Ep. 647: Best Sci Fi Beach Reading

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[Editor's Note: The Q&A section was lost when the internet & software demons did their thing. Sorry. I did get the initial co-host banter part adequately. -- Rich]

Summer’s here! And that means finally tackling that huge list of books piled up on your bedside table and filling up your Kindle. What books do we recommend for some fun reads this summer?

- The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scsalzi

- Space Opera by Katherine Valente

- The Culture series by Iain M. Banks (The Player of Games)

- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

- Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty

- Reamde and The Fall by Neil Stephenson

- Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor

- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

- Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clark

- Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

- Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

- The Mission: A True Story by David Brown

- Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod