<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/TheInvertedGlas</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
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<p>L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years </p><p>Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/l-frank-baums-literary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/l-frank-baums-literary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/l-frank-baums-liter</span><span class="invisible">ary-vision-of-an-american-century-the-wizard-of-oz-at-125-years/</span></a></p><p>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/43936" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/43936</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection (<a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>austenconnection.substack.com</a>) hosts a read-a-long all year. They are currently in the midst of Pride and Prejudice! For the full schedule, go to <a href="https://austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">austenconnection.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/the-great-jane-austen-read-along</span></a>. <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p>‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden</p><p>The trees encountered on a country stroll<br>Reveal a lot about a country’s soul.<br>– from Bucolics (1952-53) by W H Auden</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/videos/a-culture-is-no</span><span class="invisible">-better-than-its-woods-what-our-trees-reveal-about-us-by-w-h-auden</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Electric Fish and the First Battery</p><p>Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, the earliest electric battery, in part because of his investigations into the torpedo, an electric ray fish.</p><p>By: Danny Robb </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/electric-fish-</span><span class="invisible">and-the-first-battery/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mcae&utm_campaign=jstordaily-05282025</span></a></p><p>Alessandro Volta at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=alessandro+volta" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=alessandro+volta"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=alessandro+volta</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
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<p>The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus</p><p>In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.</p><p>by Solomon Adams</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-jagged-monstrous-function-that-broke-calculus-20250123/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.quantamagazine.org/the-jagged-monstrous-function-that-broke-calculus-20250123/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.quantamagazine.org/the-jag</span><span class="invisible">ged-monstrous-function-that-broke-calculus-20250123/</span></a></p><p>Theorie der Abel'schen Functionen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29780" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29780</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>
![Plot of Weierstrass function over the interval [−2, 2]. Like some other fractals, the function exhibits self-similarity: every zoom (red circle) is similar to the global plot.
The blue curve jagged and irregular at every scale, oscillating between roughly −2 and 2, with no smooth stretches anywhere. A red circle magnifies a small section of the curve, revealing that the zoomed portion looks statistically identical to the whole — jagged, spiky, self-similar — the hallmark of a fractal. A red dot marks a local minimum near x = 0.5, f(x) ≈ −2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass_function#/media/File:WeierstrassFunction.svg](/proxy/post_attachment/1017446/1f46c0f249.jpg "Plot of Weierstrass function over the interval [−2, 2]. Like some other fractals, the function exhibits self-similarity: every zoom (red circle) is similar to the global plot.
The blue curve jagged and irregular at every scale, oscillating between roughly −2 and 2, with no smooth stretches anywhere. A red circle magnifies a small section of the curve, revealing that the zoomed portion looks statistically identical to the whole — jagged, spiky, self-similar — the hallmark of a fractal. A red dot marks a local minimum near x = 0.5, f(x) ≈ −2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass_function#/media/File:WeierstrassFunction.svg")
<p>Tagore in Saigon: Culture, Contradictions, Champagne</p><p>Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to Vietnam in 1929 fanned the debate about the region’s potential future without the French.</p><p>By: H.M.A. Leow </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/tagore-in-saigon-culture-contradictions-champagne/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/tagore-in-saigon-culture-contradictions-champagne/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/tagore-in-saig</span><span class="invisible">on-culture-contradictions-champagne/</span></a></p><p>At PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/942</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/lettersandpolitics/" rel="tag">#LettersAndPolitics</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/maryannettepember/" rel="tag">#MaryAnnettePember</a>, national correspondent for ICT News, and author of <a href="/tags/medicineriver/" rel="tag">#MedicineRiver</a>: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of <a href="/tags/indianboardingschools/" rel="tag">#IndianBoardingSchools</a> </p><p><a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-3-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-june-3-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-p</span><span class="invisible">olitics-june-3-2025/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/nativeboardingschools/" rel="tag">#NativeBoardingSchools</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanboardingschools/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanBoardingSchools</a> <a href="/tags/nativeresidentialschools/" rel="tag">#NativeResidentialSchools</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/memoirs/" rel="tag">#memoirs</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @histodons @bookstodon</p>
<p>Curious how many folks get or would consider getting ebooks from itch.io?</p><p>Color commentary welcome in comments. <br>Boosts appreciated.<br>@scifi @bookstodon <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a></p>
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<p>Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests</p><p>Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it</p><p>BY Amelia Hill</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/science/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/18/marked-decline-semicolon-use-english-books-study-suggests</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolo</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#language</a></p>
Bored of Kafka on the Shore in the last quarter, is the ending worth continuing?
<p>Repressed or just smoldering? <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p>See Flannery O’Connor’s Little-Known Visual Artworks That Had Been Collecting Dust in Storage</p><p>From childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her surroundings</p><p>By Eli Wizevich</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-flannery-oconnors-little-known-visual-artworks-that-had-been-collecting-dust-in-storage-180986591/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-flannery-oconnors-little-known-visual-artworks-that-had-been-collecting-dust-in-storage-180986591/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/see-flannery-oconnors-little-known-visual-artworks-that-had-been-collecting-dust-in-storage-180986591/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>OMG! Kevin R Free is finishing recording the Pass the Salt Audiobook! The publisher said I can send people over for reviews! I'm gonna do that tomorrow so join my mailing list in the meantime. So excited! <a href="https://buttondown.com/weirdwriter" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buttondown.com/weirdwriter</a> <a href="/tags/audible/" rel="tag">#Audible</a> <a href="/tags/free/" rel="tag">#Free</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#Audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> @bookstodon @bookstadon</p>
<p>The Cosmic Library on Reflection and Refraction</p><p>The Final Episode of the Dostoevsky Season</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-cosmic-library-on-reflection-and-refraction/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-cosmic-library-on-reflection-and-refraction/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-cosmic-library-</span><span class="invisible">on-reflection-and-refraction/</span></a></p><p>The Brothers Karamazov at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28054" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28054</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield</p><p>Allison Buccola Complicates Some of Popular Culture's Common Narratives About Cults</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-question-of-free-will-inside-the-final-days-of-katherine-mansfield/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JVN4QNGF8T03QHGNH5NAWAJB&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-question-of-free-will-inside-the-final-days-of-katherine-mansfield/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JVN4QNGF8T03QHGNH5NAWAJB&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-question-of-free-</span><span class="invisible">will-inside-the-final-days-of-katherine-mansfield/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JVN4QNGF8T03QHGNH5NAWAJB&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Katherine Mansfield at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/631" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/631"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/631</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>💻 📚 **How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers**</p><p>“_Only five of the 15 titles on the list are real._”</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405022/fake-summer-reading-list-ai" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405022/fake-summer-reading-list-ai"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">405022/fake-summer-reading-list-ai</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/fake/" rel="tag">#Fake</a> <a href="/tags/readinglist/" rel="tag">#ReadingList</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @ai @bookstodon</p>
<p>Natalie Jenner, author of "Austen at Sea," discusses how Austen's works reverberated as far back as the mid-19th C, influenced lawyers on both sides of the pond. </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-power-of-persuasion-why-lawyers-love-jane-austen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-power-of-persuasion-why-lawyers-love-jane-austen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-power-of-persua</span><span class="invisible">sion-why-lawyers-love-jane-austen/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>
<p>Book number 9 for the year finished!</p><p>This time I read The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang. It was quite good! I loved all the characters and the different shops in the market! It was a very chill book with surprising action. I also appreciated the twists and turns at the end. I even teared up a little bit!</p><p>I give this book a 4.5 out of 5!</p><p>Only 26 books left until my goal!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingchallenge/" rel="tag">#readingchallenge</a></p>
<p>Moby-Dick doesn’t deserve the ‘difficult’ label – this sea romance was once loved by office workers, sailors and children</p><p>Early readers knew Moby-Dick for what it was: an extreme and ambitious form of popular genre fiction.</p><p>By Edward Sugden</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/moby-dick-doesnt-deserve-the-difficult-label-this-sea-romance-was-once-loved-by-office-workers-sailors-and-children-252764?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654+CID_883bf765c02875a3531f2b057c9fd507&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Moby-Dick%20doesnt%20deserve%20the%20difficult%20label%20%20this%20sea%20romance%20was%20once%20loved%20by%20office%20workers%20sailors%20and%20children" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/moby-dick-doesnt-deserve-the-difficult-label-this-sea-romance-was-once-loved-by-office-workers-sailors-and-children-252764?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654+CID_883bf765c02875a3531f2b057c9fd507&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Moby-Dick%20doesnt%20deserve%20the%20difficult%20label%20%20this%20sea%20romance%20was%20once%20loved%20by%20office%20workers%20sailors%20and%20children"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/moby-dick-</span><span class="invisible">doesnt-deserve-the-difficult-label-this-sea-romance-was-once-loved-by-office-workers-sailors-and-children-252764?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%203%202025%20-%203399134654+CID_883bf765c02875a3531f2b057c9fd507&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Moby-Dick%20doesnt%20deserve%20the%20difficult%20label%20%20this%20sea%20romance%20was%20once%20loved%20by%20office%20workers%20sailors%20and%20children</span></a></p><p>Moby Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>
<p>I Love the Em Dash—Too Bad If AI Does Too</p><p>I won’t abandon the controversial punctuation mark just to prove I’m human</p><p>by Mihika Agarwal (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/i-love-the-em-dash-too-bad-if-ai-does-too/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thewalrus.ca/i-love-the-em-dash-too-bad-if-ai-does-too/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalrus.ca/i-love-the-em-das</span><span class="invisible">h-too-bad-if-ai-does-too/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/punctuation/" rel="tag">#punctuation</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a></p>
<p>We NEED more sci-fi like Firefly in the shelves... 😁 If you have recommendations I'm looking 😊 </p><p>@bookstodon <br>@scifi @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble <br>@humour </p><p><a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/inspirational/" rel="tag">#Inspirational</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/western/" rel="tag">#Western</a> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a><br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>
<p>📚 This Book Is Full of Spiders by: Jason Pargin, David Wong</p><p>Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.</p><p>You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection, the ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-book-is-full-of-spiders" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-book-is-full-of-spiders"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-book-</span><span class="invisible">is-full-of-spiders</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>
![Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.
You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection, the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed.
Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it. Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking.
"Like an episode of AMC's The Walking Dead written by Douglas Adams of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...Imagine a mentally ill narrator describing the zombie apocalypse while drunk, and the end result is unlike any other book of the genre. Seriously, dude, touch it and read it." –Washington Post
Kevin Smith's Clerks meets H.P. Lovecraft in this exceptional thriller... [Jason Pargin] is a fantastic author with a supernatural talent for humor. If you want a poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, disturbing, ridiculous, self-aware, socially relevant horror novel than This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is the one and only book for you. SF Signal
F](/proxy/post_attachment/995241/3496befafc.jpg "Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.
You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection, the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the \"cure\" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed.
Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it. Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking.
\"Like an episode of AMC's The Walking Dead written by Douglas Adams of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...Imagine a mentally ill narrator describing the zombie apocalypse while drunk, and the end result is unlike any other book of the genre. Seriously, dude, touch it and read it.\" –Washington Post
Kevin Smith's Clerks meets H.P. Lovecraft in this exceptional thriller... [Jason Pargin] is a fantastic author with a supernatural talent for humor. If you want a poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, disturbing, ridiculous, self-aware, socially relevant horror novel than This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is the one and only book for you. SF Signal
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<p>The Cross-Dressing Marquess Who Made Arthur Conan Doyle Turn Detective</p><p>"Henry Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey, who loved expensive costumes and jewelry, turned to Arthur Conan Doyle when his jewels mysteriously disappeared"</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/henry-paget-arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/henry-paget-arthur-conan-doyle/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/henry-pag</span><span class="invisible">et-arthur-conan-doyle/</span></a></p><p>Books by Doyle at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/69"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/69</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a></p>
