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Approaching Lightspeed is your guide through the mind-bending frontiers of the science fiction genre. With a focus on tales found in books, we'll explore all sorts of fantastical worlds, from the brutally indifferent cosmos found in Revelation Space to the intrigue-filled, culturally rich spaces of Teixcalaan, and everything in between. ---More Approaching Lightspeed: linktr.ee/approachinglightspeed
Unknown Host hosts Approaching Lightspeed, a arts show with 15 episodes published.
"The Expanse" author James SA Corey continues their generational sci-fi run with a new trilogy, "The Captive's War." In it, humanity suddenly finds itself in the clutches of the alien Carryx. Their choices: demonstrate t
Martha Wells' "Murderbot Diaries" follows one of science fiction's most introverted (but also most likable!) protagonists through an alarmingly familiar corporate hellscape in an epic journey to get as far from humans as
Iain M. Banks spirits us away to a crumbling solar system where technological advancement and supremacy comes not in what its inhabitants can make for themselves, but in what they can pilfer from the ruins of the countle
In Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" series, humanity is slowly coming to the uncomfortable realization that they might be the only spacefaring civilization around--or at least the only one that hasn't been violently
Andy Weir's "The Martian" was a gigantic hit on both literary and cinematic fronts. So how does he keep the momentum going in his latest work, "Project Hail Mary?" Well, it has a little something to do with icy apocalyps
Becky Chambers' Galactic Commons is a civilization brimming with history and intrigue... what better way to explore it than through the eyes of this universe's endearing equivalent to blue collar workers?
The races of the galaxy were helpless to stem the Dread Empire of the Shaa's conquering tide. Today, with the ethos of their Praxis at the forefront of their society, the Shaa are the undisputed rulers of all that is kno
An all-devouring cosmic beast to some, a shining beacon of civilization to others; Arkady Martine's Teixcalaanli Empire is the most powerful force in the known galaxy and a center of technological development, poetry, an
In this episode, we pay a visit to the eerily beautiful, richly realized, and utterly alien planet of Darwin IV.
In this episode, we take a look at the vast, absurdly powerful galactic utopia that is Iain M. Banks' Culture, as well as the lengths its citizens go to in order to find meaning in a universe seemingly without want...
The Expanse isn't just the cataclysms and paradigm shifts that seem to come with each book; some of the quieter moments are collected in the anthology "Memory's Legion." Part two of Approaching Lightspeed's "Expanse Spec
Spoilers ahead! Two friends dive deep into the final entries in the Expanse series: "Leviathan Falls" and "Sins of Our Fathers."
The Expanse television show is complete... but the story remains unfinished. What comes next? And what IS the Expanse, anyway? D. Tyler Pierson has the answers in part one of Approaching Lightspeed's "Expanse Spectacular
The bounty hunter Boba Fett is a well-established character in Star Wars lore... but what was he like during the franchise's formative years?
We delve into the depths of the massive, spacefaring haunted house that is Revelation Space's Nostalgia for Infinity...
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