Feb 11, 2016
In this episode, Perry Kaufman explains the difference between "hard" and "soft" science fiction and makes a couple recommendations (13:21), and Kristi Cates talks about books that readers of The Martian might also like (13:39). Plus, there's a new prize challenge.
Perry's recommendations:
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Kristi's recommendations:
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (Red
Mars,
Green Mars,
Blue Mars)
Packing For Mars by Mary Roach
Alone In Antarctica by Felicity Aston
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea by Steven
Callahan
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