<p>Skies of blue</p><p>In the early 1800s, in the city of Suzhou in eastern China, two striking large-format maps were printed in vivid Prussian blue. One map depicted the terrestrial world of the Qing empire, the other, shown below, depicted the heavens. Look closely and you can see the curve of the Milky Way.</p><p>via @knowablemag.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.leventhalmap.org/digital-e</span><span class="invisible">xhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172</span></a></p><p>Books about Ancient Astronomy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/15624</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>
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<p>In 19th-century Ireland, a chance encounter between a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman begins a story of love, loyalty, and choices that will shape their lives.</p><p>Amazon - <a href="https://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a><br>Other Retailers - <a href="https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-sc</span><span class="invisible">arlet-woman</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thefitzgeraldsofdublinseries/" rel="tag">#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/familysaga/" rel="tag">#FamilySaga</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/bookseries/" rel="tag">#BookSeries</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</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>From Jessica Luther in our magazine: Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. To counter this, we need to look at gender-expansive athletes in a detailed and holistic way. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/trans-at</span><span class="invisible">hletes-inclusion-sports-culture/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#gender</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>Today is Dracula Day.</p><p>Some monsters never die 🧛♀️<br>Bram Stoker gave the world more than a vampire. He created a shadow that still follows us through books, films, dreams, and nightmares.</p><p><a href="/tags/draculaday/" rel="tag">#DraculaDay</a> <a href="/tags/dracula/" rel="tag">#Dracula</a> <a href="/tags/bramstoker/" rel="tag">#BramStoker</a> <a href="/tags/stoker/" rel="tag">#Stoker</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/vampire/" rel="tag">#vampire</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/horrorbooks/" rel="tag">#horrorbooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a></p>
<p>📚 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by: Mark Haddon</p><p>Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments ha...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-curiou</span><span class="invisible">s-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>
<p>"Where do you begin to make sense of it being <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> that must deradicalise? How do you credit the viciously oppressed being told that it is they who must commit to offering no threat to <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a>, their oppressor?" </p><p><a href="/tags/fintandrury/" rel="tag">#FintanDrury</a>, author of Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine </p><p><a href="https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/how-the-west-sponsored-the-destruction-of-palestine-OQQHTLXG2BHU5GM5RTFKN4LTBI/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/how-the-west-sponsored-the-destruction-of-palestine-OQQHTLXG2BHU5GM5RTFKN4LTBI/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.irishnews.com/news/norther</span><span class="invisible">n-ireland/how-the-west-sponsored-the-destruction-of-palestine-OQQHTLXG2BHU5GM5RTFKN4LTBI/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Scholar Claims Van Gogh Hid Secret Homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ In His ‘Café Terrace at Night’</p><p>Did you know about his "Sacred Realism"?</p><p>by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vincent-van-gogh-last-supper-cafe-terrace-at-night-275282" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/vincent-van-gogh-last-supper-cafe-terrace-at-night-275282"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/vinc</span><span class="invisible">ent-van-gogh-last-supper-cafe-terrace-at-night-275282</span></a></p><p>Books by Van Gogh at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/40599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>
<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>
<p>Navigating the Brain Poisoning of Book Censorship <a href="https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/navigating-the-brain-poisoning-of-book-censorship/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/navigating-the-brain-poisoning-of-book-censorship/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">buttondown.com/wellsourced/arc</span><span class="invisible">hive/navigating-the-brain-poisoning-of-book-censorship/</span></a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>
<p>Jean-Paul Sartre (June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980) as a child, lost the use of one eye, but later became one of the sharpest observers of human nature.</p><p><a href="/tags/sartre/" rel="tag">#Sartre</a> believed that people are not born with a fixed “essence”: we become ourselves through choices.</p><p>By the end of his life he was almost blind, but he kept working. Around 50,000 people reportedly came to his funeral procession in Paris.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a></p>
<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 107 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-m</span><span class="invisible">ay/wcwas7u14r</span></a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- Another second-hand volume to my growing collection of The Correspondence of <a href="/tags/charlesdarwin/" rel="tag">#CharlesDarwin</a>, this one Volume 26: 1878, published by Cambridge University Press.<br>- <a href="/tags/warhammer/" rel="tag">#Warhammer</a>: The Art of <a href="/tags/gamesworkshop/" rel="tag">#GamesWorkshop</a>, a rather rare exhibition catalogue of grimdark artwork that I bought via eBay.<br>- I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in <a href="/tags/naturalhistory/" rel="tag">#NaturalHistory</a>, the final of the essay bundles from <a href="/tags/stephenjaygould/" rel="tag">#StephenJayGould</a>, published by Harmony Books.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/evolutionarybiology/" rel="tag">#EvolutionaryBiology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Bay Area peeps! What are you doing this weekend? Why not join me and a bunch of other amazing authors at the Bay Area Book Festival?? It's all happening in downtown Berkeley! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday! www.baybookfest.org</p><p>PLUS!! If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror, there is a special <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Locusmag</span></a></span> festival for the Locus Awards on Friday and Saturday during BABF, so be sure to check that out too! <a href="https://locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards</span><span class="invisible">-weekend/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sfba/" rel="tag">#sfba</a></p>
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<p>A Review of Afterglow - Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-afterglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-afterglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-af</span><span class="invisible">terglow-climate-fiction-for-future-ancestors/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#HopePunk</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>On the Literary Afterlife of Japan's First Working Woman Writer</p><p>Translator Bryan Karetnyk Considers the Work of Higuchi Ichiyō</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/on-the-literary-afterlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/on-the-literary-afterlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/on-the-literary-aft</span><span class="invisible">erlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/</span></a></p><p>Books about Japanese literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20407" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20407"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/20407</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a></p>
<p>Love Language</p><p>The undying dream of Esperanto</p><p>by Katie Thornton</p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2026/06/love-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="harpers.org/archive/2026/06/love-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">harpers.org/archive/2026/06/lo</span><span class="invisible">ve-language-katie-thornton-esperanto/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KSQ7JVHVABAKFRY3CGXJYDZ0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books in Esperanto at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/34" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/34"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/34</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- The last of the books from the NHBS January sale: Michael Ruse's The <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a> of Human <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a>, published by Cambridge University Press<br>- A lovely version of Humphrey Carpenter's highly praised J. R. R. <a href="/tags/tolkien/" rel="tag">#Tolkien</a>: A Biography, published by HarperCollins<br>- A second-hand copy of Ant Ecology, published by Oxford University Press</p><p><a href="/tags/humanevolution/" rel="tag">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lotr/" rel="tag">#LOTR</a> <a href="/tags/lordoftherings/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="/tags/myrmecology/" rel="tag">#Myrmecology</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#Ecology</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#Insects</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#Entomology</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language<br>From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian</p><p>by Emily Temple</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/43-of-the-most-iconic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/43-of-the-most-icon</span><span class="invisible">ic-short-stories-in-the-english-language/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KVN7055WWMVWMPK8VZ5RACV2&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Some Iconic Short Stories at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>
<p>Just finished this one.</p><p>A couple of factual inaccuracies (no, 'G' in physics does not mean 100 times your weight - it is earth's gravitational constant 'g' in this context, and yes, chimps do actually teach one another), plus some idiocy no fault of the author (chimps don't understand 'zero' dear researchers, true, but neither did humans until a millennium or so ago)...</p><p>But overall, a well-researched informative read - highly recommend. </p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/chimpanzee/" rel="tag">#chimpanzee</a></p>
<p>Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago</p><p>The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.</p><p>by Donna Mazza</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/guide-to-t</span><span class="invisible">he-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329</span></a></p><p>Books by Margaret Cavendish at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46554" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46554"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/46554</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womeninart/" rel="tag">#WomenInArt</a></p>
<p>Would any writer or aspiring want to collaborate on a sort of coffee table book? A us political satire maybe 50 years in the future a picture book for highschool kids (by that time Idiocrasy will have completely made itself at home)</p><p>Working title 'let's not do that again' pictoral snapshots starting@ the escalator.</p><p>More details in alt boost if you like this idea to help me find a writer. I sent the idea to trump; I heard he was very enthusiastic.</p><p>Boosts 🙏 <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/11661</span><span class="invisible">0861214203983</span></a></p><p>Pratchat has a whole back catalogue of excellent discussions about <a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> and <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a>, but they don't understand the importance of overusing <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a> in the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>, so you might have missed them.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a></p>
<p>Shel Silverstein is famous for his children’s poetry and illustrations. </p><p>In poem Lazy Jane the word "rain" hovers just above Jane’s open mouth, as the string of words above it seems to represent the trickle of water she longs for.</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/love/" rel="tag">#Love</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poet/" rel="tag">#poet</a> <a href="/tags/silverstein/" rel="tag">#Silverstein</a> <a href="/tags/graficpoem/" rel="tag">#graficpoem</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#poems</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/poemaday/" rel="tag">#poemaday</a> <a href="/tags/poetrycommunity/" rel="tag">#poetrycommunity</a> <a href="/tags/pictures/" rel="tag">#pictures</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookclub/" rel="tag">#bookclub</a> <a href="/tags/readit/" rel="tag">#readit</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/rain/" rel="tag">#rain</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/lazyjane/" rel="tag">#LazyJane</a></p>