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Apr 2021
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How do we know if our ideas are original? Are there any serious efforts to colonize asteroids? Why aren't there any space books for teenagers? When does contemporary fiction become historical fiction? How do I write more than a few pages at a time? What unnecessary things do you do to make life more enjoyable?  Hank Green and Charlie Jane Anders have answers!

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