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<p>An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland by Bernard Sleigh, 1920</p><p>If you believe in fairies, this ancient map and guide will help you know them and find them</p><p>By Paul Sorene</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe</span><span class="invisible">-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917</span></a></p><p>Fairyland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37291" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37291"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/37291</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#Maps</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a></p><p>Levi Jacobs always of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi&#x27;s journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely 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><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Good news: I’m writing another book!</p><p>Data centers have been a big part of the discourse over the past few years. I’ll be digging into why there are so many being built right now and the broader impacts they’re having. But also: do we really need this much compute?</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writing-a-new-book" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writing-a-new-book"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writi</span><span class="invisible">ng-a-new-book</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/datacenters/" rel="tag">#datacenters</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a></p>

I relate <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/32940667">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>From the Ashes to the Dustbin: The Making and Un-Making of a Personal Library</p><p>Peter Wortsman on the Ever-Difficult Task of Saving and Discarding Beloved Books</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/from-the-ashes-to-the-dustbin-the-making-and-un-making-of-a-personal-library/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/from-the-ashes-to-the-dustbin-the-making-and-un-making-of-a-personal-library/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/from-the-ashes-to-t</span><span class="invisible">he-dustbin-the-making-and-un-making-of-a-personal-library/</span></a></p><p>Personal library at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=personal+library" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=personal+library"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=personal+library</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchism</p><p>A fateful visit to a market in Moscow entirely upended Tolstoy’s view on life and society—and changed the trajectory of his work and purpose.</p><p>By: Ben Woollard </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/tolstoys-christian-anarchism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/tolstoys-christian-anarchism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/tolstoys-chris</span><span class="invisible">tian-anarchism/</span></a></p><p>Tolstoy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/136"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/136</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Nineteen Eighty-Four might have been inspired by George Orwell’s fear of drowning</p><p>By Nathan Waddell</p><p>Nineteen Eighty-Four filled with references to sinking ships, drowning people and the dread of oceanic engulfment</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/nineteen-eighty-four-might-have-been-inspired-by-george-orwells-fear-of-drowning-251289?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842+CID_88b1f9d785e5a0d2e282e13c171ed621&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Nineteen%20Eighty-Four%20might%20have%20been%20inspired%20by%20George%20Orwells%20fear%20of%20drowning" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/nineteen-eighty-four-might-have-been-inspired-by-george-orwells-fear-of-drowning-251289?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842+CID_88b1f9d785e5a0d2e282e13c171ed621&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Nineteen%20Eighty-Four%20might%20have%20been%20inspired%20by%20George%20Orwells%20fear%20of%20drowning"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/nineteen-e</span><span class="invisible">ighty-four-might-have-been-inspired-by-george-orwells-fear-of-drowning-251289?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2018%202025%20-%203419634842+CID_88b1f9d785e5a0d2e282e13c171ed621&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Nineteen%20Eighty-Four%20might%20have%20been%20inspired%20by%20George%20Orwells%20fear%20of%20drowning</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Waiting for Godot Has Been Translated Afrikaans</p><p>What took so long?</p><p>By: Rick de Villiers </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/waiting-for-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/waiting-fo</span><span class="invisible">r-godot-has-been-translated-into-afrikaans-what-took-so-long-257345</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#Theatre</a></p>

<p>This 2,200-Year-Old Chinese Medical Text May Be The Oldest Human Anatomy Chart In History</p><p>By Natasha Ishak</p><p>The discovery of the text written on silk sheds light on the significant advances in medicine that led to the development of acupuncture in ancient China.</p><p><a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/china-mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="allthatsinteresting.com/china-mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allthatsinteresting.com/china-</span><span class="invisible">mawangdui-medical-manuscripts?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atinewsletter&amp;utm_email=lnatal55@gmail.com</span></a></p><p>Ancient Medicine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4630</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/oldmanuscript/" rel="tag">#Oldmanuscript</a></p>

The Sky Trap, by Frank Belknap Long <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33844438">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Protection. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a></p>

<p>Books for Armchair Travelers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-armchair-travelers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-armchair-travelers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-for-armchair-travelers/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#Travel</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>Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz</p><p>Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/why-america-cant-get-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/why-america-cant-get-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/why-america-cant-ge</span><span class="invisible">t-enough-of-the-wizard-of-oz/</span></a></p><p>Wizard of Oz at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby</p><p>In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-s</span><span class="invisible">cott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/</span></a></p><p>The Great Gatsby at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad</p><p>Emily Hauser Explores Ancient Greek Visions of Gender</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-</span><span class="invisible">resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/</span></a></p><p>The Iliad at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130</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>Some shameless self-promo: I&#x27;ve set up a <a href="/tags/kofi/" rel="tag">#kofi</a> shop. You can buy DRM-free copies of my <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> there (your choice of epub, mobi, azw3 or pdf). You can also buy me a coffee if you&#x27;d like.</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks</span></a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4AMN2GVDQZQB8ciD2mHgpQ" rel="nofollow">Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Tim Harford.</p><p>The importance of randomness &amp; spontaneity in creativity &amp; problem-solving. Plans, order &amp; rationality are often counter-productive! So don&#x27;t beat yourself up about meeting simplistic measures of performance. The tech discussion is a bit dated, but the principles are extremely relevant to AI. Ginormous gender blind-spot.</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/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/productivity/" rel="tag">#Productivity</a> <a href="/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">#Creativity</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>

<p>How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous</p><p>Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms</p><p>By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-four-literary-i</span><span class="invisible">cons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&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/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

<p>can’t sleep again, read all of Leila Mottley’s new book in one go. I had the problem where there are three POV characters and I only really cared about one of them. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/1UQsvJi4rKVo3gA7r6w5Fu" rel="nofollow">The Mark</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Frida Isberg.</p><p>An attempt to enforce empathic behaviour creates stark divisions at all levels of society. Very effectively conveys the ambiguous ethics and the entrenched positions taken by opposing sides. Strong parallels with toxic masculinity and vaccination.</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> </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>

<p>What Is Serendipity?</p><p>We often credit unexpected events to serendipity. But who amongst us knows The Three Princes of Serendip, the tale from which the word derives?</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/what-is-serend</span><span class="invisible">ipity/</span></a></p><p>The Three Princes of Serendip:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thre</span><span class="invisible">e_Princes_of_Serendip</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/etymology/" rel="tag">#etymology</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a></p>