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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

586. Harlan Ellison's Greatest Hits Part 2 (with Tom Gerencer)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Tom Gerencer joins us to discuss the second half of the new short story collection Harlan Ellison’s Greatest Hits, edited by J. Michael Straczynski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy is made possible thanks to support from listeners like you.

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0:18.6

And I want to give a special thank you to Juan Son Miguel, who just made a very generous

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contribution to the show via PayPal.

0:25.5

So big thanks again to everyone who's contributed.

0:28.1

We really appreciate it.

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All right.

0:30.4

So now let's get to our show.

0:51.1

Yeah. Hi, I'm David Bart Kurtley, author of the book Save Me Please and other stories,

0:54.2

and welcome to episode 586 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

0:58.9

Today on the show, we'll be discussing the last 10 stories in the new book Harlan Ellison's

1:02.9

greatest hits.

1:04.0

We discussed the first nine stories back in episode 583, so definitely check that out if you

1:09.3

missed it.

1:10.3

And this will include spoilers for everything in the book.

1:12.7

So just be aware of that. And I'm joined today by my good friend Tom Gorenzer, making his

1:17.6

33rd appearance on the show. He's the author of the business book Think Like Google.

1:22.6

The short story collection, Intergalactic Refrigerator Repairmen, seldom carry cash.

1:26.9

And the popular science book

1:28.3

How It's Made, which he wrote for the Discovery Channel. His middle grade novel The Magic

1:32.7

Ski Mountain is out now. So Tom, welcome to the show. Thanks, Steve. It's great to be here.

1:39.9

Okay, so just one bit of housekeeping before we get started. So last time Tom and I talked about

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