Austen Diamond takes you on an ambient, electronic trip with Tycho. And Betsy Burton reviews Emily St. John Mandel's novel "Station Eleven," a suspenseful, poetic vision of life after civilization’s fall to a pandemic (Knopf).
Book reviews and concert previews brought to you by Betsy Burton, co-owner of The King's English Bookshop, and Austen Diamond, producer of 13% Salt. Books & Beats airs Saturdays at 7:35 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. during NPR's Weekend Edition.