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Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month\\u2019s pick is The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.

It\\u2019s an alternate-universe story about hundreds of different Earths slightly different from our own. It\\u2019s possible to \\u201ctraverse\\u201d to other planets, but only if the traverser\\u2019s doppelganger is already dead. Enter Cara, our protagonist, whose impoverished and oppressed upbringing means she\\u2019s already dead on every planet except for eight of them.

This is Micaiah Johnson\\u2019s first book, and it\\u2019s an ambitious one. In today\\u2019s episode, Nerdette host Greta Johnsen has a spoiler-free conversation with the author about the book\\u2019s themes and how Micaiah\\u2019s own life story intersects with Cara\\u2019s.

Be sure to come back later this month for a spoiler-filled conversation about The Space Between Worlds. And don\\u2019t forget: we want to hear from you too! Record your thoughts about the novel and send an audio file to nerdettepodcast@gmail.com.