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Embassytown - Aliens who are truly alien and a wild, techno-organic world!
Embassytown - Aliens who are truly alien and a wild, techno-organic world!
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
There is only one human settlement on the planet of Arieka. There, in Embassytown, a young woman named Avice grows up in a strange world between worlds, where all that is human and all that is alien collide without ever really coming together. That's not much of a summary, but this is a book that really benefits from going in mostly blind, so we made sure to keep things really clean in the pre-spoilers section too.Join the Hugonauts book club on discord!Or you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoSimilar books we recommend:Babel-17 by Samuel DelanyCity and the City or anything else by China Miéville A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Released:
Jun 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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