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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheThirdWish</a><br>Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a></p><p>Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince try to change history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will they kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?</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 Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

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

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<p>📚 Extremophile by: Ian Green</p><p>Charlie and Parker are punks by night, biohackers by day, living in the stuttering decay of near-future climate-collapse London.</p><p>They pay for the beer they don't steal with money from their sketchy astronomy site Zodiac Code, while Charlie's bio-bespoke augments equip the criminals, punks, and eco-warriors...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/extremophile" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/extremophile"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/extremophi</span><span class="invisible">le</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/cyberpunkfiction/" rel="tag">#cyberpunkfiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Charlie and Parker are punks by night, biohackers by day, living in the stuttering decay of near-future climate-collapse London.

They pay for the beer they don't steal with money from their sketchy astronomy site Zodiac Code, while Charlie's bio-bespoke augments equip the criminals, punks, and eco-warriors of London. They have to deal with disgruntled clients, scene kids who don't dig their band, and a city that's run by corporates and criminals. Their world is split into three factions: Green – who are still trying to save the world; Blue – who try to profit while they can, and Black – who see no hope left.

When a group of extremist Green activists hire them for a series of jobs ranging from robbery to murder, Charlie – who struggles to feel anything except Black – wants to walk away. But Parker still believes they can make a difference, and urges her to accept.

As they enter an escalating biological arms race against faceless corporations, amoral biohackers, and criminal cyberpunks, Charlie will have to choose what she believes in. Is there still hope, and does she have a right to grab it?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DRAGON AWARDS 2025
FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS OF 2024

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<p>Dear author, dear publisher.</p><p>If your ebook has DRM, I'm not buying it.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/drm/" rel="tag">#drm</a></p>

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1657116" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1657116"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1657116</span></a><br>Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/1733647" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/1733647"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/17336</span><span class="invisible">47</span></a></p><p>After the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

The foreground is largely line art, in white, with a black shadow outline.

At the center is an hourglass. The bottom has black sand, with a white figure standing in it. The top has is an inverted mirror image of the bottom, with a black figure in white sand.

The hourglass serves as the balance point for a set of scales, which hold a heart and a feather. The heart is on the left and the feather on the right. The heart is lower than the feather.

(Right) Lying in blue sand is a heart made of the same sand, full of cracks. It glows from the inside in a warm, yellow color. Over that is the following quote:

Nicole felt an extreme kind of loss, realizing she’d been stolen away from the afterlife, just before finding out if she deserved punishment or not!

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

“I’m always in need of strong spirits and I’ve seen none stronger. You have unique talents I refuse to see go to waste.”

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

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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<p>New review: The Inquisitive Biologist reaches back in time and finally reads The Ascent of Birds to find a fascinating foray into bird evolution and the many different mechanisms of speciation.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/07/21/book-review-the-ascent-of-birds-how-modern-science-is-revealing-their-story/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/07/21/book-review-the-ascent-of-birds-how-modern-science-is-revealing-their-story/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/</span><span class="invisible">07/21/book-review-the-ascent-of-birds-how-modern-science-is-revealing-their-story/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/ornithology/" rel="tag">#Ornithology</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</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>

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<p>A federal district court just ruled that training <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> tools on copyrighted texts is fair use. <br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anth</span><span class="invisible">ropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anthropic/" rel="tag">#Anthropic</a> is in the clear for training <a href="/tags/claude/" rel="tag">#Claude</a> on millions of books without permission or payment. However, it's liable for obtaining many of those books illegally, and its settlement of those claims (about $3k/title) was approved by the court. </p><p>So far this decision only applies in the Northern District of California. But it breaks the ice and will (as lawyers say) be "persuasive but not binding" in other districts. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/fairuse/" rel="tag">#FairUse</a> <a href="/tags/uslaw/" rel="tag">#USLaw</a></p>

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 21 Still reading When Moon Hits the Eye by John Scalzi. Had some vacation, so didn’t get time to read much. What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately? Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026! Page · discuss.online <p>Still reading <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/32111115" rel="nofollow">When Moon Hits the Eye</a> by John Scalzi.</p><p>Had some vacation, so didn’t get time to read much.</p><p>What about all of you, what have you been reading or listening to lately?</p><p>Check <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/46300888" rel="nofollow">Official Bingo Challenge Post</a> and the accompanying <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/46300898" rel="nofollow">Recommendations Post</a> for our Bingo for 2026!</p><p>What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 21</p><p><a href="https://discuss.online/post/42945134" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>discuss.online/post/42945134</a></p>

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switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It’s about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power. Page · literature.cafe <p><p>I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It’s about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power.</p></p><p>switching from one corporation to another isn't rebellion, it's what capitalism does what it does best, which is selling us the idea of rebellion</p><p><a href="https://literature.cafe/post/33873554" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>literature.cafe/post/33873554</a></p>

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<p>For those new to my page, I post a little about writing, and a lot about my family's cats.</p><p>My first series, I Guess We're Heroes, is a sci-fi/thriller available in paperback, audiobook, and ebook (including Kindle Unlimited). Links to both books are at the bottom of this post.</p><p>My next series is in the works, and will be fantasy/LitRPG!</p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/0esYBlHI" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>a.co/d/0esYBlHI</a></p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/08y5oO1L" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>a.co/d/08y5oO1L</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a><br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a><br><a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#Cats</a><br><a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#CatsOfMastodon</a></p>

A brown tabby cat lays next to the book I Guess We're Heroes

An orange tabby cat sits behind the book Out of the Fire Into the Furnace

A team of scientists discover intelligent alien life, and start a dangerous race to capitalize on the opportunity. As the decades pass, however, first contact fades from living memory, and is mysteriously absent from any official historical records.
For the next five centuries humanity ventures out to the stars, their various political factions leaving no shortage of problems for an enterprising crew to make a living off of. The mercenaries of Specialized Support Contractors were only looking for small jobs befitting their fledgling company, but soon find themselves forced into the limelight when their employer’s ambitions place an ancient alien weapon in their possession. Digging deeper into the origins of their cargo brings even more heat from vested interests who want the truth of humanity’s first contact with alien life to be kept secret. With entire planets caught in the crosshairs of a looming interstellar war, any choice the mercenaries make could have catastrophic consequences.

A 5 star review that says:

Fast and fun!

Take a deep breath before you start reading, because this story moves FAST! While jumping between two timelines, the author is able to keep a clear focus and maintain a high energy. You won't get lost and you won't want to put it down! While there are a lot of details that help to real ground the story in a gritty world, the details don't come at the expense of the flow. There are none of George Martin's length asides to describe elaborate meals or give detailed descriptions of fancy outfits. Don't worry about the food and the clothes - this book takes you straight to the action!

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<p><a href="/tags/summer/" rel="tag">#Summer</a> is here with Will Boast, Elaine Vilar Madruga translated by Samantha Luna, EC Osondu, Zhenya Oliinyk and Robin Munby, plus Luke Healy on the secret of <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> a romcom.</p><p>Catch them all at <a href="https://fictionable.world" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fictionable.world</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

The contributors for Fictionable's Summer 2026 issue, from top left: Will Boast, EC Osondu, Samantha Luna, Elaine Vilar Madruga, Zhenya Oliinyk, Luke Healy and Robin Munby

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<p>What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries</p><p>Maia Chance on the Age-Old Phenomenon of Toxic Nostalgia For a Nonexistent Past</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-tradwife-influencers-of-centuries-past-share-with-their-social-media-contemporaries/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/what-tradwife-influencers-of-centuries-past-share-with-their-social-media-contemporaries/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-tradwife-influ</span><span class="invisible">encers-of-centuries-past-share-with-their-social-media-contemporaries/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>"The American Frugal Housewife" </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13493" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13493</a></p><p>A Treatise on Domestic Economy</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21829" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21829</a></p><p>American Woman's Home</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6598" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6598</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The image shows a vintage, 1940s-style advertisement illustration featuring a woman standing next to a fully stocked, open refrigerator. She is blonde and is wearing blue-greenish dress with a yellow apron tied to her waist and black high heels. She is looking toward the viewer and closing the freezer at top of the refrigerator.

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845438" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845438"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1845438</span></a></p><p>Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?</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 Fey Fighters, by Owen Tyme.

The background is the stars of space, with nebula-like clouds, in blue. This has been divided into jigsaw puzzle pieces by dark lines marking the lines between pieces.

The foreground features an enormous, stylized phoenix, which is composed of fire. The phoenix looms over an Earth-like world heavily obscured by cloud cover.

(Right) The same world from the cover orbits a purple gas giant, with a stream of flame above it, which may be the phoenix, with the following text over the top:

“We’re in a human-made, goblin-enchanted spacecraft, powered by a dryad that’s under the mistaken impression she’s a nuclear reactor, half-piloted by a pixie and half-piloted by a human.”

“Is there anywhere we can go we won’t be shot on sight?”

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<p>I read a lot. Mostly SF and fantasy. Something which has been 'taking over' a lot of online communities about those genres (probably also in other genres) in recent years is the concept of <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> challenges.</p><p>I finally figured out something which bothers me about them. They turn reading specific <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> into something which you do because you're extrinsically motivated!</p><p>For me, reading has always been something I do because I'm intrinsically motivated, but I recently caught myself thinking far too much on how to make books fit into such challenges, including picking up books which I didn't actually feel like.</p><p>I'm all in favor of people reading more - and more broadly - than they would've done without these challenges, but I already was reading exactly as much as I want to!</p><p>Going forward, I'm going to stay far away from the inherent reward-loop from these challenges, and just read what I feel like, when I feel like it. Much healthier for my brain, which is far too susceptible to such things.</p>

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<p>What Are the Routines of So-Called Super-Readers?</p><p>Kelsey Rexroat Investigates the Mindsets of People Who Read Hundreds of Books a Year</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-are-the-routines-of-so-called-super-readers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/what-are-the-routines-of-so-called-super-readers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-are-the-routin</span><span class="invisible">es-of-so-called-super-readers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

A stack of books turned to show the pages. They are on a table with a red background.

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<p>How a forgotten Toronto story shows Hemingway beginning to invent himself as a fiction writer</p><p>During his four years with the Toronto Star, Hemingway produced nearly 200 pieces, 170 under his own name plus around 30 with verified pseudonym bylines.</p><p>by Irene Gammel</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-a-forgotten-toronto-story-shows-hemingway-beginning-to-invent-himself-as-a-fiction-writer-286101" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-a-forgotten-toronto-story-shows-hemingway-beginning-to-invent-himself-as-a-fiction-writer-286101"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-a-forg</span><span class="invisible">otten-toronto-story-shows-hemingway-beginning-to-invent-himself-as-a-fiction-writer-286101</span></a></p><p>Books by Hemingway<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50533" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50533"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/50533</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Hemingway´s wood-cut from portrait by henry strater.

Title: In our time

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Editor: Ezra Pound

Illustrator: Henry Strater

A stylized woodcut portrait of a bearded man, rendered with bold cross-hatching and line textures

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What is the most unique book you have read? Let’s discuss unique books. What is the first one that comes to your mind? The uniqueness can be about the book’s plot, structure, ideas, themes, topics etc. For me such a book is Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It’s been a while since I’ve read it but I remember how mindblowing it was for me. Every time I thought it couldn’t surprise me more, it actually did. There’s a bit of everything there: peculiar characters, a substance called ice-nine that can freeze water on contact (as humans are around 60% water, it can instantly kill them), a fictional religion called Bokononism based on the idea that human life has no absolute truth or meaning, a tiny island nation with its own bizarre world. All of these come together to show us a satire of the absurdity of humanity. As for a unique book structure, I have to say it’s Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Mathers. It’s a kind of puzzle book where pages are not in order and you need to arrange them in order to guess whodunnit. I haven’t finished this one yet but it’s a cool challenge. Page · lemmy.zip <p>Let’s discuss unique books. What is the first one that comes to your mind? The uniqueness can be about the book’s plot, structure, ideas, themes, topics etc.</p><p>For me such a book is Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It’s been a while since I’ve read it but I remember how mindblowing it was for me. Every time I thought it couldn’t surprise me more, it actually did. There’s a bit of everything there: peculiar characters, a substance called ice-nine that can freeze water on contact (as humans are around 60% water, it can instantly kill them), a fictional religion called Bokononism based on the idea that human life has no absolute truth or meaning, a tiny island nation with its own bizarre world. All of these come together to show us a satire of the absurdity of humanity.</p><p>As for a unique book structure, I have to say it’s Cain’s Jawbone by Edward Mathers. It’s a kind of puzzle book where pages are not in order and you need to arrange them in order to guess whodunnit. I haven’t finished this one yet but it’s a cool challenge.</p><p>What is the most unique book you have read?</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.zip/post/69458709" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.zip/post/69458709</a></p>

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<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> </p><p>A collection of 86 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. Read my <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</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="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kufirsts-aug/tuu91s8frp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kufirsts-aug/tuu91s8frp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kufirsts-</span><span class="invisible">aug/tuu91s8frp</span></a></p>

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<p>Kafka's Screwball Tragedy: Investigations of a Philosophical Dog</p><p>"Investigations of a Dog" is a funny and deeply philosophical tale of a lone, maladjusted dog who defies scientific dogma and pioneers an original research program in pursuit of the mysteries of his self and his world.</p><p>By: Aaron Schuster (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/kafkas-screwball-tragedy-investigations-of-a-philosophical-dog/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/kafkas-screwball-tragedy-investigations-of-a-philosophical-dog/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/kaf</span><span class="invisible">kas-screwball-tragedy-investigations-of-a-philosophical-dog/</span></a></p><p>Books by Kafka at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1735"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1735</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>

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Visit a library, drink a lot of water, consumer a lot of literature. Be the datacenter.<br><br><a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#datacenter</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a><br><br><a href="https://follow.coryd.dev/users/cory/statuses/117068314410259929" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="follow.coryd.dev/users/cory/statuses/117068314410259929"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">follow.coryd.dev/users/cory/st</span><span class="invisible">atuses/117068314410259929</span></a><br>

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<p>Pixel: a biography</p><p>An exact mathematical concept, pixels are the elementary particles of pictures, based on a subtle unpacking of infinity</p><p>By Alvy Ray Smith, Edited by Nigel Warburton</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/a-biography-of-the-pixel-the-elementary-particle-of-pictures?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=34b5c1e05b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/a-biography-of-the-pixel-the-elementary-particle-of-pictures?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=34b5c1e05b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/a-biography-of-</span><span class="invisible">the-pixel-the-elementary-particle-of-pictures?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=34b5c1e05b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/computerscience/" rel="tag">#ComputerScience</a></p>

A pixel does not need to be rendered as a small square. This image shows alternative ways of reconstructing an image from a set of pixel values, using dots, lines, or smooth filtering.

Three panels showing image reconstruction/rendering at increasing resolution: (left) a coarse dotted/pixelated pattern of a "Z"-like shape, (middle) a finer striped/dithered version, (right) a smooth, high-resolution photo-like curve — illustrating progressive image reconstruction from low to high pixel density.

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<p>"There's a real effort to rewrite history that we're seeing in real time from <a href="/tags/bidenadministration/" rel="tag">#BidenAdministration</a> officials, many of whom want to continue wielding power for years, if not decades to come. These are people who are now at top universities, on the boards of corporations, think tanks..."</p><p><a href="/tags/akbarshahidahmed/" rel="tag">#AkbarShahidAhmed</a>, author of <a href="/tags/crossingtheredline/" rel="tag">#CrossingTheRedLine</a>: <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a>, His Advisors, and <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>'s War in <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a></p><p><a href="https://fmep.org/resource/the-biden-administration-and-genocide-an-interview-with-investigative-journalist-akbar-shahid-ahmed/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fmep.org/resource/the-biden-administration-and-genocide-an-interview-with-investigative-journalist-akbar-shahid-ahmed/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fmep.org/resource/the-biden-ad</span><span class="invisible">ministration-and-genocide-an-interview-with-investigative-journalist-akbar-shahid-ahmed/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/bluemaga/" rel="tag">#BlueMAGA</a> <a href="/tags/shitlibs/" rel="tag">#shitlibs</a> <a href="/tags/nioublinipardon/" rel="tag">#niOubliNiPardon</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>Books I Was Reading On This Day Over the Last Ten Years: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-reading-on-this-day-over-the-last-ten-years/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-was-reading-on-this-day-over-the-last-ten-years/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-i-was-reading-on-this-day-over-the-last-ten-years/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</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 Let's Play White by Chesya Burke. Image on cover is a painting of a black woman who is staring straight ahead at the audience with a somber expression on her face.

Book cover for Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus. Image on cover shows two young white women embracing romantically while standing in a windswept meadow.

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<p>📚 The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by: Holly Kennedy</p><p>On the surface, Denny Voss's life in rural Minnesota is a quiet one. At thirty years old, he lives at home with his elderly mother and his beloved blind and deaf Saint Bernard, George. He cleans up roadkill to help pay the bills. Though his prospects are limited by a developmental delay--the re...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-sideways-life-of-denny-voss" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-sideways-life-of-denny-voss"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-sidewa</span><span class="invisible">ys-life-of-denny-voss</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a></p>

On the surface, Denny Voss's life in rural Minnesota is a quiet one. At thirty years old, he lives at home with his elderly mother and his beloved blind and deaf Saint Bernard, George. He cleans up roadkill to help pay the bills. Though his prospects are limited by a developmental delay--the result of an accident at birth--Denny has always felt that he has "a good life."

So how did he wind up being charged with the murder of a mayoral candidate--after crashing a sled full of guns into a tree? As Denny awaits trial, his court-appointed therapist walks him through the events of the past year. Denny's had other scuffles with the law, the first for kidnapping a neighbor's cantankerous goose. And then there was the time he accidentally assisted in a bank robbery. It seems like whenever Denny tries to do the right thing, chaos ensues.

Untangling the events around the murder reveals even more painful truths about his family's past. He's always been surrounded by people who love him, but now it's up to Denny to set his life on a new course.

In this poignant and funny novel, a man who is defined by his limitations sets out to fight a murder charge--and discovers unexpected truths about himself, his family, and the world at large.

Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize.
Nominated for the 2026 Edgar Award--Best Paperback Original.
Finalist for the 2026 Audie Award.

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<p>I’ve been wearing this shirt for so many years & suddenly this summer, it’s sparking a lot of interesting conversations. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

My T-shirt that says The Odyssey of Homer

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<p>📚 Wonder by: R. J. Palacio</p><p>I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.</p><p>August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/wonder" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/wonder</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/disabilities/" rel="tag">#disabilities</a></p>

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie’s point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others, the perspectives converge to form a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope.

R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME. Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face—who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that inspired the Choose Kind movement, a major motion picture, and the critically acclaimed graphic novel White Bird.

And don't miss R.J. Palacio's highly anticipated new novel, Pony, available

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