You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better.

I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour, Mallory Omera.

And I'm Briae Grant, filmmaker, and E-reader.

This episode, we're talking about science fiction

and interviewing Annally Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders,

authors and hosts of our opinions are correct podcast.

But first, what are you reading Bria?

You know it's weird, we're doing a science fiction episode

and we're not reading the fucking science fiction.

That is hilarious that we finally, after over a year,

I'm doing an episode on Scifi and you're not reading a

Well here's what happened so I finished it after a long time and then I was like I

I feel like I should throw you a party for a know I know and then I

want to just read like a little short book afterwards.

And so I picked up this book, Convenience Storewoman.

Oh my God, I almost just bought that yesterday.

Oh, it's great.

But I already had like way too many books and Alan.

Poor Alan was carrying them around the last book store. And was like I don't need another hardcover I'll come back for this.

Well it is

Who is the it's written by Sayaka Mirrada and translated by Jenny Tapley, Taki Mori.

And it is really great.

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