Recorded August 20th, 2014

This episode contains: Special Guest Patrick Spain, awkwardness, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, explaining names, Google cars, facial recognition, saving lives, repairing vehicles, driverless future, the difference between science fiction and fantasy, chat about The Broken Empire series by Mark Lawrence, the Stormlight Archive chat, Tolkien stereotypes, the Night’s Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, believable magic and lazy writing, Futurama quote, what Patrick learned.

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Mark Lawrence (Broken Empire Trilogy)

Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archives)

Peter F. Hamilton (Night’s Dawn Trilogy)