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<p>7 Out-of-This-World Facts About Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Martian Chronicles’</p><p>The fix-up novel, which turns 75 this year, would become one of Bradbury’s most famous books—and inspire future scientists.</p><p>By Lorna Wallace</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/ray-bradbury-martian-chronicles-book-facts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/ray-bradbury-martian-chronicles-book-facts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/ray-bradbu</span><span class="invisible">ry-martian-chronicles-book-facts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Publicity photo of Ray Bradbury from the television progam Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1959.

It shows him as a middle-aged man with a youthful yet intellectual demeanor. Bradbury, known for his iconic works such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, typically had neatly combed hair and wore thick, dark-framed glasses, which contributed to his scholarly appearance.

In this black-and-white image, he is dressed in a suit, appropriate for the formal nature of television appearances in the late 1950s.

His expression is serious yet approachable, reflecting his deep imagination and storytelling prowess.

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<p>📚 The Day of the Triffids by: John Wyndham</p><p>When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen one of the lucky few to wake up with his sight—finds himself trapped in a London packed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. With civilization in chaos, the tr...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-day-of-the-triffids" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-day-of-the-triffids"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-day-of</span><span class="invisible">-the-triffids</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/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/apocalypticpostapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#apocalypticpostapocalyptic</a></p>

When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen one of the lucky few to wake up with his sight—finds himself trapped in a London packed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. With civilization in chaos, the triffids huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to walk are rising up as humanity falls.

John Wyndham's 1951 classic post-apocalypse novel introduced the world to triffids, walking man-eating plants, preying on humanity in a world struck blind by a cosmic disaster. Only a few sighted people remain, and it is up to them to rebuild civilization and keep the triffids at bay if they can learn to survive in this new world!

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<p>In February 1929.</p><p>The first of Margery Allingham's crime novels to feature Albert Campion, The Crime at Black Dudley (U.S. title: The Black Dudley Murder), is published in the UK. It introduces Albert Campion, her misleadingly vapid detective, who would go on to appear in another 18 novels and many short stories over the next 30 years.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_at_Black_Dudley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_at_Black_Dudley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crim</span><span class="invisible">e_at_Black_Dudley</span></a></p><p>Books by Margery Allingham at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Margery+Allingham&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First edition of The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham.

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<p>Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. This is a very well written book but geez is it bleak. Honestly I think it will age well as a record of modern war but right now it’s not exactly what I want for my recreational <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a>. If you have or love children prepare to have your heart ripped out <a href="/tags/bookerprize/" rel="tag">#BookerPrize</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>

Black, white and red cover of Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

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<p>"I did not think; I investigated."</p><p>German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1923.</p><p>On 8 November 1895, he produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. The non-SI unit of radiation exposure, the roentgen (R), is also named after him.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_</span><span class="invisible">R%C3%B6ntgen</span></a></p><p>Books about Röntgen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=R%C3%B6ntgen&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=R%C3%B6ntgen&submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=R%C3%B6ntgen&submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>

Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig.

It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder of the Physik Institut, University of Freiburg, on 1 January 1896.

Photo of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

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<p>This month's Distributed Proofreaders' (DP) Blog talks about the book "Famous Old Receipts." In this case Receipts means recipes. Read all about this cookbook and see the delicious looking dish our brave blogger tried from it.</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/02/01/famous-old-receipts/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2026/02/01/famous-old-receipts/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2026/02/01/famou</span><span class="invisible">s-old-receipts/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Cover of "Famous Old Receipts" - Used a hundred years and more in the Kitchens of the North and the South - Contributed by Descendants

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<p>A History of Existential Anxiety</p><p>From medieval theology to modern philosophy, dread has long been a guide for living ethically.</p><p>By: Livia Gershon </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-existential-anxiety/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/a-history-of-e</span><span class="invisible">xistential-anxiety/</span></a></p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.jstor.org/stable/44017151?</span><span class="invisible">mag=a-history-of-existential-anxiety&seq=1</span></a></p><p>Kierkegaard, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe at PG: <br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46682"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/46682</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47157" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47157"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/47157</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Margery+Kempe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Margery+Kempe</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a></p>

The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series).

This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of the canvases treats the interaction of humans and angels. In three works, angels appear to Abraham and, in one particularly dramatic canvas, an angel intercepts Abraham before he sacrifices his own son. Like another work in this series, Tobias and the Angels, the Sacrifice of Isaac is a narrative about fathers and sons as well as obedience inspired by faith.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_Guardi_-_The_Sacrifice_of_Isaac,_Tobias_and_the_Angel,_The_Angels_Appearing_to_Abraham,_Abraham_Welcoming_the_Three_Angels_(painting_series)_-_1952.235_-_Cleveland_Museum_of_Art.tiff

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/3KbaJj5K06P6oemmvQHWBX" rel="nofollow">The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>Essays on the author's experience of schizophrenia (along with bipolar, PTSD & chronic Lyme!) in the US. Fascinating & unsettling view into psychiatric hospitals, mental health 'support' in Ivy League colleges, and what the hell a psychotic break feels like. Blimey.</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/essays/" rel="tag">#Essays</a> <a href="/tags/autobiography/" rel="tag">#Autobiography</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/schizophrenia/" rel="tag">#Schizophrenia</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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

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<p>I'm helping to launch Andy Southall's new science fiction novel "Perfect World" - the third book in his science fiction trilogy - at 3pm on Sunday 17th May at Johnsonville Community Centre, Wellington.</p><p>Check out more about the book and the trilogy on Andy's website, <a href="https://andy-southall.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>andy-southall.com/</a> </p><p>Hope you'll come along to the launch!</p><p>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/johnsonville/" rel="tag">#Johnsonville</a> <a href="/tags/waitohi/" rel="tag">#Waitohi</a> <a href="/tags/wellington/" rel="tag">#Wellington</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booklaunch/" rel="tag">#booklaunch</a> <a href="/tags/nzbooks/" rel="tag">#nzbooks</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a></p>

Poster giving details of Andy Southall's launch of his novel "Perfect World", as described in the text of the post. "Perfect World" is the third volume of a trilogy – the poster also shows the covers of all three books in the trilogy against a yellow background.

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1776.</p><p>Scottish political economist Adam Smith's book The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work in economics, was published.</p><p>It has become a fundamental work in classical economics, and has been described as "the first formulation of a comprehensive system of political economy".</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weal</span><span class="invisible">th_of_Nations</span></a></p><p>Wealth of Nations at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>

The full title reads:

"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations",
by Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S.,
Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

The title is arranged in a centered layout, using a combination of capital and small capital letters, reflecting the typographic conventions of the time. Below the author’s name and credentials, the volume number (as the work was published in two volumes) is indicated.

At the bottom of the page is the publication information, which reads:

"London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVI."

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<p>An Enduring Source of Inspiration: In Search of Proust’s Legacy in Ireland</p><p>Max McGuinness Explores the French Writer’s Influence on Generations of Irish Literature</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/an-enduring-source-of-inspiration-in-search-of-prousts-legacy-in-ireland/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/an-enduring-source-of-inspiration-in-search-of-prousts-legacy-in-ireland/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/an-enduring-source-</span><span class="invisible">of-inspiration-in-search-of-prousts-legacy-in-ireland/</span></a></p><p>Marcel Proust at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/987</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First galley proof of A la recherche du temps perdu: Du côté de chez Swann with handwritten revision notes by Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922). Auctioned by Christie's in July 2000 for £663,750 — a world record for a French literary manuscript.

This document shows:
Printer's proofs that Proust received for correction before final publication
Handwritten additions, deletions, and annotations throughout
Typeset text in columns with Proust's notes in margins and between lines
Shows Proust's creative process in action
The paper shows its age and the intensity of Proust's work

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_la_recherche_du_temps_perdu#/media/Fichier:MS_A_la_recherche_du_temps_perdu.jpg

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<p>Forgotten, priceless medieval book found in school library</p><p>The hermit and mystic Richard Rolles was basically a bestselling author in the Middle Ages.</p><p>by Andrew Paul</p><p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-book-found-school-library/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.popsci.com/science/medieval-book-found-school-library/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.popsci.com/science/medieva</span><span class="invisible">l-book-found-school-library/</span></a></p><p>Richard Rolle at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25856" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25856</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a></p>

Cover image of the book English prose treatises of Richard Rolle de Hampole :(who died A. D. 1349).

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10748408?page=1

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1896.</p><p>While Oscar Wilde is in prison, his play Salome (written in 1891) is premièred in its original French by Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre company in Paris, perhaps at the Comédie-Parisienne. Because the play depicted biblical characters it was banned in Britain and was not performed publicly there until 1931.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome_(</span><span class="invisible">play)</span></a></p><p>Salomé at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1339" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1339</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for the first English edition of the play (1894).

The image depicts Salomé holding the severed head of John the Baptist (also known as Jokanaan) on a platter.

She gazes at it with a mixture of fascination and satisfaction, while dark liquid (presumably blood) drips from the head onto the pedestal below.

Her elaborate gown, accessories, and stylized hair reflect the Art Nouveau aesthetic, infused with Beardsley’s signature decadence and eroticism.

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<p>In February 1919.</p><p>Richmal Crompton's anarchic English schoolboy William Brown is introduced in the first published Just William story, "Rice-Mould", in Home magazine. The books were published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1922 and 1970.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_William" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_William"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Wil</span><span class="invisible">liam</span></a></p><p>Just William at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34414" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34414</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Just William original cover.

The original cover of Just William by Richmal Crompton features a bright red background with bold yellow text at the top that reads "JUST WILLIAM". Below, the author's name, "RICHMAL CROMPTON", appears in large white letters. A subtitle in yellow text at the bottom highlights that this is "The first EVER William book!".

At the center of the cover is an illustration of a cheerful young boy, William Brown, with a mischievous smile. He is wearing a green jacket, a white shirt, a red and yellow striped tie, and a blue-and-white cap that is slightly askew.

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<p>French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1650.</p><p>He is known for his influential arguments for substance dualism, where mind and body are considered to have distinct essences, one being characterized by thought, the other by spatial extension. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics."</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A</span><span class="invisible">9_Descartes</span></a></p><p>Books by René Descartes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

Frans Hals - Portret van René Descartes

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<p>Jane Austen was a satirist – why isn’t she treated like one?</p><p>By Adam J Smith</p><p>Although many women writers were critiquing society in the 18th century, hardly any of them were considered satirists.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/jane-austen-was-a-satirist-why-isnt-she-treated-like-one-262274?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381+CID_11a7064190437d6047887b31fe5798d3&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20was%20a%20satirist%20%20why%20isnt%20she%20treated%20like%20one" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/jane-austen-was-a-satirist-why-isnt-she-treated-like-one-262274?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381+CID_11a7064190437d6047887b31fe5798d3&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20was%20a%20satirist%20%20why%20isnt%20she%20treated%20like%20one"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/jane-auste</span><span class="invisible">n-was-a-satirist-why-isnt-she-treated-like-one-262274?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%204%202025%20-%203474435381+CID_11a7064190437d6047887b31fe5798d3&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Jane%20Austen%20was%20a%20satirist%20%20why%20isnt%20she%20treated%20like%20one</span></a></p><p>Jane Austen at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</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>📚 Hollow by: Celina Myers</p><p>Mia Adair isn't even twenty-five yet, but she's starting to wonder if her peak has already passed. She’s spent years working at her local bookstore, a job that was supposed to be temporary. As a kid, she experienced a strange sort of fame within the paranormal community thanks to her inclusion in a book that rev...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/hollow" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/hollow</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#paranormal</a></p>

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<p>📚 The Universe Box by: Michael Swanwick</p><p>Discover the vast worlds and pocket universes of Michael Swanwick (Stations of the Tide), the only author to win science fiction's most prestigious award five times in six years. </p><p>In his dazzling new collection, the master of speculative short stories returns with tales in which magic and science improbably c...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-universe-box" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-universe-box"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-univer</span><span class="invisible">se-box</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/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Discover the vast worlds and pocket universes of Michael Swanwick (Stations of the Tide), the only author to win science fiction's most prestigious award five times in six years.

In his dazzling new collection, the master of speculative short stories returns with tales in which magic and science improbably coexist with myth and legend. With two stories original to this collection, Swanwick aptly demonstrates with poignant humor why he is widely respected as a master of imaginative storytelling.

In engaging stories, Mischling the thief races through time to defeat three trolls before the sun rises for the first time and turns the inhabitants of her city into stone. A scientist is on the run from assassins, because her research in merging human intelligence with sentient AI is too dangerous. An aging veteran obtains a military weapon from his past: a VR robotic leopard in which he rediscovers the consequences of the hunt. In the biggest heist in the history of the universe, a loser Trickster (and the girlfriend who is better than he deserves), sets out to violate every trope and expectation of fiction possible.

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<p>So here's <a href="/tags/spring/" rel="tag">#Spring</a> with exclusive <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a> from Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō, translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox, plus Lucy Caldwell on the long and short of <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#ShortFiction</a> </p><p>Check them all out 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 fantastic contributors to Fictionable Spring 2026. From top left to bottom right: Bruna Martini, Diana Evans, Holly Edwards, Joel Cox, Takiguchi Yūshō, Jesse Kirkwood and Lucy Caldwell

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<p>In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility You Can Be “Demure and Brat All at Once”</p><p>Samantha Silva: “Women are asking not who we ought to be, but who we want to be.</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/in-jane-austens-sense-and-sensibility-you-can-be-demure-and-brat-all-at-once/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/in-jane-austens-sense-and-sensibility-you-can-be-demure-and-brat-all-at-once/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/in-jane-austens-sen</span><span class="invisible">se-and-sensibility-you-can-be-demure-and-brat-all-at-once/</span></a></p><p>Sense and Sensibility at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/161</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. It costs SIXPENCE, and it was published by George Routledge and Sons. The illustration on the cover shows Willoughby leaning down to help Marianne off the ground. He is wearing a top hat and brown jacket. She is wearing a white dress with a white red/pink ribbon around her waist and a white hat with a bow. She has mud on her dress. A brown and white dog stands next to them.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among them.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

“I *am* an army.”

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

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<p>Historians recently discovered a hidden fragment of the Bible.</p><p>A part of the book of Matthew was found under two other layers of text.</p><p><a href="https://historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/historians-recently-discovered-a-hidden-fragment-of-the-bible/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="historyfacts.com/world-history/fact/historians-recently-discovered-a-hidden-fragment-of-the-bible/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">historyfacts.com/world-history</span><span class="invisible">/fact/historians-recently-discovered-a-hidden-fragment-of-the-bible/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bible/" rel="tag">#bible</a></p>

View of someone holding a copy of the Holy Bible.

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<p>Liebes <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> ,</p><p>unser neues Kulturprogramm für 2026 ist draußen! 🎉 <br>Mehr Infos findet ihr hier: <a href="https://buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktuelle-veranstaltungen/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/aktu</span><span class="invisible">elle-veranstaltungen/</span></a></p><p>Wir hoffen, dass für jede*n was dabei ist. :)</p><p>Gedruckt liegt das neue Programm Ende der Woche bei uns aus.</p><p>Liebe Grüße<br>Tina und Max<br>von der Buchhandlung am Brühl in <a href="/tags/chemnitz/" rel="tag">#Chemnitz</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/veranstaltungen/" rel="tag">#Veranstaltungen</a> <a href="/tags/kultur/" rel="tag">#Kultur</a> <a href="/tags/lesung/" rel="tag">#Lesung</a> <a href="/tags/konzert/" rel="tag">#Konzert</a> <a href="/tags/tacheles/" rel="tag">#tacheles</a> <a href="/tags/buch/" rel="tag">#buch</a> <a href="/tags/krimi/" rel="tag">#krimi</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#Literatur</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bucher/" rel="tag">#bucher</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/dielinke/" rel="tag">#dielinke</a> <a href="/tags/leipzig/" rel="tag">#leipzig</a> <a href="/tags/dresden/" rel="tag">#dresden</a> <a href="/tags/erzgebirge/" rel="tag">#erzgebirge</a> <a href="/tags/mittelsachsen/" rel="tag">#mittelsachsen</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/lesen/" rel="tag">#lesen</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

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Abendgruß: Die Chemnitz Premiere

Kerstin Hensel liest aus Ihrem am 18. März 2026 erschienen Roman. Sie erzählt eine etwas andere Familien- und Lebensgeschichten aus Ost und West, die von falscher Moral, Spießertum und Anpassung handeln - und von zerplatzten Lebensträumen.

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Die unglaubliche Geschichte einer gelebten Utopie mitten in der DDR: die »Krüppelkommune« von Hartroda. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Matthias-Vernaldi-Preis für selbstbestimmtes Leben 2025. Lesung mit Karsten Krampitz. In Kooperation mit dem Evangelisch Lutherischen Kirchenbezirk Chemnitz. Moderiert von Marten Henning.

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.</p><p>Henrik Ibsen's symbolic drama The Lady from the Sea (1888) receives simultaneous first performances in Oslo (in Norwegian) and Weimar (in German). The drama introduces the character of Hilde Wangel who is again portrayed in Ibsen's later play The Master Builder.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_the_Sea" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_from_the_Sea"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady</span><span class="invisible">_from_the_Sea</span></a></p><p>The Lady from the Sea at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2765" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/2765</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

Dining room in the house of Dr. Vangel. 1905 Sketch of the scenery for Ibsen's drama “Daughter of the Sea” State Central Theater Museum named after A.A.Bakhrushin. A.A.Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum.

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