Sam and Ryan bring in a special guest this week to discuss and experience the Renn Faire of Arizona. We chat about expectations, realities, our experiences and all in between (potentially some mead and turkey legs thrown in there) please join us in welcoming our first guest to the podcast.

Thank you the Pijama Piyama for our theme and interstitial music, you can find their album at:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3KLPxuKvUm33dwUbWJIlTk?si=pvJZmwe9QvO2csopPDx3pQ

https://music.apple.com/us/album/pijama-piyama-y-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855

The Black cloud is a foundational Hard Sci Fi book from 1957. This week Sam and Ryan discuss the groundwork this book does for establishing a whole form of speculative fiction!

Thank you to Pijama Piyama for the use of their song "Los Ninos de Rana" you can find it here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3KLPxuKvUm33dwUbWJIlTk?si=MpnYXI4kSmOyDTj_XWKVIg

https://music.apple.com/us/album/pijama-piyama-y-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855

This week we have two topics for you! First we will be talking about our feelings of the hit metroidvania Hollow Knight and in the second half of the episode we will be discussing the first three books in the Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown.

Check out our theme Music by Pijama Piyama here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UonsEHHSSpT83oD12Sw2t?si=3631674bad2b488d

https://music.apple.com/us/album/los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855?i=1703134858

Sam and Ryan Talk about the wonderful 1992 book by Alan Lightman "Einstein's Dreams" a look at relativity through a human scope.

Sam and Ryan talk about the first story in the book "A City of Saints and Madmen" by Jeff VanderMeer, published in 2001.

Are we physicists? no. Do we like to pretend that we are? absolutely. Sam and Ryan Talk about to nature of black holes and the history of their 'discovery.' join two idiots talking about something way out of their league.

Sam and Ryan talk about the hit 1985 SciFi Flick "Enemy Mine" staring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. Sam loves it, can Ryan find the love?

Ryan and Sam explore the grisly world of John Langan's "The Fisherman." A cosmic horror novel that explores the grief of loss and the things people will do to get back what they have lost.