Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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John talks with four experts at Comic Con so you can get up to speed on the latest and greatest Science Fiction books.
Here's the full list of recommended comics, novels, and graphic novels. Enjoy! (To buy the books, follow the links at left and a portion of the proceeds will go to KPCC.)
Douglas Wolk, comic book reviewer for the NYT and other outlets:
Omega the Unknown by Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple
Superman Beyond by Grant Morrison and Doug Manke
A Maze of Death by Philip Dick
Graeme McMillan, weekend editor at sci-fi ezine io9.com
Wonton Soup by James Stokoe
100 percent by Paul Pope
Meredith Woerner, Associate Editor, io9.com
The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
short stories by Isaac Asimov
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Annalee Newitz, Editor in Chief, io9.com
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd Century America by Robert Charles Wilson
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin