Hey, Jason Mark here. There's nothing like Summer for losing yourself in a good book under a shady tree or, in my case, next to a cranked-up AC.

And do you know my colleague and friend Greta Johnson? She likes to call herself WBEZ's resident book nerd.

Greta hosts a super cool nerd ed podcast where she talks to authors, musicians,

scientists, and more. So when Curious City got a question from a listener that combined books,

sci-fi, and libraries, well, we knew Greta was the perfect person to help us out.

First, let's meet our question asker.

Hey, my name is Andy Kukowski.

I live in Chicago.

I've been here for about 10 years now.

Hey, Andy.

Thanks for writing in.

Now, I don't want to reveal too much about Andy and his question right this second.

Just remember it has something to do with

hunting down books you might like to read and well I'm gonna let Greta take over

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Hey, Greta here. So Andy is a huge sci-fi fan. He says one of his absolute favorites is Adrian

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