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1.What obscure SFF novel or short story do you absolutely love? A real banger of a work that somehow nobody seems to have heard about?

The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
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also..

Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
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Grass by Sherri Tepper
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And..

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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Also...

The Chanur Series by C.J. Cherryh
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Apparently I can't do just one either.

2. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is estimated to be the most expensive show ever made...

Can you spend your way to the next “Game of Thrones?” Jeff Bezos — the world’s second-richest man and, incidentally, the owner of The Washington Post — certainly appears to have tried.

According to some news reports, the Amazon founder and J.R.R. Tolkien fan had his company plunk down an estimated $250 million just for the rights to make a TV show based on “The Lord of the Rings.” The resulting series, debuting Thursday, will be the most expensive ever made.

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