Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel won the Goodreads Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2022. Luke read it and tells Juliane all the ways it doesn’t work as a science fiction novel, but how it somehow works anyway.

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Luke is disappointed by City of Illusions by Ursula K LeGuin and tries to convince Juliane that disappointment is a bad thing.

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Juliane reads Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki so Luke doesn’t have to, and then wishes she didn’t read it either.

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Luke was told not to review Eversion by Alastair Reynolds due to spoilers, so he keeps this episode just short enough to convince Juliane to read it soon.

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