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Non-Human Narrators

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot InsidersThe Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton.

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News Discussed

The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG!

Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros.

New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020!

Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show.

Books

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children)

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death)

Pet by Awkaeke Emezi

All Systems Red by Martha Wells