Episode 14: The Windup Girl: Six Springs a'Kinking
On day 5,000 of shelter-in-place, we discussed The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, which won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel in 2010. We would have voted differently. CW: rape, rape, and more rape, sexual slavery, colonialism Music by Eon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVbvE0PJyss
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