In the latest episode of the Lair of Secrets podcast, we delve into our summer reading lists, exploring a mix of thrilling, nostalgic, and intellectually stimulating books. Ken kicks things off with Action Park by Andy Mulvihill, reminiscing about the notorious amusement park of his youth. David follows with a dive into sci-fi novels, including Larry Niven’s Ringworld Engineers and Cixin Liu’s The Dark Forest.
After the reading lists, we’ve got the obligatory Overlord banter, with Ken’s 20-mile hike, David’s ongoing writing course, and our upcoming Fallout 2d20 actual play RPG game.
Need more books? Check out our previous summer reading lists:
Quotes
- “Action Park was as legendary as it was notorious because the designer’s impetus was, ‘It’s the amusement park where you control the rides.'”
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:10 Ken’s First Book: “Action Park”
5:35 David’s Sci-Fi Reads: “Ringworld Engineers” and “The Dark Forest”
11:48 More Book Picks: “In Our Stars” and “Venice”
18:23 Short Stories vs. Novels
21:08 Ken’s 20-Mile Hike Adventure
28:44 David’s Writing Course Progress
30:36 Fallout 4 Gameplay and Mods
37:03 Fallout 2d20 TTRPG Excitement
38:20 Outro and Community Engagement
Show Notes
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Summer Reading List 2024
- Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park by Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen
- In Our Stars (The Doomed Earth, Book 1) by Jack Campbell
- Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, Book 2) by Mur Lafferty
- Terminus (Threshold, Book 4) by Peter Cline
- Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
- The Dark Forest (The Three Body Problem, Book 2) by Cixin Liu
- Ibenus (The Valducan, Book 3) by Seth Skorkowsky
- The Best of Science Fiction 2003 by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
The Banter of the Overlords
- Ken’s 20-mile hike
- Lessons in pain from a long day on the trail.
- Writing, writing, procrastinating, writing
- Back to Fallout 4 … with Mods!
- Planning our upcoming Fallout 2d20 TTRPG actual play game
Outro
Thanks for attending our latest minion and future overlord training. Thanks for coming! If you were sitting near the old death ray, head over to dice.camp and follow us @lairofsecrets. We’ve got all you need for those Hyperion gamma burns.
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Book cover art for In Our Stars by Jack Campbell.
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