Click here to play this episode. Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. My co-hosts for this episode are:
Kevin Kelly, senior maverick at Wired, editor of Cool Tools, co-founder of Quantified Self, co-creator of The Silver Cord, and author of books.
and
Rob Reid, entrepreneur and author of the new science fiction novel Year Zero.
In this episode:
Rob Reid's $(removed) Billion iPod talk at TED2012
Year Zero, by Rob Reid. Giveaway! If you subscribe to the Gweek podcast and email me to let me know that you did, you'll be entered into a drawing for a free copy of Year Zero (sorry, but the publisher will mail the copies to the US and Canada only.) (Giveaway closed!)
The Cyberiad, by Stanislav Lem
The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & Soul, by Douglas R. Hoftstadter and Daniel C/ Dennett
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons, edited by Russ Kick
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin
3 Idiots, the highest grossing Bollywood movie ever
And more!