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Nonfiction About Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk, and Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas, published by Third Man Books.

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Books Discussed

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (D&D Wildemount)

Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor