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Politics

Five SFF Works About Unlikely Global Superpowers

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road trips

Five Unconventional SFF Road Trips

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Ancient Rome

Five Thinly Veiled Versions of Rome in SF 

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Science Fiction

Five Classic SF Books About Rival Nation-States in Space

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Atlantis

Five Works Inspired by the Legend of Atlantis

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Collection of five book covers of shared universe short fiction anthologies
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shared universes

Five Classic SFF Works Set in a Shared Universe

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Illustration depicting a scene in Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung. A man in armor and a winged helmet blows a curved horn.
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Norse mythology

Five Unforgettable Norse Warriors in Historical Fiction and Fantasy

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Jo Walton’s Reading List: December 2023

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Science Fiction

Five SF Stories Featuring Externally Mandated Body Modifications

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Science Fiction

Five Stories Featuring Cryonics and Suspended Animation

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Science Fiction

Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets

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SFF Bestiary

Mortal and Immortal (Mer)Folk: Poul Anderson’s The Merman’s Children

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“We are all stardust and stories.”

Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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