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Escape pod. Episode 792. A little bit of Carly. By you Dunjaiya, via J Rathna. And our RVOD. Part 1 of 2.

Hello, and welcome to Escape pod, your weekly science fiction podcast. I'm Divya, your host

for this episode. A quick reminder that voting for the Hugo Awards is open to anyone who has

registered for this year's World Science Fiction Convention. You can download Escape pod sample

packet on our website, escapepod.org, and you can get all of the sample packets via your Worldcon

member page. Our story this week is Part 1 of 2, a little bit of Carly, by you Dunjaiya,

with your Rathna and our RVOD. This story was first published in the Expanding Universe 5,

a science fiction exploration in September 2019. You Dunjaiya, with your Rathna is the

Nebula Award-nominated author of Number Cast, The Salvage Crew, and several other stories.

He works as a researcher with the Data Algorithms and Policy Team at Learning Asia,

a think tank working across the global south. He also co-founded Watch Dogs Sri Lanka, a fact

checker. His fiction has appeared in wired, slate, and become brief bestsellers worldwide.

Our RVOD is a two-time Dragon Award finalist and a Nebula Award finalist. He is a

fantasist authoring the grave report and the Books of Winter, the first of which was lauded by Jim

Butcher. He has worked in the automotive industry as a mechanic in retail and in the custom gaming

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