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<p>“The Tale of Genji:” 1,000 Years of Romance</p><p>Posted by: Neely Tucker</p><p>This Japanese work is considered the world&#x27;s first novel.</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/the-</span><span class="invisible">tale-of-genji-1000-years-of-romance/</span></a></p><p>Books by Murasaki Shikibu at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Murasaki+Shikibu</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>If a book hasn&#x27;t been banned somewhere is it even worth reading? 🤔😁 </p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon @bookbubble @humour @reading</p><p><a href="/tags/ireadbannedbooks/" rel="tag">#IReadBannedBooks</a> <br><a href="/tags/bannedbook/" rel="tag">#BannedBook</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

<p>The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse</p><p>Arvind Ethan David on the Surprising Connection Between Two Legendary Authors</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-secret-link-between-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-secret-link-between-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-secret-link-bet</span><span class="invisible">ween-raymond-chandler-and-p-g-wodehouse/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JVWWXN4FM4JT4W1X4BY8VY6F&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</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>

<p>New sapphic audiobook review: Kiss of Seduction by Rawnie Sabor, narrated by Allie Shae</p><p><a href="https://judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">judeinthestars.com/2025/06/12/</span><span class="invisible">kiss-of-seduction-by-rawnie-sabor-narrated-by-allie-shae/</span></a></p><p>Video review: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAsR/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAsR/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.instagram.com/p/DKzoL-VCAs</span><span class="invisible">R/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtbooks/" rel="tag">#LGBTBooks</a> <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#lgbt</a> <a href="/tags/sapphic/" rel="tag">#sapphic</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#BookLover</a> <a href="/tags/bookaddict/" rel="tag">#BookAddict</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#BookRecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/wlw/" rel="tag">#wlw</a> <a href="/tags/sapphicreads/" rel="tag">#SapphicReads</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/lesfic/" rel="tag">#lesfic</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviewer/" rel="tag">#BookReviewer</a> <a href="/tags/sapphicbookreview/" rel="tag">#SapphicBookReview</a> <a href="/tags/queerlit/" rel="tag">#QueerLit</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#BookToot</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sapphfic/" rel="tag">#SapphFic</a></p><p>@sapphicbooks @bookstodon</p>

<p>New <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> post! </p><p>Hello I&#x27;m Noelle! I&#x27;m a blogger and reader who also plays musical instruments (guitar, keyboard) and takes photos. I believe that Meta and Google are not only killing the planet through their data centers but also democracy through the division their products have created. They are also taking over our lives by how much time we spend a day with their products (email, social media, YouTube). </p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/blogger/" rel="tag">#blogger</a> <a href="/tags/reader/" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/photographer/" rel="tag">#photographer</a></p>

<p>“I Reunite Architecture and Perspective”: Hirschvogel’s *Geometria* (1543) </p><p>One theory about wormholes — those speculative cosmological structures that tunnel between distant points in the universe — holds that spacetime can be folded like a piece of paper, bringing the near and far into proximity. </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/hirschvogel-s-geometria-1543/</span></a></p><p>Online version:<br><a href="https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digital.slub-dresden.de/werkan</span><span class="invisible">sicht/dlf/8077/1?tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=1&amp;cHash=b4db56391c1bb332830d76c2e3d08615</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

<p>The Father of Existentialism: Who Was Søren Kierkegaard?</p><p>Søren Kierkegaard is among the most distinguished philosophers in history.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/who-was-soren-kierkegaard/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/who-was-soren-kierkegaard/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/who-was-s</span><span class="invisible">oren-kierkegaard/</span></a></p><p>Kierkegaard 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></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>Last day off before <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@cymerafestival" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cymerafestival</span></a></span> , so going over notes &amp; possible questions ahead of chairing a three-author panel this weekend <a href="https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymer</span><span class="invisible">a25-events/2025/4/10/home-sweet-home</span></a></p><p>And of course I&#x27;ll be going to a bunch of events to listen to them all weekend. Looking forward to catching up with folks.</p><p><a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#Livres</a> <a href="/tags/cymera/" rel="tag">#Cymera</a> <a href="/tags/cymera2025/" rel="tag">#Cymera2025</a> <a href="/tags/cymerafestival/" rel="tag">#CymeraFestival</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/garethpowell/" rel="tag">#GarethPowell</a> <a href="/tags/emfaulds/" rel="tag">#EMFaulds</a> <a href="/tags/starkholborn/" rel="tag">#StarkHolborn</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#BookFestival</a></p>

<p>How Ancient Greece Shaped Ovid, Rome’s Master Poet</p><p>By Nick Kampouris</p><p><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/ancient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/ancient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greekreporter.com/2025/05/23/a</span><span class="invisible">ncient-greece-shape-ovid-rome-poet/</span></a></p><p>Ovid at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2868</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Lesya Ukrainka: Ukraine’s Beloved Writer and Activist</p><p>“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich from the archives</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/lesya-ukrainka</span><span class="invisible">-ukraines-beloved-writer-and-activist/</span></a></p><p>Ukraine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ukraine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=ukraine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=ukraine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Love this sign on the road up to Dennistoun Public Library in the East End of Glasgow (the building in the background of the photo).</p><p><a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/dennistoun/" rel="tag">#dennistoun</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/dennistounpubliclibrary/" rel="tag">#dennistounpubliclibrary</a> <a href="/tags/sign/" rel="tag">#sign</a> <a href="/tags/streetart/" rel="tag">#streetart</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng- by Kylie Lee Baker is fucking brilliant. I still have 3 chapters left, but I am on the edge of my seat. The writing is very well done. The story line is phenomenal even as it is disturbing. Trigger warnings for racism, hate crimes, gore, violence. It&#x27;s a definite 5 star read for me thus far. </p><p>@bookstodon<br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>&quot;Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million <a href="/tags/northcaucasianmuslims/" rel="tag">#NorthCaucasianMuslims</a> fled to the <a href="/tags/ottomanempire/" rel="tag">#OttomanEmpire</a>. Some, like the <a href="/tags/circassians/" rel="tag">#Circassians</a>, ran from a Russian perpetrated genocide. Others, like <a href="/tags/chechens/" rel="tag">#Chechens</a>, <a href="/tags/dagestanis/" rel="tag">#Dagestanis</a>, and others the violence of <a href="/tags/russiancolonization/" rel="tag">#RussianColonization</a>.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/eurasianknot/" rel="tag">#EurasianKnot</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/vladimirhamedtroyansky/" rel="tag">#VladimirHamedTroyansky</a> to discuss his book <a href="/tags/empireofrefugees/" rel="tag">#EmpireOfRefugees</a></p><p><a href="https://www.euraknot.org/muslim-refugees-in-the-ottoman-empire/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.euraknot.org/muslim-refugees-in-the-ottoman-empire/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.euraknot.org/muslim-refuge</span><span class="invisible">es-in-the-ottoman-empire/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ottomanhistory/" rel="tag">#OttomanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/russianhistory/" rel="tag">#RussianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/northcaucasus/" rel="tag">#NorthCaucasus</a> <a href="/tags/circassiangenocide/" rel="tag">#CircassianGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> @histodons @bookstodon @russia</p>

<p>A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction</p><p>B. Pietras on Queering “Flint Anchor,” LGBTQ Historical Stories, and Finding the Present in the Past</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-remembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-remembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/a-past-most-queer-r</span><span class="invisible">emembering-sylvia-townsend-warners-radical-gay-historical-fiction/</span></a></p><p>Sylvia Townsend at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=sylvia+townsend" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=sylvia+townsend"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=sylvia+townsend</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#lgbt</a></p>

<p>Among Newly Discovered Ocean Species, a Baby Colossal Squid Is Filmed for the First Time</p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/schmidt-ocean-institute-new-species-colossal-squid/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/schmidt-ocean-institute-new-species-colossal-squid/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/schmidt-ocean-institute-new-species-colossal-squid/</span></a></p><p>Illustration from &quot;20,000 Leagues under the Sea&quot; by Jules Verne at PG </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/164" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/164</a></p><p><a href="/tags/oceanography/" rel="tag">#oceanography</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Circe in The Odyssey: The Enchantress Who Defied a Hero</p><p>A goddess, a witch, a sorceress—Circe in The Odyssey has been called many things.</p><p>By Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/circe-the-odyssey-enchantress/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/circe-the-odyssey-enchantress/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/circe-the</span><span class="invisible">-odyssey-enchantress/</span></a></p><p>The Odyssey at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>

<p>Hey, it&#x27;s Friday! Mr. Lisa and I are going to get mani/pedis tomorrow (Saturday), and then it&#x27;s asparagus season so a local library is doing a poetry event with asparagus as the theme called Ode to Asparagus. Also, probably some gardening if the weather holds. </p><p>What are you doing this weekend? </p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>‘Do you know what we should do<br>what turns over in my mind?<br>Begin to sing old songs!<br>Lend voice to our runes.’</p><p>Reading the Kalevala</p><p>By Lyonel Perabo </p><p><a href="https://wildhunt.org/2025/06/reading-the-kalevala.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wildhunt.org/2025/06/reading-the-kalevala.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wildhunt.org/2025/06/reading-t</span><span class="invisible">he-kalevala.html</span></a></p><p>Kalevala at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5186</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>My <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> is brief/won&#x27;t spoil, to spread good, great, and spectacular <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> far and wide.</p><p>THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER is both a stunning, unique epistolary novel and a subversive, sly nod to the most famous one. Stephen Graham Jones again shows his mastery as a storyteller by crafting a genuine modern Classic filled with Horror, Tragedy, Truth, and Blood. It should be required reading.</p><p><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mothersuspiriareview/" rel="tag">#mothersuspiriareview</a> <a href="/tags/msreview/" rel="tag">#MSReview</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.community/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@toot.community</span></a></span></p>

<p>Instead we&#x27;re still busy exploring the depths of human cruelty... 😒 </p><p>@scifi @bookstodon @speculativefictioncomedy @bookbubble </p><p><a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a><br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a><br><a href="/tags/repost/" rel="tag">#Repost</a> <a href="/tags/from/" rel="tag">#From</a> <a href="/tags/old/" rel="tag">#Old</a> <a href="/tags/account/" rel="tag">#Account</a></p>

<p>I have an absolute and sudden craving to read everything by Jules Verne. 🌍 </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m going to request having all books featruing humans banned, on the grounds that humans are boring 😜😂</p><p>@bookstodon @fantasybookstodon <br>@scifi @bookbubble @humour </p><p><a href="/tags/human/" rel="tag">#Human</a> <a href="/tags/ban/" rel="tag">#Ban</a> <a href="/tags/tobefair/" rel="tag">#ToBeFair</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/mastobooks/" rel="tag">#Mastobooks</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#BooksofMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/haymarketbooks/" rel="tag">#HaymarketBooks</a> event</p><p><a href="/tags/theariofrancos/" rel="tag">#TheaRiofrancos</a> and activist-historian Gabriel Winant for a conversation on Riofrancos’s new book, <a href="/tags/extraction/" rel="tag">#Extraction</a>. </p><p>live: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu4LOas" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu4LOas"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mw5gu</span><span class="invisible">4LOas</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/extractivism/" rel="tag">#extractivism</a> <a href="/tags/greencapitalism/" rel="tag">#greenCapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/greenwashing/" rel="tag">#greenwashing</a> <a href="/tags/energytransition/" rel="tag">#energyTransition</a> <a href="/tags/politicaltheory/" rel="tag">#politicalTheory</a> <a href="/tags/geoeconomy/" rel="tag">#geoeconomy</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/lithium/" rel="tag">#lithium</a> <a href="/tags/lithiummining/" rel="tag">#lithiumMining</a> <a href="/tags/mining/" rel="tag">#mining</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>The Mystery of Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved: 6 Possible Candidates</p><p>Discover a love letter filled with passion and heartache; 200 years later, Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved may have been identified…</p><p> by Andrew Olsen</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/beethoven-immortal-beloved-mystery/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/beethoven-immortal-beloved-mystery/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/beethoven</span><span class="invisible">-immortal-beloved-mystery/</span></a></p><p>Beethoven at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=beethoven" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=beethoven"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=beethoven</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

<p>The light beyond sight</p><p>Only a tiny sliver of the Universe’s light can be seen by human eyes. But today we’re catching glimpses of the invisible</p><p>By Corey S Powell</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/william-herschels-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/william-hersche</span><span class="invisible">ls-sensors-let-us-see-the-invisible-universe?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=180c8189f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_29&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Herschel at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=william+herschel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=william+herschel</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>