Emily St. John Mandel is back with a stunning sci-fi trip to a parallel world

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What happened

Exit Party opens in a near-future Los Angeles just out of curfew, where two women attend a party that gets stranger by the minute.

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  • Reported by New Scientist and published Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:00:00 UTC.

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