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<p>American author, humorist, editor & columnist Irvin S. Cobb was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.</p><p>At the age of 17, Cobb began working for the Paducah Daily News, where he quickly made a name for himself with his keen observations & humorous writing style. In 1904, he moved to New York City and joined the staff of the New York Evening Sun. His work as a journalist & columnist gained him national recognition. He was one of the most widely read humorists of his time.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/559</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Irvin S. Cobb.

An elderly man wearing a formal suit, posing for a photograph.

Cover of Cobb's Bill-of-Fare by Irvin S. Cobb.

"Cobb's Bill-of-Fare" is a collection of essays and short stories by Irvin S. Cobb, showcasing his signature humor and storytelling style. Published in 1913, this book is a delightful exploration of Cobb's thoughts on various topics, often centered around food and dining, but also touching on other aspects of everyday life.

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<p>Enshittification, o livro (Cory Doctorow) - Resenha </p><p><a href="https://curadoria.bearblog.dev/enshittification-o-livro-cory-doctorow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="curadoria.bearblog.dev/enshittification-o-livro-cory-doctorow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curadoria.bearblog.dev/enshitt</span><span class="invisible">ification-o-livro-cory-doctorow/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/corydoctorow/" rel="tag">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="/tags/livros/" rel="tag">#livros</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#IndieWeb</a> <a href="/tags/smallweb/" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a> <a href="/tags/surfandoweb/" rel="tag">#SurfandoWeb</a> <a href="/tags/blogsbr/" rel="tag">#BlogsBR</a> @blogsbr <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/tecnofeudalismo/" rel="tag">#Tecnofeudalismo</a> <a href="/tags/technofeudalism/" rel="tag">#Technofeudalism</a> <a href="/tags/technofeudalism/" rel="tag">#Technofeudalism</a> <a href="/tags/yanisvaroufakis/" rel="tag">#YanisVaroufakis</a> <a href="/tags/rentismo/" rel="tag">#Rentismo</a> <a href="/tags/bigtechs/" rel="tag">#BigTechs</a> <a href="/tags/antitrust/" rel="tag">#Antitrust</a> <a href="/tags/curadoriadainternet/" rel="tag">#CuradoriaDaInternet</a></p>

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<p>📚 Anathema (The Eating Woods) by: Keri Lake</p><p>There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell,the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/anathema-the-eating-woods" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/anathema-the-eating-woods"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/anathema-t</span><span class="invisible">he-eating-woods</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></p>

There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell,the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what’s taken is never given back. Only those who’ve lost their senses would dare to go near it. Or the banished. Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that’s as dangerous as it is alluring. It’s there that he dwells, the cursed lord of Eidolon. The one tasked to keep her hidden from the magehood that seeks to crucify her in the name of an arcane prophesy. Zevander Rydainn, known to his prey as The Scorpion, is the coldest, most calculated assassin in all of Aethyria and he’d sooner toss his feisty ward to a pack of vicious fyredrakes than keep her safe. If only he could. Maevyth’s blood is the key to breaking his despised curse and vanquishing the slumbering evil in Witch Knell. Unfortunately for Lord Rydainn, fate has other plans for the irresistible little enchantress. And his growing obsession with her threatens to destroy everything. Including himself.

Anathema is a full-length, gothic dark fantasy, the first book in The Eating Woods duology. Perfect for readers who enjoy a plot-heavy and atmospheric story with a unique magic system, a slow-burn romance and a touch of horror.

From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothi

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<p>📚 Ghost Eaters by: Clay McLeod Chapman</p><p>Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their ho...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eaters" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eaters"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/ghost-eate</span><span class="invisible">rs</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/horrorfiction/" rel="tag">#horrorfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/supernaturalfiction/" rel="tag">#supernaturalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/occultsupernatural/" rel="tag">#occultsupernatural</a></p>

Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and Erin’s world falls apart.

Then a friend tells her about Ghost, a new drug that allows users to see the dead. Wanna get haunted? he asks. Grieving and desperate for closure with Silas, Erin agrees to a pill-popping “séance.” But the drug has unfathomable side effects—and once you take it, you can never go back.

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents

One of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022, this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? March 24

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1821081" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1821081"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1821081</span></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> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</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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My brothers copy of X-Wing - Solo Command was torn and folded before cutting.

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<p>"Science is nothing without generalisations... The suggestion of a new idea, or the detection of a law, supersedes much that had previously been a burden upon the memory, and by introducing order and coherence facilitates the retention of the remainder in an available form."</p><p>In: William C. McC. Lewis, A System of Physical Chemistry (Volume 1) (p. iv), Longmans, Green and Company. 1918</p><p>~John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

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<p>📚 The King's Captive by: K. M. Shea</p><p>I can turn into a housecat.It's a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn't exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural community has classified me as an outcast, which means one thing: picking on me is open season all day, every day.The local fae a...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-kings-captive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-kings-captive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-kings-</span><span class="invisible">captive</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

I can turn into a housecat.It's a fun magic, except in a world filled with vampires and werewolves, it doesn't exactly make me a powerhouse. Instead, the supernatural community has classified me as an outcast, which means one thing: picking on me is open season all day, every day.The local fae are the worst of all, and it's during one of their regular "capture the cat-girl" sessions that I shift into my cat form and meet HIM for the first time.Noctus is so powerful his magic radiates off him like a sun, and my fae captors can barely look in his general direction. And then my life gets even more terrifying when Noctus decides to take me with him. As a pet.Why did he pick today to "adopt don't shop" a cat?It gets worse when I realize he's an elf, a ruling race of supernaturals that was supposedly killed off centuries ago.But he's not just any elf, no. He's an elven king, with heaps of secrets to protect. Secrets that I am quickly learning since he includes his new pet in everything from breaking into buildings to inspect classified paperwork to tracking down sketchy supernaturals.All this means if he gets even a hint that I'm not a real cat, I'm going to find out firsthand how elves treat their prisoners.So, escaping Noctus is priority #1. How hard can it be? (Answer: very.)

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<p><a href="/tags/coverreveal/" rel="tag">#CoverReveal</a> : We're obviously always delighted to celebrate one of our (very!) local literary stars, Muriel Spark, and Hodder has James Bailey's Like a Cat Loves a Bird, "a spiky and delicious new literary biography", coming next April.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/likeacatlovesabird/" rel="tag">#LikeACatLovesABird</a> <a href="/tags/jamesbailey/" rel="tag">#JamesBailey</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/biographie/" rel="tag">#biographie</a> <a href="/tags/scottishliterature/" rel="tag">#ScottishLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/bookshops/" rel="tag">#bookshops</a> <a href="/tags/librairies/" rel="tag">#librairies</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

Orange and pink cover for Like a Cat Loves a Bird, a forthcoming biography of Muriel Spark, with a black and white photo of Spark holding a black cat on the cover

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J’ai lu récemment le dernier roman de David Bry, Échos stellaires, publié aux éditions Fleuve. Et pour une première incursion dans le genre de la SF, on peut dire que c’est réussi. Même imparfait, le roman nous embarque dans une aventure trépidante sur plus de 500 pages, où souffle le vent de la révolte.<br>Retrouvez mon avis complet sur le blog: <a href="https://yuyine.be/node/1353" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>yuyine.be/node/1353</a><br><br><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/critique/" rel="tag">#critique</a> <a href="/tags/critiquelitteraire/" rel="tag">#critiquelitteraire</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#livre</a> <a href="/tags/lecture/" rel="tag">#lecture</a> <a href="/tags/pixelbook/" rel="tag">#pixelbook</a> <a href="/tags/sfff/" rel="tag">#SFFF</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/echosstellaires/" rel="tag">#EchosStellaires</a> <a href="/tags/davidbry/" rel="tag">#DavidBry</a> <a href="/tags/fleuve/" rel="tag">#Fleuve</a> <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> <br><br>[Livre reçu en service de presse, avis non rémunéré.]

Livre posé avec autour des étoiles et un petit vaisseau spatial. La couverture d’Échos stellaires montre un très grand vaisseau spatial entouré de missiles et filant à vive allure dans un ciel orangé et rose.

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<p>Book Review: The Subtle Art of Folding Space<br>A story of two sisters and their tangled relationship, plus maintenance of the laws of the universe<br>A <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/princejvstin.com', 'https://princejvstin.com/', 'http://bsky.social/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princejvstin.com</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Princejvstin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Princejvstin</span></a></span> review at the blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

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<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Why I love horror." <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <br>🩸📚<br>💙📚</p><p>Book published by <a href="/tags/sagapress/" rel="tag">#SagaPress</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> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe <br>@librarians</p>

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90 years of Penguin Books: The origin myth that may not be true <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://leminal.space/post/27957933">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Are you reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre? How are you doing it?

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/17yZahP7EddajMFND6xQbU" rel="nofollow">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>by Sarah Maas.</p><p>My first foray into <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#romantasy</a>. The plot is so-so (humans vs faeries, love & intrigue) but finishes strongly. The romance is weak - it's never clear why she loves the faerie lord, except for his sexy man-beastiness. Hopefully this is not the best the genre has to offer.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>📚 Dark Matter by: Blake Crouch</p><p>Are you happy with your life?</p><p>Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. </p><p>Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.</p><p>Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “W...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/dark-matter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/dark-matter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/dark-matte</span><span class="invisible">r</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

Are you happy with your life?

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.

In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this life or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves?

From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV+

A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy

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<p>American author and journalist Rebecca Harding Davis was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1831.</p><p>"Life in the Iron Mills" (1861): Davis´s most famous work, originally published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly, is considered one of the earliest examples of American realism. It depicts the harsh realities of life for industrial workers and is noted for its empathetic portrayal of the working class.</p><p>Books by Rebecca Harding Davis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/186" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/186"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/186</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

American novelist Rebecca Harding Davis.

A monochrome photograph featuring a woman with long hair, from the past.

Cover page of Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis.

"Life in the Iron Mills; or, The Korl Woman" is a novella by Rebecca Harding Davis, first published in 1861 in the Atlantic Monthly. It is considered a pioneering work of American realism and is notable for its social critique and empathetic portrayal of the working class during the Industrial Revolution.

The novella is set in a dreary industrial town and revolves around the lives of Hugh Wolfe, a furnace tender in an iron mill, and his cousin Deborah, who works in a cotton mill. The story is narrated by an unnamed observer who provides a grim depiction of the industrial environment and the dehumanizing conditions faced by the workers.

"Life in the Iron Mills" remains a seminal work in American literature, celebrated for its empathetic portrayal of the working class and its pioneering role in the development of literary realism.

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<p>The irony is not lost on me that I’m posting this to social media. 🤷🏻‍♂️</p><p>(Hat tip: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@markchappelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markchappelle</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/socialnetworks/" rel="tag">#SocialNetworks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/rebellion/" rel="tag">#Rebellion</a></p>

Large sign in a book store window that reads “fuck social media. Marry books. Kill AI.”

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<p>Victorian Horror and the Search for Truth</p><p>by Emily Erwin</p><p><a href="https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/victorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wordonfire.org/articles/victorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wordonfire.org/articles/vi</span><span class="invisible">ctorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/</span></a></p><p>The Woman in White at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Walter Hartright's first encounter with 'The Woman in White'. Illustration by Thomas Eyre Macklin.

Illustration for The Woman in White, a lithograph by Thomas Eyre Macklin RBA (1867–1943), a British artist, illustrator and sculptor.

It depicts the haunting nighttime meeting between the young drawing master Walter Hartright and the mysterious woman dressed entirely in white, from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

The scene shows the two figures standing on a dimly lit country road. Walter, dressed in formal Victorian attire with a tall hat and cloak, looks toward the woman with a mix of surprise and concern. The woman in white, her expression anxious and imploring, gestures toward the distance as she asks, “Is that the road to London?” Her light gown and bonnet stand out against the shadowed background and cloudy night sky, enhancing her spectral presence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#/media/File:Illustration_by_Thomas_Eyre_Macklin_for_The_Woman_in_White_(1).jpg

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<p>Release day!! Space Trash is Trash You'll Want to Bring In! Off the curb and into your hands. <a href="https://books2read.com/u/mYJlro" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/mYJlro</a><br><a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/kobo/" rel="tag">#Kobo</a> <a href="/tags/nook/" rel="tag">#Nook</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/googleplay/" rel="tag">#GooglePlay</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/mustread/" rel="tag">#mustread</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)</p><p>"A novel about a woman who throws off the yoke of patriarchy to become a witch."</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/lolly-willowes/</span></a></p><p>The book at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223</a></p><p><a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/supernatural/" rel="tag">#supernatural</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Halloween: illustration shows a witch riding on a broom with a black cat.

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<p><a href="/tags/larb/" rel="tag">#LARB</a> Radio Hour | The Shit Show </p><p>"[H]ow <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> dreams – from iPhones to <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialMedia</a> to <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> – have become nightmares.</p><p>"How did these decade-defining innovations end up making modern life feel sadder, lonelier, and scarier?"</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> discussed <br>⦁ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>'s <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <br>⦁ Paul Kingsnorth’s <a href="/tags/againstthemachine/" rel="tag">#AgainstTheMachine</a></p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shit-show/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shit-show/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shi</span><span class="invisible">t-show/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/techfutures/" rel="tag">#techFutures</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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background image (photo): from Dennis Oppenheim's performance artwork, "Parallel Stress"

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<p>The Evil Library. 🦉 📚 💀 ✨ 👻 </p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/conceptart/" rel="tag">#conceptart</a> <a href="/tags/commission/" rel="tag">#commission</a> <a href="/tags/videogame/" rel="tag">#videogame</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/spooky/" rel="tag">#spooky</a> <a href="/tags/evil/" rel="tag">#evil</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

The spooky piano room with lots of books full of magic spells. A fireplace with a cozy armchair with pictures of ghostly landscapes on the wall. Candles and colorful lamps create a mysterious atmosphere.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

Magic potions in various glass carafes and staffs were put in bookshelves. A treasure map and amulets show big plans. A desk with candles, quill, ink and a notebook show that someone is working hard on new enigmatic inventions.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

We can see thunder outside the window. This is where magic, technology and chemistry are combined into a machine. Cables and parts are leading in various directions.

If you look at the last picture of this post with the library overview, you can also see an area where experiments are conducted, e.g. a spider will be transformed into a new creature.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

The full library can be seen here. Next to the previous mentioned piano, poisons and machine room, we can see the main library with thousands of books protected by a wise owl "Boo hoo boo hoo!" and intricate skull decor.

Another part of the artwork shows the mirror room. Even the mirrors seem alive and love to spook around. Watch out! :) Taxidermied animals with glowing eyes can be found on the right side (lion, eagle, bear, rhino, hippo, warthog, bull, tiger). In a glass vitrine, precious animal skulls and bones are preserved.

In the upper right corner is a haunted dusty attic with spider webs, rusty tools and weapons ,a loom, old cloth, a still functioning gramophone, a forgotten coffin. Windows show the outside area with dead looking trees and a rather dark atmosphere.

..and then there is the ghostly maintenance staff room. Full of cleaning products, brooms, shovels, a warning sign for clean wet floors illuminated by a colder halogen light.

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<p>📚 The World Jones Made by: Philip K. Dick</p><p>Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action.</p><p>Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-world-jones-made" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-world-jones-made"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-world-</span><span class="invisible">jones-made</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorousfiction/" rel="tag">#humorousfiction</a> <a href="/tags/arthurianfiction/" rel="tag">#arthurianfiction</a></p>

Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action.

Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future, a gift and curse that began one year before he was even born. As a fortune-teller at a post-apocalyptic carnival, Jones is a powerful force, and may just be able to force society away from its paralyzing Relativism. If, that is, he can avoid the radioactively unstable government hitman on his tail.

PHILIP K. DICK (1928 1982) wrote 121 short stories and 45 novels and is considered one of the most visionary authors of the twentieth century. His work is included in the Library of America and has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Eleven works have been adapted to film, including Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly.

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