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Rolling my eyes at Cory Doctorow

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Life is short. Read more.

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #reading

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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

PLUS!! If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror, there is a special
@Locusmag festival for the Locus Awards on Friday and Saturday during BABF, so be sure to check that out too! https://locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/

#books #scifi #sfba

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Ian Fleming (May 28, 1908 — August 12, 1964) didn’t invent James Bond out of nowhere. During World War II, he worked in British Naval Intelligence and saw from the inside how real secret operations were planned.

#IanFleming #JamesBond #books #reading #writers #author #readers #today #onthisday #BookTok #bookstodon @bookstodon #booksky #bookstagram #literature #spyware #intelligence #book

Ian Fleming

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On the Literary Afterlife of Japan's First Working Woman Writer

Translator Bryan Karetnyk Considers the Work of Higuchi Ichiyō

https://lithub.com/on-the-literary-afterlife-of-japans-first-working-woman-writer/

Books about Japanese literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20407

#Books #Literature #WomenInArt

Portrait of Higuchi Ichiyou, a Japanese writer. (1872 – 1896)

A black-and-white photograph of a young Japanese woman with her dark hair swept up in a traditional Meiji-era style. She wears a kimono and gazes directly at the camera with a composed, serious expression.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiy%C5%8D_Higuchi#/media/File:Higuchi_Ichiyou.png

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148d

Love Language

The undying dream of Esperanto

by Katie Thornton

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

Books in Esperanto at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/34

#Books #Literature

The Esperantist, Complete

Editor: H. Bolingbroke Mudie

The cover of The Esperantist, Vol. I (Nov. 1903 – Dec. 1904), published at Norfolk Street, Strand, London. The ornate black-and-white design features a central star — the symbol of the Esperanto movement — surrounded by circular medallions depicting the continents of the world. A small portrait, likely of L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, appears at the centre bottom.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/38240/pg38240-images.html

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43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian

by Emily Temple

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

Some Iconic Short Stories at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2148
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27411
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12122
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7256
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2814
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200

#Books #Literature

Cover image of the book Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and translated by David Wyllie.

It features an illustration of a distressed man covering his face near an open door, evoking the story's themes of horror and alienation.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5200/pg5200-images.html

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Guide to the classics: Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World pioneered speculative fiction, 400 years ago

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.

by Donna Mazza

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-margaret-cavendishs-the-blazing-world-pioneered-speculative-fiction-400-years-ago-263329

Books by Margaret Cavendish at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/46554

#Books #Literature #History #WomenInArt

The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle

An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page.An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page. The title page reads "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, the Duchesse of Newcastle. London, Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII" (1668). The engraving depicts a crowned central female figure flanked by armoured attendants beneath an ornate arch — likely representing the Empress of the Blazing World.

Transcription:
Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.
But so as if it were by Chance,
Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,
Since this like Shadowes to the Day
It only represent's; for Still,
Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill
Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace
These lovely Lines within her face.
View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,
Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,
By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone
Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/51783/pg51783-images.html

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129d

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)

Working title 'let's not do that again' pictoral snapshots starting@ the escalator.

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.

Boosts 🙏 #writer #writers #books #art #uspol

the oval office from a high fish eye angle showing a distorted fathead sitting at OUR resolute desk ruining our country. The room is completely spattered with ketchup but looks like a murder scene as well.

What I am looking for writing is just a few sentences to set the situation that is depicted, a brief explanation of why the image is relevant what was going on I just do not have the emotional bandwidth to stick myself back there go thru it again. Not that is if I can find someone else why wants to take the trip down memory lane in Morder for me. Still with me? Keep reading the alts.

This is my imagining of the remodel of the Reflecting Pond in dc. a huge trashy over done yet cheap combination street fair swap meet exhibition where platform divers off the Washington Monument and synchronized swimmers cavort in the water with orcas dolphins a couple of frogmen no doubt spying on the synch swimmers and a couple of submarines. Fireworks spell out his name as vendors hawk games cheap food and the Lincoln Memorial is reduced to a changing towel room.

what I am looking for is just a few lines what was happening how we felt about it told to a stupid person who has no idea with as much fun and sarcasm you want to throw at it. What started me thinking this was the ads running for using ai (we will NOT BE USING AI) to print shit books on Amazon kindle. Well what if we publish an actual book on kindle? we can start with just a few pages see if we get any response positive feedback from here what do you think?

This is the Arch he wants so bad reimagined as his actual Triumph; the mountain of paperwork his crimes marriages frauds bankruptcies have created.

2016 escalator ride was I think the first one of these I made for the anti trump pages in facebook. I continued on this tack but I had a great job a401K and a future. A demanding bf house yard animals my days were full. 12 hour overnights building these massive multimillion $$$$ machines for Intel and the other chip makers. I had savings no debt 401k kicking car. All all gone.

the photoshop became my only outlet during covid which caused me to lose all of the above. The photoshops were a way to keep connection to humanity so exploded, plus all that time suddenly on my hands. And then stopped for 4 years pretty much.

Then it started up again for some reason now I do this pretty much full time.

So far all the ideas are pretty much mine, but this was a special request by @staringatclouds so she will need credit when we are winning our pulitzer. I had already done two pages of art poking at his ridiculous godchristdoctor bullshit ai he posted but someone said what if he was instead of healing, smothering and picking his pocket. I went with a smothering the statue of liberty the model of which was a guy dressed as the statue from a gay pride parade I found. He will need credit as well. Hope to hear from at least one person that thinks this may be a fun project. I am almost always here, esp for hashtaggames. im in oregon if that makes any difference though I am perfectly happy with someone outside us wanting to make a fool of our pres.

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Shel Silverstein is famous for his children’s poetry and illustrations.

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.

#poetry #reading #Love #poem #poet #Silverstein #graficpoem #poems #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #book #poemaday #poetrycommunity #pictures #readers #readersofmastodon #booksky #bookish #BookTok #bookclub #readit #Bookwyrm #rain #booklovers #LazyJane

Lazy Jane

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Manga folk: If you are a big fan of Naoki Urasawa, best known for his "Monster" series (Incredible!) you will be glad to know that his collaborative work with Takashi Nagasaki: the "Billy Bat" series, is finally being released in English.

Vol 1 is out. Other volumes are available for pre-order.

#books #comics #Manga #bookstodon @bookstodon

https://www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-kana-release-naoki-urasawa-takashi-nagasaki-billy-bat-english/

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A sweeping saga of family, loyalty, and secrets that shape generations.

Set against the rich backdrop of 19th-century Ireland, The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series explores love, sacrifice, and the ties that bind.

📚 Books 1–9 available in box sets
📖 Free with Kindle Unlimited

Discover the series → http://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsBoxSets

#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #Ireland #BookSeries #HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga #KindleUnlimited @bookstodon

Promotional image for the Fitzgeralds of Dublin series - an Irish historical fiction series by Lorna Peel, featuring three box sets: Books 1–3, Books 4–6, and Books 7–9. The text reads: "Love, trust, family ties and secrets... The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series. Books 1–3 Box Set, Books 4–6 Box Set, Books 7–9 Box Set. Out now on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited." Each box set is shown with individual book covers. Background includes a grayscale photo of Georgian townhouses on Merrion Square in Dublin, Ireland.

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The book nerd commandments:
1. You can always get high on your own supply 😂

I'm taking suggestions for the rest... 😁

@reading @joinin @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#BookMemes #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#ReadingMemes #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity
#Litterature #Novel #Novels #Bookshelf
#Books #Bookstodon #FantasyBooks

A meme captioned 'Book Sniffers Anonymous'
Side by side photos of two people sniffing books.
Fake Dictionary entry:
book sniff-ing [boo k] [snif-ing]
verb
1. breathing in the scent of a book: often done in secret
2. how book nerds get high

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Thank you to my 5/23 Fine Art America client from Newport Beach, CA. for their purchase of a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of "Vanity Fair." I hope you enjoy it very much!!

At my website: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/vanity-fair-lois-bryan.html

And at #FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/vanity-fair-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #JigsawPuzzle #puzzles #digitalhandpainting #CorelPainter #VanityFair #books #roses #LoisBryan #NotAi

An old, old copy of Vaniety Fair rests on a soft white blanket. A lovely dried white rose, slightly faded, rests on the book. The image was digitally hand painted from one of my own photographs, not from stock or public domain, in Corel Painter.

Thank you to my 5/23 Fine Art America client from Newport Beach, CA. for their purchase of a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of "Vanity Fair." I hope you enjoy it very much!!

At my website: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/vanity-fair-lois-bryan.html

And at #FineArtAmerica: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/vanity-fair-lois-bryan.html

#art #giftideas #JigsawPuzzle #puzzles #digitalhandpainting #CorelPainter #VanityFair #books #roses #LoisBryan #NotAi

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The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern

via @openculture

https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/encyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html

Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers
https://ecc.historyofwomenphilosophers.org/#hwps

Books in WomenInSteam at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706

#Books #WomenInStem

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Seeking a multi-book eReader for Android (tablet), that can open 4 (or more) books at the same time. Mostly EPUB or MOBI, or PDF if I must.

Can you help? Can you boost to someone who can? 🙏👍😀

#FediBook #eReader #epub #books #reading

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Flickering Enlightenment

Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique

by Eliane Glaser

https://aeon.co/essays/lets-save-the-enlightenment-baby-from-its-muddied-bathwater?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a4dfd7cb72-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Books in Philosophy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/57

#Books #Literature

Frontispiece of *Elements of Newton's Philosophy*, Voltaire, 1738.

The seated philosopher is translating Newton’s work. His manuscript appears to be illuminated by an almost divine light emanating from Newton himself; this light is reflected by the mirror held by a muse, who is in fact Émilie du Châtelet, the writer’s mistress, translator of Newton’s work, and collaborator of Voltaire.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A8cle_des_Lumi%C3%A8res#/media/Fichier:Voltaire_Philosophy_of_Newton_frontispiece.jpg

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The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler

Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.

by Hannah Benson

https://hyperallergic.com/the-private-worlds-of-charlotte-bronte-and-octavia-e-butler/?ref=weekly-newsletter

Books by Charlotte Brontë at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/408

#Books #Literature #WomenInArt

A delicate pencil or chalk portrait of a pale, serious-faced Charlotte Brontë with centre-parted hair drawn back, wearing a lace-collared dress. The caption reads "Charlotte Brontë (Mrs. Arthur Bell Nicholls)", noted as being from the portrait by George Richmond, in the possession of Mr. A. B. Nicholls. The heliogravure is credited to F. Jenkins, Paris.

Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle

by Clement K. Shorter

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19011/19011-h/19011-h.htm

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AI paranoia is a symptom of a larger problem: a corporate culture that values quantity over quality.

https://lithub.com/its-getting-harder-to-spot-ai-in-contemporary-publishing-and-thats-very-very-bad/

#books #edition #ai #llm #lithub #litterature #writing

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I just learned that the last saturday of April celebrates Indie Bookstore Day.

So, please buy your books from Indie stores.
Yes, even if they don't have dragons 😜😁

#Indie #Bookstore #IndependentBookstoreDay #Bookstodon #Reading #Books

My book is available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

Post by oooh_books

I work at a bookstore and this was an actual conversation I had at work last night:

5 year old boy: *brings me a romance book* what's this?
me: a story about two people falling in love!
b: ....is there a dragon in it?
me: No..
b: then why do you even have it

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anyone have a preferred version of the count of monte cristo in english? went looking for my copy and can't find it, and looks there are about a bazillion different annotated versions out there, but also that the original might be like 1800 pages long?! def not the copy i had, and now i'm curious! #books #bookstodon

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What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop @joinin

#Book #Books #BookMemes #Meme #Memes
#ReadingMemes #Meme #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove

The original image looked slightly diffrent: https://medium.com/@GuillemBruix/f-ck-social-media-read-books-242b54f1c250

Photo of a sign in a bookshop window. In large white letters on a black background it says:
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

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The definition of a good day 😁

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#ReadingMemes #Meme #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove #FantasyBooks

My boss told me to have a good day so I went home to read..

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I didn't know basic dickheads knew how to read, good for them! 😜😂

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Book #Books #BookMemes #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#ReadingMemes #ReadAllTheBooks #Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Litterature #Novel #Novels #Bookshelf #Mastobooks #BooksofMastodon #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove

Cover a book I assume doesn't actually exist, with a 1950s looking picture of a young man pointing at an engine.
Title: Everything I don't like is WOKE, a book for basic dickheads
The young man saying: This engine is woke.

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Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@worldbuilding @humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#Tech #Bro #Dystopian
#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever #GiveMeAllYouveGot
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon #Bookworm #Bookwyrm #BookLove

Drawing of a tech bro being interviewed by the standard tech bro sychophant.

Tech bro: “Philip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors.”

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