<p>What are you reading currently? <a href="/tags/iamreading/" rel="tag">#IAmReading</a></p><p>I'm currently reading The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt. It is a funny and clever cowboy noir. Definitely recommend. Thank you Mike and Ellen!</p><p>And what do you have on hold? </p><p>I'm only listing the newest additions to my hold list:</p><p>MISERY'S WIFE, Joan Tierney. Queer, climate fiction, based on a folktake, with a trans protagonist. <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/beige.party/trans_heart.png" class="emoji" alt=":trans_heart:" title=":trans_heart:"></p><p>FISHBONE CINDERELLA, Elizabeth Lim. Historical, heart wrenching, w/ magic.</p><p>BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, Annie Jacobson</p><p>HEART THE LOVER, Lily King. Sequel to WRITERS AND LOVERS.</p><p>WILD DARK SHORE, Charlotte McConaghy. I will read anything she writes.</p><p>YESTERYEAR, Caro Claire Burke. Because everyone else is reading this. </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>Deepest dive yet w/ author/illustrator <a href="/tags/mollycrabapple/" rel="tag">#MollyCrabapple</a> about her book <a href="/tags/herewhereweliveisourcountry/" rel="tag">#HereWhereWeLiveIsOurCountry</a>: The Story of the <a href="/tags/jewishbund/" rel="tag">#JewishBund</a>. A sprawling 2-part interview on Daniel Denvir's excellent <a href="/tags/thedigradio/" rel="tag">#TheDigRadio</a> </p><p><a href="https://thedigradio.com/podcast/making-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thedigradio.com/podcast/making-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedigradio.com/podcast/making</span><span class="invisible">-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/</span></a><br><a href="https://thedigradio.com/podcast/destruction-of-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thedigradio.com/podcast/destruction-of-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedigradio.com/podcast/destru</span><span class="invisible">ction-of-the-jewish-bund-w-molly-crabapple/</span></a></p><p>catch her live in Brooklyn on Oct 11 (in person/virtual) <a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/live" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>jewishcurrents.org/live</a></p><p><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/warsawghettouprising/" rel="tag">#WarsawGhettoUprising</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<p>Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala</p><p>The 19th-century novelist Honoré de Balzac was Catholic, French to the core and obsessed with the material details of French society. Yet there is something profoundly Hindu in the way he sought to understand the world.</p><p>by Harsh Trivedi (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/honore-de-balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/honore-de-</span><span class="invisible">balzacs-la-comedie-humaine-is-a-hindu-mandala-262151</span></a></p><p>Books by Balzac at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/251</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<p>This is the first YA book I've encountered that told readers, maybe our world isn't so great, and the Fantasy world would be vastly better. In this book, Aidan actually doesn't wanna come home. The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S <a href="https://share.libbyapp.com/title/5588273" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="share.libbyapp.com/title/5588273"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">share.libbyapp.com/title/55882</span><span class="invisible">73</span></a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p>
<p>My review of Cormac Mac Art: Isle of Swords by Matthew John just went up at Grimdark Magazine!</p><p>A fast-paced and gritty adventure involving one of Conan creator Robert E. Howard’s more underutilized characters.</p><p>(As always, boosts are appreciated!)</p><p><a href="https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-cormac-mac-art-isle-of-swords-by-matthew-john/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-cormac-mac-art-isle-of-swords-by-matthew-john/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.grimdarkmagazine.com/revie</span><span class="invisible">w-cormac-mac-art-isle-of-swords-by-matthew-john/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#Booksky</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/swordandsorcery/" rel="tag">#SwordAndSorcery</a> <a href="/tags/cormacmacart/" rel="tag">#CormacMacArt</a> <a href="/tags/robertehoward/" rel="tag">#RobertEHoward</a> <a href="/tags/matthewjohn/" rel="tag">#MatthewJohn</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>Palaces of the Crow. Ray Nayler.</p><p>You are children of different nationalities, when fighting at the start of WWII sends you deep into the Lithuanian woods where your survival may depend on understanding an evolved crow society you find there.</p><p>4 of 5 library cats 🐦⬛ 🐦⬛ 🐦⬛ 🐦⬛.</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/crows/" rel="tag">#crows</a> <a href="/tags/wwii/" rel="tag">#WWII</a></p>
<p>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.</p><p>The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga exploring loyalty, resilience, and choices that echo across generations.</p><p>Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - Amazon - <a href="http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>mybook.to/ascarletwoman</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/booksbylornapeel/" rel="tag">#BooksByLornaPeel</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/kindleunlimited/" rel="tag">#KindleUnlimited</a> <a href="/tags/historicalromance/" rel="tag">#HistoricalRomance</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</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>I pre-ordered a couple books, and the seller said to pick out a free book as well, so I chose the most topical and maybe too resonant: The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, by David Wallace-Wells. Yes, nothing like some apocalyptic future nonfiction as light reading 😂</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> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a></p>
Despite being 1-5% of feudal society, the Fancy People tell 98% of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'
I was curious to do a class analysis of awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/POV_character
The books keep passing the narrative baton from one landlord to another landlord.
322 of 354 chapters (91%) are narrated by a Lord or Lady or their immediate family:
Tyrion Lannister 49
Jon Snow 42
Arya Stark 34
Daenerys 31
Catelyn Stark 25
Sansa Stark 25
Bran Stark 21
Jaime Lannister 17
Eddard Stark 15
Theon Greyjoy 14
Cersei Lannister 12
Samwell Tarly 10 (son of a Lord as a comment below said)
Brienne of Tarth 8
Victarion Greyjoy 5
Arianne Martell 4
Asha Greyjoy 4
Aeron Greyjoy 3
Jon Connington 2
25 more chapters are narrated by Knights (who under the feudal system were landlords):
Davos Seaworth 13 (who wasn’t born a knight, was socially mobile)
Barristan Selmy 6
Quentyn Martell 4
Arys Oakheart 1
Kevan Lannister - 1
The remaining chapters are also mostly narrated by high-ranking professionals, nominal exceptions:
Areo Hotah 2 (Captain of the Guard)
Melisandre 1 (former slave who became an influential Rasputin)
Cressen, a maester of Stannis Baratheon 1
Chett, a steward of the Night’s Watch - 1
Pate, a novice at the Citadel 1
Varamyr, a skinchanger 1
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<p>I was curious to do a class analysis of <a href="https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/POV_character" rel="nofollow">awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/POV_character</a></p><p>The books keep passing the narrative baton from one landlord to another landlord.</p><p>322 of 354 chapters (91%) are narrated by a Lord or Lady or their immediate family:</p><p>Tyrion Lannister 49<br>Jon Snow 42<br>Arya Stark 34<br>Daenerys 31<br>Catelyn Stark 25<br>Sansa Stark 25<br>Bran Stark 21<br>Jaime Lannister 17<br>Eddard Stark 15<br>Theon Greyjoy 14<br>Cersei Lannister 12<br>Samwell Tarly 10 (son of a Lord as a comment below said)<br>Brienne of Tarth 8<br>Victarion Greyjoy 5<br>Arianne Martell 4<br>Asha Greyjoy 4<br>Aeron Greyjoy 3<br>Jon Connington 2</p><p>25 more chapters are narrated by Knights (who under the feudal system were landlords):</p><p>Davos Seaworth 13 (who wasn’t born a knight, was socially mobile)<br>Barristan Selmy 6<br>Quentyn Martell 4<br>Arys Oakheart 1<br>Kevan Lannister - 1</p><p>The remaining chapters are also mostly narrated by high-ranking professionals, nominal exceptions:</p><p>Areo Hotah 2 (Captain of the Guard)<br>Melisandre 1 (former slave who became an influential Rasputin)<br>Cressen, a maester of Stannis Baratheon 1<br>Chett, a steward of the Night’s Watch - 1<br>Pate, a novice at the Citadel 1<br>Varamyr, a skinchanger 1</p><p>Despite being 1-5% of feudal society, the Fancy People tell 98% of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'</p><p><a href="https://hexbear.net/post/9187802" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>hexbear.net/post/9187802</a></p>
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What is the shortest book — by page count — that had the biggest impact on you?
Caveats: it must be a single book, published on its own under a single title. Within, it can be a series of essays, or poems, or whatever.
I’m already anticipating many people adding the obvious ones: The Little Prince, Of Mice and Men, The Lorax, The Grinch, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #141, etc.
Really, I’m curious about the obscure, rarely read, short books that caught you unaware — but LANDED.
e.g.
The first book of this kind, for me, was Indignez Vous! (Time for Outrage) by Stéphane Hessel. It is 32 pages. In its time, about 2011, it said a lot of things I needed to hear and hoped others wanted to say. If I remember it correctly at all, it’s grown more relevant with time.
The latest book of this kind, for me, is the Burnout Society by Byung Chul-Han. Finishing it tonight, at 51 pages, I’ve re-read it twice already.
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· lemmy.world
<p>Caveats: it must be a single book, published on its own under a single title. Within, it can be a series of essays, or poems, or whatever.</p><p>I’m already anticipating many people adding the obvious ones: The Little Prince, Of Mice and Men, The Lorax, The Grinch, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 <a href="/tags/141/" rel="tag">#141</a>, etc.</p><p>Really, I’m curious about the obscure, rarely read, short books that caught you unaware — but LANDED.</p><p>e.g.</p><p>The first book of this kind, for me, was Indignez Vous! (Time for Outrage) by Stéphane Hessel. It is 32 pages. In its time, about 2011, it said a lot of things I needed to hear and hoped others wanted to say. If I remember it correctly at all, it’s grown more relevant with time.</p><p>The latest book of this kind, for me, is the Burnout Society by Byung Chul-Han. Finishing it tonight, at 51 pages, I’ve re-read it twice already.</p><p>What is the shortest book — by page count — that had the biggest impact on you?</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.world/post/50190182" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.world/post/50190182</a></p>
<p>Until I wrote up this <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, I hadn't realised how little fantasy I've read in recent years. I have mixed feelings about this book. It's ambitious and does atmosphere really well. But it's also overlong which creates pacing issues, and I have high standards for any work playing with time, which this novel didn't meet. This is only a recommend for readers with specific preferences. </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="https://write.as/the-casual-critic/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="write.as/the-casual-critic/jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/the-casual-critic/jon</span><span class="invisible">athan-strange-and-mr-norrell-the-petty-troubles-of-the-magical-gentry</span></a></p>
<p>Many of us had to figure out our own queer/ neurodivergent identities, and or how to manage our disability(s).</p><p>I figured its time we had a book bundle in which characters do that, by authors on the same journey(s).</p><p>So I organised this fantasy & multi-genre bundle.</p><p><a href="https://itch.io/b/3781/figuring-it-out-queer-neurodivergent-disabled" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itch.io/b/3781/figuring-it-out-queer-neurodivergent-disabled"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itch.io/b/3781/figuring-it-out</span><span class="invisible">-queer-neurodivergent-disabled</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/queerbooks/" rel="tag">#QueerBooks</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitypridemonth/" rel="tag">#DisabilityPrideMonth</a> <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#Disabled</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitybooks/" rel="tag">#DisabilityBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a></p>
<p>Reading by ear: how audiobooks can help people with phonological dyslexia to enjoy books</p><p>by Nadina Gómez Merino</p><p>Listening to stories can remove the ‘decoding’ process that dyslexia sufferers struggle with.</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/reading-by-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/reading-by-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/reading-by</span><span class="invisible">-ear-how-audiobooks-can-help-people-with-phonological-dyslexia-to-enjoy-books-287852?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026&utm_content=Europes%20wildfire%20prevention%20problem%2030072026+CID_de8ceaef1cbc03df1aef9a23641c2575&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=Reading%20by%20ear%20how%20audiobooks%20can%20help%20people%20with%20phonological%20dyslexia%20to%20enjoy%20books</span></a></p><p>Free public domain audiobooks at LibriVox:<br><a href="https://librivox.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>librivox.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#accessibility</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reviews/" rel="tag">#reviews</a> <br>"Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968<br>Assassinated in Lebanon by Israel in 1972, Palestinian intellectual Ghassan Kanafani is mostly renowned for his anti-colonial resistance, political writings and works of literary fiction. Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948 – 1968 (Verso Books, 2026) brings another aspect of Kanafani’s work to an English-speaking public; a deep historical critique of Palestinian literature in the first two decades since Israel established its colonial presence on Palestinian land.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.middleeastmonitor.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">0801-palestinian-resistance-literature-under-occupation-1948-1968/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#palestine</a></p>
<p>Self-promotion in progress 😁 </p><p>The Last Philosopher is a Fantasy/Attempted Comedy story that some have even compared to <a href="/tags/douglasadams/" rel="tag">#DouglasAdams</a> and <a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> </p><p>My response to that comparison, is to go hide under the covers for a week with embarrassment 😊 </p><p>1€ Ebook. Help an <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> to get to 100€ sales. This is not for the profit but to avoid the fees from D2D.</p><p>Part One: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a></p>
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<p>Bookmark 2026<br>10–11 October, Blairgowrie</p><p>Tickets are on sale for Bookmark, Blairgowrie’s annual book festival.</p><p><a href="https://bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-events" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-events"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookmarkblair.com/bookmark-eve</span><span class="invisible">nts</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/blairgowrie/" rel="tag">#Blairgowrie</a></p>
Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
Marvelous. Just marvelous.📚🙁
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· lemmy.ml
<p>Marvelous. Just marvelous.📚🙁</p><p>Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books</p><p><a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/51471069" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>lemmy.ml/post/51471069</a></p>
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