<p>Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Wasp" (1957) by Eric Frank Russell</p><p>Age Range: 15 to adult<br>Genre: Science Fiction</p><p>Here's my hundredth daily book recommendation! And it's one of my favorites. "Wasp" is a classic: a story of a saboteur in an interstellar war. It's the closest thing you'll ever find to a practical manual on terrorism and sabotage in a science fiction novel.</p><p>James Mowry is an ordinary citizen of Earth when he's brought in to a mysterious government office. There's an interstellar war going on against an alien (but someone humanoid) species, but that's not a major factor in his life. By the time he leaves it, he's no longer an ordinary citizen; he's something else entirely.</p><p>[Mowry glanced at them. They were typescript copies of press reports. Settling back in his chair he perused them slowly and with care. The first told of a prankster in Roumania. </p><p>This fellow had done nothing more than stand in the road gazing fascinatedly at the sky, occasionally uttering ejaculations and loud phrases such as, "Blue flames!' Curious people had joined him and gaped likewise. The group became a crowd, the crowd became a mob, and the bigger the mob the faster it grew. Soon the audience blocked the street, overflowed into side-streets. Police tried to break it up, making matters worse. Some fool summoned the fire squads. Hysterics on the fringes swore they could see or had seen something weird above the clouds. Reporters and cameramen rushed to the scene. Rumours raced around. The government sent up the air force for a closer look. Panic spread over an area of two hundred square miles from which the original cause had judiciously disappeared.]</p><p>["Finally, let's consider this auto smash. We know the cause; the survivor was able to tell us before he died. He said the driver lost control at high speed while swiping at a wasp which had flown in through a window and started buzzing around his face." </p><p>"It nearly happened to me once." </p><p>Ignoring that, Wolf went on, "The weight of a wasp is under half an ounce. Compared with a human being its size is minute, its strength negligible. Its sole armament is a tiny syringe holding a drop of irritant, formic acid, and in this case it didn't even use it. Nevertheless it killed four big men and converted a large, powerful car into a heap of scrap." </p><p>"I see the point," agreed Mowry, "but where do I come in?" </p><p>"Right here," said Wolf. "We want you to become a wasp."]</p><p>Having grown up on a planet of the alien enemy before the start of the war, Mowry can speak and read their language like a native; a little surgical intervention makes him look just like one of them. It's not long before he's dropped off secretly on an enemy planet. His task: to get the enemy to waste as much of their resources as possible.</p><p>You'll remember this one once you're through. I don't know if Eric Frank Russell was ever a spy, but if not he had GREAT information. How one man can tie up a whole planet by–well, you'll read about it.</p><p>The aliens of "Wasp" are based on the Japanese of World War II to a large degree. The culture is rigid and hierarchical. That, of course, makes the mischief Mowry pulls all the more fun. And dangerous.</p><p>"Wasp" has been in and out of print for a long time. Terry Pratchett praised it. It doesn't seem to be in print right now, but used copies aren't hard to find online or in shops. Ebook versions are available from the usual sources. And you can download a copy legally–not borrow, download and own–from the Internet Archive.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/RusselEricFrankWasp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/RusselEricFrankWasp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/RusselEric</span><span class="invisible">FrankWasp</span></a></p><p>You can find a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended here to date (along with links to each post) here: </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml</span></a></p><p>Happy reading! 🤓📖</p><p><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/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/freeebooks/" rel="tag">#FreeEbooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#BookRecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#BookRecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/dailybookrecs/" rel="tag">#DailyBookRecs</a> <a href="/tags/quasitbookrecs/" rel="tag">#QuasitBookRecs</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/radiowarnerd/" rel="tag">#RadioWarNerd</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/adamjohnson/" rel="tag">#AdamJohnson</a> to talk about his new book <a href="/tags/howtosellagenocide/" rel="tag">#HowToSellAGenocide</a>: The <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a>'s Complicity in the Destruction of <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a>, all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance </p><p><a href="https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rerbx-2f7ac4c4" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-rerbx-2f7ac4c4"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.podbean.com/media/share/di</span><span class="invisible">r-rerbx-2f7ac4c4</span></a><br><a href="/tags/gazacoverage/" rel="tag">#GazaCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestinecoverage/" rel="tag">#PalestineCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/usmedia/" rel="tag">#USmedia</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/msm/" rel="tag">#MSM</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>
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<p>In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a><br>Other Retailers - <a href="https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-sc</span><span class="invisible">arlet-woman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/historicalromance/" rel="tag">#HistoricalRomance</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</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>
<p>Just finished reading the thought-provoking work: The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder Through Science & Poetry, by Maria Popova, with illustrations by Ofra Amit.</p><p>If you tend to ponder questions about life, wonder in awe at the natural world, and harbor curiosity about the Universe, this book is for you. I really enjoyed engaging with it, and having a lot of "oh, wow" moments.</p><p>Make no mistake; this book is a prompt, an exercise in broadening our understanding, a nudge towards self-examination, and a reorienting of our relationship to dynamic, transformational change. </p><p><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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@mariapopova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mariapopova</span></a></span></p>
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<p>"The Reader" by French artist Frédéric Forest 📚</p><p><a href="https://fredericforest.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fredericforest.com/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#Drawing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>
<p>My book, Community: Journal of Power Politics and Democracy in Hell's Kitchen, is on sale through July 31 on <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/swsale2026/" rel="tag">#SWSale2026</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1069835" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1069835"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1069835</span></a></p>
<p>What Is The Meaning Of Humpty Dumpty? Inside The Origins Of The Popular Nursery Rhyme, From Rude Slang Words To King Richard III</p><p>By Kaleena Fraga </p><p>The meaning of Humpty Dumpty has remained mysterious for centuries, but there are some possible historical explanations for the nursery rhyme.</p><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/humpty-dumpty-meaning" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="allthatsinteresting.com/humpty-dumpty-meaning"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allthatsinteresting.com/humpty</span><span class="invisible">-dumpty-meaning</span></a></p><p>Humpty Dumpty at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Humpty+Dumpty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Humpty+Dumpty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Humpty+Dumpty</span></a>+</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>Really good <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> O’Reilly book bundle (DRM-free) available on Humble Bundle just now. Worth checking out:</p><p><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.humblebundle.com/books/lin</span><span class="invisible">ux-all-things-oreilly-books</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/it/" rel="tag">#IT</a> <a href="/tags/humblebundle/" rel="tag">#HumbleBundle</a> <a href="/tags/git/" rel="tag">#Git</a> <a href="/tags/kubernetes/" rel="tag">#Kubernetes</a> <a href="/tags/sysadmin/" rel="tag">#SysAdmin</a></p>
<p>Book Review: The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@DrEddieClark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrEddieClark</span></a></span> has our review to round out the week at Nerds of a Feather<br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/book-review-feywild-job-by-c-l-polk.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/book-review-feywild-job-by-c-l-polk.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-feywild-job-by-c-l-polk.html</span></a></p>
<p>In 19th-century Ireland, a chance encounter between a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman begins a story of love, loyalty, and choices that will shape their lives.</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a><br>Other Retailers - <a href="https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-sc</span><span class="invisible">arlet-woman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thefitzgeraldsofdublinseries/" rel="tag">#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</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>
<p>Love getting lost in a historical fiction series?</p><p>Set in 19th-century Ireland, The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series follows one family through hardship, secrets, and choices that echo across generations.</p><p>📚️️ Books 1–9 available as box sets<br>📖 Read free in Kindle Unlimited</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets</a></p><p><a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/dublin/" rel="tag">#Dublin</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>
<p>The Summer War. Naomi Novik.</p><p>You are a 12 year old sorceress and future princess enamored of your older gay brother, and when he says he’s leaving your abusive father to find love, you curse him to never find love and force him to live a life of killing others in battle; eventually you manipulate him to secure power for yourself.</p><p>0 of 5 library cats. (My first 0 rating ever!)</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/queerbaiting/" rel="tag">#queerbaiting</a></p>
<p>I’ve been reading “Ferns: Lessons in Survival From Earth's Most Adaptable Plants” by Fay-Wei Li this weekend.</p><p> It’s a deep dive into how these plants have survived for 400 million years and counting. </p><p>I feel like there will be some folks here on Mastodon who would adore this book. 🌱</p><p><a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/botany/" rel="tag">#Botany</a> <a href="/tags/ferns/" rel="tag">#Ferns</a> <a href="/tags/fernstodon/" rel="tag">#Fernstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>This week's net.wars, "How the other half scams", reads and reviews Soumya Goupta's new book probing India's scam economy, Bharat Bluff: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/17/how-the-other-half-scams/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/17/how-the-other-half-scams/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">26/07/17/how-the-other-half-scams/</span></a>. <a href="/tags/netwars/" rel="tag">#NetWars</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p>
<p>📚 Under the Dome by: Stephen King</p><p>On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome”...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/under-the-</span><span class="invisible">dome</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/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>
<p>Out today: "When you wake up in the morning and someone says: 'If you send me $10, my dear, and tell me about your day,' it’s like Stockholm Syndrome. It’s worth the $10 to keep pretending that there is this person who loves you and wants to hear about your day." <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/austin-novel-romance-scammers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/austin-n</span><span class="invisible">ovel-romance-scammers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> @bookstodon</p>
<p>A forgotten young poet gives us a rare glimpse below stairs at the 1995 Pride and Prejudice’s Netherfield Hall</p><p>by Catherine Clarke</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-forgotten-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/a-forgotten-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-forgotte</span><span class="invisible">n-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329</span></a></p><p>More information about Mary Leapor:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leapor" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leapor"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lea</span><span class="invisible">por</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literaryCriticism</a></p>
<p>‘I felt Holden was talking to me alone’: The Catcher in the Rye at 75</p><p>JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/16/i-felt-holden-was-talking-to-me-alone-the-catcher-in-the-rye-at-75" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/16/i-felt-holden-was-talking-to-me-alone-the-catcher-in-the-rye-at-75"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/jul/16/i-felt-holden-was-talking-to-me-alone-the-catcher-in-the-rye-at-75</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- I found a much reduced copy of Contesting Earth's History in Transatlantic Literary Culture, 1860–1935: Believers and Visionaries on the Borderlines of <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> and <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a>, published by Oxford University Press<br>- I was so taken with Guillermo del Toro's visual take on <a href="/tags/frankenstein/" rel="tag">#Frankenstein</a>, I bought the book on the making of the movie by Sheila O'Malley, published by Titan Books.<br>- I found a second-hand copy of The Spirit of System: <a href="/tags/lamarck/" rel="tag">#Lamarck</a> and <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</a>, published by Harvard University Press, which should come in handy for a future review on Lamarck. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>
<p>Yesterday, proofs came of my new novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, and it got me a bit excited. I have got print copies of my books before, but not one I designed from scratch. I was worried about how the cover would look like, and also because I used LibreWriter for typesetting, if the font was the right one, etc, but it all looks nice and cute. Proud of myself. 😊</p><p>Get the ebook or pre-order print here<br><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/novellas/th</span><span class="invisible">e-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/</span></a></p><p><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/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/scif/" rel="tag">#scif</a></p>
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1462617</span></a><br>Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1733647</span></a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</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>
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1795512</span></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>
<p>Which books do you wish would be made into tv shows or films?</p><p>My vote goes to “The Deep” by Rivers Solomon. </p><p>It’s the best mermaid story I’ve ever read, and the plot twists in it would look amazing on the big or small screen.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/askfedi/" rel="tag">#AskFedi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</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>5 von 5 Sternen: 20 Bücher - v.a. Comics - las ich 2026 bisher, von denen ich dachte </p><p>"Lieblingsbuch/exzellent so!" <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a></p>
