In episode 18 we talk about Terry Pratchett's classic 1996 novel Hogfather, which uses Christmas to discuss the importance of belief and ritual.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• The Nowhere Child by Christian White
• The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
• On Sunday She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield
• The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell
• Voidverse by Damien Ober

Intro and outro music:

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In episode 17 we talk about the Monk & Robot duology by Becky Chambers, containing A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.

We discuss the first novella until 39 minutes into the episode, then we talk about the second novella.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R. L. Killmore
• We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
• Katabasis by RF Kuang
• A Forest, Darkly by A. G. Slatter

Intro and outro music:

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In episode 16 we talk about the first six books in Martha Wells' brilliant Murderbot sci-fi series: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Fugitive Telemetry, and Network Effect, plus we also talk about the recent Apple TV series, which contains the events of All Systems Red.

Please forgive our erratic pronoun usage when referring to Murderbot - the irony of not getting this right when discussing a series about a character's personhood is not lost on us.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

• Strange Pictures by Uketsu
• Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada
• The Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono
• The Cold House by Angela Slatter
• The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
• Isn't it nice we both hate the same things by Jessica Seaborn

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