Exploring the Mystique of 'Roadside Picnic'

We also each rank our top three first contact books at the end of the episode.

This episode is sponsored by The Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh, which is available in print or kindle edition here.

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All the books in the episode (with YT links to those we've got full episodes on, or search for them in your podcast app): 

• Contact by Carl Sagan
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
• The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
• Embassytown by China Miéville
• Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky Brothers
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
• Blindsight by Peter Watts
• The Expanse by James S.A. Corey
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
• Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Mote in God's Eye by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
• Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
• The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu