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<p>127 pages of very short &#x27;sketch&#x27; scenario narratives that I use to help create the Sub Orbital Machine universe; almost like adventure starters! You might like it. You might think it sucks. You might get confused. Regardless, I am putting it out there for all to download for the tiny cost of a subbing to my newsletter (which you might find interesting!)</p><p><a href="https://iamgerardthomas.com/b/TyE" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>iamgerardthomas.com/b/TyE</a></p><p><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#FediArt</a> <a href="/tags/conceptart/" rel="tag">#ConceptArt</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/artistonmastodon/" rel="tag">#ArtistOnMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifiart/" rel="tag">#SciFiArt</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/scifibooks/" rel="tag">#scifibooks</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/JigsawCity" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/JigsawCity</a></p><p>Nicole’s brain is slowly being taken over by an ancient, magical artifact, a small fragment of a magic city. She seeks a cure, before the city can destroy her sanity and then eventually, take her life by replacing her mind. Racing against time, she gathers pieces of the city, hoping to find an answer among them.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>📚 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by: Charlie Mackesy</p><p>Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes dif...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-boy-th</span><span class="invisible">e-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse</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/socialselfhelp/" rel="tag">#socialselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalgrowth/" rel="tag">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="/tags/happinessselfhelp/" rel="tag">#happinessselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/selfesteemselfhelp/" rel="tag">#selfesteemselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/successselfhelp/" rel="tag">#successselfhelp</a></p>

<p>Chateaubriand, Writing of a Worthless Time</p><p>Chateaubriand (1768–1848), Breton aristocrat and writer, rose to fame with Atala and René. Once a supporter of Napoleon and the Bourbons, he later condemned both for repression and censorship.</p><p>By Alex Andriesse</p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/11/19/chateaubriand-writing-of-a-worthless-time/</span></a></p><p>Chateaubriand at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7255</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>My Favorite Books I Read in 2025: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-my-favorite-books-i-read-in-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</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>New on my YouTube channel: &quot;White Poverty: an Under 5 Review.&quot; <br><a href="https://youtu.be/Q5GaCMtT10I?si=4286PX-AxfI5efAF" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/Q5GaCMtT10I?si=4286PX-AxfI5efAF"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Q5GaCMtT10I?si=4286PX</span><span class="invisible">-AxfI5efAF</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/under5reviews/" rel="tag">#Under5Reviews</a>: where I tell you about a book and help you decide if you want to read it or not in under 5 minutes. </p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/reviews/" rel="tag">#reviews</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/vlog/" rel="tag">#vlog</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/thisisamerica/" rel="tag">#ThisIsAmerica</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/badeconomy/" rel="tag">#BadEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br>💙📚</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>The big reveal…</p><p>So I wrote up a lot of these little stories a few years ago but I’ve added some new ones, cleaned it all up and now I’m the happiest with it that I’ve ever been. You can definitely get a copy in time for Christmas, if you’re so inclined…</p><p><a href="https://amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amzn.eu/d/2kbNn7k</a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreveal/" rel="tag">#bookreveal</a> <a href="/tags/newreleases/" rel="tag">#newreleases</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#selfpublishing</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a></p>

<p>In October 1902.</p><p>Beatrix Potter&#x27;s self-illustrated children&#x27;s book The Tale of Peter Rabbit (originally published privately a year earlier) appears in its first trade edition with Frederick Warne &amp; Co in London. It sells 28,000 copies by the end of the year. Potter created both the text and the illustrations. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale</span><span class="invisible">_of_Peter_Rabbit#</span></a></p><p>The Tale of Peter Rabbit at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/14838" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/14838</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.&quot;<br>First lines</p><p>In October 1915.</p><p>Franz Kafka&#x27;s seminal novella The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) is first published in Die Weißen Blätter. Kafka finishes writing The Trial this year, but it will not be published until 1925, the year after his death.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meta</span><span class="invisible">morphosis</span></a></p><p>The Metamorphosis at PG, translated by David Wyllie:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic D. H. Lawrence was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Four of his most famous novels — Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love , and Lady Chatterley&#x27;s Lover— were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of sexuality and use of explicit language.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._La</span><span class="invisible">wrence</span></a></p><p>Books by D.H. Lawrence at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/123" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/123"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/123</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m currently reading Transcription, by Ben Lerner, and so far, I&#x27;m impressed. I briefly confused the author with Ben Marcus. Ha! I get authors confused all the time. Anyway, *this* Ben wrote The Topeka School, which I thought was very good, and showed an excellent understanding of human behavior, especially regarding young people. </p><p>This novel won&#x27;t appeal to everyone, but if you liked his earlier work, you&#x27;re the right reader for it. Also, if you&#x27;ve been avoiding longer books, this one is only 130 pages. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/iamreading/" rel="tag">#IAmReading</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>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a></p><p>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia&#x27;s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> In 1858, Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf was born.</p><p>&quot;She published her first novel, Gösta Berling&#x27;s Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In 1914, she was the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_La</span><span class="invisible">gerl%C3%B6f</span></a></p><p>Books by Lagerlöf at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1717"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1717</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 The Dream Hotel: A Read with Jenna Pick by: Laila Lalami</p><p>Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA’s algorithm has determin...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-dream-</span><span class="invisible">hotel-a-read-with-jenna-pick</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/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#political</a></p>

<p>The Project Hail Mary trailer looks good. I hope they do justice to this story! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYsnngkS_U" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYsnngkS_U"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYsnn</span><span class="invisible">gkS_U</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/projecthailmary/" rel="tag">#ProjectHailMary</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</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>📚 Les Femmes du bout du monde by: Mélissa Da Costa</p><p>Si tu te demandes ce que nous faisons ainsi, loin des hommes, je vais te dire : nous veillons sur notre petit univers, nous veillons les unes sur les autres. C&#x27;est ce que font les femmes du bout du monde. </p><p>À la pointe sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande, dans la région isolée des Catlins, au coeur d&#x27;une nature sauvage, viven...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes-du-bout-du-monde" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes-du-bout-du-monde"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/les-femmes</span><span class="invisible">-du-bout-du-monde</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></p>

Books from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

<p>Absolutely not me IRL, but I know people like this 😁 </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/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>Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables</p><p>Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.</p><p>by Jennifer Ouellette </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">1/study-how-the-maya-created-such-accurate-eclipse-tables/</span></a></p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adt9039"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sc</span><span class="invisible">iadv.adt9039</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_manuscripts</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p>&quot;What we chang&#x27;d<br>Was innocence for innocence; we knew not<br>The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dream&#x27;d<br>That any did.&quot;<br>Polixenes, scene ii</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1912.</p><p>Harley Granville-Barker&#x27;s production of Shakespeare&#x27;s The Winter&#x27;s Tale opens at the Savoy Theatre, London, with simplified scenery, ensemble acting and naturalistic verse-speaking. It is replaced in November by his production of Twelfth Night.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wint</span><span class="invisible">er%27s_Tale</span></a></p><p>Winter&#x27;s Tale at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1539" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1539</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></p>

<p>&quot;Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.&quot;<br>Psychological Observations</p><p>German philosopher and author Arthur Schopenhauer died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>He is known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_S</span><span class="invisible">chopenhauer</span></a></p><p>Books by Arthur Schopenhauer at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3648"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/3648</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Surrealism at 100: A Reading List</p><p>On the centennial of the founding of Surrealism, this reading list examines its radical beginnings, its mass popularity, and its continued evolution.</p><p>By Allison C. Meier via @JSTOR_Daily </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/surrealism-at-</span><span class="invisible">100-a-reading-list/?utm_term=Surrealism%20at%20100%3A%20A%20Reading%20List&amp;utm_campaign=jstordaily_09192024&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>📚 Chocky by: John Wyndham</p><p>David Gore becomes concerned that his twelve-year-old son, Matthew, is too old to have an imaginary friend. His concerns deepen as Matthew becomes increasingly distressed and blames it on arguments with this unseen companion, whom he calls &quot;Chocky&quot;. </p><p>As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the friend is far from imaginary, but i...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/chocky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/chocky</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/speakingoutofplace/" rel="tag">#SpeakingOutOfPlace</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/adamjohnson/" rel="tag">#AdamJohnson</a> to discuss his book <a href="/tags/howtosellagenocide/" rel="tag">#HowToSellAGenocide</a> (all royalties from which go to Middle East Children&#x27;s Alliance)</p><p>&quot;We talk about how the <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> whitewashed Israeli lies, erased Palestinian voices, and contrived a way to make a political settlement seem impossible, and war crimes not only acceptable, but also inevitable.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.</span><span class="invisible">com/2084729/episodes/19023388-how-to-sell-a-genocide-and-sustain-it-a-conversation-with-adam-johnson</span></a><br> <br><a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> <a href="/tags/gazacoverage/" rel="tag">#GazaCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestinecoverage/" rel="tag">#PalestineCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/usmedia/" rel="tag">#USmedia</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/msm/" rel="tag">#MSM</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>I&#x27;m in bed resting today and I&#x27;ve got a craving to sift through old YA books from the 80&#x27;s, to see if there&#x27;s anything I can remember reading and loving.</p><p>I&#x27;m doing some web searches and there are many lists of &quot;favorite 80&#x27;s YA books,&quot; but I was the wee nerd into the less popular stuff. So what I want is to just get a list of ALL published titles during a specific year. </p><p>Is that possible? (I&#x27;m trying to avoid AI so please don&#x27;t offer that)</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>