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Archives for November 2011

“Save Me Plz” Saves a Life

November 19, 2011 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

Wow, check out this letter I just got about my story “Save Me Plz”:

I came across your short story “Save Me Plz” on your website maybe a year and a half ago, and I liked it. I actually forwarded it to a friend of mine, who I was really worried about then because he spent so much time playing MMOs and wasn’t doing well, failing his studies and kind of withdrawing from us. Reading the story was apparently a turning point for him, a wake-up call if you want, and it’s great to see that he is doing much, much better now. He even said once that the story “saved his life.”

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io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Interviews R.A. Salvatore

November 17, 2011 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

Episode 49 of my science fiction podcast is now up at io9. In this show R.A. Salvatore, creator of the popular Dungeons & Dragons character Drizzt Do’Urden, joins us to discuss breaking into novel writing, getting a phone call from bloody sock guy, and why a city of evil elves is a lot like Middle School. Then stick around after the interview as guest geek James Sutter joins us to discuss Dungeons & Dragons.

io9's geek's guide to the galaxy podcast interview R.A. Salvatore

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io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy Podcast Interviews Lev Grossman

November 4, 2011 by David Barr Kirtley Leave a Comment

Episode 48 of my science fiction podcast is up at io9. In this show we interview Lev Grossman, book critic for TIME Magazine and author of the fantasy novels The Magicians and The Magician King, which take a skeptical look at the idea that attending a wizard school or traveling to a magical kingdom would be all wonder and adventure. Then stick around after the interview as guest geek Doug Cohen joins us to discuss A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin.

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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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