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Gilmore Girls · S2 E12 · Rory Gilmore · Rory's bedroom
Rory's shelf for Richard: The Scarecrow of Oz
Carl Sagan's only novel, published in 1985, about a scientist who picks up a signal from space. The Jodie Foster movie came out in 1997, so Rory likely saw it first and read it anyway, which is the most Rory order of operations.