshank

Every Man will do his Duty – Dean King (editor)

Tolkien: Author of the Century – Tom Shippey

The George Business – Roger Zelazny

The Monster and the Maid – Roger Zelazny

The Guns of Avalon – Roger Zelazny

Blood of Amber Series – Roger Zelazny

Pern Series – Anne McCaffrey

A Song of Ice and Fire Series – George R R Martin

Wings of Fire – Jonathan Strahan

Bitterwood – James Maxey

Blood of Virgins – David Barr Kirtley

The Crown Colony Series – Michael Stackpole

The Dragon and the Stars – Derwent Mack (editor)

Episode 18 Eric Garcia Dystopian 80s Action Movies

Anonymous Rex – Eric Garcia

Matchstick Men – Eric Garcia

The Repossession Mambo – Eric Garcia

The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien

Clan of the Cave Bear – Jean M Auel

Vurt – Jeff Noon

Permanent Midnight – Jerry Stahl

Old Mans War – John Scalzi

Geek Love – Catherine Dunn

Strange but True – John Searles

Robocop – Frank Miller (Graphic Novel)

We can Remember it for you Wholesale – Philip K Dick

The Running Man – Richard Bachman

The Prize of Peril – Robert Shakley

Authors mentioned – Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Stephen King, William Gibson, Chris Moore, Rudy Rucker

Episode 19 Robin Wasserman Consciousness Transference

Skinned – Robin Wasserman

Hacking Harvard – Robin Wasserman

Wired – Robin Wasserman

Crashed – Robin Wasserman

Seven Deadly Sins – Robin Wasserman

The Book of Blood and Shadow – Robin Wasserman

Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein

I Robot – Isaac Asimov

Ringworld – Larry Niven

The Hunger Games Trilogy – Suzanne Collins

The Uglies – Scott Westerfeld

Myth Series – Robert Asprin

Think Like a Dinosaur – James Patrick Kelly

Altered Carbon – Richard K Morgan

Broken Angels – Richard K Morgan

Learning to be me – Greg Egan

Mind Scan – Robert J Sawyer

The Terminal Experiment – Robert J Sawyer

Revelation Space – Alistair Reynolds

Killing People – David Brin

Dune – Frank Herbert

Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe

Authors mentioned – Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury

Episode 20 Eli Kintisch Terraforming

How to Cool the Planet – Jeff Goodell

Super Freakonomics – Steven D Levitt

State of Fear – Michael Crichton

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Science in the Capital Trilogy – Kim Stanley Robinson

1984 – George Orwell

Shine – Jetse de Vries

The Road – Cormac McCarthy

Make Room, Make Room – Harry Harrison

Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)

Anathem – Neal Stephenson

The Millenial Project – Marshall T Savage

Dune – Frank Herbert

Red Planet – Kim Stanley Robinson

Green Planet – Kim Stanley Robinson

Blue Planet – Kim Stanley Robinson

Mars – Ben Bova

Isle of the Dead – Roger Zelazny

The Keys to December – Roger Zelazny

Man Plus – Frederick Pole

People of Sand and Slag – Paolo Bacigalupi

Collision Orbit – Jack Williamson

Kirinyaga – Mike Resnick

Authors mentioned – Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury

Episode 21 Nnedi Okorafor Africa in Science Fiction

Zara the Wind Seeker – Nnedi Okorafor

The Shadow Speaker – Nnedi Okorafor

Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorafor

Spider, the Artist – Nnedi Okorafor (short story)

Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor

The Lost Diary of Treefrog 7 – Nnedi Okorafor (short story)

Iridessa and the Fire-bellied Dragon Frog – Nnedi Okorafor

Wahala – Nnedi Okorafor (short story)

The Go Slow – Nnedi Okorafor (short story)

Seeds of Change – John Joseph Adams (editor)

His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman

Wild Seed – Octavia Butler

The Moomins – Tove Jansson

Wizard of the Crow – Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

Life on Mars – Jonathan Strand (editor)

The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)

Carnivores of Light and Darkness – Alan Dean Foster

Creatures of Light and Darkness – Roger Zelazny

The Velt – Ray Bradbury (short story)

The Illustrated Man – Ray Bradbury

Kirinyaga – Mike Resnick

Future Earths Under African Skies – Mike Resnick and Gardner Dozois (editors)

For I Have Touched the Sky – Mike Resnick (short story)

She – H Rider Haggard

King Solomon’s Mines – H Rider Haggard

Lion’s Blood – Steven Barnes

Zulu’s Heart – Steven Barnes

Great Sky Woman – Steven Barnes

Clan of the Cave Bear – Jean M Auel

Episode 22 George R.R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire

A Song of Ice and Fire – George R R Martin

Game of Thrones – George R R Martin

Fever Dream – George R R Martin (graphic novel)

Doorways – George R R Martin (graphic novel)

Songs of the Dying Earth – George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois (editors)

Warriors – George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois (editors)

Songs of Love and Death – George R R Martin and Gardner Dozois (editors)

A Song for Lyre – George R R Martin (short story)

The Mystery Knight – George R R Martin

Wild Cards – George R R Martin (editor)

Fort Freak – George R R Martin

Dying in the Light – George R R Martin

Armageddon Rag – George R R Martin

Sand Kings – George R R Martin (short story)

Meat House Man – George R R Martin (short story)

Dream Songs – George R R Martin

In the Lost Lands – George R R Martin (short story)

Night Flyer – George R R Martin (short story)

The Monkey Treatment – George R R Martin (short story)

The Hedge Knight – George R R Martin (short story)

Unsound Variations – George R R Martin (short story)

Portraits of his Children – George R R Martin (short story)

Skin Trade – George R R Martin (short story)

Tuf Voyaging – George R R Martin

Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Dying Earth – Jack Vance

A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

The Hard Coal – Daniel Abraham (comic)

Thieves World – Robert Asprin (editor)

War World – Jerry Pournelle (editor)

Heroes in Hell – Janet Morris (editor)

The Hobbit – J R R Tolkien

The Dark Tower Series – Stephen King

The Super Hugos – Isaac Asimov (editor)

Epoch – Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg (editor)

Chronicles of Amber Series – Roger Zelazny

Harry Potter Series – J K Rowling

The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch

Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe

Swords and Dark Magic – Jonathan Strand (editor)

The Black Company Series – Glen Cook

Dread Empire Series – Glen Cook

Authors mentioned – Joe Abercrombie, Philip K Dick

Episode 23 Catherynne M. Valente Pulp Era Mars and Venus

Palimpsest – Catherynne M Valente

The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making – Catherynne M Valente

The Orphan’s Tale Series – Catherynne M Valente

How to Become a Mars Overlord – Catherynne M Valente (short story)

The Radiant Car thy Sparrow Drew – Catherynne M Valente (short story)

The Habitation of the Blessed – Catherynne M Valente

Ventriloquism – Catherynne M Valente

Deathless – Catherynne M Valente

Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Magician – Christie Yant (short story)

The Maid and other stories – Christie Yant (short story)

Big Book of Greek Myths – Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire

The Neverending Story – Michael Ende

Seaward – Susan Cooper

Republic – Plato

Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett

Paper Cities – Ekaterina Sedia (editor)

The Illiad – Homer

The Odyssey – Homer

Gawain and the Green Knight

The Child Empress of Mars – Theodora Goss

Paradise Lost – John Milton

The Star is my Destination – Alfred Bester

The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury

Red Planet – Robert Heinlein

Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs

The First Mars Mission – Robert F Young (short story)

A Rose for Ecclesiastes – Roger Zelazny (short story)

The Doors of his Face, the Lamps of his Mouth – Roger Zelazny (short story)

The Divine Comedy – Dante

Martian Quest – Leigh Brackett

Authors mentioned – Isaac Asimov

Episode 24 Charles Yu Time Travel

How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe – Charles Yu

Third Class Superhero – Charles Yu

Standard Loneliness Package – Charles Yu (short story)

Wastelands – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Living Dead 2 – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Way of the Wizard – John Joseph Adams (editor)

The Skull-faced City – David Barr Kirtley (short story)

Family Tree – David Barr Kirtley (short story)

Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov

Incarnations of Immortality Series – Piers Anthony

The Fabric of Reality – David Deutsch

Slaughterhouse 5 – Kurt Vonnegut

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Pastoralia – George Saunders

Civil War Land in Bad Decline – George Saunders

The Time Machine – H G Wells

Xiccarph – Clark Ashton Smith

The Dying Earth – Jack Vance

Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe

The Archonate – Matthew Hughes

Robot Dreams – Isaac Asimov (short story)

The Sound of Thunder – Ray Bradbury (short story)

The Letter from Mohan Loss – Clark Ashton Smith

The Sleeper Wakes – H G Wells

The Defenceless Dead – Larry Niven

The Marching Morons – Cyril Kornbluth

Starplex – Robert J Sawyer

Air Raid – John Varley

Immortality Inc. – Robert Sheckley

The Annubis Gates – Tim Powers

Episode 25 Robert Kirkman Zombies