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What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line

By Hana Videen

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/

Beowulf at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660

#Books #Literature #Translation

The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located within the British Library. This is a digital photographic copy of the folio.

Text shown according to https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version:

HWæT. WE GARDE na in geardagum, þeodcyninga, [129] þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning. ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned, geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe on geat þe hie ær drugon aldorlease lange hwile. Him þæs liffrea, wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf; Beowulf wæs breme blæd wide sprang, Scyldes eafera Scede landum in. Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean, fromum feohgiftum on fæder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf#/media/File:Beowulf_Cotton_MS_Vitellius_A_XV_f._132r.jpg

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234d

Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France

Sent by Louis XIV, the filles du roi were sent to North America to birth new generations of colonists and help conquer the land.

On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada.

By: Ann Foster

https://daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/

Books about New France at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1225

#Books #History

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: Women coming to Quebec in 1667, in order to be married to the French Canadian farmers. Talon and Laval are waiting for the arrival of the women.

Jean Talon, intendant of New France, and François de Montmorency-Laval, bishop of Quebec, are waiting for the arrival of the women.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrival_of_the_Brides_-_Eleanor_Fortescue-Brickdale.png

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228d

Does anybody else get excited when they find typos?

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228d

ICYMI: The Kindle edition of "8: Tales of The Big Men from The Nod/Wells Timelines" is on sale until July 22 in the US and the UK via Amazon.

✅ Unique
✅ Speculative Fiction
✅ Sci-Fi
✅ Horror
✅ Thriller
✅ Universe

US: https://amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J

UK: https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J

@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks

#specfic #scifi #horror #thriller #literary #universe #book #books #bookstodon #read #reads #reading #booktodon #readingcommunity #booksale #bookdeal #whattoread #bestreads #readitnow

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Apareceu uma espécie de selo https://notbyai.fyi para livros: https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/

#AI #books

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Belgium Targets Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library.

https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/

Update: After publication, a representative from Internet Archive informed us that they are not aware of any disruption to their services at this time.

#books

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What's your favourite trilogy? 🤔

Every speculative fiction reader has that one trilogy they can't get over...

For me it's between The Seagulls and Lord of the Rings, Star Wars barely breaks the top 50 😜😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon

Meme from 50 Nerds of Grey

Friend 1: What is your favourite trilogy?
Friend 2: Star Wars
Friend 3: Lord of the Rings
Me:
Three pictures from The Argus newspaper headlines.
1: Student attacked by seagull
2: Seagull attacked by student
3: Angry seagulls strike back

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Which type of horror is best (had to limit it to four, go ahead and add your "Others" below:

#horror #poll #movies #TV #gaming #horrormovies #books #comics

40% Psychological horror
40% Supernatural horror
10% Body horror
10% Slasher

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Amazon ha decidido que a partir de hoy los libros que compran sus clientes sean un poquito menos suyos (no es que antes lo fuesen mucho, tampoco), y yo he decidido que no voy a vender ni un libro más allí 🤷‍♂️

Además, como intento ser consecuente conmigo mismo, he retirado los tres libros que he escrito de su catálogo, y siguiendo el espíritu colaborativo del Fediverso, los comparto ahora con vosotros de forma gratuita. A continuación os dejo un enlace a disroot para su descarga directa en epub (no hace falta que tengáis cuenta para bajarlos). Cada libro está en una carpeta que contiene el epub, la portada y un pdf con la sinopsis:

https://cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMHAjkWd

Si alguno de los libros os gusta estaré encantado de leer vuestras impresiones. Y si queréis invitarme a un café podéis hacerlo en mi página de Ko-fi ☕:

https://ko-fi.com/karurosu

Dadme una manita para compartir mi trabajo, porfa, pero sobre todo disfrutad de la lectura 🤓

#AmazonOff #Amazon #booktodon #bookstodon #libros #books #literatura #literaverso

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256d

📚 **Oliver Sacks: Why the Oxford English Dictionary is the most ‘coveted and desirable book in the world’**

🔗 https://flashbak.com/oliver-sacks-books-476320/.

#Reading #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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207d

I was not aware that a new S+S is coming down the pipeline! It's from Focus Features (who also did P+P 2005) so hopefully this will be good. Additionally, Fiona Shaw plays Mrs. Jennings here, AND she's playing Lady Catherine de Brough over at Netflix's P+P. She's on an Austen kick!

https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a65279758/daisy-edgar-jones-sense-and-sensibility/

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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206d

The Three Body Problem is not good

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260d

Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing?

These antique binder book designs in the Global Museum Store will make a difference!

Reviews:
⭐ I love this 2-ring binder. I bought one for my sister as well and we are both very happy with them - Kelly M.

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CLICK HERE👇
https://www.zazzle.com/collections/binders_planners-119129983103120542 #zoom #books #binders #folders #stationery

Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing?
These antique book designs in the Global Museum Store will make a difference!

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231d

Read “The Psychology of Money”

On having enough.

#books

JoHN BooL, THe Vanguard founder who passed away in 2019, once told a story about money that highlights something we don't think about enough: At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, "Yes, but I have something he will never have ... enough." Enough. I was stunned by the simple eloquence of that word stunned for two reasons: first, because I have been given so much in my own life and, second, because Joseph Heller couldn't have been more accurate. For a critical element of our society, including many of the wealthiest and most powerful among us, there seems to be no limit today on what enough entails. It's so smart, and so powerful. Let me offer two examples of the dangers of not having enough, and what they can teach us.

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion

Levi Jacobs always of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi's journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland by Bernard Sleigh, 1920

If you believe in fairies, this ancient map and guide will help you know them and find them

By Paul Sorene

https://flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917

Fairyland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37291

#Maps #Books #Literature

An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth (1917).

Presents Fairyland as a rectangular island in birds-eye perspective, complete with compass rose (“North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius,” “West of the Moon”), scale in “thoughts,” and legend indicating magical features like well‑springs, temples, inns, and dwarf’s treasures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh#/media/File:An_anciente_mappe_of_Fairyland_-_newly_discovered_and_set_forth_(15868801335).jpg

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259d

Good news: I’m writing another book!

Data centers have been a big part of the discourse over the past few years. I’ll be digging into why there are so many being built right now and the broader impacts they’re having. But also: do we really need this much compute?

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writing-a-new-book

#tech #books #datacenters #ai

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230d

I relate Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

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233d

_Rapport_, a new (free) Murderbot universe novelette

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229d

From the Ashes to the Dustbin: The Making and Un-Making of a Personal Library

Peter Wortsman on the Ever-Difficult Task of Saving and Discarding Beloved Books

https://lithub.com/from-the-ashes-to-the-dustbin-the-making-and-un-making-of-a-personal-library/

Personal library at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=personal+library

#Books #Literature

The Library at Dingestow by Charlotte Bosanquet.

Rendered in a central vanishing-point layout, the viewer’s eye is drawn to the deep-set wall at the far end of the room, flanked symmetrically by full-height bookcases.

The ceiling features exposed beams; an ornate wooden fireplace anchors the back wall. Two comfortable chairs and a central rug create a cozy reading atmosphere. A sturdy table—perhaps for study or writing—sits prominently in the foreground.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlotte_Bosanquet_-_The_Library_at_Dingestow_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

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255d

Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchism

A fateful visit to a market in Moscow entirely upended Tolstoy’s view on life and society—and changed the trajectory of his work and purpose.

By: Ben Woollard

https://daily.jstor.org/tolstoys-christian-anarchism/

Tolstoy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136

#books #literature

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255d

Nineteen Eighty-Four might have been inspired by George Orwell’s fear of drowning

By Nathan Waddell

Nineteen Eighty-Four filled with references to sinking ships, drowning people and the dread of oceanic engulfment

https://theconversation.com/nineteen-eighty-four-might-have-been-inspired-by-george-orwells-fear-of-drowning-251289?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842+CID_88b1f9d785e5a0d2e282e13c171ed621&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Nineteen%20Eighty-Four%20might%20have%20been%20inspired%20by%20George%20Orwells%20fear%20of%20drowning

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233d

Waiting for Godot Has Been Translated Afrikaans

What took so long?

By: Rick de Villiers

https://theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345

#Books #Translation #Theatre

Samuel Beckett in 1977

Roger Pic - Bibliothèque nationale de France

Beckett is shown seated, facing slightly to the left, though his intense gaze looks directly into the camera.

His hair is brushed up into a soft, slightly disheveled silver crown, emphasizing his high forehead.

He wears a simple, dark jacket over a sweater or turtleneck.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett#/media/File:Samuel_Beckett,_Pic,_1_(cropped).jpg

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This 2,200-Year-Old Chinese Medical Text May Be The Oldest Human Anatomy Chart In History

By Natasha Ishak

The discovery of the text written on silk sheds light on the significant advances in medicine that led to the development of acupuncture in ancient China.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/china-mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com

Ancient Medicine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4630

#Books #Medicine #Oldmanuscript