Post Austerity Science Fiction | Fiction Pop-Up with Kandas Rodarte
- S3E53
- 29:53
- September 28th 2026
An alien arrives and ends war, famine + poverty. Everyone's delighted. But is it actually benevolent?
Kandas Rodarte of the Sci-Fi Book Pod is back for a Fiction Pop-Up. We're sharing faves about worlds where the machines have solved everything + the knock on effects for humanity.
There's also a murder by mushroom, a book Kandas loved and hated at the same time + the series I've been re-reading since 1987.
Look for more Fiction Pop-Ups roughly every month.
Books discussed in this episode:
Rejoice! A Knife to the Heart - Stephen Erickson
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Omega Force series - Joshua Dalzelle
The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett
A Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson Bennett
A Trade in Blood - Robert Jackson Bennett
Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks
The Culture series - Iain M. Banks
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
Running Man - Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)
To Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer
Kandas' Website: kandasrodarte.com
Kandas' Podcast: Gratitude Geek
Kandas' YouTube: Gratitude Geek Podcast on YouTube
Kandas's Sci Fi Book Podcast: Sci Fi Book Pod
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