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What on earth did Natalie get into?

Stopped listening around 4-5 days later. Will add to “pick back up as a physical book” pile

Octavia Butler with a bar from The Lost Races of Science Fiction (1980)

“Back when Star Wars was new, a familiar excuse for ignoring minorities went something like this: ‘Science fiction is escapist literature. It’s readers/viewers don’t want to be weighted down with real problems.’ War, okay. Planet wide- destruction, okay. Kidnapping, okay. But the sight of a minority person? Too heavy. Too real…”

Listened to the first 2 hours while repotting my plants and it played like a movie in my head! I’m liking it!

I see similarities between my life and the main characters. No one prepared me for how friendships can/will change as we grow older 😭

The timeline jumping is an interesting twist to the main plot!

Interesting plot and timeline…

What is the Calamity Club up to? Oh, I hope they don't get found out before they reach their mission!