#OTD in 1819.
Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published
By one "Geoffrey Crayon"
https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-washington-irvings-rip-van-winkle-is-published/
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60976
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a woman living on the margins of society cross paths in a city shaped by hardship and tradition.
The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga exploring loyalty, resilience, and the choices that echo across generations.
Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - Amazon - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #Ireland #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #HistoricalRomance #Romance @bookstodon
Don Quixote in the Study by Gustave Doré (1862)
The scene where Don Quixote, a ‘book madman’, falls into a knight saga and loses his sense of reality. It is humorous yet fantastically portrayed.
#DonQuixote #books #literature #reading #painting #art #illustration #GustaveDore #fiction #bookstodon @bookstodon #booksky #bookstagram
10 Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci You Should Know
Each surviving painting by Leonardo da Vinci contains complex symbolism and almost always an equally complex controversy.
by Anastasiia Kirpalov (from the archives)
https://www.thecollector.com/leonardo-da-vinci-paintings/
An interesting book on Leonardo's psychology and artistic work written by Sigmund Freud is available at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34300
Translator: A. A. Brill
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1629
A new @skiffyandfanty.com review from @Reading1KLives
Book Review: DEVILS KILL DEVILS by Johnny Compton
https://skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-review-devils-kill-devils-by-johnny-compton/
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a woman living on the margins of society cross paths in a city shaped by hardship and tradition.
The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga exploring loyalty, resilience, and choices that echo across generations.
Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Ireland #BookSeries @bookstodon
Having trouble focusing on your book? Try immersive reading
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5790811/immersive-reading-trend
Etaski writes Sister Seekers: #Mature #EpicFantasy with an ever broadening scope
#FoundFamily is a core theme with #D&D #TTRPG #Worldbuilding
#DarkFantasySeries begins underground with an isolated race of #DarkElves. #GritToGladness - NOT for the faint of heart #EroticHorror
#Books #DarkElf #Drow #dnd #Demon #Dragon #Necromancer #Writing #Sapphic #Bisexual #Lesbian #lgbtqia #polycule #polyamorous
@bookstodon @ttrpg @fantasy @lgbtqbookstodon @readit @Literbook
cari amici, care amiche, è uscito il mio nuovo romanzo, Benedetto contro la città. lo trovate su amazon:
https://mybook.to/Benedettocontrolacitta
è il risultato di quasi tre anni di lavoro, ne ho curato personalmente ogni dettaglio ed è senza dubbio la cosa più bella che abbia mai realizzato. ne vado molto fiero e spero piacerà anche a voi. buona lettura!
Hive Mind: Looking for a sci-fi book read in the mid-'60s. Takes place in a moon colony run by a large corporation. Murders are happening & no one can find the murderer. A detective is brought up from Earth to assist. He is blind & has a "birth defect" that allows him to see people as strange, colorful geometric objects, which leads to the answer. Need author & title.
#SciFi
#Books
#Reading
#FindABook
#ScienceFiction
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The voyages of Ancient Pacific mariners echo in modern space exploration
There are many ways to traverse vast cosmic distances—including exploiting natural forces like slopes, winds, currents, or gravity as fuel-efficient means of acceleration.
by Geoff Manaugh
Books about Outer space -- Exploration at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5990
RE: https://mas.to/@nnedi/116675932991239833
Yoo hoo, @bookstodon! I highly recommend both of these books by one of my favorite authors! #bookstodon #books #SciFi #ScienceFiction
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman discover that some meetings change everything.
The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga following Will and Isobel through hardship, secrets, and the choices that shape their lives in a changing Ireland.
Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Ireland #BookSeries @bookstodon
Don Quixote is often cited as the first modern #novel - a book about a man who reads so much he starts living inside stories.
#reading #DonQuixote #books #Quixote #writers #literature #book #readingcommunity #bookstagram #BookTok #bookish #bookstodon @bookstodon
In 19th-century Ireland, a disillusioned doctor and a woman living on the margins of society cross paths in a city shaped by hardship and tradition.
The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga exploring loyalty, resilience, and choices that echo across generations.
Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - Amazon - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman
#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #Ireland #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #HistoricalRomance #Romance @bookstodon
Libraries Not Doing Pride Displays Say They ‘Shouldn’t Be Judged’
Public records show dozens of libraries have self-censored to avoid attracting negative attention.
by Claire Woodcock
Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect
At the right point of the orbit and stellar cycle, the star’s chromosphere brightens.
by John Timmer
Books about Cosmology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/7398
📚 A Stage Set for Villains by: Shannon J. Spann
The gods are dead. All that’s left are the Players...
The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her o...
Yep!
№1 is: Lynn Kurland. Best Romance + Supernatural + Timetravel shared-world author ever.
№2: Peter F. Hamilton. Best shared-world scifi author, space opera in particular.
#booksky #bookstodon #books
Blindsight. Peter Watts.
You are a human-? hybrid, part of a small crew of other human hybrid types, led by a vampire, when you are sent unexpectedly to the Oort Cloud to meet some inexplicable aliens who just showed up; this situation somehow does not keep you from mainly pondering many philosophical questions about the nature of humanity.
2 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈.
New at my blog, a review of JANGAR!: Slaves of the Mind Mage, the first in a series of monthly Sword & Sorcery novelettes by Logan D. Whitney.
Familiar ingredients, but served up with gusto; JANGAR is an S&S snack!
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://robinmarx.writeas.com/review-jangar-slaves-of-the-mind-mage-by-logan-d-whitney
#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #Booksky #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Blog #SmallWeb #IndieWeb @bookstodon
finished reading Babel 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
by RF Kuang.
Set in a world very similar to our early 19th century, except a sort of powerful magic has been harnessed via the pairing of silver and linguistic translation. The concentration of power this gives the English is used as a devastating metaphor for the actual colonial project, particularly cultural appropriation. The moral is far from new, but the form is immediate & refreshing, with a clear passion for Oxford University and linguistics.
Who Wrote the First Encyclopedia?
In the 18th century, the Encyclopedia was one of the most important projects aimed at collecting works from diverse scientific disciplines in arts, sciences, and philosophy.
by Mina Menkovic (from the archives)
https://www.thecollector.com/who-wrote-the-first-encyclopedia/
The ARTFL Encyclopédie
https://encyclopedie.uchicago.edu/
