The Commander's guests include science fiction author and critic Harlan Ellison; Terry Pratchett, author of Small Gods, the latest novel in his best-selling Discworld series; James Morrow talking about his upcoming book, Towing Jehovah; Spider Robinson (author, Time Pressure); Donald Westlake (author, Humans); and Connie Willis (author, Doomsday Book). Rick also discusses the Islamic interpretation of God's will with Salman Rushdie. Rick also talks to Douglas Adams, author of Mostly Harmless, Clive Barker, author of Imajica, and Brian Stableford, author of Journey to the Centre who discusses the atheism of science fiction.