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Mentioned in 6 episodes

On the Calculation of Volume, Volume 1

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Solveig Birkeland

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Mentioned by

Jordana Cepelewicz

Mentioned in 6 episodes

Mentioned by

Bob Odenkirk

as a novel whose treatment of time helped him describe how he felt after his heart incident.

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Recommended by

Peter Suderman

as a cozy and philosophical novel exploring the themes of time, self-knowledge, and relationships.

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Jordana Cepelewicz

as a novel that gets into the infinite and has a very mathy title.

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Recommended by

Austin Walker

as a brief, emotionally powerful time-loop novella about grief, memory, and a woman explaining her predicament to her husband.

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Mentioned by Chris Power and

Solvej Balle

as the author’s septology being published in English and shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, discussed throughout the event.

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Listed in the episode shownotes as one of many books the hosts have noted in their reading list.

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Mentioned by

Joumana Khatib

as a runaway-hit existential series resembling a Groundhog Day loop, with Book 5 forthcoming.

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Mentioned by

Gilbert Cruz

as a philosophical book in seven volumes about a woman stuck in a time loop, exploring the depths of personhood.

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Recommended by

Medaya Ocher

as a collection of slim volumes about a woman repeating the same day.

Mentioned by both speakers as a philosophical novel with a narrative voice akin to that of a philosopher.

Rebecca Lowe: the container theory of time in On the Calculation of Volume

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