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  "id": 16172995,
  "title": "Emily St. John Mandel: ‘I don’t want to write something relentlessly bleak’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/emily-st-john-mandel-i-dont-want-to-write-something-relentlessly-bleak",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Scientist",
    "slug": "new-scientist",
    "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2594154-emily-st-john-mandel-i-dont-want-to-write-something-relentlessly-bleak/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The science-fiction novelist talks to Alison Flood about her latest book Exit Party, a tale of parallel worlds that is the October read for the New Scientist Book Club",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}