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Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.69: An SF Starter Pack and an SF Game

Renay joins us from Fangirl Happy Hour to advise me and Whiskey Jenny about what SF to start with. She has ten recommendations and they are all (we’re confident) gold. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below or download the file directly to take with you on the go!

Episode 69

What We’re Reading

The Weather of the Future, Heidi Cullen
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, Cynthia Barnett
City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg
The Shining, Stephen King
Death: An Oral History, Casey Jarman
Gotham Academy, Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl

the logo on the shirt I’m going to buy, in the fullness of time:

coexistSFF Starter Pack

World War Z, Max Brooks
Old Man’s War, John Scalzi
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
The Girl Thing Who Went Out for Sushi, Pat Cadigan
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson
The Killing Moon, N. K. Jemisin
Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
Mars Evacuees, Sophia McDougall
Larklight, Philip Reeve and David Wyatt
Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear

What We Read for This Week

The Girl Thing Who Went Out for Sushi, Pat Cadigan
“The Screwfly Solution,” James Tiptree Jr.

What We’re Reading Next Time

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams

You can find Renay at Lady Business, Fangirl Happy Hour, and on Twitter. Get at me on Twitter, email the podcast, and friend me (Gin Jenny) and Whiskey Jenny on Goodreads. Or if you wish, you can find us on iTunes (and if you enjoy the podcast, give us a good rating! We appreciate it very very much).