Machine life, a beautiful empath, and an interstellar spaceship on a mission of discovery -- it's Gene Wolfe's Star Trek the Motion Picture. Join Brandon and Glenn for the recap of one of Wolfe's rare hard SF stories, "Alien Stones."

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Next up: a discussion of "Alien Stones."