David Barr Kirtley

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December 20, 2006 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday yesterday. Some of you may know that I’m somewhat superstitious about my birthday, due to a long string of unfortunate events stretching back to elementary school, and I generally try to lie low during it and not attract the universe’s attention. It’s actually pretty easy not to attract much attention on your birthday when it falls a few days before Christmas. I managed to make it through yesterday with merely a quick, all’s-well-that-ends-well trip to the emergency room, so I was relieved.

Anyway, I decided to introduce some variety to my livejournal and deploy a few more userpics. From now on, you’ll have a rough idea of the nature of a post based on the userpic, falling into one of the following categories: David Barr Kirtley = “So here’s what I did last weekend,” Prince Lir = “So here’s my opinion on some pressing issue of the day,” Guybrush Threepwood = “Whoa, want to hear a weird story?,” and Bleys of Amber = “So here’s some news related to writing.” Or something like that.

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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is a podcast hosted by author David Barr Kirtley and produced by Lightspeed Magazine editor John Joseph Adams. The show features conversations about fantasy & science … Read more

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David Barr Kirtley

David Barr Kirtley is the host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast, for which he’s interviewed over four hundred guests, including George R. R. Martin, Richard Dawkins, Paul Krugman, Simon Pegg, Margaret Atwood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. His short fiction appears in the book Save Me Plz and Other Stories.
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