<p>Earlier this evening I took part in my first <a href="/tags/esperanto/" rel="tag">#Esperanto</a> book club. I was nervous in the beginning, as I still don't feel very confident using the language. But the group was so nice and friendly, and the book we're reading is well suited for learners (M. Boulton's Faktoj kaj fantazioj). It was great fun and I can't wait for the next week's meeting!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookclub/" rel="tag">#bookclub</a> <a href="/tags/zoom/" rel="tag">#zoom</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1881.</p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson's children's pirate adventure novel Treasure Island begins serialization in the British magazine Young Folks as Treasure Island; or, The mutiny of the Hispaniola by "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure</span><span class="invisible">_Island</span></a></p><p>Treasure Island at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/120" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/120</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
Any recommendations for holiday fiction reading?
<p>I’m looking for engaging without being dense. So something like a light Stephen King, also I love post apocalyptic stuff but I’ve read most of it. Not a fan of short stories.</p><p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>American author Gertrude Chandler Warner died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1970.</p><p>She is best known for creating The Boxcar Children series, a popular series of children's books. The book was well-received, and Warner later revised it in 1942, making it more accessible to younger readers. This revised version became a classic, and Warner went on to write 18 more books in the series.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Chandler_Warner" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Chandler_Warner"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude</span><span class="invisible">_Chandler_Warner</span></a></p><p>Books by Gertrude Chandler Warner at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41863" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41863"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41863</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>I'm going to Vietnam and would like to read up on it. </p><p>I'm looking for a non-fiction book that will tell me about Vietnam, not about the americans or the french. </p><p>About Vietnamese history and culture, preferably going beyond the wars.</p><p>A book about who they are not about what was done to them. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/vietnam/" rel="tag">#vietnam</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#BookRec</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>What Happens When an Entire Generation of Scientists Changes Its Mind</p><p>Total reversals in scientific thinking are rare—but earth-shattering</p><p>By Charles C. Mann edited by Josh Fischman</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scientificamerican.com/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/</span></a></p><p>Michelson & Morley experiment at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70888" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70888</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#historyofscience</a></p>
<p>📚 Kafka on the Shore by: Haruki Murakami</p><p>Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodie...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/kafka-on-the-shore" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/kafka-on-the-shore"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/kafka-on-t</span><span class="invisible">he-shore</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/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/contemporary/" rel="tag">#contemporary</a></p>
<p>"I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man."<br>Epoch 2, Frederick Fairlie</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>Wilkie Collins' sensation novel The Woman in White, an early example of mystery fiction, completes its serialization in All the Year Round. It appears in book form in London around August 15.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woma</span><span class="invisible">n_in_White_(novel)#</span></a></p><p>Original file available here:<br><a href="https://www.djo.org.uk/all-the-year-round/volume-iii/page-1.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.djo.org.uk/all-the-year-round/volume-iii/page-1.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.djo.org.uk/all-the-year-ro</span><span class="invisible">und/volume-iii/page-1.html</span></a></p><p>The Woman in White at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1835.</p><p>The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.</p><p>The discoveries were falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel and his fictitious companion Andrew Grant. In September 16, The Sun admitted the articles were in fact fabricated.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mo</span><span class="invisible">on_Hoax</span></a></p><p>The Moon Hoax by Richard Adams Locke (Dubious author: J. N. Nicollet) at PG: <br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62779" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62779</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/extraterrestrial/" rel="tag">#extraterrestrial</a></p>
<p>"To Sarraguce I go, and know full well<br>Who thither goes, may ne'er return."<br>Chanson de Roland</p><p>French literary historian Léon Gautier died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1897.</p><p>Gautier rendered great services to the study of early French literature, the most important of his numerous works on medieval subjects being a critical text with translation and introduction of the Chanson de Roland, and Les Épopées françaises.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gautier_(historian)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o</span><span class="invisible">n_Gautier_(historian)</span></a></p><p>La Chanson de Roland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23819" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23819</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>📚 The Widow by: John Grisham</p><p>Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.</p><p>Once he hooks the riche...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-widow" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/the-widow</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/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/legalfiction/" rel="tag">#legalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>
<p>"Padraic Scanlan’s Rot: A History of the <a href="/tags/irishfamine/" rel="tag">#IrishFamine</a> doesn’t seek to overturn this consensus but Scanlan’s central claim is in some ways an echo of Mitchel’s: although <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> was part of the United Kingdom, it was, he writes, ‘imagined, governed and exploited in strikingly colonial ways ... The famine – a complex ecological, economic, logistical and political disaster – was a consequence of colonialism.’ " </p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/niamh-gallagher/carrion-and-earth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n21/niamh-gallagher/carrion-and-earth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n2</span><span class="invisible">1/niamh-gallagher/carrion-and-earth</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/greatfamine/" rel="tag">#GreatFamine</a> <a href="/tags/irishhistory/" rel="tag">#IrishHistory</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</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>If the universe as a fair place you'd live long enough to finish your reading list 😜😂 </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></p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#Bookrecommendation</a><br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a></p>
<p>Irish novelist, journalist, and literary hostess Marguerite Blessington was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1789.</p><p>Her most famous work, Conversations with Lord Byron, published posthumously in 1834, documented her interactions with the famous poet during her time in Italy. She was renowned for hosting one of the most famous literary salons in London, attracting leading figures such as Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, and Benjamin Disraeli. </p><p>Marguerite Blessington at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4797" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4797"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4797</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde</p><p>Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers</p><p>By Nadia Khomami </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/nov/13/archives-amy-levy-queer-jewish-writer-admired-by-oscar-wilde-unsealed</span></a></p><p>Amy Levy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/49112"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/49112</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>
<p>Stoking creative fires: Counting down to Public Domain Day 2026</p><p>Until I saw it performed earlier this month, I had doubts that one could successfully adapt an unthemed magazine issue into a stage play. But that’s what the New Classics Collective did with the first and only issue of <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=fire1926" rel="nofollow">Fire!!</a>, a literary magazine “devoted to younger Negro artists” published in Harlem in 1926. The <a href="https://www.quintessencetheatre.org/fire" rel="nofollow">play, which premiered at the Quintessence Theatre</a> in my Philadelphia neighborhood, laid a light dramatic frame over a set of performances of plays, poems, stories, drawings and essays from the magazine’s sole issue, including early work by authors like <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Hughes%2c%20Langston%2c%201902%2d1967" rel="nofollow">Langston Hughes</a> and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Hurston%2c%20Zora%20Neale" rel="nofollow">Zora Neale Hurston</a> who are still known to many readers today.</p><p>As a <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/arts/theater/review-fire-quintessence-theatre-20251023.html" rel="nofollow">review in fhe Philadelphia Inquirer notes</a>, the play, like the magazine issue that inspired it, is a bit of a hot mess as a whole, but has a lot of talent going into its various parts, and it impressed a sold-out multiracial audience the night I went. The magazine itself perished after its first issue, after a fire destroyed the publication’s office. But both the then-new magazine and the new play that’s just been created from it are bold creative experiments, and I’m confident that the people who produced and experienced the play will go on to create more and better work, whether it’s new versions of what I saw in the play’s premiere, or other work inspired by it, just as the authors and artists in the magazine did.</p><p>Along with the people who produced it, we have the public domain to thank for the experience. All 1926 publications <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2021/12/01/coming-soon-to-the-public-domain-in-2022/" rel="nofollow">joined the public domain in the United States</a> just a few years ago. That makes it possible for anyone who’s found an unburnt copy of Fire!! to digitize it and put it online without needing permission from anyone, as <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=fire1926" rel="nofollow">several online book collections now have done</a>. And it means that the New Classics Collective, or anyone else intrigued by the magazine’s content, can freely adapt and repurpose it as they like, without needing to work out deals with all of the creators whose works were adapted for the play. These new versions will have their own copyrights for a time, just as the original 1926 pieces did. But eventually, when they too join join the public domain, they will be free for all of us to remember, share, preserve, and renew as part of our common cultural heritage.</p><p>Fifty days from today, the public domain will grow further for many people around the world. In the United States, <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2024/11/01/the-remainder-of-the-roaring-20s-about-to-join-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow">the last copyrights for 1920s publications</a> (except for sound recordings) joined the public domain here last year. This coming January 1, a new wave of copyright expiration will reach the start of the 1930s, with all remaining publication copyrights from 1930 expiring (as well as 1925 sound recording copyrights). And starting tomorrow, I’ll be featuring selected works that will be joining the public domain here, in short daily posts that will appear on this blog, and also on some social media networks. On <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/" rel="nofollow">Mastodon</a> and other services on the “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse" rel="nofollow">fediverse</a>“, you can follow this blog by following the user <span class="h-card"><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>everybodyslibraries.com</span></a></span>, or the hashtag <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a>. I’ll also boost the posts from my own personal Mastodon account (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerblo</span><span class="invisible">om</span></a>). That account uses the Bridgy Fed service to connect to Blue Sky, where I believe you should be able to follow the user @JMarkOckerbloom.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy. I’m not aware of any way to automatically get my posts on other large commercial social media, but folks relying on sites dependent on the likes of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg may want to diversify their information sources in any case.</p><p>If you follow my posts, I hope you’ll hear about a number of works and creators you know and love, as well as ones you might not be familiar with. You can get an even more diverse and inclusive set of works and perspectives if you also check out other sources that will be promoting the public domain (which I expect to include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>, the <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/" rel="nofollow">Public Domain Review</a>, the <a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/" rel="nofollow">Center for the Study of the Public Domain</a>, and the <a href="https://archive.org/" rel="nofollow">Internet Archive</a> as we get closer to the new year). Enjoy the countdown!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>8 Times Scientists and Inventors Tragically Died for Their Experiments</p><p>Innovation can be deadly.</p><p>By Gayoung Lee</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/8-times-scientists-and-inventors-tragically-died-for-their-experiments-2000684271" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gizmodo.com/8-times-scientists-and-inventors-tragically-died-for-their-experiments-2000684271"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/8-times-scientists</span><span class="invisible">-and-inventors-tragically-died-for-their-experiments-2000684271</span></a></p><p>Science at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/51" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/51"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/51</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature."<br>Ch. 19.</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1889.</p><p>Jerome K. Jerome's comic fictional English travelogue set on the River Thames, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), is published in Bristol. Its sequel is Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Me</span><span class="invisible">n_in_a_Boat</span></a></p><p>Three Men in a Boat at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/308" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/308</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</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> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1944 Ida Tarbell died. She "was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbell" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarbell"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tarb</span><span class="invisible">ell</span></a></p><p>Books by Tarbell at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4022" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4022"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4022</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"I am not keeping back facts. Every fact that I know is in your possession. You can draw your own deductions from them."<br>Hercule Poirot</p><p>In October 1920.</p><p>Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, appears in the U.S., introducing her long-running Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the setting of an English country house. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myst</span><span class="invisible">erious_Affair_at_Styles</span></a></p><p>The Mysterious Affair at Styles at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/863" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/863</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</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>
<p>New Review - I highly recommend this anthology exploring the many talents of the Indian SFF scene Between Worlds - The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by Gautam Bhatia out now <a href="https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/6/between-worlds-the-if-anthology-of-new-indian-sff-vol-1-edited-by-gautam-bhatia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/6/between-worlds-the-if-anthology-of-new-indian-sff-vol-1-edited-by-gautam-bhatia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.runalongtheshelves.net/blo</span><span class="invisible">g/2026/1/6/between-worlds-the-if-anthology-of-new-indian-sff-vol-1-edited-by-gautam-bhatia</span></a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>
<p>Keep watching the skies</p><p>Baker, longtime observatory director, educated generations with his astronomy texts. His debut, Astronomy: An Introduction, appeared in 1930 and even included Pluto’s discovery, then called the “Trans-Neptunian Planet.”<br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom </p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/17/keep-watching-the-skies/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/17/keep-watching-the-skies/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">1/17/keep-watching-the-skies/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>
