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<p>Oldest had a stall at a book fair at the Victorian Pride Centre in nearby St Kilda, so stayed at our place overnight & I went down with them & helped set it up. </p><p>I hadn’t been there before -lovely venue. And smaller event than the one in Jeff’s Shed, but they had more sales. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a><br><a href="/tags/lgbtiqa/" rel="tag">#LGBTIQA</a><br><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

Author sitting behind a table, exhibiting their wares. (One fantasy trilogy, set in an ancient world, non-binary protagonist. First 2 books in a sci-fi series, non-binary, asexual characters.)

Cover of an anthology of neurodivergent writing, poetry, fiction, esssys etc.

Front cover of Queersland, by Tod Goodbun & Edwina Shaw, foreword by Darren Hayes.

Back cover of Queersland - Beware, not all is well in the Sunshine State.

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<p>Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Wasp" (1957) by Eric Frank Russell</p><p>Age Range: 15 to adult<br>Genre: Science Fiction</p><p>Here's my hundredth daily book recommendation! And it's one of my favorites. "Wasp" is a classic: a story of a saboteur in an interstellar war. It's the closest thing you'll ever find to a practical manual on terrorism and sabotage in a science fiction novel.</p><p>James Mowry is an ordinary citizen of Earth when he's brought in to a mysterious government office. There's an interstellar war going on against an alien (but someone humanoid) species, but that's not a major factor in his life. By the time he leaves it, he's no longer an ordinary citizen; he's something else entirely.</p><p>[Mowry glanced at them. They were typescript copies of press reports. Settling back in his chair he perused them slowly and with care. The first told of a prankster in Roumania. </p><p>This fellow had done nothing more than stand in the road gazing fascinatedly at the sky, occasionally uttering ejaculations and loud phrases such as, "Blue flames!' Curious people had joined him and gaped likewise. The group became a crowd, the crowd became a mob, and the bigger the mob the faster it grew. Soon the audience blocked the street, overflowed into side-streets. Police tried to break it up, making matters worse. Some fool summoned the fire squads. Hysterics on the fringes swore they could see or had seen something weird above the clouds. Reporters and cameramen rushed to the scene. Rumours raced around. The government sent up the air force for a closer look. Panic spread over an area of two hundred square miles from which the original cause had judiciously disappeared.]</p><p>["Finally, let's consider this auto smash. We know the cause; the survivor was able to tell us before he died. He said the driver lost control at high speed while swiping at a wasp which had flown in through a window and started buzzing around his face." </p><p>"It nearly happened to me once." </p><p>Ignoring that, Wolf went on, "The weight of a wasp is under half an ounce. Compared with a human being its size is minute, its strength negligible. Its sole armament is a tiny syringe holding a drop of irritant, formic acid, and in this case it didn't even use it. Nevertheless it killed four big men and converted a large, powerful car into a heap of scrap." </p><p>"I see the point," agreed Mowry, "but where do I come in?" </p><p>"Right here," said Wolf. "We want you to become a wasp."]</p><p>Having grown up on a planet of the alien enemy before the start of the war, Mowry can speak and read their language like a native; a little surgical intervention makes him look just like one of them. It's not long before he's dropped off secretly on an enemy planet. His task: to get the enemy to waste as much of their resources as possible.</p><p>You'll remember this one once you're through. I don't know if Eric Frank Russell was ever a spy, but if not he had GREAT information. How one man can tie up a whole planet by–well, you'll read about it.</p><p>The aliens of "Wasp" are based on the Japanese of World War II to a large degree. The culture is rigid and hierarchical. That, of course, makes the mischief Mowry pulls all the more fun. And dangerous.</p><p>"Wasp" has been in and out of print for a long time. Terry Pratchett praised it. It doesn't seem to be in print right now, but used copies aren't hard to find online or in shops. Ebook versions are available from the usual sources. And you can download a copy legally–not borrow, download and own–from the Internet Archive.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/RusselEricFrankWasp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/RusselEricFrankWasp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/RusselEric</span><span class="invisible">FrankWasp</span></a></p><p>You can find a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended here to date (along with links to each post) here: </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml</span></a></p><p>Happy reading! 🤓📖</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#BookStodon</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/freeebooks/" rel="tag">#FreeEbooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#BookRecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#BookRecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/dailybookrecs/" rel="tag">#DailyBookRecs</a> <a href="/tags/quasitbookrecs/" rel="tag">#QuasitBookRecs</a></p>

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<p>📚 Under the Dome by: Stephen King</p><p>On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome”...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/under-the-</span><span class="invisible">dome</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/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.

A CBS television series! Stephen King’s thrilling #1 New York Times bestselling tour-de-force that The Washington Post called “powerful” and “harrowing” follows the apocalyptic course of events when one Maine town is physically cut off from the rest of the world.

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<p>"The Reader" by French artist Frédéric Forest 📚</p><p><a href="https://fredericforest.com/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fredericforest.com/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#Drawing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

A minimalist black and white art print of a person immersed in a book, with the surrounding background composed solely of vertical lines resembling a bookshelf.

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<p>My book, Community: Journal of Power Politics and Democracy in Hell's Kitchen, is on sale through July 31 on <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/swsale2026/" rel="tag">#SWSale2026</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1069835" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1069835"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1069835</span></a></p>

Book Cover with the word Community in capital letters in blue on white background and above a photograph of people in a New York City street taken from a rooftop. Below that are the words Journal of Power Politics and Democracy in Hell's Kitchen, also blue letters in caps on white background, smaller than the title. Blue around the margins of photo and text.

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<p>A forgotten young poet gives us a rare glimpse below stairs at the 1995 Pride and Prejudice’s Netherfield Hall</p><p>by Catherine Clarke</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-forgotten-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/a-forgotten-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/a-forgotte</span><span class="invisible">n-young-poet-gives-us-a-rare-glimpse-below-stairs-at-the-1995-pride-and-prejudices-netherfield-hall-287329</span></a></p><p>More information about Mary Leapor:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leapor" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Leapor"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lea</span><span class="invisible">por</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literaryCriticism</a></p>

Title page, Poems Upon Several Occasions (1748) by Mary Leapor (1722-1746)

The title page of "Poems Upon Several Occasions" by Mrs. Leapor (Mary Leapor) of Brackley, Northamptonshire, printed in London by J. Roberts in 1748 (MDCCXLVIII), featuring an ornamental floral engraving between the author line and imprint.

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<p>Really good <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> O’Reilly book bundle (DRM-free) available on Humble Bundle just now. Worth checking out:</p><p><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.humblebundle.com/books/lin</span><span class="invisible">ux-all-things-oreilly-books</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/it/" rel="tag">#IT</a> <a href="/tags/humblebundle/" rel="tag">#HumbleBundle</a> <a href="/tags/git/" rel="tag">#Git</a> <a href="/tags/kubernetes/" rel="tag">#Kubernetes</a> <a href="/tags/sysadmin/" rel="tag">#SysAdmin</a></p>

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<p>Yesterday, proofs came of my new novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, and it got me a bit excited. I have got print copies of my books before, but not one I designed from scratch. I was worried about how the cover would look like, and also because I used LibreWriter for typesetting, if the font was the right one, etc, but it all looks nice and cute. Proud of myself. 😊</p><p>Get the ebook or pre-order print here<br><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/novellas/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/novellas/th</span><span class="invisible">e-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/</span></a></p><p><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/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/scif/" rel="tag">#scif</a></p>

A hand holding a newly printed book, which has a yellowish (leans towards green) cover and the texts are in red, reads The Blossoming of the Big Tree, a novella by Dilman Dila

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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>

Promotional image for the Irish historical fiction novel A Scarlet Woman by Lorna Peel, book one in The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series, an Irish family saga. The headline at the top reads, “One Family. Many Secrets.” On the left, text states: “Every family has secrets. The Fitzgeralds have generations of them. Begin The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series with A Scarlet Woman.” On the right is a 3D image of the book cover, featuring a young woman in a vintage dress looking downward, with a faded cityscape beneath her. The book title A Scarlet Woman and author name Lorna Peel appear on the cover. Along the bottom, the formats “Kindle | Kindle Unlimited | Paperback” are listed. The design uses a cream background with black and red text.

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<p>The Summer War. Naomi Novik.</p><p>You are a 12 year old sorceress and future princess enamored of your older gay brother, and when he says he’s leaving your abusive father to find love, you curse him to never find love and force him to live a life of killing others in battle; eventually you manipulate him to secure power for yourself.</p><p>0 of 5 library cats. (My first 0 rating ever!)</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> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/queerbaiting/" rel="tag">#queerbaiting</a></p>

Book cover featuring a lute with a sword for a neck.

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1462617</span></a><br>Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1733647</span></a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</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>

(Left) The cover of Troll Song, by Owen Tyme, Illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

There's a woman in mud spattered white, leather armor crossing a pair of short swords against the neck of a terrified, shirtless dwarf.

The woman has white hair and a darker skin tone on the left side of her face. Her left eye is green and her right eye is blue.

The dwarf's hair and beard are blond.

The background is a green forest, with some flowers among the tall grass.

(Right) The background is a snow-covered forest, with a pair of dark silhouettes in it, one small and the other large, like a giant. The smaller silhouette is of a young woman walking away and the interior is filled with musical symbols, in green, white and two shades of blue. The larger silhouette is a woman wielding two swords and the interior is full of blood spatter. The larger one appears to be chasing the smaller one.

The following text is laid over the scene:

“I can’t die until Lyra takes her last breath! She’ll regret betraying her sisters!”

“There’s no price I won’t pay to see that happen, no pain I won’t endure and I’d sacrifice the whole world to seal her fate!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TrollSong

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

Sample page from Troll Song.

Sample page from Troll Song.

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<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1795512"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1795512</span></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>

(Left) The cover of Jigsaw City, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a futuristic city of sky scrapers covered in greenery, with water ways in place of some streets. The background has been divided by dark lines that cut it up, into a jigsaw puzzle.

The foreground is a hexagonal coin with an indentation in the center that follows the same shape, with raised lines forming a hexagram in the center, which has a smaller one turned at a ninety-degree angle inside the hexagon at the center of it. The smaller hexagram has another inside it, a pattern that repeats until the lines become so fine and indistinct, they blend together.

(Right) There's a pool of lava at the base of a rocky slope, with some sharp rocks sticking upward out of it and the following text over the top:

“I’m immune to heat and fire. I can easily carry and protect one of you…”

“Ye’d need to deliver an army to make a difference, not one person!”

“I *am* an army.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/JigsawCity

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<p>5 von 5 Sternen: 20 Bücher - v.a. Comics - las ich 2026 bisher, von denen ich dachte </p><p>"Lieblingsbuch/exzellent so!" <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/literatur/" rel="tag">#literatur</a></p>

20 Buchcover. alle Titel nenne ich oben im Beitrag.

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<p>The Satire and Style of Vanity Fair is as Relevant as Ever</p><p>Roshan Sethi on William Makepeace Thackeray’s Famous Novel</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-satire-and-style-ofvanity-fair-is-as-relevant-as-ever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KX3AA4MED1MJ5M0GR6BGR0DW&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-satire-and-style-ofvanity-fair-is-as-relevant-as-ever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KX3AA4MED1MJ5M0GR6BGR0DW&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-satire-and-styl</span><span class="invisible">e-ofvanity-fair-is-as-relevant-as-ever/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KX3AA4MED1MJ5M0GR6BGR0DW&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Vanity Fair at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/599" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/599</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The title page of the 1848 first edition of Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero.

William Makepeace Thackeray (author/artist) - Houghton Library

The banner-style title hangs between two poles at the top, and below it an illustration shows a jester or fool-like figure reclining on the ground, holding up a mirror, with a town skyline in the background.

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<p>When someone asks, "What is it?" and someone else answers, "It's a mystery!" I sincerly hope this is what they're talking about 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#Mystery</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#BookStore</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

Photo of a bookself with a sign saying, "Mystery" and all the books around with the title towards the shelf.

Caption: Well played, bookstore, well played.

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<p>So, does this mean that in the postmodern era the Author is God? 🤔 </p><p>Because I already have more hubris than I'll ever be able to use 😜😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</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> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <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/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

Conflicts in literature

A nine panel meme aranged in three categoreis (accompanied by Daffy Duck cartoons)

Classical: Man vs Nature, Man vs Man, Man vs God
Modern: Man vs Society, Man vs Self, Man vs No god
Postmodern: Man vs Tech, Man vs Reality, Man vs Author

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Faust: Part One (as I understood) A bet between God and the Devil. A shrewdness beyond comprehension to the mind of a man. A tragedy. If only this were the case, the oldest of all stories of Christianity, then Goethe probably wouldn’t have ventured to write Faust. Faust is a blueprint. A blueprint of tragedy that an intellectual, curious, and rigorous philosopher may have to navigate in his life. At the beginning, when we meet Faust the polymath, he was in Loevinger’s Ego Development Stage 4/5 (Self-Questioning/Individualist/Pluralist). The notions of reality and truth are fractured, yet not in complete disharmony. We can find the evidence for it in Scene IV: This life of earth, whatever my attire, Would pain me in its wonted fashion. Too old am I to play with passion; Too young, to be without desire. and, The God that in my breast is owned Can deeply stir the inner sources; The God, above my powers enthroned, He cannot change external forces. So, by the burden of my days oppressed, Death is desired, and Life a thing unblest! This stage comes with acute existential dread and distress, as Goethe portrayed them so faithfully. We need to make a clear distinction here. This distress is not the work of the Devil. Every sincere person, at some point in their life, must stomach this. In consensus, Christianity allows free will; therefore, free exploration of knowledge is allowed. With that exploration, considering the depth and breadth a philosopher may navigate, comes obvious distress. At this lowest of the moments, Faust made a pact with Mephistopheles. Here, we can see the brilliance of Faust’s mind. While Mephistopheles wanted to give all possible earthly pleasure in return for his soul, Faust’s counter-offer was to forfeit his soul only when he is content. And if you consider his state of mind at this point, bringing contentment to him is a formidable task, even for Mephistopheles— if Mephistopheles is a man. But Mephistopheles is no man. While a man, with his short span of life, and probably by the very architecture of our mind, cannot help thinking from the perspective where we are the centre of everything. This egocentrism is the Devil’s playground. He runs a whole gamut of tests on all of our feelings to catch us off guard: MEPHISTOPHELES Yes, thou findest that unpleasant! Thou hast the moral right to cry me “shame!” at present. One dares not that before chaste ears declare, Which chaste hearts, notwithstanding, cannot spare; And, once for all, I grudge thee not the pleasure Of lying to thyself in moderate measure. Indeed, he is right when he declares: MEPHISTOPHELES Poor Son of Earth, how couldst thou thus alone Have led thy life, bereft of me? For he is the first rebel in the Bible, and he, also, is the scapegoat for all our dubitable actions. But Mephistopheles is an egoist too. Soon, it became a chess match of ego. In every turn, one superseding another’s strategy. Although by narrow means, Faust conquered all the traps and lures. You may disagree with me on this point. But this conquering happens in such a bloody, agonising way that it often may feel like a defeat. We can see their battle externalised in Walpurgis Night: Tell me, if we still are standing, Or if further we’re ascending? All is turning, whirling, blending, Trees and rocks with grinning faces, Wandering lights that spin in mazes, Still increasing and expanding! MEPHISTOPHELES Grasp my skirt with heart undaunted! Here a middle–peak is planted, Whence one seeth, with amaze, Mammon in the mountain blaze. First, we find Faust’s mind-bending philosophical investigation being externalised by a metaphor of Will-O-Wisp. Then we see the satanic promise of remedy, but not through philosophy, but through materialism, by promising Mammon’s treasure. Despite every attempt, despite a tragic end, we can see Faust keeping his intellectual sovereignty intact. A prime example of this is when Gretchen, the innocent lover of Faust, asked him about his faith; he replied: FAUST My darling, who shall dare “I believe in God!” to say? Ask priest or sage the answer to declare, And it will seem a mocking play, A sarcasm on the asker. This is not a lack of faith, but a sincerity. A sincerity that the person should show if his faith or belief is not handed down to him and accepted as is. Faust was right in thinking that Mephistopheles, indeed, cannot make him content. No worldly pleasure (or, even woe) can deter him, ultimately, from the philosophical distress of his soul, a tragedy most intimate, a tragedy wrought in his soul, which no diversion can touch. It was a stalemate, at least, at the end of this book. Page · lemmy.world <p>A bet between God and the Devil.<br>A shrewdness beyond comprehension to the mind of a man.<br>A tragedy.</p><p>If only this were the case, the oldest of all stories of Christianity, then Goethe probably wouldn’t have ventured to write Faust.</p><p>Faust is a blueprint. A blueprint of tragedy that an intellectual, curious, and rigorous philosopher may have to navigate in his life.</p><p>At the beginning, when we meet Faust the polymath, he was in Loevinger’s Ego Development Stage 4/5 (Self-Questioning/Individualist/Pluralist). The notions of reality and truth are fractured, yet not in complete disharmony. We can find the evidence for it in Scene IV:</p><p><p>This life of earth, whatever my attire, Would pain me in its wonted fashion. Too old am I to play with passion; Too young, to be without desire.</p></p><p>and,</p><p><p>The God that in my breast is owned Can deeply stir the inner sources; The God, above my powers enthroned, He cannot change external forces. So, by the burden of my days oppressed, Death is desired, and Life a thing unblest!</p></p><p>This stage comes with acute existential dread and distress, as Goethe portrayed them so faithfully.</p><p>We need to make a clear distinction here. This distress is not the work of the Devil. Every sincere person, at some point in their life, must stomach this. In consensus, Christianity allows free will; therefore, free exploration of knowledge is allowed. With that exploration, considering the depth and breadth a philosopher may navigate, comes obvious distress.</p><p>At this lowest of the moments, Faust made a pact with Mephistopheles. Here, we can see the brilliance of Faust’s mind. While Mephistopheles wanted to give all possible earthly pleasure in return for his soul, Faust’s counter-offer was to forfeit his soul only when he is content. And if you consider his state of mind at this point, bringing contentment to him is a formidable task, even for Mephistopheles— if Mephistopheles is a man.</p><p>But Mephistopheles is no man. While a man, with his short span of life, and probably by the very architecture of our mind, cannot help thinking from the perspective where we are the centre of everything. This egocentrism is the Devil’s playground. He runs a whole gamut of tests on all of our feelings to catch us off guard:</p><p><p>MEPHISTOPHELES<br>Yes, thou findest that unpleasant! Thou hast the moral right to cry me “shame!” at present. One dares not that before chaste ears declare, Which chaste hearts, notwithstanding, cannot spare; And, once for all, I grudge thee not the pleasure Of lying to thyself in moderate measure.</p></p><p>Indeed, he is right when he declares:</p><p><p>MEPHISTOPHELES<br>Poor Son of Earth, how couldst thou thus alone Have led thy life, bereft of me?</p></p><p>For he is the first rebel in the Bible, and he, also, is the scapegoat for all our dubitable actions.</p><p>But Mephistopheles is an egoist too. Soon, it became a chess match of ego. In every turn, one superseding another’s strategy. Although by narrow means, Faust conquered all the traps and lures. You may disagree with me on this point. But this conquering happens in such a bloody, agonising way that it often may feel like a defeat.</p><p>We can see their battle externalised in Walpurgis Night:</p><p><p>Tell me, if we still are standing,<br>Or if further we’re ascending?<br>All is turning, whirling, blending,<br>Trees and rocks with grinning faces,<br>Wandering lights that spin in mazes,<br>Still increasing and expanding!</p><p>MEPHISTOPHELES<br>Grasp my skirt with heart undaunted! Here a middle–peak is planted, Whence one seeth, with amaze, Mammon in the mountain blaze.</p></p><p>First, we find Faust’s mind-bending philosophical investigation being externalised by a metaphor of Will-O-Wisp.</p><p>Then we see the satanic promise of remedy, but not through philosophy, but through materialism, by promising Mammon’s treasure.</p><p>Despite every attempt, despite a tragic end, we can see Faust keeping his intellectual sovereignty intact. A prime example of this is when Gretchen, the innocent lover of Faust, asked him about his faith; he replied:</p><p><p>FAUST<br>My darling, who shall dare “I believe in God!” to say? Ask priest or sage the answer to declare, And it will seem a mocking play, A sarcasm on the asker.</p></p><p>This is not a lack of faith, but a sincerity. A sincerity that the person should show if his faith or belief is not handed down to him and accepted as is.</p><p>Faust was right in thinking that Mephistopheles, indeed, cannot make him content. No worldly pleasure (or, even woe) can deter him, ultimately, from the philosophical distress of his soul, a tragedy most intimate, a tragedy wrought in his soul, which no diversion can touch.</p><p>It was a stalemate, at least, at the end of this book.</p><p>Faust: Part One (as I understood)</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/49954287" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.world/post/49954287</a></p>

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Any good erotic books for women (can't believe I am asking this) like roamance or I guess sexual romance or series like that? Trying to fill up a usb of 20gb of books for my moms birthday next month.

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<p>' “IT IS THE WRITER’S duty to tell the terrible truth, and it is a reader’s civic duty to learn this truth. To turn away, to close one’s eyes and walk past is to insult the memory of those who have perished.” <a href="/tags/vasilygrossman/" rel="tag">#VasilyGrossman</a>, who wrote these words in September 1944 as a Soviet war correspondent, clearly held himself to a high moral standard, which is never easy for anyone, and certainly not for a writer living under Stalin.'</p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/vasily-grossman-from-front-line-stalingrad-treblinka-reporting/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/article/vasily-grossman-from-front-line-stalingrad-treblinka-reporting/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/article/va</span><span class="invisible">sily-grossman-from-front-line-stalingrad-treblinka-reporting/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fromthefrontline/" rel="tag">#FromTheFrontLine</a> <a href="/tags/wwii/" rel="tag">#WWII</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>

All Humanity Now Stands on the Edge of the Abyss

Vasily Grossman’s fearless and compelling war journalism demonstrates his courage and integrity as a writer and a man.

By Eric Vanderwall July 10, 2026

[tags] History, Memoir & Essay

image: cover of new collection of war correspondence by Vasily Grossman, "From the Front Line: Stalingrad–Treblinka–Berlin, 1941–45 by Vasily Grossman"

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<p>The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/max-weber/the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism/talcott-parsons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="standardebooks.org/ebooks/max-weber/the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism/talcott-parsons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standardebooks.org/ebooks/max-</span><span class="invisible">weber/the-protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism/talcott-parsons</span></a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

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<p>"The spaces are organised into thematic rooms that reflect the layout of the original library and evoke the main areas of Eco's thought."</p><p>Sigh. It would be wonderful to visit and tour the newly opened Umberto Eco library at the University of Bologna where he taught for many years. So far it contains 32,000 of his books from his home and study in Milan, the rest of his books from his country house are yet to be added. Eco's way of organizing his books is preserved in the library.<br><a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/umbertoeco/" rel="tag">#UmbertoEco</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://magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/eco-library-opens-in-bologna" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/eco-library-opens-in-bologna"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/</span><span class="invisible">eco-library-opens-in-bologna</span></a></p>

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<p>For those new to my page, I post a little about writing, and a lot about my family's cats.</p><p>My first series, I Guess We're Heroes, is a sci-fi/thriller available in paperback, audiobook, and ebook (including Kindle Unlimited). Links to both books are at the bottom of this post.</p><p>My next series is in the works, and will be fantasy/LitRPG!</p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/0esYBlHI" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>a.co/d/0esYBlHI</a></p><p><a href="https://a.co/d/08y5oO1L" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>a.co/d/08y5oO1L</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a><br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a><br><a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#Cats</a><br><a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#CatsOfMastodon</a></p>

A brown tabby cat lays next to the book I Guess We're Heroes

An orange tabby cat sits behind the book Out of the Fire Into the Furnace

A team of scientists discover intelligent alien life, and start a dangerous race to capitalize on the opportunity. As the decades pass, however, first contact fades from living memory, and is mysteriously absent from any official historical records.
For the next five centuries humanity ventures out to the stars, their various political factions leaving no shortage of problems for an enterprising crew to make a living off of. The mercenaries of Specialized Support Contractors were only looking for small jobs befitting their fledgling company, but soon find themselves forced into the limelight when their employer’s ambitions place an ancient alien weapon in their possession. Digging deeper into the origins of their cargo brings even more heat from vested interests who want the truth of humanity’s first contact with alien life to be kept secret. With entire planets caught in the crosshairs of a looming interstellar war, any choice the mercenaries make could have catastrophic consequences.

A 5 star review that says:

Fast and fun!

Take a deep breath before you start reading, because this story moves FAST! While jumping between two timelines, the author is able to keep a clear focus and maintain a high energy. You won't get lost and you won't want to put it down! While there are a lot of details that help to real ground the story in a gritty world, the details don't come at the expense of the flow. There are none of George Martin's length asides to describe elaborate meals or give detailed descriptions of fancy outfits. Don't worry about the food and the clothes - this book takes you straight to the action!

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<p><a href="/tags/questionoftheday/" rel="tag">#QuestionOfTheDay</a> what's a scorching hot take you have about a hobby/genre/piece of fiction/work/etc that you're into?</p><p>This has to be an actually hot take, bonus points if it's unique to you (as far as you know) or fairly weird/idiosyncratic</p><p><a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#coding</a> <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#videogames</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/ccgs/" rel="tag">#ccgs</a> <a href="/tags/boardgames/" rel="tag">#boardgames</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/comicbooks/" rel="tag">#comicbooks</a> <a href="/tags/webcomic/" rel="tag">#webcomic</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/musicals/" rel="tag">#musicals</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#television</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a></p>

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How I Learned to Read Again

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<p>Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country</p><p>To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”</p><p>by Geraldine Brooks</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/harriet-beecher-stowe-wrote-work-fiction-that-seemed-so-real-changed-history-country-180988826/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXQXW72R0HJTBNHTRQ1DAWG0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/history/harriet-beecher-stowe-wrote-work-fiction-that-seemed-so-real-changed-history-country-180988826/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXQXW72R0HJTBNHTRQ1DAWG0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/history</span><span class="invisible">/harriet-beecher-stowe-wrote-work-fiction-that-seemed-so-real-changed-history-country-180988826/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KXQXW72R0HJTBNHTRQ1DAWG0&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Uncle Tom's Cabin at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/203" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/203</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Eliza comes to tell Uncle Tom that he is sold, and that she is running away to save her child.

Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

A 19th-century engraving depicting a rural scene: a woman in a shawl carrying an infant walks with a dog beside her, encountering two men on a path near a hedgerow. One man appears to be blowing or playing something held in cupped hands, while the other gestures toward her. A house is visible in the distant background.

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