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Science fiction titles that are out of this world

On today’s episode, Jill is joined by her co-worker Sam and they share science fiction titles. Books mentioned in this episode: Recursion by Blake Crouch The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers (a closed and common orbit) 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Rabbits by Terry Miles […]
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👽Today on the podcast, Jill is joined by her co-worker Sam to discuss some out of this world Science Fiction!

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Asking @OverDriveInc employees what their favorite book of 2021 was and so far four witch books have been named .... out of four books mentioned.

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