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Anders blends two genre traditions into an emotionally direct argument against treating science and nature as simple opposites.
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2016 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
All the Birds in the Sky
Childhood friends Patricia and Laurence grow into a witch and a technological visionary on opposite sides of a worsening planetary crisis. Their renewed relationship becomes entangled in a conflict between magic and science over how, or whether, humanity should be saved.
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You like romantic, playful speculative fiction with apocalyptic stakes.
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Science and magicClimate crisisFriendshipResponsibility
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