This episode features "Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan" written by Ian McDonald originally published in Old Venus, edited by Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin. Reprinted in the December 2017 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker.

The text version of this story can be found at:
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/mcdonald_12_17_reprint

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