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	The Sci-fi Haiku: Epoch 1 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sci-fi Haiku: Epoch 2 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me When I'm Younger: Clever Poems for Clever Kids by Michael Mortenson (Goodreads Author), Cameron Royce (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gibraltar by Michael Mortenson (Goodreads Author), Bam Bofu (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

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Mona's Eyes

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Sounded In Every Ear: 1955-2020 (Saints, #4)

by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Fantastic collection of short stories threaded together fairly well. It’s amazing how much about the interplay between AI and humans Asimov extrapolated accurately. Somehow this book is incredibly relevant some 70 years after it was first published.
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