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757: Goodnight Moon Dragons

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Book Club travels to the far future for the sci-fi/fantasy mash-up “Moonbound” by Robin Sloan. Here be dragons! Not to mention wyrd multidimensional witches at the bottom of a pool, Arthurian proto-heroes, friendly sentient robot hive minds, and plucky talking beavers!

Book Club: "Moonbound"

Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, Erika Ensign, Scott McNulty, Joe Rosensteel and Heather Berberet

Referenced Works
Moonbound
[Amazon] [Apple]
Show Notes & Links

What are we reading?

Scott:

  • Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
  • Future’s Edge by Gareth L. Powell

    • Aleen:

    • Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett
    • Drowning Empire series by Andrea Stewart, specifically The Bone-Shard Daughter

      • Erika:

      • Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch
      • Roses in Amber by CE Murphy

        • Heather:

        • To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
        • Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

          • Joe:

          • Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
          • Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne

            • Jason:

            • Recursion by Blake Crouch
            • Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

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