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Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
- Charles Sheffield, science fiction writer
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Brown and Dave King
- Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Colson Whitehead The Nickel Boys (which won the Pulitzer Prize)
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