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Goodreads Suspends Ratings After Samantha Harvey's Science Fiction Novel Orbital Gets Review Bombed Over Having A Russian Character
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Goodreads Suspends Ratings After Samantha Harvey's Science Fiction Novel Orbital Gets Review Bombed Over Having A Russian Character

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Goodreads Suspends Ratings After Samantha Harvey's Science Fiction Novel Orbital Gets Review Bombed Over Having A Russian Character
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Mainstream publishing has massive problems when it comes to identity politics, and a new science fiction book, Orbital by Samantha Harvey, is allegedly getting review bombed on Good Reads because it features a Russian character. 

Over the last decade, science fiction publishing has become completely politicized, especially when it comes to award-winning …

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