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What are all reading this week? [27/2/26] <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.vg/post/5604811">See Original Page</a> </small>

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J’ai lu récemment le dernier roman de David Bry, Échos stellaires, publié aux éditions Fleuve. Et pour une première incursion dans le genre de la SF, on peut dire que c’est réussi. Même imparfait, le roman nous embarque dans une aventure trépidante sur plus de 500 pages, où souffle le vent de la révolte.<br>Retrouvez mon avis complet sur le blog: <a href="https://yuyine.be/node/1353" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>yuyine.be/node/1353</a><br><br><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/critique/" rel="tag">#critique</a> <a href="/tags/critiquelitteraire/" rel="tag">#critiquelitteraire</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#livre</a> <a href="/tags/lecture/" rel="tag">#lecture</a> <a href="/tags/pixelbook/" rel="tag">#pixelbook</a> <a href="/tags/sfff/" rel="tag">#SFFF</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/echosstellaires/" rel="tag">#EchosStellaires</a> <a href="/tags/davidbry/" rel="tag">#DavidBry</a> <a href="/tags/fleuve/" rel="tag">#Fleuve</a> <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> <br><br>[Livre reçu en service de presse, avis non rémunéré.]

Livre posé avec autour des étoiles et un petit vaisseau spatial. La couverture d’Échos stellaires montre un très grand vaisseau spatial entouré de missiles et filant à vive allure dans un ciel orangé et rose.

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<p>📚 Bad Bad Girl by: Gish Jen</p><p>My mother had died, but still I heard her voice...</p><p>Gish’s mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid far more loving to than her real mother is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: Bad bad girl! You don’t kno...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/bad-bad-girl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/bad-bad-girl"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/bad-bad-gi</span><span class="invisible">rl</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/biographical/" rel="tag">#biographical</a></p>

My mother had died, but still I heard her voice...

Gish’s mother, Loo Shu-hsin, is born in 1924 to a wealthy Shanghai family whose girls are expected to restrain themselves. Her beloved nursemaid far more loving to than her real mother is torn from her even as she is constantly reprimanded: Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk! Sent to a modern Catholic school by her progressive father, she receives not only an English name Agnes but a first-rate education. To his delight, she excels. But even then he can only sigh, too bad. If you were a boy, you could accomplish a lot. Agnes finds solace in books and, in 1947, announces her intention to pursue a PhD in America. As the Communist revolution looms, she sets sail never to return.

Lonely and adrift in New York, she begins dating Jen Chao-Pe, an engineering student. They do their best to block out the increasingly dire plight of their families back home and successfully establish a new American life: Marriage! A house in the suburbs! A number one son! By the time Gish is born, though, the news from China is proving inescapable; their marriage is foundering; and Agnes, confronted with a strong-willed, outspoken daughter distinctly reminiscent of herself, is repeating the refrain 'Bad bad girl! You don’t know how to talk!' as she recapitulates the harshness of her own childhood.

Spanning continents, generations, and cultures, Bad Bad Girl is a novel only Gish Jen could have written: genre-bending, courageous, wis

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<p>Book Review: The Subtle Art of Folding Space<br>A story of two sisters and their tangled relationship, plus maintenance of the laws of the universe<br>A <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/princejvstin.com', 'https://princejvstin.com/', 'http://bsky.social/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princejvstin.com</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Princejvstin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Princejvstin</span></a></span> review at the blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-subtle-art-of-folding-space.html</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

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<p>Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania</p><p>Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector</p><p>by Richard Luscombe</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/pennsylvania-historic-latin-music" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/pennsylvania-historic-latin-music"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/oct/28/pennsylvania-historic-latin-music</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

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<p>Looking for your next favorite Kickstarter to back? Fantasy and dark fantasy books over here: <a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/fantasydarkkickstarter/3mvyoi29id" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/fantasydarkkickstarter/3mvyoi29id"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyda</span><span class="invisible">rkkickstarter/3mvyoi29id</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/kickstarter/" rel="tag">#kickstarter</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Books@mstdn.social</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>

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<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Why I love horror." <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/10/book-review-why-i-love-horror.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <br>🩸📚<br>💙📚</p><p>Book published by <a href="/tags/sagapress/" rel="tag">#SagaPress</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> <br>@bookstodon@a.gup.pe <br>@librarians</p>

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90 years of Penguin Books: The origin myth that may not be true <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://leminal.space/post/27957933">See Original Page</a> </small>

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StoryGraph Add-o-Rama

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Are you reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre? How are you doing it?

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/17yZahP7EddajMFND6xQbU" rel="nofollow">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>by Sarah Maas.</p><p>My first foray into <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#romantasy</a>. The plot is so-so (humans vs faeries, love & intrigue) but finishes strongly. The romance is weak - it's never clear why she loves the faerie lord, except for his sexy man-beastiness. Hopefully this is not the best the genre has to offer.</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy</p><p>Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México (the Maya Codex of Mexico) is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/videos/the-americas-ol</span><span class="invisible">dest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Page 9 of the Grolier Codex, a supposedly pre-Columbian Maya screenfold book, the authenticity of which is disputed.

A standing deity figure dominates the page, facing left, highly stylized with elaborate headdress and glyphic adornment.

To the left margin is a column of Maya day-signs or numerals — a vertical series of repeating glyph blocks, likely used for calendrical or Venus-cycle notation.

The deity holds or is interacting with what appears to be a stone projectile or weapon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Codex_of_Mexico#/media/File:Grolier_Codex,_page_9.jpg

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<p>"In 1948, my family fled <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> when Zionists took over. I pieced their story together from a box of letters and diary entries."</p><p>An excerpt from <a href="/tags/tareqbaconi/" rel="tag">#TareqBaconi</a>’s forthcoming memoir, <a href="/tags/fireineverydirection/" rel="tag">#FireInEveryDirection</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/how-my-grandmother-remembers-the-nakba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/article/society/how-my-grandmother-remembers-the-nakba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenation.com/article/soci</span><span class="invisible">ety/how-my-grandmother-remembers-the-nakba/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nakba/" rel="tag">#Nakba</a> <a href="/tags/historyofpalestine/" rel="tag">#historyOfPalestine</a> <a href="/tags/palestinianrefugees/" rel="tag">#PalestinianRefugees</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</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>📚 Dark Matter by: Blake Crouch</p><p>Are you happy with your life?</p><p>Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. </p><p>Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.</p><p>Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “W...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/dark-matter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/dark-matter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/dark-matte</span><span class="invisible">r</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#technologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

Are you happy with your life?

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.

In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this life or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves?

From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV+

A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy

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<p>American author and journalist Rebecca Harding Davis was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1831.</p><p>"Life in the Iron Mills" (1861): Davis´s most famous work, originally published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly, is considered one of the earliest examples of American realism. It depicts the harsh realities of life for industrial workers and is noted for its empathetic portrayal of the working class.</p><p>Books by Rebecca Harding Davis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/186" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/186"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/186</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

American novelist Rebecca Harding Davis.

A monochrome photograph featuring a woman with long hair, from the past.

Cover page of Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis.

"Life in the Iron Mills; or, The Korl Woman" is a novella by Rebecca Harding Davis, first published in 1861 in the Atlantic Monthly. It is considered a pioneering work of American realism and is notable for its social critique and empathetic portrayal of the working class during the Industrial Revolution.

The novella is set in a dreary industrial town and revolves around the lives of Hugh Wolfe, a furnace tender in an iron mill, and his cousin Deborah, who works in a cotton mill. The story is narrated by an unnamed observer who provides a grim depiction of the industrial environment and the dehumanizing conditions faced by the workers.

"Life in the Iron Mills" remains a seminal work in American literature, celebrated for its empathetic portrayal of the working class and its pioneering role in the development of literary realism.

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<p>The irony is not lost on me that I’m posting this to social media. 🤷🏻‍♂️</p><p>(Hat tip: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@markchappelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markchappelle</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/socialnetworks/" rel="tag">#SocialNetworks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/rebellion/" rel="tag">#Rebellion</a></p>

Large sign in a book store window that reads “fuck social media. Marry books. Kill AI.”

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<p>Victorian Horror and the Search for Truth</p><p>by Emily Erwin</p><p><a href="https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/victorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wordonfire.org/articles/victorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wordonfire.org/articles/vi</span><span class="invisible">ctorian-horror-and-the-search-for-truth/</span></a></p><p>The Woman in White at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Walter Hartright's first encounter with 'The Woman in White'. Illustration by Thomas Eyre Macklin.

Illustration for The Woman in White, a lithograph by Thomas Eyre Macklin RBA (1867–1943), a British artist, illustrator and sculptor.

It depicts the haunting nighttime meeting between the young drawing master Walter Hartright and the mysterious woman dressed entirely in white, from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

The scene shows the two figures standing on a dimly lit country road. Walter, dressed in formal Victorian attire with a tall hat and cloak, looks toward the woman with a mix of surprise and concern. The woman in white, her expression anxious and imploring, gestures toward the distance as she asks, “Is that the road to London?” Her light gown and bonnet stand out against the shadowed background and cloudy night sky, enhancing her spectral presence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#/media/File:Illustration_by_Thomas_Eyre_Macklin_for_The_Woman_in_White_(1).jpg

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<p>Scary Books I’ve Recommended and Why: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-scary-books-ive-recommended-and-why/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-scary-books-ive-recommended-and-why/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-week</span><span class="invisible">ly-blogging-challenge-scary-books-ive-recommended-and-why/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/wednesdayweeklybloggingchallenge/" rel="tag">#WednesdayWeeklyBloggingChallenge</a> <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</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>

Black and white sketch of a ghost who is floating through the air with their arms outstretched. They look like a cartoon ghost covered in a white sheet with two eye holes cut into the sheet. Very cute.

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<p>Release day!! Space Trash is Trash You'll Want to Bring In! Off the curb and into your hands. <a href="https://books2read.com/u/mYJlro" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/u/mYJlro</a><br><a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> <a href="/tags/kobo/" rel="tag">#Kobo</a> <a href="/tags/nook/" rel="tag">#Nook</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/googleplay/" rel="tag">#GooglePlay</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/mustread/" rel="tag">#mustread</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>Meet the Real Dr. Frankenstein</p><p>The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery</p><p>By Molly Glick</p><p><a href="https://nautil.us/meet-the-real-dr-frankenstein-1245010/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nautil.us/meet-the-real-dr-frankenstein-1245010/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/meet-the-real-dr-fra</span><span class="invisible">nkenstein-1245010/</span></a></p><p>Galvani and Frankenstein at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27281" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/27281"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/27281</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/84</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

Luigi Galvani - De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius, Tav. 1

Luigi Galvani experiment on frogs legs.

In this 18th-century scientific engraving, Galvani demonstrates how electricity can cause muscular movement in a dissected frog’s legs. The scene typically shows frog limbs connected by metal wires to an electrical source or to a metal arc, producing visible contractions when the circuit is completed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani#/media/File:Luigi_Galvani_Experiment.jpeg

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History: Class, Labour, & Leftism — Booklist | Z-Library

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<p>It's the Fedi Book Fair this weekend. Follow the hashtag for book posts from lots of fediverse indie authors (or filter it to avoid the posts).</p><p>My books are mostly low-key fantasy with queer romance. Find out more at <a href="https://wendypalmer.au" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au</a></p><p>You’ll find them at all your favourite ebook retailers and online bookstores. And also at libraries, Hoopla, or your Kobo or Everand subscriptions.</p><p>This weekend, the ebooks are 25% off direct from me (via Payhip):<br><a href="https://payhip.com/WendyPalmer" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>payhip.com/WendyPalmer</a></p><p>And at Smashwords:<br><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/profile/vie</span><span class="invisible">w/wendylpalmer</span></a></p><p>***</p><p>As as a special bonus just for the <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#FediBookFair</a>, I've made my new release, officially released 16 November, available direct:<br><a href="https://payhip.com/b/A3P2i" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>payhip.com/b/A3P2i</a></p><p>It comes with a free 2026 calendar featuring relevant public-domain nineteenth-century artworks :)</p><p><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/gayromance/" rel="tag">#gayromance</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/historicals/" rel="tag">#historicals</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a><br><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>

Cover of Grace & Favour. Blue and brass-yellow colours predominant. The title is in fancy font at the top, and there's what looks like a photo portrait in an ornate frame, of two men, one in a top hat, one holding a pocket watch, and a large white dog. In the background of the photo (actually a daguerreotype, but anachronistically in colour), there is the faint impression of a woman, transparent...you could say, almost ghostly...

Mood board for Grace & Favour. Has a painting by Turner (a watercolour of Hampton Court Palace from across the river), a daguerreotype in a case, a ghost postcard, a Scots phrasebook, and a big picture of Max, a Maremma livestock guard dog, big, white and fluffy.

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<p>“That’s Why We Become Witches”: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes (1926)</p><p>"A novel about a woman who throws off the yoke of patriarchy to become a witch."</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/collection/lolly-willowes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/collect</span><span class="invisible">ion/lolly-willowes/</span></a></p><p>The book at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72223</a></p><p><a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/supernatural/" rel="tag">#supernatural</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Halloween: illustration shows a witch riding on a broom with a black cat.

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<p><a href="/tags/larb/" rel="tag">#LARB</a> Radio Hour | The Shit Show </p><p>"[H]ow <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> dreams – from iPhones to <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialMedia</a> to <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> – have become nightmares.</p><p>"How did these decade-defining innovations end up making modern life feel sadder, lonelier, and scarier?"</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> discussed <br>⦁ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>'s <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <br>⦁ Paul Kingsnorth’s <a href="/tags/againstthemachine/" rel="tag">#AgainstTheMachine</a></p><p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shit-show/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shit-show/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lareviewofbooks.org/av/the-shi</span><span class="invisible">t-show/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/techfutures/" rel="tag">#techFutures</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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The Shit Show

background image (photo): from Dennis Oppenheim's performance artwork, "Parallel Stress"

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<p>The Evil Library. 🦉 📚 💀 ✨ 👻 </p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/conceptart/" rel="tag">#conceptart</a> <a href="/tags/commission/" rel="tag">#commission</a> <a href="/tags/videogame/" rel="tag">#videogame</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/spooky/" rel="tag">#spooky</a> <a href="/tags/evil/" rel="tag">#evil</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

The spooky piano room with lots of books full of magic spells. A fireplace with a cozy armchair with pictures of ghostly landscapes on the wall. Candles and colorful lamps create a mysterious atmosphere.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

Magic potions in various glass carafes and staffs were put in bookshelves. A treasure map and amulets show big plans. A desk with candles, quill, ink and a notebook show that someone is working hard on new enigmatic inventions.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

We can see thunder outside the window. This is where magic, technology and chemistry are combined into a machine. Cables and parts are leading in various directions.

If you look at the last picture of this post with the library overview, you can also see an area where experiments are conducted, e.g. a spider will be transformed into a new creature.

Created in March 2017 for an unannounced game.
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Evil-Library-Concept-Art-672550674

The full library can be seen here. Next to the previous mentioned piano, poisons and machine room, we can see the main library with thousands of books protected by a wise owl "Boo hoo boo hoo!" and intricate skull decor.

Another part of the artwork shows the mirror room. Even the mirrors seem alive and love to spook around. Watch out! :) Taxidermied animals with glowing eyes can be found on the right side (lion, eagle, bear, rhino, hippo, warthog, bull, tiger). In a glass vitrine, precious animal skulls and bones are preserved.

In the upper right corner is a haunted dusty attic with spider webs, rusty tools and weapons ,a loom, old cloth, a still functioning gramophone, a forgotten coffin. Windows show the outside area with dead looking trees and a rather dark atmosphere.

..and then there is the ghostly maintenance staff room. Full of cleaning products, brooms, shovels, a warning sign for clean wet floors illuminated by a colder halogen light.

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