Happy New Year! Twenty sixteen is gone, and it's left twenty seventeen in its place. In this episode, the pilots chat about what they're going to use to distract themselves from reality in the coming year! 

Books discussed in the episode:

White Tears - Hari Kunzru

Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire

Dissolving Classroom - Junji Ito

The Bastards and the Knives - Scott Lynch

Humans, Bow Down - James Patterson

Welcome to Nightvale: A novel - Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

In Calabria - Peter S. Beagle

Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day - Seanan McGuire

Empress of a Thousand Skies - Rhoda Belleza

James’ book West of Pale is now available in it’s print edition! Check it out on Amazon. Also, take a look at his Sci-Fi first draft on his website www.jpatrickallen.com.

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