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<p>I'm a combo of Neutral Good, Chaotic Neutral, and Lawful Evil, a little bit of everything 🤔 Nerds are gonna nerd I guess 😂 </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://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</span></a></span> <br><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></p><p><a href="/tags/geekmemes/" rel="tag">#GeekMemes</a> <a href="/tags/geek/" rel="tag">#Geek</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#Theatre</a> <a href="/tags/math/" rel="tag">#Math</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#Gaming</a> <a href="/tags/computer/" rel="tag">#Computer</a> <a href="/tags/sport/" rel="tag">#Sport</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#Anime</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/alignment/" rel="tag">#Alignment</a> <a href="/tags/chart/" rel="tag">#Chart</a></p>

Nerd Alignment Chart

LAWFUL GOOD: Science Nerds
NEUTRAL GOOD: Book Nerds
CHAOTIC GOOD: Theatre/Art/Music Nerds
LAWFUL NEUTRAL: Math Nerds
TRUE NEUTRAL: History Nerds
CHAOTIC NEUTRAL: D&D/Gamer Nerds
LAWFUL EVIL: Computer Nerds
NEUTRAL EVIL: Sports Nerds
CHAOTIC EVIL: Anime Nerds

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<p>While horror isn’t typically my genre of choice, this new to me series by an author that I loved in middle school and high school infuse some really great social justice messages into this young adult novel about zombies and working together as a community <a href="https://share.libbyapp.com/title/1027016" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="share.libbyapp.com/title/1027016"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">share.libbyapp.com/title/10270</span><span class="invisible">16</span></a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a></p>

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<p>A Review of Seed: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-seed/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-seed/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-se</span><span class="invisible">ed/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</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>

Book cover for Seed by P.B. Cannon. Image on cover is a drawing of a double helix strand of DNA, presumably of the seed that mentioned in the story.

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<p>Half off at <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a> : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1667520" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1667520"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1667520</span></a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</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/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 She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which feature yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and has horns, like a demon.

(Right) The background is a view from the interior of a gun's barrel, with the rifling very apparent and the following quote over the top:

Reggie looked down the barrel of one of his own pistols, which the girl held in both hands, because the M1911 was a little large for someone so small.

There was a long, silent moment as the girl giggled and met his gaze. The murderous look was gone, replaced by something more playful, like a cat toying with a mouse.

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

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SkyChildren" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SkyChildren</a></p><p>With a strange virus giving colonists magic powers, they call for government aid, but much to their surprise, warships packed to the gills with nuclear ordnance arrive! They run for the hills, not knowing why, totally terrified for their lives as their city is struck down as if by the wrath of an angry God!</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 Sky Children, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a nuclear explosion and its mushroom cloud, in some distant hills. There's a dirt road along some rocky hills leading away from it.

The foreground is dominated by the dark silhouettes of another hill, some tall grass and a family of five holding hands, going left to right: girl, mother, girl, boy and father. The mother and father look down at the children, while they look up at their mother. The tallest of the children appears to be a boy in shorts, while the other two are girls of the same height, indicating they may be twins. The girls have pony tails and wear dresses. The mother wears a skirt and the father wears pants. The family holds hands.

The silhouettes are highlighted by the orange light of the explosion.

(Right) An explosion is fiery and bright. Someone hold up their left hand to block the light, but the light is so intense, their flesh only tinges the light a pinkish-red shade and their bones are visible, outlined with dark red lines. The following text is laid over that:

He shielded his eyes with his hands, but even with his eyes closed, he could see the shadows of his finger bones, as highlighted by the monstrous, nuclear light!

Temporarily blinded, tears fell from his eyes.

*What more could I have done? Could we have saved more people somehow? How could I have known the consequences of setting up the navigation beacon? Why is this happening?*

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

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<p>Good morning 😁 <br>Time for another chapter starting quote of The Last Philosopher: Part Two...</p><p>P.S If you ask me these Knomes sound like they're on to something about technology 😂 </p><p>Buy Part One: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></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> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</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> </p><p><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a><br><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#Quote</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a><br><a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <br><a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</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></p>

Opening from the eight chapter of The Last Philosopher: Part Two

The stench of a Knome

“Technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.”
-Knome administrator saying

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<p>Another great interview w/ author/illustrator <a href="/tags/mollycrabapple/" rel="tag">#MollyCrabapple</a> on <a href="/tags/americanprestige/" rel="tag">#AmericanPrestige</a> pod about her new book <a href="/tags/herewhereweliveisourcountry/" rel="tag">#HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry</a>: The Story of the <a href="/tags/jewishbund/" rel="tag">#JewishBund</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYjrgZ9BBRE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYjrgZ9BBRE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYjrgZ</span><span class="invisible">9BBRE</span></a><br><a href="/tags/bund/" rel="tag">#Bund</a> <a href="/tags/bundism/" rel="tag">#bundism</a> <a href="/tags/jewishlabourbund/" rel="tag">#JewishLabourBund</a> <a href="/tags/jewishhistory/" rel="tag">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/jewishleft/" rel="tag">#JewishLeft</a> <a href="/tags/antizionism/" rel="tag">#antizionism</a> <a href="/tags/antifascism/" rel="tag">#antifascism</a> <a href="/tags/holocaust/" rel="tag">#Holocaust</a> <a href="/tags/poland/" rel="tag">#Poland</a> <a href="/tags/easterneurope/" rel="tag">#EasternEurope</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinequestion/" rel="tag">#PalestineQuestion</a> <a href="/tags/memoirs/" rel="tag">#memoirs</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>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>I was at a local school board challenging book bans and someone made the argument that, so would you let a racist/homophobic/bigoted work into the classroom?</p><p>Keep in mind every book that was being challenged was an author of color, or an LGBT plus author, or an author that writes young adult romances or other challenging but necessary works.</p><p>I said without hesitation, yes.</p><p>I’ve said it before and I will say it again. I am in no way in favor of banning any kind of literature. Even if you think you’re doing it for the right reason, you are not.</p><p>The thing about me is that I personally read every hateful and or bigoted novel I can get my hands on. The thing is, you don’t hear about it because I don’t promote it.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>DNA and Archeological Research Reveal the Overlooked History of Japan’s Women Warriors</p><p>By Sage Helene</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/japan-women-samurai-archaeology/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=07292026&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/japan-women-samurai-archaeology/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=07292026&utm_medium=email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/japan-women-sa</span><span class="invisible">murai-archaeology/?utm_source=convertkit&utm_campaign=daily-digest&utm_content=link&utm_term=07292026&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p>Books about Japanese fiction at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36794" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/36794"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/36794</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></p>

"Hangakujo". The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen by Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series "Yoshitoshi mushaburui: A series of warriors by Yoshitoshi." Published in "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e," essays by Sandy Kita, New York, 2001, no. 72, p. 135. Exhibited at "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

A woodblock print depicting an onna-musha (female samurai warrior) mounted on a rearing white horse. She wears red and black lacquered armor with a quiver of arrows on her back, and holds a bow.

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<p>Book Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett<br>Meat is murder says <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@DrEddieClark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrEddieClark</span></a></span> in his review at the NOAF blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/book-review-trade-of-blood-by-robert.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/book-review-trade-of-blood-by-robert.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-trade-of-blood-by-robert.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</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></p>

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<p>How Shakespeare and his contemporaries used music to rouse emotions</p><p>by Shirley Bell</p><p>Shakespeare used music in a multitude of ways to delight, amuse, relax, confuse and frighten his audiences.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-shakespeare-and-his-contemporaries-used-music-to-rouse-emotions-287118?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637+CID_1d72a754d221aafee869a5348be8a6e0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Shakespeare%20and%20his%20contemporaries%20used%20music%20to%20rouse%20emotions" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-shakespeare-and-his-contemporaries-used-music-to-rouse-emotions-287118?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637+CID_1d72a754d221aafee869a5348be8a6e0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Shakespeare%20and%20his%20contemporaries%20used%20music%20to%20rouse%20emotions"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-shakes</span><span class="invisible">peare-and-his-contemporaries-used-music-to-rouse-emotions-287118?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2030%202026%20-%203892139637+CID_1d72a754d221aafee869a5348be8a6e0&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=How%20Shakespeare%20and%20his%20contemporaries%20used%20music%20to%20rouse%20emotions</span></a></p><p>Books by Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/65</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

The Chandos portrait, likely depicting Shakespeare, c. 1611

It shows Shakespeare with a receding hairline, dark curly hair, a gold hoop earring, mustache and small beard, wearing a black doublet with a white collar against a dark background.

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<p>"I really enjoyed reading this, so utopian and dystopian at the same time"</p><p>Here is a selection of what readers are saying about The Blossoming of the Big Tree. We will keep adding more to this page as they come along, and we hope it can convince you to read this story, about an old woman who has to coordinate the defense of her decentralized nation when a colonizer invades, though she is the reclusive type of person.</p><p><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/blog/praise-for-the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/blog/praise-for-the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/blog/praise</span><span class="invisible">-for-the-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/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#sciFi</a></p>

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<p>What are you reading currently? <a href="/tags/iamreading/" rel="tag">#IAmReading</a></p><p>Nearing the end of Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg.<br>2/3 advice on writing. <br>1/3 advice on life.<br>Brilliantly, at the same time.</p><p>Just started Death With Interruptions by José Saramago. </p><p>And what do you have on hold? </p><p>Several books by Adrian Tchaikovsky.<br>Because I’d like to write like him when I grow up.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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></p>

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<p>The first Science of Discworld book gets 4/5 stars... I think, wait let me check my math.The Science parts got 3 and the Wizard parts got 5 so if you add 'em up carry the 1, always carry the one, divide by two you get 4... I think.Unless we take into account that the Science chapters were longer than the Wizard chapters, wigheted data-points and all that, but a little lying to children is to be expected, it is <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a> after all, the narrativum has to go somewhere.</p><p><a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> <a href="/tags/pratchett/" rel="tag">#Pratchett</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</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><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#Bookrecommendation</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p><p>(comment on <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/52330" rel="nofollow">Science of Discworld</a>)</p>

Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld (Paperback, 2002, EBURY PRESS (RAND))

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<p>A reminder that in addition to blatant piracy of author and publisher's works, the AI tech bros are absolute barbarians, right up there with the book-burning bastards <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3rprx2wl4o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3rprx2wl4o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp</span><span class="invisible">3rprx2wl4o</span></a></p><p>I hope the ghost of Ray Bradbury haunts these wankshafts on a nightly basis.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/wankers/" rel="tag">#wankers</a></p>

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<p>As a big fan of both Trek and Discworld, I support the flawless logic of this crossover 😜😂 </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://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</span></a></span> <br><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></p><p><a href="/tags/geekmemes/" rel="tag">#GeekMemes</a> <a href="/tags/geek/" rel="tag">#Geek</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <br><a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a> <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> <a href="/tags/spock/" rel="tag">#Spock</a> <a href="/tags/greatatuin/" rel="tag">#GreatAtuin</a><br><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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>

A meme from the bridge of Star Trek the original series, with Great A'Tuin showing on the viewscreen

Caption: "GET SPOCK UP HERE! I can't wait to see his face!"

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<p>Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press</p><p>Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.</p><p>by Anisia Iacob (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/johannes-</span><span class="invisible">gutenberg-printing-press/</span></a></p><p>Check out this fascinating report on the Gutenberg Museum, written by Eric Hellman. (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://tilde.zone/@gluejar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gluejar</span></a></span> )<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/printingdevices/" rel="tag">#printingdevices</a></p>

New Inventions of Modern Times ,Nova Reperta, The Invention of Book Printing, plate 4, print, Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (MET, 34.30(5)).

It depicts a busy 16th-century printing workshop showing various stages of the printing process.

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<p>What happens when the grammar police inevitably gets corrupted? 🤔 Is that where slang comes from? 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span> <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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/linguisticmemes/" rel="tag">#LinguisticMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#Linguistics</a> <br><a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#Language</a> <a href="/tags/words/" rel="tag">#Words</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/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

Photo of two women dressed up as cops with the line, 'Grammar Police: To Serve and Correct.'

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<p>These Plays Are Now in the Public Domain. Theatres Should Take Advantage</p><p>by Chris Peterson</p><p><a href="https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2026/8/11/these-plays-are-now-in-the-public-domain-theatres-should-take-advantage" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2026/8/11/these-plays-are-now-in-the-public-domain-theatres-should-take-advantage"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.onstageblog.com/editorials</span><span class="invisible">/2026/8/11/these-plays-are-now-in-the-public-domain-theatres-should-take-advantage</span></a></p><p>Books by Noël Coward (Private lives coming pretty soon) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/32147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/32147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/32147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>

Poster from the 1968 Theatre De Lys production featuring a sketch of Coward.

It is featuring a caricature illustration of a bald man in a tuxedo smoking a cigarette holder, with cast names listed below including Elaine Stritch and Lea Bowman, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.

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<p>Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t</p><p>With almost every novel I read, I go through the same arc. At first the novel bores me. Then, suddenly, it becomes the most interesting thing in the world.</p><p>by Emma Adler</p><p><a href="https://www.publicbooks.org/every-novel-is-boring-until-it-isnt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicbooks.org/every-novel-is-boring-until-it-isnt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicbooks.org/every-nove</span><span class="invisible">l-is-boring-until-it-isnt/</span></a></p><p>Books about Literary Fiction at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=literary+fiction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=literary+fiction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=literary+fiction</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Augustus Leopold Egg, The Travelling Companions, 1862, oil-on-canvas, 65.3 × 78.7 centimetres (25.7 × 31.0 in), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

It depicts two nearly identical young women in matching pale silk dresses seated in a train carriage — one asleep, the other reading — with a Mediterranean coastal landscape visible through the window.

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<p>I need to see the rewritten version of this poem 😂 </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> <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></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</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> <a href="/tags/geek/" rel="tag">#Geek</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> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

A drawn picture of Edgar Allen Poe and his Raven.
Caption: The Passive Agressive Raven
Speech bubble from the Raven saying, 'Nevermind.'

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<p>“Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head”<br>Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage</p><p>By Arnoud S. Q. Visser via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span> </p><p>Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage. </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/parodies-of-pedantry/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/parodies-of-pedantry/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/p</span><span class="invisible">arodies-of-pedantry/</span></a></p><p>Il pedante by Francesco Belo is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34640" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34640</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/pedantry/" rel="tag">#pedantry</a></p>

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<p>1,300+ Hand-Colored Wildlife Illustrations Now Available in The Naturalist’s Library Digital Archive</p><p>By Linnea Pejcha</p><p>Created by Sir William Jardine and published between 1833 and 1843, The Naturalist’s Library consists of over 40 volumes of information about local as well as foreign animals, ranging from hummingbirds to monkeys to quadrupeds.</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/naturalists-library-digital-restoration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/naturalists-library-digital-restoration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/naturalists-li</span><span class="invisible">brary-digital-restoration/</span></a></p><p>The Naturalist's Library:<br><a href="https://www.c82.net/naturalists-library/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.c82.net/naturalists-library/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.c82.net/naturalists-librar</span><span class="invisible">y/</span></a></p><p>Books about Zoology at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6447" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6447"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/6447</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a></p>

TROPICAL AMERICAN HUMMING-BIRDS

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History

Author: Theodore Wood

Editor: Ernest Ingersoll

An illustration plate showing eight different species of hummingbirds, each perched on small branches with leaves, displaying a variety of plumage colors and patterns.

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<p>Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge</p><p>By Anne Lawrence-Mathers via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/ars-notoria/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KYSMXQDEWR6A2BN787RJS7QG&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/ars-notoria/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KYSMXQDEWR6A2BN787RJS7QG&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/a</span><span class="invisible">rs-notoria/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KYSMXQDEWR6A2BN787RJS7QG&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_Manuscripts</a></p>

Two figures related to the art of astronomy from a manuscript of the Ars notoria (NLI Ms. Yah. Var. 34), ca. 1550–1600. Each contains subordinate figures to be contemplated — while reciting accompanying prayers (orations) — in a prescribed sequence over time and with respect to the cardinal directions.

Credits מאוסף הספרייה הלאומית

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