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Among Newly Discovered Ocean Species, a Baby Colossal Squid Is Filmed for the First Time

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/schmidt-ocean-institute-new-species-colossal-squid/

Illustration from "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" by Jules Verne at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/164

#oceanography #animals #books

Caption says: "One of these long arms glided through the opening." Black and white drawing shows the tentacles of the giant squid coming below deck. A sailor has an axe raised to attack tentacles. Other sailors watch.

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Circe in The Odyssey: The Enchantress Who Defied a Hero

A goddess, a witch, a sorceress—Circe in The Odyssey has been called many things.

By Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

https://www.thecollector.com/circe-the-odyssey-enchantress/

The Odyssey at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727

#books #literature #mythology

Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus by John William Waterhouse.

The painting depicts the enchantress Circe, seated regally on a golden throne, clad in a flowing, deep-blue gown. She holds a golden cup aloft in her right hand, offering it to Odysseus, whom she has attempted to seduce and enchant.

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

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‘Do you know what we should do
what turns over in my mind?
Begin to sing old songs!
Lend voice to our runes.’

Reading the Kalevala

By Lyonel Perabo

https://wildhunt.org/2025/06/reading-the-kalevala.html

Kalevala at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186

#books #literature #poetry

Inside front title page of The "Old" Kalevala, Finnish national epos, collection of old Finnish poems, by Elias Lönnrot. First edition; volume 1, 1835.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala#/media/File:Kalevala1.jpg

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My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular #horror #books far and wide.

THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER is both a stunning, unique epistolary novel and a subversive, sly nod to the most famous one. Stephen Graham Jones again shows his mastery as a storyteller by crafting a genuine modern Classic filled with Horror, Tragedy, Truth, and Blood. It should be required reading.

#book #review #bookstodon
@bookstodon #mothersuspiriareview #MSReview @bookstodon@toot.community

Hardcover of THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER. A buffalo is on the cover.

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#MarkethingMonday

What better time to try and promote horror than on Monday morning?

Human Nature and Other Stories is available now through most outlets if you want some of the good horror, the fake stuff, as opposed to the weird Stephen King novel we all seem to have fallen into lately. Horror so Scottish it should be deep fried.

https://books2read.com/HumanNatureAndOtherStories

I also have a freebie (on most sites, still trying to fix a few)...

https://books2read.com/anatomyofaviolin

#Reading #books #HorrorCommunity #horror

Cover for Human Nature and Other Stories by J M Taylor, painting of a stag in moonlight on a moor with Celtic decorations at each corner.

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Cover for Anatomy of a Violin by J M Taylor. Painting of a blindfolded violinist, bow poised over the strings, on a yellow background with faint music score visible beneath billowing red stains that could be blood.

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Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all Ages and Countries, c. 1790

These illustration plates (lithographs) are from The Book of Wonderful Characters: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all Ages and Countries, Chiefly from the Text of Henry Wilson and printmaker James Caulfield, c. 1790.

https://flashbak.com/remarkable-and-eccentric-persons-485338/

A copy is available at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/bookofwonderfulc00wilsrich

#books #literature

Frontispiece and title page of "The Book of Wonderful Characters" (memoirs of eccentric persons), publisher John Camden Hotten, London. Left shows caricature of "The Wonderful Miss Atkinson" with a pig's head. Right title page credits Henry Wilson & James Caulfield, with portrait bust.

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I have an absolute and sudden craving to read everything by Jules Verne. 🌍

#reading #books

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I'm going to request having all books featruing humans banned, on the grounds that humans are boring 😜😂

@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon
@scifi @bookbubble @humour

#Human #Ban #ToBeFair
#Book #Books #BookMemes #Memes #Humor #Humour
#Novel #Novels #Bookshelf
#Mastobooks #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

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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#HaymarketBooks event

#TheaRiofrancos and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, #Extraction.

live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu4LOas

#extractivism #greenCapitalism #greenwashing #energyTransition #politicalTheory #geoeconomy #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #mining #books @bookstodon

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The Mystery of Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved: 6 Possible Candidates

Discover a love letter filled with passion and heartache; 200 years later, Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved may have been identified…

by Andrew Olsen

https://www.thecollector.com/beethoven-immortal-beloved-mystery/

Beethoven at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=beethoven

#books #art #music

Letter by Ludwig van Beethoven to his “Immortal Beloved,” Ludwig van Beethoven, 1712. Source: Library of Congress

This is a handwritten letter penned by Ludwig van Beethoven, addressed to his mysterious “Immortal Beloved.” The letter, dated from the early 19th century (often cited as July 6-7, 1812), reveals Beethoven’s intense and passionate emotions through flowing cursive script on aged, slightly yellowed paper.

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The light beyond sight

Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible

By Corey S Powell

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

Herschel at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel

#books #science #astronomy

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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Finding Your Way Into Writing Fiction as J.R.R. Tolkien’s Grandson

Simon Tolkien on the Double-Edged Sword of a Mighty Literary Inheritance

https://lithub.com/finding-your-way-into-writing-fiction-as-j-r-r-tolkiens-grandson/

More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

#books #literature

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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On Thursday 19th we will be celebrating the launch of Dark Crescent by #Edinburgh scribe @lyndseycroal , with tales inspired by #Scottish folklore, published by Luna Press
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/lyndsey-croal-dark-crescent-book-launch

#books #livres #Edimbourg #Bruntsfield #LyndseyCroal #BookLaunch #BookEvent #AuthorEvent #DarkCrescent #Fantasy #Scotland #Ecosse #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

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Dual opposing opinions on books?

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Cents and Sensibility by Sandra Cisneros

How does a woman writer make her own money? How does she find the time to write?

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/10/cents-and-sensibility/

Sense and Sensibilty at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21839

#books #literature

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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The wisdom of surrender

Samuel Beckett turned an obscure 17th-century Christian heresy into an artistic vision and an unusual personal philosophy

by Andy Wimbush

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

#books #literature #philosophy

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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Sweet-Smelling Lies

We are discreet sheep, says Mark Twain.

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/freedom/sweet-smelling-lies

The Autobiography of Mark Twain at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Autobiography+of+Mark+Twain

#Books #Literature

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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Read the Original 32-Page Program for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis.html

The book "Metropolis" by Thea von Harbou (wife of Fritz Lang) at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727

#sciencefiction #film #books

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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How Jane Austen Pulled It Off: On Emma

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.

By Jennifer Egan

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

Emma at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158

#books #literature

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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#introductory post #new to mastodon

She/her

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.

#bluecrabs #crabcakes #tulips #cats #laughter #books

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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.

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.

#Books #Bus
#Bookstodon

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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Dive Into Over 10,000 Historical Children’s Books Thanks to This Fascinating Database

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.”

By Eva Baron

https://mymodernmet.com/baldwin-library-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/?

Children literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+literature

#Books #Literature