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Deb Olin Unferth, "Earth 7: A Novel" (Graywolf Press 2026)

Deb Olin Unferth, "Earth 7" (Graywolf Press 2026)

Christina Lord, "Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction" (Liverpool UP, 2023)

Keith Cooper, "Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact" (Reaktion, 2025)
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