Episode · The Jordan Harbinger Show · 2024-09-28
Books mentioned on Top Astrophysicist: "Aliens may have contacted us, but we don't know how to call back."
Jordan Harbinger discussed The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. Also mentioned: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a masterclass in suspense, following ten strangers lured to a remote island who are systematically murdered one by one.
Discussed“But then I looked at your recent finds from the book, and I'm like, that doesn't make sense at all.”
Where to get it
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a historical novel set in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death and centered on a young foster girl who steals books and shares them with others.
Recommended“This is the part that blew my mind initially, and it was a good hook for the book, by the way!”
Where to get it
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The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton is a sci-fi thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism brought back to Earth by a space probe and the frantic efforts of scientists to contain it.
Discussed“I read the very scientific book by Michael kryon called the Andromeda train”
Where to get it
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a sweeping science fiction novel exploring humanity's first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China's cultural revolution.
Discussed“if you haven't seen it or read it of the three body problem that a civilization like tardy grades live somewhere else”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and so when I called the book alien Earth I was thinking about these worlds around other stars”
“I mean, it is just like people might say it's unlikely there's other life out there, but from reading the book, it seems like there's just a near certainty that there is because there's so many things in the Goldilocks zone on so many different stars—the habitable zone.”
“And I got to dive into science fiction in the book too, where it was like planets maybe even better than science fiction worlds.”