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Hugos There Podcast #49: Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis (feat. Rebecca Barry)

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A Vote for Secession

Many things in the present day sections of this novel really rang home. I thought a very interesting aspect of this is that they're initially calling it the south carolina virus, and then they realize, belatedlyoh, it actually came from oxford. And so even to day, we still face the awkwardness of if you name virus after a place,. sometimes you got ta deal with the fact that you might not have been right the first time around. For readers at home, if you are looking for an escapist fantasy that will not remind you of current times, this might not be the book for you.

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