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<p>The Testaments. By Margaret Atwood.</p><p>You are a teen girl, living in Canada after the Christo-fascist takeover of the US, when you learn that your true identity is that of a famously “abducted” US baby; and so you are thrust into a role you never asked for, and have to understand anew what ‘family’ means.</p><p>3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.<br>Note: sequel to The Handmaids Tale</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> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/sexism/" rel="tag">#sexism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/handmaidstale/" rel="tag">#handmaidstale</a></p>

Book cover featuring a green and white illustration of a woman in a cowl

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<p>As a ‘book scientist’ I work with microscopes, imaging technologies and AI to preserve ancient texts</p><p>by Christina Dinh Nguyen</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/as-a-book-scientist-i-work-with-microscopes-imaging-technologies-and-ai-to-preserve-ancient-texts-278154" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/as-a-book-scientist-i-work-with-microscopes-imaging-technologies-and-ai-to-preserve-ancient-texts-278154"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/as-a-book-</span><span class="invisible">scientist-i-work-with-microscopes-imaging-technologies-and-ai-to-preserve-ancient-texts-278154</span></a></p><p>Old manuscripts at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=old+manuscripts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=old+manuscripts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/culturalheritage/" rel="tag">#culturalHeritage</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a></p>

Incomplete manuscript of the Dhammapada in Gandhari and in Kharosthi characters. It may have been copied between the end of the 1st century CE and the end of the 3rd century CE, which makes it the one of the oldest known Indian language documents.

Its sheets, in birch bark, reinforced in the direction of the height by a string sewn on each side, are about 20 cm wide. Here fragmentary, originally at least 1.23 m long, they were, after reading, folded in on themselves, thus forming notebooks about 20 cm long and 4 to 5 cm thick. Acquired by the Dutreuil de Rhins mission (1891-1894) in Central Asia. Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Manuscrits, pali 715-A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandh%C4%81ran_Buddhist_texts#/media/File:Manuscrit_BnF_pali_715-A.jpg

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<p>Winners of the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize for the best books about China or the Sinophone World</p><p>Fiction: The Running Flame: A Novel by Fang Fang<br>Non-fiction: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick </p><p><a href="https://chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/23/2025-winners/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/23/2025-winners/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chinabooksreview.com/2026/04/2</span><span class="invisible">3/2025-winners/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a></p>

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<p>📚 The Director by: Daniel Kehlmann</p><p>G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly loo...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-director" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-director"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-direct</span><span class="invisible">or</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/historical/" rel="tag">#historical</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a></p>

G.W. Pabst, one of cinema’s greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him.

When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels—the minister of propaganda in Berlin—sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels’s thinly veiled order. While Pabst still believes that he will be able to resist these advances, that he will not submit to any dictatorship other than art, he has already taken the first steps into a hopeless entanglement.

An artist’s life, a pact with the devil, and the dangerous illusions of the silver screen.

Kehlmann’s latest oeuvre explores the complicated relationships and distinctions between art and power, beauty and barbarism, cog and conspirator.

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NYPL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A Washington Post NOTABLE BOOK • A Late Show with St

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a></p><p>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…</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>

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman embracing. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background is the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heart shape that surrounds the couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon

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<p>B-Sides: Thomas De Quincey’s “The English Mail-Coach”</p><p><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-thomas-de-quinceys-the-english-mail-coach/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-thomas-de-quinceys-the-english-mail-coach/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-th</span><span class="invisible">omas-de-quinceys-the-english-mail-coach/</span></a></p><p>The essay at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+English+Mail-Coach" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+English+Mail-Coach"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+English+Mail-Coach</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/essays/" rel="tag">#essays</a></p>

An engraving of Thomas De Quincey. He is looking towards his left.

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<p>Today is Harper Lee’s 100th birthday.</p><p>Born in a small town in Alabama, where her father worked as a lawyer, Lee loved <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>. One of her childhood friends was Truman Capote, who spent time in <a href="/tags/monroeville/" rel="tag">#Monroeville</a> as a boy. Years later, she turned the world she knew into a novel about the difficult bravery of doing what is right when the world refuses to do so.</p><p>Do you like her novel To Kill a Mockingbird?</p><p><a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/harperlee/" rel="tag">#HarperLee</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <br><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>

Harper Lee

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<p>The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour</p><p>A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.</p><p>By Jocelyn Timperley</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260320-the-ancient-reason-there-are-60-minutes-in-an-hour-and-60-seconds-in-a-minute" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260320-the-ancient-reason-there-are-60-minutes-in-an-hour-and-60-seconds-in-a-minute"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/2</span><span class="invisible">0260320-the-ancient-reason-there-are-60-minutes-in-an-hour-and-60-seconds-in-a-minute</span></a></p><p>Books about Time at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/16707</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a></p>

A detailed technical cross-section diagram of a complete clock movement, showing the full gear train and mechanism from power source to escapement.

Key components:

B — the pendulum (teardrop-shaped bob) hanging to the right
P — a hanging weight at the bottom, the power source driving the mechanism
C — a large mainspring barrel or fusee at the centre, with visible coiled spring
A, D — lower great wheel and barrel assemblies
E, F — intermediate gear wheels of the going train
L — the escape wheel at the top with characteristic shaped teeth
Z — winding arbors top and bottom
M — likely the motion works for the dial
O, Q — click and ratchet mechanisms on the left for winding
S, S — the plates (front and back) of the movement frame
U, X, A — the pendulum suspension and crutch assembly on the right
T, T — pillars holding the plates apart

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54546/pg54546-images.html

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<p>Apollonius of Rhodes: The Man Who Changed Ancient Greek Literature for Ever</p><p>Few figures in Ancient Greek literature have been as consequential and enigmatic as Apollonius of Rhodes.</p><p>By Nick Kampouris</p><p><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/apollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/apollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greekreporter.com/2026/04/05/a</span><span class="invisible">pollonius-rhodes-man-change-greek-literature/</span></a></p><p>Rhodius Apollonius at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/433" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/433"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/433</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>

This is a fanciful portrait of one "Apollonius" - a name shared by several illustrious ancient Greek men. Among those, most prominent are (1) the epic poet, Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE); (2) the mathematician, Apollonius of Perga (2nd century BCE); (3) the philosopher, Apollonius of Tyana (1st century CE).

While every effort has been taken (by going through digital editions of the original work which are available on the Internet), I haven't succeeded in ascertaining the identity of this Apollonius. However, the most likely candidate seems to be no. (1) - notice the laurel crown, surely more fitting to his role as an epic poet - a second possibility could be no. (3), while I'd surely rule out no. (2).

https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A1%CF%8C%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82#/media/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF:Apollonius.png

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</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> <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>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts

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<p>Classic sci-fi imagined machines taking care of the boring and dangerous work, so humans could spend more time creating, reading, and connecting.</p><p>And somehow, we ended up with the opposite.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/robots/" rel="tag">#robots</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/future/" rel="tag">#future</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></p>

AI future

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<p>I read the 2¼ novels making up the new series “The Captive’s War” by “James S.A. Corey” i.e. Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham. They’re most famous for “The Expanse” and while so far I’m not enjoying this series as much, I think it’s on a good trajectory. </p><p>More: <a href="https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/04/26/Coreys-Captives" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/04/26/Coreys-Captives"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202</span><span class="invisible">x/2026/04/26/Coreys-Captives</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a></p>

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1770 English poet William Wordsworth was born.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_</span><span class="invisible">Wordsworth</span></a></p><p>Books by Wordsworth at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2879" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2879"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2879</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Portrait of William Wordsworth by William Shuter. He has brown hair and his left hand is tucked into his coat. His right hand is over a chair.

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<p>I made a web page describing how I got my <a href="/tags/xteink/" rel="tag">#Xteink</a> up and running. I’m enjoying the size, reading on it is a joy. It’s so pocketable! :)</p><p><a href="https://hollie.eilloh.net/xteink" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>hollie.eilloh.net/xteink</a></p><p><a href="/tags/ereader/" rel="tag">#ereader</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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></p>

The opening screen when you turn on the Xteink, showing the last three books read, and links to files and other settings.

A sleep screen image, the Gates of Argonath in Middle Earth.

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<p>In Math, Rigor Is Vital. But Are Digitized Proofs Taking It Too Far?</p><p>The quest to make mathematics rigorous has a long and spotty history — one mathematicians can learn from as they push to formalize everything in the computer program Lean.</p><p>By Leila Sloman</p><p><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/in-math-rigor-is-vital-but-are-digitized-proofs-taking-it-too-far-20260325/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.quantamagazine.org/in-math-rigor-is-vital-but-are-digitized-proofs-taking-it-too-far-20260325/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.quantamagazine.org/in-math</span><span class="invisible">-rigor-is-vital-but-are-digitized-proofs-taking-it-too-far-20260325/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a> <a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#computerscience</a></p>

In his treatise On Conoids and Spheroids, seen here in an 1897 translation, Archimedes introduced ideas that would play a key role in the development of calculus millennia later.

From T.L. Heath’s edition of The Woks of Archimedes. Cambridge University Press, 1897

https://ia801804.us.archive.org/14/items/worksofarchimede029517mbp/worksofarchimede029517mbp.pdf

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among them.</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>

(Left) The cover of Jigsaw City, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a futuristic city of sky scrapers covered in greenery, with water ways in place of some streets. The background has been divided by dark lines that cut it up, into a jigsaw puzzle.

The foreground is a hexagonal coin with an indentation in the center that follows the same shape, with raised lines forming a hexagram in the center, which has a smaller one turned at a ninety-degree angle inside the hexagon at the center of it. The smaller hexagram has another inside it, a pattern that repeats until the lines become so fine and indistinct, they blend together.

(Right) There's a pool of lava at the base of a rocky slope, with some sharp rocks sticking upward out of it and the following text over the top:

“I’m immune to heat and fire. I can easily carry and protect one of you…”

“Ye’d need to deliver an army to make a difference, not one person!”

“I *am* an army.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/JigsawCity

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<p>Books Set In Places on My Bucket List: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-places-on-my-bucket-list/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-places-on-my-bucket-list/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-set-in-places-on-my-bucket-list/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/princeedwardisland/" rel="tag">#PrinceEdwardIsland</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>

Book cover for Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog by Eileen Beha. Image on cover shows a photo of shaggy little dog peeking out at the viewer. Behind the dog one can see wooden crab traps stacked up on the pier and, behind the peer, the calm ocean.

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<p>I fear I'm not nice enough to swear to h*ck, but I kind of wish I was that has to count for something 😇😂 </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> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <br>@worldbuilding <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</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> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/urban/" rel="tag">#Urban</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/soft/" rel="tag">#Soft</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookmastodon/" rel="tag">#BookMastodon</a></p>

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| swear to h*ck, if I have to explain the difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy again, I will literally be so glad to help because learning is awesome and those two genres are my favorite.

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<p>Things That Keep Me From Reading: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-things-that-keep-me-from-reading/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-things-that-keep-me-from-reading/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-things-that-keep-me-from-reading/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</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>

A pair of black-rimmed glasses lying on an opened book.

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<p>Fanart/Bookquote combo from the second chapter of my story 😊 </p><p>Let me know if you want a zoomed in version of Pentakl city 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @fantasy <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> @worldbuilding <br> <br><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a><br><a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#FanArt</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#Map</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#Maps</a><br><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#Quote</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a><br><a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookmastodon/" rel="tag">#BookMastodon</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a></p>

Map Illustration of the Pentakl plain home to sorcerers in The Last Philsosopher story.

Quote:
"Suffering is inevitable."
-She

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<p>Living without my self</p><p>Our culture valorises the big, coherent self: reading Robert Musil helps me embrace the beauty of my no-self existence</p><p>by Mette Leonard Høeg</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/robert-musil-gives-confidence-to-the-no-self-minority-like-me?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a074b02ade-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/robert-musil-gives-confidence-to-the-no-self-minority-like-me?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a074b02ade-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/robert-musil-gi</span><span class="invisible">ves-confidence-to-the-no-self-minority-like-me?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a074b02ade-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Musil at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37187" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37187"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/37187</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Robert Musil in 1900

Unknown author - Scan du livre .Musil, Journaux

Musil faces the camera directly with a composed, self-possessed expression. He has short, neatly parted dark hair, a trim moustache, and wears a dark jacket with a white collar and bow tie.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Robert_Musil#/media/File:Robert_Musil_1900.jpg

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<p>Have you enjoyed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir?</p><p>Then you’ll probably also enjoy The Andromeda Strain and The Andromeda Evolution. They, too, explore the idea of an extraterrestrial microorganism, a mystery that must be solved to save Earth, and plenty of fascinating scientific details. </p><p>Sci-fi readers, what other similar books would you recommend?</p><p><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/projecthailmary/" rel="tag">#projecthailmary</a> <a href="/tags/andyweir/" rel="tag">#andyweir</a> <br>@books <br><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>

The Andromeda Strain and The Andromeda Evolution

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<p>📚 Son of Nobody by: Yann Martel</p><p>Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. Though it means leaving his daughter and fracturing marriage back home in Canada, this is the kind of career break he desperately needs.</p><p>In ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/son-of-nobody" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/son-of-nobody"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/son-of-nob</span><span class="invisible">ody</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/alternativehistory/" rel="tag">#alternativehistory</a></p>

$Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. When a chance comes up to study an obscure collection of papyrus fragments at Oxford University, he seizes it. Though it means leaving his daughter and fracturing marriage back home in Canada, this is the kind of career break he desperately needs. In the depths of the Bodleian Library, Harlow discovers a lost account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilization itself. He names the epic poem The Psoad, after its protagonist, a Greek commoner identified as Psoas of Midea, but known to all as son of nobody. As sole translator and interpreter of The Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen. Under his gaze, the text unlocks echoes of Ancient Greece into the present day, and a personal message to his beloved child appears. Despite the two-thousand-year gap between the two, a thread hasn’t frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of ambition, love, and grief. In this masterpiece of myth, history, and domesticity, Son of Nobody explores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them, and how we live—then, now, and always. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Esquire • Marie Claire • Art+ • The Times • The Guardian • The Observer • The Financial Times • BBC • The Sydney Morning Herald • A Globe and Mail Spring 2026 Read • Featured in The American Booksellers Association's Spring 2026 Preview • Oprah Dail$

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<p>A Review of Marginal Worlds: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-marginal-worlds/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-marginal-worlds/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-ma</span><span class="invisible">rginal-worlds/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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>

Book cover for Marginal Worlds by Alfred Bekker. Image on cover shows a realistic drawing of a space ship sailing past a streak of light in outer space. There are no planets or suns in the picture, so the source of the light remains mysterious.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> In 1859, Samuel Langhorne Clemens receives his steamboat pilot’s license. </p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-april-9-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-april-9-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-april</span><span class="invisible">-9-2026/</span></a></p><p>Books by Mark Twain at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/53</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Young Mark Twain. He is turned to his left. He moustache and hair appear brown.

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