574. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Book Club

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  Hi, I'm David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save me Please and other stories.

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  And welcome to episode 574 of Geek sky to the galaxy.

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  Today on the show well be discussing Werner Vincys classic novel a deepness in the sky, a prequel to his novel a fire upon the deep, which we discussed back in episode 530.

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  And this will involve spoilers for everything in the book, so just be aware of that.

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  And Im joined by three guests.

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  So first up weve got Seth Dickinson making his 9th appearance on the show.

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  Hes the author of the Baruch Cormorant series of epic fantasy novels and the new science fiction novel Exordia, and hes also a ten year contributor to Bungie's hit video game Destiny.

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  So Seth, welcome to the show.

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  Thank you.

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  Great to be here.

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  The next up, we've got Abby Goldsmith making her 6th appearance on the show.

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  She's a co host of the stories for Nerds podcast and her short work appears in the Escape Pod podcast and in the anthology putting the science in fiction from writer's Digest books.

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  World of Wreckage, the third book in her torth series of space opera novels, is out now.

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  So Abby, welcome to the show.

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  Thanks for having me on.

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  And also joining us today is Mercurio de Rivera, making his fifth appearance on the show.

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  He's the author of the short story collection across the event Horizon from Newcon Press, and his story beyond the tattered veil of stars recently appeared as a podcast from Dust Studios, featuring the voices of Gillian Jacobs from community and Justin Kirk from weeds.

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  His first novel, the Alien Love War, which was nominated for the Arthur C.

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  Clarke Award, is out now.

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  So David, welcome to the show.

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