Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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After finishing the fantastic A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, I've been thinking a lot about how fantasy and sci-fi are uniquely situated to explore grief, depression, and trauma.

Chapters
00:00 - How SFF deals with grief
07:10 - Discworld by Terry Pratchett
09:04 - Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut and Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
10:37 - The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
13:18 - The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

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