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Jan 2024
43m 35s

The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton

SCOTT MILLER
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She was the guardian of the worlds, but HER world was dead. The Gifts of Asti by Andre Norton, that’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.The first story we ever narrated by Andre Norton, All Cats Are Gray, was so popular that we decided to do another one of her stories as soon as possible.I had never heard of the publication Fantasy Book which, like many public ... Show More
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