Episode 519-With Derek Kunsken

Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 7:30 a.m.

This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Derek Kunsken, author of The Quantum War (book 3 of the Quantum Evolution series).
\nAbout The Quantum War: The war rages onward and the Union\u2019s premier fighter pilots, the Homo Eridanus, start encountering deadly resistance from strange pilots on the Congregate side. Among wreckage, they find that new Congregate pilots are, in fact, Homo quantus, with strange wiring and AI connections.
\nAt the same time, the Puppets come to the Union with offers of an alliance for a dangerous price: the rescue of the geneticist Antonio Del Casal who is a captive on Venus, with over a hundred Homo quantus.
\nOnly one person might be able to break through the Congregate defenses at Venus, and he\u2019s a con man.
\nAbout Derek Kunsken: Derek is a science fiction, fantasy, and sometimes accidentally, horror writer. He writes and reads both novel-length and short fiction, with a preference for works that explore really strange places and people.
\nThis week\u2019s picks:
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\n* Derek #1: DC’s Stargirl (CW/HBOMax)
\n* Derek #2: Hawkeye (Disney+)
\n* Tracy: The Good Place: The Podcast
\n* Patrick: Young Justice: Phantoms (HBOMax)
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\nLinks:
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\n* Derek Kunsken on Twitter
\n* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
\n* Patrick Hester on Twitter
\n* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page
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\n\xa9 2021 Patrick Hester