This episode focuses on Howard Waldrop's "Man Mountain Gentian." In the future when sumo has become a telekinetic sport - mind against mind - the competitors must defeat their opponents psychically as well as physically. Tension builds until you couldn't cut it with a katana in this masterful crossover between sport and science fiction.

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(00:00) - Introduction

(00:55) - Author Bio

(02:04) - Story Summary

(03:55) - Reading a Passage

(09:22) - Commentary

(12:03) - Outro

Sources:

https://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/mississippi-writers/howard-waldrop

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/howard-waldrop/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Waldrop