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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6XYxBTxwHkUxgqqyu1ZCMz" rel="nofollow">Wifedom</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Anna Funder.</p><p>Biography of George Orwell's impressive wife, Eileen, and how he and his biographers erased her contribution from history. Masterfully shows how the infrastructure provided by women is kept invisible. The fictionalised sections made me uncomfortable, being based on so little source material - how much of herself has the author put into this? But that is the very point she is making about biography. Also: Orwell was a mysogynistic lecher.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

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<p>Don't Panic!</p><p>Remember, you are safe in this Galaxy, as long as you know exactly where your towel is.</p><p>Happy Towel Day! </p><p><a href="/tags/towelday/" rel="tag">#TowelDay</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/hitchhikersguide/" rel="tag">#HitchhikersGuide</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/douglasadams/" rel="tag">#DouglasAdams</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#authors</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/towel/" rel="tag">#Towel</a> <a href="/tags/galaxy/" rel="tag">#Galaxy</a> <a href="/tags/dontpanic/" rel="tag">#dontpanic</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <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> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#booktok</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/adams/" rel="tag">#Adams</a></p>

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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<p>‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration</p><p>Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working together</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/26/guardian-article-inspires-rsc-play-shakespeare-marlowe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/may/26/guardian-article-inspires-rsc-play-shakespeare-marlowe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/culture/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/26/guardian-article-inspires-rsc-play-shakespeare-marlowe</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare and Marlowe at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/410" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/410"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/410</span></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>

William Shakespeare by John Taylor.

Shakespeare is depicted with a high forehead, dark eyes, and a trimmed moustache and goatee. His dark, curled hair is shoulder-length, and he wears a black doublet with a soft white collar and a gold earring in his left ear—a detail that adds a touch of artistic flair and Elizabethan style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare#/media/File:William_Shakespeare_by_John_Taylor,_edited.jpg

Anonymous portrait, possibly of Marlowe, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

It depicts a young man, thought by some scholars to be Marlowe, at the age of 21, wearing a richly patterned black doublet embroidered with gold thread in a swirling vine motif—typical of late 16th-century fashion.

The subject has dark, curled hair, a fine complexion, and a direct, confident gaze.

Above the figure, a Latin inscription reads: "Quod me nutrit me destruit" (“That which nourishes me destroys me”)—a phrase associated with dangerous intellect and intense passion, further fueling speculation that the portrait may represent Marlowe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe#/media/File:Christopher_Marlowe.jpg

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<p>The Outcasts of Zion | review essay by <a href="/tags/benjaminbalthaser/" rel="tag">#BenjaminBalthaser</a></p><p>"The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of <a href="/tags/americanliberalism/" rel="tag">#AmericanLiberalism</a>’s identity crisis." </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> discussed: </p><p><a href="/tags/beingjewishafterthedestructionofgaza/" rel="tag">#BeingJewishAfterTheDestructionOfGaza</a><br><a href="/tags/thethresholdofdissent/" rel="tag">#TheThresholdOfDissent</a> <br><a href="/tags/doppelganger/" rel="tag">#Doppelganger</a> <br><a href="/tags/unsettled/" rel="tag">#Unsettled</a> <br><a href="/tags/ourpalestinequestion/" rel="tag">#OurPalestineQuestion</a> </p><p> <a href="https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-outcasts-of-zion/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-outcasts-of-zion/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bostonreview.net/articles/</span><span class="invisible">the-outcasts-of-zion/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/jewishamericanpolitics/" rel="tag">#JewishAmericanPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/jewishamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/jewishamericanleft/" rel="tag">#JewishAmericanLeft</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/usleft/" rel="tag">#USleft</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/palestinequestion/" rel="tag">#PalestineQuestion</a> @palestine @israel @histodons @bookstodon</p>

review essay in today's Boston Review

text (at right)

POLITICS
The Outcasts of Zion
The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of American liberalism’s identity crisis.

Benjamin Balthaser

[tags] Books & Ideas, History, Israel and Palestine, U.S.

image (photo, at left): Don Peretz, second from left, in Palestine in February 1949 with fellow American Friends Service Committee volunteers. The group was distributing aid to Arabs displaced during the Nakba. Image: Courtesy of Deb Peretz

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<p>Friends!</p><p>Today, I present to you the cover of Convergence of Connection!</p><p>Isn’t it stunning? 🤩 🥰</p><p>Check out my latest blog post for an in-depth look at what’s on the cover, and to read the blurb. (NOTE: The blurb talks about what happens in book three; naturally, that means there are spoilers for books one and two.)</p><p>Blog post: <a href="https://sarahjhoodlet.com/blog/cover-reveal-convergence-of-connection/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sarahjhoodlet.com/blog/cover-reveal-convergence-of-connection/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sarahjhoodlet.com/blog/cover-r</span><span class="invisible">eveal-convergence-of-connection/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/coverreveal/" rel="tag">#CoverReveal</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/comingsoon/" rel="tag">#ComingSoon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romanticfantasy/" rel="tag">#RomanticFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a></p>

The cover of Convergence of Connection, the third book in The Way of the Wielder series.

Featured is a young woman standing in an active pose, her arms out before her, with four elemental spheres floating in the air at her side (green, gray, red, and blue). Behind her is a green and golden misty background, with leaves around the edges.

Between the title and the author’s name is a vignette of an angelic figure hovering above a glass-like surface, staring out into a starlit sky. The vignette is in golden tones, which blends into the background above.

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<p>Why H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” Is a Timely Warning to the World</p><p>Wells turned the future around in his novel.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/hg-wells-time-machine-eternal-timeliness/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/hg-wells-time-machine-eternal-timeliness/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/hg-wells-</span><span class="invisible">time-machine-eternal-timeliness/</span></a></p><p>Books by H. G. Wells at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=h.+g.+wells" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=h.+g.+wells"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=h.+g.+wells</span></a></p><p>Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

Cover of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells with a sphinx.

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<p>If you live in the New Haven, CT area, Yale University Library is presenting a 35mm cut of 2005 Pride & Prejudice this Thursday (June 12) at 7 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public.</p><p>Now, the 12th is my birthday so if you go, think of me enjoying the film along with you! </p><p><a href="https://web.library.yale.edu/film/treasures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="web.library.yale.edu/film/treasures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.library.yale.edu/film/trea</span><span class="invisible">sures</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>

Image of Kiera Knightly as Elizabeth Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy. Macfadyen is holding Knightly's hand as he helps her into the carriage.

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<p>An Unforgettable Journey: Who was Vera Brittain?</p><p>Vera Mary Brittain was a British writer, feminist and pacifist who is most known for her 1933 memoir, A Testament Youth, which recounts her experiences during the First World War.</p><p>by Sarah Magowan</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/an-unforgettable-journey-who-was-vera-brittain/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/an-unforgettable-journey-who-was-vera-brittain/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/an-unforg</span><span class="invisible">ettable-journey-who-was-vera-brittain/</span></a></p><p>Feminist fiction at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2603" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2603"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/2603</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a></p>

Vera Brittain shortly after the First World War.

Brittain wears a white nurse’s uniform with a head covering typical of Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D.) nurses during World War I. The uniform includes a crisp white headscarf and collar, signifying her role in wartime medical service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Brittain#/media/File:Vera_Brittain.jpg

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<p>Instead we're still busy exploring the depths of human cruelty... 😒 </p><p>@scifi @bookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble </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> <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><br><a href="/tags/repost/" rel="tag">#Repost</a> <a href="/tags/from/" rel="tag">#From</a> <a href="/tags/old/" rel="tag">#Old</a> <a href="/tags/account/" rel="tag">#Account</a></p>

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I love old science fiction because it's all like “IT'S THE DISTANT YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND THREE AND MAN IS EXPLORING THE DEEP CORNERS OF THE UNIVERSE" like god bless you old sci-fi you had such high hopes for us...

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<p>I'm going to request having all books featruing humans banned, on the grounds that humans are boring 😜😂</p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon <br>@scifi @bookbubble @humour </p><p><a href="/tags/human/" rel="tag">#Human</a> <a href="/tags/ban/" rel="tag">#Ban</a> <a href="/tags/tobefair/" rel="tag">#ToBeFair</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</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/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</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>

A cartoon of three dogs at a library desk looking expectant as the librarian speaks to them saying, "The library rejected your request to ban all books on cats and squirrels. But, to be fair, it was no dumber than all the other book ban requests we get."

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<p>The light beyond sight</p><p>Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible</p><p>By Corey S Powell</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/william-hersche</span><span class="invisible">ls-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Herschel at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=william+herschel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

William Herschel by Lemuel Francis Abbott c1785.

Herschel is shown seated or half-length, turned slightly to one side, with a calm yet intense gaze that suggests intellectual depth and curiosity. His expression is serious and reflective, as though engaged in thought or observation.

Attire: He wears formal 18th-century clothing, typically a dark coat and waistcoat with a white cravat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel#/media/File:William_Herschel01.jpg

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<p>Finding Your Way Into Writing Fiction as J.R.R. Tolkien’s Grandson</p><p>Simon Tolkien on the Double-Edged Sword of a Mighty Literary Inheritance</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/finding-your-way-into-writing-fiction-as-j-r-r-tolkiens-grandson/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/finding-your-way-into-writing-fiction-as-j-r-r-tolkiens-grandson/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/finding-your-way-in</span><span class="invisible">to-writing-fiction-as-j-r-r-tolkiens-grandson/</span></a></p><p>More information:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R.</span><span class="invisible">_Tolkien</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photograph of J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1920s on leaving Leeds University.

Tolkien appears clean-shaven, and neatly dressed in formal, early 20th-century attire. He typically wears a suit and tie.

Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6 (private communication from Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien Archivist, Bodleian Library) - Epistle of Dude, Photos from the lives of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, probably originally sourced from John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#/media/File:J._R._R._Tolkien,_ca._1925.jpg

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<p>On Thursday 19th we will be celebrating the launch of Dark Crescent by <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> scribe <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@lyndseycroal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lyndseycroal</span></a></span> , with tales inspired by <a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> folklore, published by Luna Press <br> <a href="https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/lyndsey-croal-dark-crescent-book-launch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/lyndsey-croal-dark-crescent-book-launch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.edinburghbookshop.com/even</span><span class="invisible">ts-1/lyndsey-croal-dark-crescent-book-launch</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/bruntsfield/" rel="tag">#Bruntsfield</a> <a href="/tags/lyndseycroal/" rel="tag">#LyndseyCroal</a> <a href="/tags/booklaunch/" rel="tag">#BookLaunch</a> <a href="/tags/bookevent/" rel="tag">#BookEvent</a> <a href="/tags/authorevent/" rel="tag">#AuthorEvent</a> <a href="/tags/darkcrescent/" rel="tag">#DarkCrescent</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/ecosse/" rel="tag">#Ecosse</a> <a href="/tags/bookshops/" rel="tag">#bookshops</a> <a href="/tags/librairies/" rel="tag">#librairies</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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Dual opposing opinions on books?

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<p>After last week's debacle of a quote misattributed, I'm going to be more diligent in double-checking if the quotes are correct! </p><p>Anyway, I'm really feeling this quote this week. What do you think? </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>

A blue background with the top half an image of the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen on the other half. Below them, it says, "A mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does no answer." Below that it says, "Emma by Jane Austen."

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<p>Cents and Sensibility by Sandra Cisneros</p><p>How does a woman writer make her own money? How does she find the time to write? </p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/10/cents-and-sensibility/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/10/cents-and-sensibility/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/10/cents-and-sensibility/</span></a></p><p>Sense and Sensibilty at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21839" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21839</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

In ch. 9 of Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen Novel) Willoughby comes to Marianne rescue, and carries her home.

The picture depicts a dramatic and emotionally charged moment from Chapter 9 of Sense and Sensibility. In the scene, John Willoughby, a dashing young man with a commanding presence, is shown mid-action, carrying Marianne in his arms with care and urgency. His expression is intense yet gentle. Marianne, in a flowing Regency dress, appears pale and vulnerable, her arm loosely around his shoulder.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Sands-brock-06.jpg

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<p>The wisdom of surrender</p><p>Samuel Beckett turned an obscure 17th-century Christian heresy into an artistic vision and an unusual personal philosophy</p><p>by Andy Wimbush</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beckett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beckett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beck</span><span class="invisible">ett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

Photo of Samuel Beckett in 1977.

His hair is silver-gray, brushed back or tousled, and his eyes are intense, often staring directly into the camera or cast down in thought.

The expression is contemplative.

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

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<p>Sweet-Smelling Lies</p><p>We are discreet sheep, says Mark Twain.</p><p><a href="https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/freedom/sweet-smelling-lies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.laphamsquarterly.org/freedom/sweet-smelling-lies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.laphamsquarterly.org/freed</span><span class="invisible">om/sweet-smelling-lies</span></a></p><p>The Autobiography of Mark Twain at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Autobiography+of+Mark+Twain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Autobiography+of+Mark+Twain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+Autobiography+of+Mark+Twain</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

A portrait of the American writer Mark Twain taken by A. F. Bradley in New York, 1907.

Twain sits in a three-quarter view, gazing slightly off-camera with a thoughtful, almost pensive look. His trademark bushy white hair and sweeping mustache give him a leonine, distinguished appearance.

He is dressed in his characteristic light-colored white suit, paired with a waistcoat and tie, which became his signature attire in the final decades of his life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#/media/File:Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley.jpg

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<p>Read the Original 32-Page Program for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/06/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/06/re</span><span class="invisible">ad-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis.html</span></a></p><p>The book "Metropolis" by Thea von Harbou (wife of Fritz Lang) at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727</a></p><p><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Movie poster of Metropolis showing the head of the robot. The poster says:

Metropolis
Wardour Films Limited
Premier Presentation
Marble Arch Pavilion W.I.
Monday, March 21[*unclear]
Special Season

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<p>How Jane Austen Pulled It Off: On Emma</p><p>One of Jane Austen’s many mind-bending skills was her ability to wrest so much drama from a world that was, by present-day standards, almost unfathomably static. </p><p>By Jennifer Egan</p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/11/how-jane-austen-pulled-it-off-on-emma/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JXJ3YQ6CT1ZYTRMRJRX2Q4ZP&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/11/how-jane-austen-pulled-it-off-on-emma/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JXJ3YQ6CT1ZYTRMRJRX2Q4ZP&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/11/how-jane-austen-pulled-it-off-on-emma/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01JXJ3YQ6CT1ZYTRMRJRX2Q4ZP&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Emma at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Colour illustration of a 1909 edition of Emma (Jane Austen's novel), by C. E. Brock (died 1938).

Emma explains that it was she who planned Miss Taylor's wedding all along.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emma_CE_Brock_1909_Vol_I_chapter_I.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/introductory/" rel="tag">#introductory</a> post <a href="/tags/new/" rel="tag">#new</a> to mastodon</p><p>She/her</p><p>Hello all. I'm new to the fediverse. Had to bug out of the FB environment. I'm baking in a southern red state but dreaming blue. In the past was in the library world but now enjoying a more unstructured environment. </p><p><a href="/tags/bluecrabs/" rel="tag">#bluecrabs</a> <a href="/tags/crabcakes/" rel="tag">#crabcakes</a> <a href="/tags/tulips/" rel="tag">#tulips</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/laughter/" rel="tag">#laughter</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>This struck me as a lovely idea. A citywide book club for people who read on the bus. The Dublin Bus book club selects a book by an Irish author every six weeks. </p><p>Also a lovely idea: instead of partnering with a company like Amazon, they’ve partnered with a beloved local independent book store, Chapters, for discounted books and events for the book club members.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bus/" rel="tag">#Bus</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

Looking up the stairs of a Bus Átha Cliath double decker bus in Dublin. Freamed between the yellow handrail and a window and an electronic display board, there's a cheerful orange sign advertising the Books On Board Book Club. It has a picture of a nice big bus on it and information about the book club. Photo taken a few weeks ago.

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<p>Dive Into Over 10,000 Historical Children’s Books Thanks to This Fascinating Database</p><p>Children’s books are some of the first things that form us. The University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature traces that transformation, encompassing some of the world’s finest examples of what is now affectionately referred to as “kid lit.”</p><p>By Eva Baron </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/baldwin-library-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/baldwin-library-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/baldwin-librar</span><span class="invisible">y-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/</span></a>?</p><p>Children literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=children+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Sleeping Beauty and the palace dwellers under a century-long sleep enchantment (The Sleeping Beauty by Sir Edward Burne-Jones).

David Nash Ford - http://www.berkshirehistory.com/odds/briar_rose.html

"The Rose Bower" from the "Legend of Briar Rose" by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, located at Buscot Park, Oxfordshire.

The painting depicts the moment from the Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose) legend, where the princess lies asleep with her ladies-in-waiting. The entire court has been overtaken by the enchanted sleep.

In this panel, the princess lies elegantly on a carved wooden bed, her delicate form draped in flowing, richly colored robes. Around her, maids and attendants rest in languid poses, some slumped in chairs or on cushions, their heads drooping in enchanted slumber.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty#/media/File:The_Rose_Bower_Buscot_Park.jpg

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<p>The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation by Tom Mutch, 2025</p><p>It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled.</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@ukraine <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a><br><a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <br><a href="/tags/mariupol/" rel="tag">#Mariupol</a></p>

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Kateryna hung up her dresses, Oksana and Stanislav put down their lawyers' briefs and Oksen slammed shut his philosophy textbooks. Alongside thousands of their fellow citizens, they strapped on armour, picked up weapons and chose to risk their lives for the freedom and independence of their homeland. Many would never return. Journalist Tom Mutch woke up in Kyiv on 24 February to a world changed for ever. Making a fateful choice to stay and cover the invasion, he witnessed the forging of an 'iron generation' of young Ukrainians. With first-hand reporting from all the major battlegrounds and front lines, The Dogs of Mariupol recounts the war's notorious encounters, such as the Battle of Kyiv and the Siege of Mariupol, but also uncovers untold stories, like the 1st Tank Brigade's desperate defence of Chernihiv and the civilian guerrilla army fighting overwhelming odds in Sumy. This is not a triumphalist account of Ukraine's fight, however. It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled. It also delves deeper into events to answer important historical questions: could the Russian plan to capture Kyiv have succeeded? Did Ukraine make a fatal error by committing for so long to the defence of Bakhmut? And with more western support, could Ukraine have won this terrible war outright?

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<p>Life in Jane Austen’s Goshen</p><p>“This is Goshen,” my mother and father would frequently say. The idea was simple, perhaps, but it said as much about my parents’ perceptions of the outside world as it did about their vision for our home. </p><p>By Caleb Gayle</p><p>Mansfield Park at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/141" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/141</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Illustration for ch.7 of Mansfield Park, in the Series of English Idylls, published by J.M Dent & Co. (London) and E.P. Dutton & Co. (New York). " While Fanny cut the roses ".

The scene is pastoral and gentle, set in a lush garden or estate landscape typical of the English countryside.

Fanny Price, the novel’s shy and thoughtful heroine, is depicted outdoors, cutting roses from a blooming bush.

Fanny wears a long, flowing Regency-era dress, modest and light-colored, with gentle folds and period-appropriate details like a sash or high waistline.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mansfield_Park_(C._E._Brock)#/media/File:Mp-Brock-06.jpg

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