Book Club: ‘The Space Between Worlds’

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In a lot of ways, The Space Between Worlds is a classic, action-packed sci-fi novel about a multiverse. But as our panelists explain, author Micaiah Johnson skillfully twists a lot of archetypical tropes into something wholly unique.

Listen along as Greta discusses the book with Ramtin Arablouei, co-host of NPR’s Throughline podcast, and Northwestern University journalism lecturer Arionne Nettles. We also hear from many of you!

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
0:05.0	Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.
0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events.
0:15.0	From W be easy Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson and this is the
0:20.3	Nurdat Book Club. It's just like a regular book club except we don't actually know if you never read the book. is the space between
0:27.0	space between worlds. It's just like a regular book club except we don't actually
0:23.4	know if you never read the book. This month we are discussing Makaya Johnson's
0:27.7	The Space Between Worlds. It's a super thoughtful and action-packed sci-fi novel with a lot of heart.
0:34.0	If you have not read the book and you do not want any spoilers, you're in luck.
0:38.0	There is a spoiler-free author interview in the feed.
0:40.0	That is what you should be listening to because today we are going to
0:44.4	unpack the shit out of this book my guess this month's our Northwestern lecturer
0:49.8	Arian Nettles hi Arian. Hello!
0:53.0	And we have the co-host of NPR's Through Lion Podcast, Romtine, R-a-Blooie Romtine,
0:58.0	hey!
0:59.0	Yo, how are you?
1:00.0	Good, how are you?
1:01.0	Good, good, I'm ready. Yes. Okay. So I'm really curious if each of you are typically
1:07.6	sci-fi fans like Ram teen especially like is this a book that you would have picked up if I hadn't been like hey dude do you want to read this book with us for book club?
1:16.0	Yeah actually I'm a I'm a huge sci-fi nerd if that's the right word it's my favorite genre of book to read so I was super
1:24.4	excited oh awesome I had seen this book on a list of books that someone had
1:28.4	recommended to me they were coming out on this year to check out so you know having the occasions to not only read it but then chat with you all about it was very exciting.
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