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The Socialist Shelf

The Gang Goes Progressive: Black Chamber

Mar 12, 2025
02:00:45

This is a bully good episode (am I using that term properly?)

This week, the shelfers check out S.M. Stirling's 2018 alternative history WWI novel, "Black Chamber." The premise? Teddy Roosevelt gets a third term as president, and this time he's Bernie Sanders in a cowboy hat.

We didn't dig this one. Jacob REALLY didn't dig this one.

If you're here, you should check out our website! Lenore's got a new essay up on The Shelf about S.M. Stirling, so read that here.

Music by Solo Monk (@SoloMonk256 on Twitter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/solomonkart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,) episode art is us in a "black chamber" get it?

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