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📚 Neuromancer by: William GibsonCase was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead ma...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/neuromancer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/neuromancer">https://bookblabla.com/book/neuromancer</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/cyberpunkfiction/" rel="tag">#cyberpunkfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/technological/" rel="tag">#technological</a>

Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix—until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future—a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, Neuromancer is a science fiction masterpiece—a classic that ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most potent visions of the future.

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Ebook and print: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords">https://books2read.com/TheMostPowerfulWords</a> Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words">https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/short-of-tyme-the-most-powerful-words</a>Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/goblin/" rel="tag">#goblin</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a>

(Left) The cover of The Most Powerful Words, by Owen Tyme, which consists of a temperate forest path in twilight, with a tree on the right side, which hangs over the path. At the base of the tree is a translucent, blue slime monster, with shiny, black eyes that give it a somewhat cute appearance, while the shadow that's visible at its base almost looks like a big mouth. The air has an almosty golden look, because there's a hint of fog in it. The cover is framed with beveled stone.

(Right) The background is a bookcase with three shelves that are filled with old-looking books. Some have bookmark ribbons that stick off the edge, adding a little color. The books are largely brown, with ribbed spines. The following quote is laid over it:

“There are words so powerful, they can shake the foundations of reality or alter the fate of the world.”

“The most powerful words of all can change a man’s heart and mind about old, incorrect beliefs.”

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Guillaume Apollinaire’s Trailblazing Caligrams, 1913The form is part of the message in French writer Guillaume Apollinaire's "caligrams", in which the shape of the words on the page creates meaning.by Paul Sorene<a href="https://flashbak.com/guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems-480405/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems-480405/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems">https://flashbak.com/guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems-480405/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guillaume-apollinaire-caligrams-poems</a>Caligrames at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55569" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55569</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Transcription of the image:

006—Il pleut

Il pleut des voix de femmes comme si elles étaient mortes même dans
le souvenir c'est vous aussi qu'il pleur merveilleuses rencontres de
ma vie ô gouttelettes et ces nuages cabrés se prennent à hennir tout
comme un univers de villes auriculaires écoute s'il pleut tandis que
le regret et le dédain pleurent une ancienne musique écoute tomber les
liens qui te retiennent en haut et en bas

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55569/pg55569-images.html#a006

Description of the image:

The title of the poem is in normal orientation at the top of the image. The poem itself is typed in lines at a slight angle to vertical - each letter of a word below the previous letter, and each line to the right of the previous line. The lines aren't precisely straight or parallel. The shape of the poem suggests rain.

English translation:

It rains women's voices as if they were dead even in
memory it is you too that it cries wonderful encounters of
my life oh droplets and these rearing clouds begin to neigh just
like a universe of ear cities listen if it rains while
regret and disdain cry an ancient music listen to the
ties that bind you above and below falling

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English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1791.Faraday discovered that a changing magnetic field could induce an electric current in a wire, laying the foundation for the concept of the electromagnetic field. He formulated the fundamental laws of electrolysis; he was the inventor of the Faraday cage and he discovered the Faraday effect.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday</a>Books about or by Michael Faraday at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Michael+Faraday&submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Michael+Faraday&submit_search=Search">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Michael+Faraday&submit_search=Search</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/chemistry/" rel="tag">#chemistry</a>

Faraday holding a type of glass bar he used in 1845 to show magnetism affects light in dielectric material.

Michael Faraday. Photographed in the 1850s by Maull and Polyblank as part of their 'Living Celebrities' series. The Faraday volume was published in October 1857.

In this photograph, Faraday is captured with a formal yet dignified demeanor, dressed in traditional Victorian attire—a dark suit with a high-collared white shirt and cravat, reflecting the fashion of the mid-19th century. His face bears a thoughtful expression, with slightly furrowed brows, suggesting the intensity and curiosity of his intellectual life. Faraday's hair is carefully styled, typical of the period, with his receding hairline and sideburns prominently visible. His expression is calm, but his eyes convey sharp intelligence and deep concentration.

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Bookstore run: - The Pocket Pema Chödrön (when instructed to hear a kind voice in one's head, I hear Pema) - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (everyone tells me this is fantabulous) - How Far the Light Reaches (picked it up in bookstore and couldn't put it down) - Unwinding Anxiety (Jud Brewer has done great peer-reviewed research into both anxiety and addiction) <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

A stack of books on the end of a desk, titles in post.

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"My hidden agenda in the book club is to get people excited about reading stories about members of the <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a>+ community who are different than them."I'm pleased to share my first story for The Advocate, about the joy of <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> folks reading together: <a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs">https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/richmond/" rel="tag">#Richmond</a> <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> @bookstodon

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass">https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass</a>After encountering the worst life has to offer, including the death of his wife and child, destruction of his home world, an addiction forced on him by the one responsible and a third of the galaxy falling under the heel of that tyrant, Levi Jacobs, a wizard, seeks to unravel the secrets of time and fate.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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>

(Left) The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

The Background is a pink and purple nebula in space.

The foreground is largely line art, in white, with a black shadow outline.

At the center is an hourglass. The bottom has black sand, with a white figure standing in it. The top has is an inverted mirror image of the bottom, with a black figure in white sand.

The hourglass serves as the balance point for a set of scales, which hold a heart and a feather. The heart is on the left and the feather on the right. The heart is lower than the feather.

(Right) Lying in blue sand is a heart made of the same sand, full of cracks. It glows from the inside in a warm, yellow color. Over that is the following quote:

Nicole felt an extreme kind of loss, realizing she’d been stolen away from the afterlife, just before finding out if she deserved punishment or not!

“How dare you do this to me? Why?”

“I’m always in need of strong spirits and I’ve seen none stronger. You have unique talents I refuse to see go to waste.”

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

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<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1922.Sinclair Lewis's satirical novel Babbitt is published by Harcourt, Brace & Company.It is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(novel)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(novel)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(novel)</a>Babbitt at PG: <a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1156" rel="nofollow">https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1156</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

First edition cover of the novel Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis

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THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS on NPR's 2025 list of Books We Love! Lot's of great books on this list. Thanks, NPR and Ilana Masad!<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2025">https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2025</a>

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Italian poet, writer, and philosopher Dante Alighieri died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1321.Dante is known for establishing the use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin, which was accessible only to educated readers. His use of the Florentine dialect for works such as The New Life and Divine Comedy helped establish the modern-day standardized Italian language.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri</a>Books by Dante Alighieri at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/507</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>

Andrea del Castagno, Dante Alighieri, ne Ciclo degli uomini e donne illustri, affresco, tra il 1448 e il 1451, Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

The painting of Dante Alighieri by Andrea del Castagno, part of the Ciclo degli uomini e donne illustri (Cycle of Famous Men and Women), is a fresco created between 1448 and 1451. It is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The portrait honors Dante as one of the most prominent literary figures in Italian history.

In this fresco, Dante is depicted as a tall, solemn figure, wearing a traditional red robe with a matching cap (a zucchetto), which was associated with scholars and intellectuals. The red color symbolizes Dante's prominence and the honor bestowed upon him in Florence's cultural history.

Dante’s face is dignified and contemplative, reflecting his status as a thinker and poet. His face is slightly turned to the side, emphasizing his prominent nose and thoughtful gaze.

He is shown standing in a stately posture, holding a book in his hand, most likely representing The Divine Comedy. The book signifies his contribution to literature and his intellectual achievements.

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Any good books on the relationship between anarchism and communism?

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American novelist, essayist, and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1896.He is most famous for his novels that capture the Jazz Age and Roaring Twenties, a time of economic prosperity, cultural change, and excess following World War I. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald</a>Books by F. Scott Fitzgerald at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Fitzgerald in 1929

Nickolas Muray - Variations of this photo, both black-and-white and colorized, were published in a variety of newspapers and magazines throughout the year 1929. This scan is sourced via ElectricLiterature.com.

Portrait of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald used in a year-long print advertising campaign for the Woodbury Soap Company, in which Fitzgerald featured as one of three judges—the two others being actor John Barrymore and newspaperman Cornelius Vanderbilt IV—who were purportedly selecting the winners of monthly beauty contests.

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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?Good King Wenceslas is one of the most popular Christmas carols, but who was the real Bohemian duke behind the heartwarming story?by Elizabeth Morgan<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/real-good-king-wenceslas-christmas-carol-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/real-good-king-wenceslas-christmas-carol-2/">https://www.thecollector.com/real-good-king-wenceslas-christmas-carol-2/</a>Christmas Carol at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Good King Wenceslas, illustrated in Christmas Carols, New and Old from an 1879 book by Henry Ramsden Bramley, engraving by Brothers Dalziel .

An 1879 illustrated sheet music page for "Good King Wenceslas" from Henry Ramsden Bramley's "Christmas Carols, New and Old," featuring a dramatic engraving by the Dalziel Brothers. The image shows King Wenceslas and his page trudging through snow, above four verses of music notation with lyrics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas#/media/File:Good_King_Wenceslas.jpg

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new from journalist <a href="/tags/adamjohnson/" rel="tag">#AdamJohnson</a> "<a href="/tags/howtosellagenocide/" rel="tag">#HowToSellAGenocide</a> is a thorough indictment of US corporate <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a>’s role in enabling—and, at times, directly inciting—one of the most devastating campaigns of mass killing in modern memory." (all royalties go to Middle East Children’s Alliance)<a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/">https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/</a><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> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

cover of book:

HOW TO SELL A GENOCIDE: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza

Adam H. Johnson

image (photo, at top): Biden meeting with Netanyahu on July 25, 2024 (Getty Images)

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Questions on the BeautifulFew great visual artists are especially good writers, Eugène Delacroix was one of the exceptions.By Alice Gribbin<a href="https://www.alicegribbin.com/p/delacroix-the-beautiful" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.alicegribbin.com/p/delacroix-the-beautiful">https://www.alicegribbin.com/p/delacroix-the-beautiful</a>Delacroix at PG: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47658" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47658">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/47658</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a>

Eugène Delacroix: Arabs Traveling (1855).

The painting shows Eugène Delacroix’s Arabs Traveling (1855), depicting a small caravan moving through a rugged, mountainous landscape. In the foreground, a rider on a dark horse turns slightly, draped in flowing white garments and a turban. Nearby, another rider on a pale horse is guided by a man walking alongside. A fourth figure, carrying supplies and a long firearm, looks toward the travelers.

The terrain is rocky and uneven, with steep slopes leading into distant valleys. The sky is expansive, filled with soft clouds and warm light.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delacroix_-_Arabs_Traveling,_1855.jpg

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“The great American novel, and not a word in it- no music, too”Milt Gross, famed for 1920s comic satire, tackled the wordless novel in 1930. He Done Her Wrong playfully parodied Lynd Ward’s somber style, swapping moody woodcuts for a far sillier, comic storyline. By John Mark Ockerbloom<a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/23/the-great-american-novel-and-not-a-word-in-it-no-music-too/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/23/the-great-american-novel-and-not-a-word-in-it-no-music-too/">https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/11/23/the-great-american-novel-and-not-a-word-in-it-no-music-too/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a>

Title page from He Done Her Wrong by Milt Gross.

The image shows the title page of Milt Gross’s He Done Her Wrong (1930). It features bold, hand-drawn lettering with an exaggerated, cartoonish style typical of Gross’s humor. The title dominates the page, rendered in large, playful block letters. Beneath it appears the author’s name, also illustrated in a lively, comic manner.

Decorative lines and flourishes frame the composition.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milt_Gross_(1930)_He_Done_Her_Wrong_(title_page).jpg

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"Before Nicolás Maduro and Hugo Chávez, there was <a href="/tags/ciprianocastro/" rel="tag">#CiprianoCastro</a>. Before Donald Trump, there was Theodore Roosevelt. And before petroleum, there was asphalt pitch. The following excerpt from <a href="/tags/americaamérica/" rel="tag">#AmericaAmérica</a>: A New History of the New World is a timely reminder that behind today’s headlines announcing any given crisis in <a href="/tags/latinamerica/" rel="tag">#LatinAmerica</a> often stands a long history of imperial outrages." <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-tar-wars/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-tar-wars/">https://www.thenation.com/article/world/venezuela-tar-wars/</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/usimperialism/" rel="tag">#USimperialism</a> <a href="/tags/latinamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#LatinAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/plusçachange/" rel="tag">#plusÇaChange</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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>

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

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📚 The Persians by: Sanam MahloudjiThe women of the Valiat family are in crisis. Elizabeth, the regal matriarch, remained in Tehran despite the revolution and only has Niaz, her Islamic law–breaking granddaughter for company. In America, Elizabeth’s daughters, the flamboyantly high-flying Shirin and frustrated h...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-persians" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-persians">https://bookblabla.com/book/the-persians</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/culturalheritage/" rel="tag">#culturalheritage</a>

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An Amazon AI chatbot that sums up the book you are reading while you are reading it. While trampling over the writer’s rights. “Ask This Book."“Your expert reading assistant, instantly answering questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements without disrupting your reading flow.”Enshittification is too polite a word for all this.<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/kindles-new-gen-ai-powered-ask-this-book-feature-raises-rights-concerns/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/kindles-new-gen-ai-powered-ask-this-book-feature-raises-rights-concerns/">https://writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/kindles-new-gen-ai-powered-ask-this-book-feature-raises-rights-concerns/</a>

Passage abbreviated to fit. "Story So Far lets you catch up on the book you’re reading—but only up to where you’ve read without any spoilers. For our endlessly curious readers, Ask this Book will let you highlight any passage of text while reading a book and get spoiler-free answers to questions about things like a character’s motive or the significance of a scene. The lead article in today’s Publishers Lunch (PL) is all about Ask This Book, which went live in the Kindle iOS app earlier this week (it’ll be rolled out on all devices and Android OS in 2026). Amazon describes it as “your expert reading assistant, instantly answering questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements without disrupting your reading flow.” You can highlight a phrase or sentence, type a question into a search box, and AI will generate an answer “right on the page.” That might sound inoffensive enough. But as PL points out, Ask This Book is, in effect, “an in-book chatbot. You ask any question about the book, and a generative AI process provides you answers.” Which would seem…hmmm…to raise some rights concerns. Questioned about this, Amazon was not prepared to elaborate, but did note that Ask This Book is not optional for rightsholders: Asked whether rightsholders could elect to withdraw from the program, Iraheta wrote, “To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out.”

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<a href="https://wandering.shop/@adriabailton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@adriabailton</a> thanks for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a> timeI write cosy-adjacent fantasy with romance, usually queer, available everywhere including on <a href="/tags/koboplus/" rel="tag">#KoboPlus</a>.My latest book is a friends-to-lovers gay romance set amid the ghosts of Hampton Court Palace. More info and sample chapters at my website: <a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow">https://wendypalmer.au/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqbooks/" rel="tag">#LGBTQBooks</a> <a href="/tags/romancereads/" rel="tag">#romanceReads</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfantasy/" rel="tag">#historicalFantasy</a>

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📚 Infinity Gate (The Pandominion, 1) by: M. R. CareyThe Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they’re really just one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they’ll eradicate it by whatever means necessary.Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal i...<a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/infinity-gate-the-pandominion-1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/infinity-gate-the-pandominion-1">https://bookblabla.com/book/infinity-gate-the-pandominion-1</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a>

The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they’re really just one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they’ll eradicate it by whatever means necessary.

Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth’s environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel, a secret that could save everyone on her dying planet. It leads her into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of. And she needs to choose a side before every reality pays the price.

An immense achievement, an impeccably crafted book without a single word out of place. The New York Times

From bestselling author M. R. Carey comes a brilliant genre-defying story of humanity's expansion across millions of dimensions—and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end. INFINITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

A fascinating window onto a dangerous and multifaceted universe. Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time

A genuine treat for SF fans: an epic multiverse tale that moves like a thriller. Kirkus (starred review)

Readers will be wowed. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Infinity Gate, with its in-depth science and rich characterization, is a must-read. Booklist (starred review)

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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64518520">See Original Page</a>

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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64518570">See Original Page</a>

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New review: Spinosaur Tales brings together two of the finest popular palaeontology writers for a nuanced and detailed overview of this challenging group of dinosaurs.<a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/11/26/book-review-spinosaur-tales-the-biology-and-ecology-of-the-spinosaurs/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/11/26/book-review-spinosaur-tales-the-biology-and-ecology-of-the-spinosaurs/">https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/11/26/book-review-spinosaur-tales-the-biology-and-ecology-of-the-spinosaurs/</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/theropods/" rel="tag">#Theropods</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/spinosaurus/" rel="tag">#Spinosaurus</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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