<p>Book Review: The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman<br>Second person present tense is the sexiest way to tell a story.<br>A long and meaty review at the blog from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> today:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book-review-wolf-and-his-king-by-finn.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/book-review-wolf-and-his-king-by-finn.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-wolf-and-his-king-by-finn.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>
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<p>a few years ago i mentioned that i wrote a book about the exciting, awkward and embarrassing experiences of growing up with computers and video games in the 80s and 90s.</p><p>i wanted to remember what it felt like being the only dorky computer kid at school. or what it was like to hear my first modem handshake sound. or starting the first flamewar on the school's national FirstClass BBS in the macintosh lab over the lunch-hour</p><p>it was originally something i wrote only for my family and friends who were there at the time. </p><p>and then i met all of you folks when i started my first masto instance 4 years ago. i had no idea there were so many hardcore retrocomputing and gaming nerds out there; unix and mac and ms-dos folks alike.</p><p>so i mentioned it casually. i was surprised by the interest in the book. </p><p>so i spent the better part of the past 3 years rewriting the book for *you* fellow mastodon dorkus malorkuses. the book is a celebration of all of the best (and worst) parts of a kid growing up in the digital age. </p><p>we're all busy old tired stressed folks now. so every memory and cringetacular story is short enough to read on a 5 minute bus/metro/toilet ride. they're weaved together into an arc that starts at my family's first Tandy TRS-80 and ends at my school's Mac LC II and building my first Pentium 133.</p><p>it's finally published, and i'm super proud of what it became thanks to everyone here nerding out for years.</p><p>enjoy the book. i wrote it just for you. ❤️ </p><p>paperback edition: <a href="https://mybook.to/EDuUf" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/EDuUf</a></p><p>DRM-free ebook (EPUB format) and chapter samples here:<br><a href="https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indiepublisher/" rel="tag">#indiePublisher</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/macintosh/" rel="tag">#macintosh</a> <a href="/tags/vintageapple/" rel="tag">#vintageApple</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#msdos</a> <a href="/tags/dosgaming/" rel="tag">#dosGaming</a> <a href="/tags/yeg/" rel="tag">#yeg</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#alberta</a> <a href="/tags/bbs/" rel="tag">#bbs</a> <a href="/tags/smolweb/" rel="tag">#smolWeb</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#indieWeb</a></p>
![The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division](/proxy/post_attachment/958760/4c3f9d6273.png "The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division")
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<p>Do you all actually follow people on <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> ?<br>Who then? Friends? Critics?<br><br>I read mostly children and teenager <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>. Who would you advice me to follow?<br><br><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><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/book" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>book</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#bookworm</a></p>
<p>Making Sense of The Nutcracker’s Libretto</p><p>Early audiences loved it, even as critics questioned its structure. Returning to the story helps illuminate what makes the ballet so strangely captivating.</p><p>By: Angelica Frey </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/making-sense-of-the-nutcrackers-libretto/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/making-sense-of-the-nutcrackers-libretto/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/making-sense-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-nutcrackers-libretto/</span></a></p><p>Ballet at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26513" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26513"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/26513</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/ballet/" rel="tag">#ballet</a></p>
What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? December 23
<p>Old Saint Nick: Santa Claus in 19th Century American Print</p><p>Many of the images and traditions currently associated with Santa Claus can be traced back to books, broadsides, and cards printed in the early 1800s.</p><p>by: Patrick Hastings</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025</span><span class="invisible">/12/22/old-saint-nick-santa-claus-in-19th-century-american-print/</span></a></p><p>The book of Saint Nicholas by James Kirke Paulding & Knickerbocker's History of New York by Washington Irving at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71404" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71404</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13042" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13042</a></p><p>Santa Claus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=santa+claus" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=santa+claus"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=santa+claus</span></a></p><p>Thanks @puppernutter!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/0xmDtaF6UOzYrHmESh0dau" rel="nofollow">To Be Taught, If Fortunate</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Becky Chambers.</p><p>A small crew of scientists leave Earth, and their time period, forever to explore life on distant planets. But what will they do when Earth goes silent? An ode to science, discovery and the inherent worth of knowledge. The lack of interpersonal conflict under such trying conditions feels unrealistic.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>
<p>Free @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1462617"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1462617</span></a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a></p>
<p>📚 I Sang You Down from the Stars by: Tasha Spillett, Tasha Spillett-Sumner</p><p>As she waits for the arrival of her new baby, a mother-to-be gathers gifts to create a sacred bundle. A white feather, cedar and sage, a stone from the river...</p><p>Each addition to the bundle will offer the new baby strength and connection to traditi...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/i-sang-you-down-from-the-stars"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/i-sang-you</span><span class="invisible">-down-from-the-stars</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/teachings/" rel="tag">#teachings</a></p>
<p>This week's net.wars, "The Arizona way of death", revisits a 1990s TV encounter with three immortals while reading Aleks Krotoski's new book, The Immortalists: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/15/the-arizona-way-of-death/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/05/15/the-arizona-way-of-death/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">26/05/15/the-arizona-way-of-death/</span></a> <a href="/tags/netwars/" rel="tag">#NetWars</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/tescreal/" rel="tag">#tescreal</a></p>
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<p>Hey Fedi I recommend books at the end of all my blog posts but I would love to recommend some more Fedi authors. Put your DRM Free link below if you don’t have an audiobook link. I listen to audiobooks exclusively and only get DRM free Ebooks. If you have audiobooks, put them in the replies. <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</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>Tonight I’m wishing that Becky Chambers would add more books to the Monk and Robot Series. I’d love to learn more about that calm, hopeful world. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/beckychambers/" rel="tag">#BeckyChambers</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/monkandrobot/" rel="tag">#MonkAndRobot</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#HopePunk</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</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>
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<p>Yeats and the Occult Imagination</p><p>Beneath his poems lay a lifelong devotion to magic, divination, and a visionary system that shaped his most prophetic work.</p><p>By: Gus Mitchell </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/yeats-and-the-occult-imagination/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/yeats-and-the-occult-imagination/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/yeats-and-the-</span><span class="invisible">occult-imagination/</span></a></p><p>Yeats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1719</span></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>
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<p>📚 This River Awakens by: Steven Erikson</p><p>A coming-of-age tale set in a small Canadian town in which a twelve-year-old boy discovers the hard truths about life, death and love over a summer break.</p><p>In the spring of 1971, Owen Brand and his family move to the riverside town of Middlecross in a renewed attempt to escape poverty. For twelve-year-old Owen, ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/this-river-awakens" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/this-river-awakens"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/this-river</span><span class="invisible">-awakens</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/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>
<p>50% off @ <a href="/tags/smashwords/" rel="tag">#Smashwords</a>: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1559436" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smashwords.com/books/view/1559436"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smashwords.com/books/view/</span><span class="invisible">1559436</span></a></p><p>Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince use a time machine, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will they kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/eoysale25/" rel="tag">#EOYSale25</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#ebook</a> <a href="/tags/sale/" rel="tag">#sale</a> <a href="/tags/books2read/" rel="tag">#books2read</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#indiebooks</a></p>
<p>Favorite quotes from favorite books, </p><p>"In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive."<br>― Sergei Lukyanenko, Night Watch</p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</a> 📚💙 @bookstodon@a.gup.pe <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a></p>
<p>Islands of the Imagination</p><p>By Livia Gershon</p><p>A short history of islands as sites of political escape and reinvention, from the myth of Atlantis to modern seasteading.</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/islands-of-the-imagination/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_04162026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/islands-of-the-imagination/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_04162026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/islands-of-the</span><span class="invisible">-imagination/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_04162026</span></a></p><p>Original article (from the archives):<br><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43876781?mag=islands-of-the-imagination" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.jstor.org/stable/43876781?mag=islands-of-the-imagination"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.jstor.org/stable/43876781?</span><span class="invisible">mag=islands-of-the-imagination</span></a></p><p>Atlantis at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1523" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1523"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1523</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>Three women translators who bridged cultures</p><p>Stories of Birgitte Thott, Sarah Austin, and Émilie du Châtelet.</p><p>by Małgorzata Szynkielewska via @Europeanaeu</p><p><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/three-women-translators-who-bridged-cultures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europeana.eu/en/stories/three-women-translators-who-bridged-cultures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europeana.eu/en/stories/th</span><span class="invisible">ree-women-translators-who-bridged-cultures</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translator/" rel="tag">#translator</a></p>
<p>How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?</p><p>As a royally appointed playwright, Shakespeare was deeply affected by the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, as is clear in the writing of the great tragedy Macbeth less than a year later.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/how-did-guy-fawkes-influence-shakespeare/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/how-did-guy-fawkes-influence-shakespeare/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/how-did-g</span><span class="invisible">uy-fawkes-influence-shakespeare/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Franz Kafka’s papers metamorphose into National Library exhibit.</p><p>Wide-ranging exhibition ‘Kafka: Metamorphosis of an Author’ features the institution’s singular archives and marks 100 years since the Czech author’s death</p><p>By Jessica Steinberg </p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/franz-kafkas-papers-metamorphose-into-national-library-exhibit/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.timesofisrael.com/franz-kafkas-papers-metamorphose-into-national-library-exhibit/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.timesofisrael.com/franz-ka</span><span class="invisible">fkas-papers-metamorphose-into-national-library-exhibit/</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></p>
<p>In December 1891.</p><p>Thomas Hardy writes "The Son's Veto" (collected in Life's Little Ironies), which he regards as his best short story.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%27s_Little_Ironies" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%27s_Little_Ironies"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%27s</span><span class="invisible">_Little_Ironies</span></a></p><p>Life's Little Ironies at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3047" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3047</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Banned in Texas</p><p>Struggle over academic freedom in Texas state universities has a long history. Today it's often over race and gender; in the 1940s, it was over things like John Dos Passos's USA trilogy. <br> <br>By John Mark Ockerbloom</p><p><a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/27/banned-in-texas/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="everybodyslibraries.com/2025/12/27/banned-in-texas/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">everybodyslibraries.com/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">2/27/banned-in-texas/</span></a></p><p>John Dos passos at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2015" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2015"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2015</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
