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Escaping intergalactic kidnappers has never been quite so ridiculous.
When Lem and her faithful dog, Spock, retreat from the city for a few days of hiking in Algonquin Park, the last thing they expect is to be kidnapped by aliens. No, scratch that. The last thing they expect is to…
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This is the most laugh-out-loud alien kidnapping adventure you’ll ever read! Science-fiction fan Lem and her dog Spock awake to find themselves trapped in the Spaceship Teapot by a gang of bunnies that are intergalactic bounty hunters. To escape, Lem makes friends with the unlikeliest group of alien fellow inmates. A talking horse, a sarcastic robot, an anxious big bird, and a sentient gas cloud, all have mind-boggling forms of gender. They communicate through a “figurative translator,” an ingenious AI device that names unfamiliar objects based on the most similar thing in the listener’s mind. The device draws on Lem’s…
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