You're going to be. Hi, I'm David Barr Curtley, author of the book Save Me, Please, and other Stories, and Welcome to episode 576 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing Robert Heinlein's classic novel Stranger in a Strange Land

about a human being raised by Martians.

And this will include spoilers for everything in the book, so just be aware of that, and I'm

joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Lisa Yassick making her 12th

appearance on the show. She's Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at

Georgia Tech and author of the non-fiction book, Galactic Suburbia, Sisters of Tomorrow, and The Future is Female.

Her new book The Future is Female Volume 2, the 1970s, is out now.

So Lisa, welcome to the show.

Hi Dave, it's great to be back.

The next up we've got John Kessel, making his ninth appearance on the show.

He's the author of novels such as The Moon and The Other and Pride and Prometheus,

and short story collections such as The Pure Product and The Bomb Plan for Financial Independence.

His collection, The Dark Ride, the Best Short Fiction of John Kessel is out now.

So John, welcome to the show.

Thanks, glad to be here.

And also joining us today is Robbie Swave, who you may remember from our feature interview back in

episode 488 and from our panel on The Moon is a harsh mistress back in episode 516.

He's a senior editor at Reason and author of the book's Panic Attack, Young Radicals in the age of Trump,

and Tech Panic, Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future.

Forbes named him to their 30 under 30 list in the category of lawn policy, and the spectator calls him a sought after player in the Beltways Dungeons and Dragons circles.

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