Last year I was talking with Bill Woodcock and asked for recommendations and he ...

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Last year I was talking with Bill Woodcock (npub1lht…n69r) and asked for recommendations and he suggested "The City & the City" by China Miéville. It was fantastic, I had never read anything like it. That started a round of requests for this year. (My years tend to start after the end of #DefCon for some reason)

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