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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 16, 2025

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Is Atwood’s dystopian novel too grim for a holiday collection of quotations? Too bad–look around you. The book has come to life before our eyes.

cover of Margaret Atwood's novel "The Handmaid's Tale"
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 15, 2025

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One of the most engaging anti-hero rogues in all fantasy, Locke Lamora is even more fascinating when paired with his buddy Jean. If you haven’t read The Lies of Locke Lamora, you have a treat in store. It is Book One of The Gentleman Bastards series.

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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 14, 2025

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quotation from Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell," framed by an antique mirror

Susanna Clarke’s brilliant tour de force of a fantasy novel was published in 2004.

cover of "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell," by Susanna Clarke
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