{"id":22,"slug":"egan-greg","name":"Egan, Greg","type":"person","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:34:29.149973+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"74c7f2aa-93f7-4f20-a7ac-7917208a3f3c","slug":"s14e01-the-hallway-track","subject":"s14e01 - The Hallway Track","title":"The Hallway Track","publish_date":"2023-01-02T22:43:10.247775+00:00","year":2023,"month":1,"season":14,"episode":1,"episode_label":"s14e01","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e01-the-hallway-track/","is_premium":0,"word_count":959,"context":" … on\nrailways, not sandwiches\n, in a nicely hopeful essay about the Great Renovation.\n\n<mark>Greg Egan</mark>, the theoretical physicist's hard science fiction author, has a new novel out … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"1aff6ad9-5193-423a-9954-3a0339746804","slug":"s11e50-community-content","subject":"s11e50: Community Content","title":"Community Content","publish_date":"2022-05-09T19:23:41.827605+00:00","year":2022,"month":5,"season":11,"episode":50,"episode_label":"s11e50","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s11e50-community-content/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1816,"context":" … Shorts\n\n<mark>Greg Egan</mark> has a new short story out,\nDream Factory\n, published by Clarkesworld. 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So personally, there's something intriguing in opening up the … ","reading_minutes":4},{"id":"1102478c-efc7-4336-a845-7313d390c921","slug":"episode-three-happy-birthday-and-connections","subject":"Episode Three: Happy Birthday and Connections","title":"Happy Birthday and Connections","publish_date":"2014-01-27T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":1,"season":null,"episode":3,"episode_label":"episode 3","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-three-happy-birthday-and-connections/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1434,"context":" … More <mark>Greg Egan</mark>\nI know I pimped <mark>Greg Egan</mark> last episode, but I've found another gem I'd love to share with you. In his 2013 short … ","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"bef29773-3210-44d1-b73d-56a9b4cb5da3","slug":"episode-2-the-desire-to-fix-things","subject":"Episode 2: The Desire To Fix Things","title":"The Desire To Fix Things","publish_date":"2014-01-24T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":1,"season":null,"episode":2,"episode_label":"episode 2","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-2-the-desire-to-fix-things/","is_premium":0,"word_count":931,"context":" … And Now Some Short Fiction\n<mark>Greg Egan</mark> is one of my favorite science fiction writers. I picked up Diaspora while I was in college, and pretty much tore … ","reading_minutes":5}]}