Reading Rangers #4: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Signal Boost #27: K. Arsenault Rivera (The Tiger's Daughter) and Stacey Berg (Echo Hunter 367 Duology)
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341. NaNoWriMo — A Discussion w/ Cat Rambo, Nicky Drayden, and C.B. Lee
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#64. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — A Shoot the WISB Subcast
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340. Ken Liu (a.k.a. The Imperial Paper-Pusher) — The Legends of Luke Skywalker (An Interview)
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