Current Geek Episode 178: It’s still good to run

Hosts: Tom Merritt and Scott Johnson

Civil War leads to education reform, and finally to the singularity.

Guests: John Anealio and Len Peralta

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Running time: 58:49

It’s an episode chock full of twists and turns with an incredible ending you won’t see coming. Unless you’ve listened before. We end with the email address. But HOW do we get there? Well for one, we talk about video games as storytelling. For another we kick off Ready Player One and Reamde as our new books. And finally….. well that would be a spoiler.

QUICK BURNS

FLOWCHART: Navigating NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Ursula K. Le Guin has a brand new reason to be scared of immortality

The Top 10 Books Lost to Time

CALENDAR

PS The calendar is now available on the website.

BARE YOUR SWORD

Most accessible Stephenson book?

Games as Storytelling
Jason from Bethesda comments

TV and Movies

The Enders Game movie puts out casting calls for 10 characters — including Ender!

GAME OF THRONES Season 2 promo

BOOK Kick-Off

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Reamde by Neal Stephenson

EMAILS

Hey Veronica and Tom,

The reason I’m writing is because after 2 years, I finished my 3rd book, first fiction, a novella titled Trapped in My Zombie Body. The cover is being designed now, and I will have it going out digitally in mid-October, paperback in November. Moreover, I’m donating 50% of royalties to Child’s Play Charity.

Synopsis:
Imagine your body no longer listened to you. You were trapped, experiencing the world in a new way: without any control over your actions. It’s a world filled with sleep deprivation, mind games, and unthinkable acts. Welcome to my world.

By the way, I publish under my legal first name, Mario, rather than my nickname, Andy, just FYI. I look forward to hearing from you guys!

Cheers,
Mario Lurig, aka Andy in Colorado

NEW MEMBER HELLOS

York, Brandon, Kyle, Matt, Joshua, Another Brandon, Lindsey, Rob, Walter, Simon, Esther, Joe, Brian, The Duchess, Adiel, Sophie, Another Joshua

ADDENDUMS

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