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<p>How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats</p><p>Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-colette-was-inspired-by-her-many-cats/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-colette-was-inspired-by-her-many-cats/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-colette-was-ins</span><span class="invisible">pired-by-her-many-cats/</span></a></p><p>Books by Colette at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2065" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2065"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2065</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a></p>

Photograph of Colette

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1938.</p><p>Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.</p><p>The War of the Worlds at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/36" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/36</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic.

Cover page of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Martians discharging Heat-Rays in the Thames Valley. Illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa.

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<p>📚 Learn A Lot While You Sit On The Pot by: Jack. Haynes</p><p>On average, humans will spend 92 days sitting on the toilet over their lifetime. To put this in perspective, that's about one-third of a year in the bathroom relieving yourself. That's where LEARN A LOT WHILE YOU SIT ON THE POT comes in. Since the average time spent on t...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/learn-a-lot-while-you-sit-on-the-pot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/learn-a-lot-while-you-sit-on-the-pot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/learn-a-lo</span><span class="invisible">t-while-you-sit-on-the-pot</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/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/form/" rel="tag">#form</a> <a href="/tags/triviareference/" rel="tag">#triviareference</a> <a href="/tags/trivia/" rel="tag">#trivia</a></p>

On average, humans will spend 92 days sitting on the toilet over their lifetime. To put this in perspective, that's about one-third of a year in the bathroom relieving yourself. That's where LEARN A LOT WHILE YOU SIT ON THE POT comes in. Since the average time spent on the toilet is ten minutes, we've provided you with bite-sized educational (and some not-so-educational) facts that you can read quickly and retain well after you've flushed.

Are you ready to learn about:
- The microbiome in your bathroom.
- Strange historical bathroom habits.
- Unusual facts about famous artists.
- Tech-related trivia.
- Strange psychological experiments.
- And so much more!

While you won't learn enough to get a degree or anything, you'll feel better about spending nearly four months in the bathroom over your lifetime.

The Perfect Gift for All Ages!

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<p>Becoming Beatrice</p><p>Dante adored her so much that he cast her as his guide in the Divine Comedy. But who was Beatrice Portinari?</p><p>By: Emily Zarevich </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/becoming-beatrice/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/becoming-beatrice/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/becoming-beatr</span><span class="invisible">ice/</span></a></p><p>Divine Comedy at PG<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1004" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1004</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 omnibus 25% off: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1733647"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1733647</span></a></p><p>Levi Jacobs always dreamed of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi’s journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.</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>

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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<p>The Season of Edgar Allan Poe</p><p>Here, we revisit the first publication of his poetic masterpiece, "The Raven" and the tragic circumstances that led to him writing it.</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the-season-of-edgar-allan-poe-autumn-halloween-and-the-falling-darkness/?loclr=ealocb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the-season-of-edgar-allan-poe-autumn-halloween-and-the-falling-darkness/?loclr=ealocb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/10/the-</span><span class="invisible">season-of-edgar-allan-poe-autumn-halloween-and-the-falling-darkness/?loclr=ealocb</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

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<p>All language is weird, but I sometimes wonder if English isn't the weirdest 🤔 </p><p>Also, does that technically make liguistics a Weird Science 😁 </p><p>P.S Never spell how it sounds 😜 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linguistics</span></a></span> <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> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingcommunity</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/linguisticmemes/" rel="tag">#LinguisticMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#Linguistics</a> <br><a href="/tags/language/" rel="tag">#Language</a> <a href="/tags/words/" rel="tag">#Words</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</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> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>

A handwritten note on a marble countertop.

"How do you console an English teacher?"
"There, their, they're..."

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Inheritance of Magic – Plans for 2026 | Benedict Jacka <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://discuss.online/post/33574011">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>"If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter."</p><p>Margaret Mead died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1978.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Margaret Mead in 1948. She appears in a thoughtful pose, wearing a tailored dress or blouse with a modest yet professional demeanor.

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<p>In November 1848.</p><p>William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The History of Pendennis begins its serial publication. The publication was paused for 3 months following the author’s illness after the September 1849 part.</p><p>The History of Pendennis at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/7265" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/7265</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

First edition title-page with an illustration drawn by Thackeray himself (1850)

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<p>📚 The Mercy of Gods by: James S. A. Corey</p><p>How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.<br>The Carryx - part empire, part hive - have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The ke...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-mercy-of-gods" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-mercy-of-gods"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-mercy-</span><span class="invisible">of-gods</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/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/spaceexploration/" rel="tag">#spaceexploration</a></p>

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.
The Carryx - part empire, part hive - have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.

Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs of the heart, Dafyd Alkhor is pleased just to be an assistant to a brilliant scientist and his celebrated research team. Then the Carryx ships descend, decimating the human population and taking the best and brightest of Anjiin society away to serve on the Carryx homeworld, and Dafyd is swept along with them.

They are dropped in the middle of a struggle they barely understand, set in a competition against the other captive species with extinction as the price of failure. Only Dafyd and a handful of his companions see past the Darwinian contest to the deeper game that they must play to survive: learning to understand - and manipulate - the Carryx themselves.

With a noble but suicidal human rebellion on one hand and strange and murderous enemies on the other, the team pays a terrible price to become the trusted servants of their new rulers.

Dafyd Alkhor is a simple man swept up in events that are beyond his control and more vast than his imagination. He will become the champion of humanity and its betrayer, the most hated man in history and the guardian of his people.

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<p>Piles of books spark joy 😁 </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> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop </p><p><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</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> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</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/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookmastodon/" rel="tag">#BookMastodon</a></p>

Post by Elle Lookbook
In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up,
not from neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.

Reply by M. Nolan Gray
"Babe, it's not clutter. It's the Japanese practice of tsundoku."

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<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition." <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-ferengi-rules-of-acquisition.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-ferengi-rules-of-acquisition.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/12/book-review-ferengi-rules-of-acquisition.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/reviews/" rel="tag">#reviews</a> <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> <a href="/tags/deepspacenine/" rel="tag">#DeepSpaceNine</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br>💙📚<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>

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<p>New <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>: "Alchemy and Mysticism: the Hermetic Museum." <br><a href="https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-alchemy-and-mysticism.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/12/book-review-alchemy-and-mysticism.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.co</span><span class="invisible">m/2025/12/book-review-alchemy-and-mysticism.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/itinerantlibrarian/" rel="tag">#ItinerantLibrarian</a> <a href="/tags/reviews/" rel="tag">#reviews</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/hermeticism/" rel="tag">#hermeticism</a> <a href="/tags/mysticism/" rel="tag">#mysticism</a> <a href="/tags/occult/" rel="tag">#occult</a> <a href="/tags/esoterica/" rel="tag">#esoterica</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>

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<p>“To Eat This Big Universe as Her Oyster”</p><p>Margaret Fuller and the First Major Work of American Feminism</p><p>By Randall Fuller via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span><br><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/margaret-fuller-and-the-first-major-work-of-american-feminism/?utm_source=newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/margaret-fuller-and-the-first-major-work-of-american-feminism/?utm_source=newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/m</span><span class="invisible">argaret-fuller-and-the-first-major-work-of-american-feminism/?utm_source=newsletter</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>I've used a variety of digital tools for keeping track of owned and read books over the years; LibraryThing, GoodReads, The Story Graph, Calibre etc, but while many of them are excellent I've often been left wanting or concerned about data gathering and privacy. <br>So I'm seriously considering setting up a physical catalogue. One with index cards, possibly combined with a journal.<br>It's flexible, low-tech (I don't need more hours in front of a screen) and nostalgic.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://reddthat.com/post/56933137">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>In November 1850</p><p>A new edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poems is published by Chapman & Hall in London, including in volume 2 her Sonnets from the Portuguese.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21161" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21161</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2002" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2002</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After a photograph from life by Talfourd, London. Unknown author Based on a photograph by Talfourd, London - The Project Gutenberg EBook The World's Best Poetry, Volume 03: Sorrow and Consolation by Abbott and Carman.

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <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></p>

(Left) The cover of Wrath of the Sky, by Owen Tyme.

On a black background, a planet much like earth burns, set aflame. The flames are on the top and sides, but haven't yet reached the bottom.

(Right) An ogre stands on a rocky cliffside path, clearly quite upset, with both his head and arms raised as he cries out! The background is blue sky with white clouds. The following quote is laid over the top of the scene:

Winzon grinned evilly. With great slowness and ceremony, he undid the draw-string of his sack and up-ended it, dropping an ogre skull at the brute’s feet!

The massive ogre’s entire demeanor changed in an instant! He backed away, carefully stepping out of reach of Winzon’s ax, even though it was still strapped to his back!

The brute whispered, “Ogre-slayer!”

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

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<p>The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew</p><p>A new year means a new parade of classic characters and works entering the public domain.</p><p>By Rachel Treisman</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/26/nx-s1-5649395/public-domain-2026-copyright-betty-boop-pluto" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/12/26/nx-s1-5649395/public-domain-2026-copyright-betty-boop-pluto"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/12/26/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">649395/public-domain-2026-copyright-betty-boop-pluto</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

The original version of Betty Boop.

This is a black and white title card from an early Betty Boop cartoon, showing the character in her classic iconic form.

The image is presented as a vintage film title card with an ornate, curved border frame typical of early 1930s animation. The word "FEATURING" appears at the top of the frame.

Betty Boop is shown as a large head portrait in her fully developed human form (not her earlier dog-eared version). Her distinctive features include:

An oversized round head with a very pale/white face

Enormous round eyes with prominent pupils looking slightly to the side

Long eyelashed

A small, cupid's bow mouth with a dark circle in the center (her signature "boop-oop-a-doop" mouth)

Large hoop earrings

Her iconic hairstyle: short, curly black hair with distinctive spit curls on her forehead and a characteristic wavy black hair mass

https://web.archive.org/web/20121022053053/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Betty-boop-opening-title.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1612 (and 27 January 1613). Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.</p><p>Because Neptune was only beginning its yearly retrograde cycle in Dec. 1612, the motion of the planet was far too slight to be detected with Galileo's small telescope.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune</a></p><p>Neptune at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/34991" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/34991"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/34991</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

Portrait of Galileo Galilei.

A half-length portrait, in old age, of the Italian mathematician, philosopher and astronomer, who was appointed court mathematician to the Medici dukes of Tuscany at Florence in 1610. He is dressed in black, wears a white beard and is seated in a chair holding a telescope in his right hand. His left hand rests on the arm of the chair and he wears a ring with a clear stone on his fourth finger. He faces forward towards the viewer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Galileo_Galilei_(1564-1642)_RMG_BHC2700.tiff&page=1

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The Incredible Expandable Book <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/40834756">See Original Page</a> </small>

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Listening to the Text: The Medieval Speech Bubble <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/40834802">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>Not just a meme, but a masterpiece – why the Mona Lisa earns its exalted place in art</p><p>Ceaselessly flocked by tourists at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-17) is perhaps the world’s most recognisable work of art.</p><p>by James Payne</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme</span><span class="invisible">-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Monsa Lisa at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/25659" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/25659"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/25659</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/aesthetics/" rel="tag">#aesthetics</a></p>

Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci

La Gioconda sits in a three-quarter pose, hands folded calmly in her lap, wearing a dark green-black dress with golden-brown sleeves and a translucent veil. Her expression is neither fully smiling nor neutral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1748.</p><p>The first instalment of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, is published anonymously by John Cleland to raise money to free himself from the London debtors' prison. It is considered by some to be the first modern erotic novel.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hi</span><span class="invisible">ll</span></a></p><p>Memoirs of Fanny Hill at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of Fanny Hill under original title Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 1749. One of earliest editions.

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