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Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

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Containing Matters of Milkweeds.


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introductions, recent non-podcast reads (0:00 )

general overview and discussion of linguistics and science fiction (28:28 )

Ursula K. Leguin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) (1:06:09 )


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Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

Ursula K. Le Guin - "Author of the Acacia Seeds" (1974) | Chrononauts Episode 48.1

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