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The author explains that before writing a science‑fiction book they consult scientists with unusual questions, a practice that shaped their upcoming novel, A Wall Is Also a Road, scheduled for release on 6 October. In this work the protagonist is a cellular slime mould that also serves as a graduate student, reflecting the author’s own feeling of being like an amoeba during graduate school. The choice of a slime mould hero emerged from the author’s habit of probing scientific perspectives to inspire narrative concepts.

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