<p>In November 1909.</p><p>E. M. Forster's science fiction short story "The Machine Stops" is published in The Oxford and Cambridge Review. The story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928.</p><p>The Eternal Moment at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890</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>Li "Memórias do Subsolo"</p><p><a href="https://gmgall.net/books/memorias-do-subsolo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gmgall.net/books/memorias-do-subsolo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gmgall.net/books/memorias-do-s</span><span class="invisible">ubsolo/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a></p>
<p>One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. By Ken Kesey.</p><p>You’re a half-Native guy in a mental hospital (it’s the 1950s) for 20 years, when a complete asshole conman white dude shows up thinking he can control everything; since he has little regard for his own life or that of others he succeeds in the way a wrecking ball succeeds in its task.</p><p>2 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈</p><p>CW: hate speech, racism, misogyny, cultural appropriation </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p>
<p>TIL: over two dozen Philip K. Dick stories are in the public domain because their copyright was not renewed</p><p><a href="https://philipdick.com/2012/04/03/public-domain-philip-k-dick-stories/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="philipdick.com/2012/04/03/public-domain-philip-k-dick-stories/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philipdick.com/2012/04/03/publ</span><span class="invisible">ic-domain-philip-k-dick-stories/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>📚 Flux by: Jinwoo Chong</p><p>Four days before Christmas, 8-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, 28-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and 48-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against an infamous now-defunct tech startup, struggles to reconnect with his family.<br> <br>So begins Jinwoo Chon...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/flux" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/flux</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/gay/" rel="tag">#gay</a></p>
<p>2025 in <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>, a thread, inspired by (but not limited to) <a href="https://shereads.com/traci-thomas-best-books-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="shereads.com/traci-thomas-best-books-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shereads.com/traci-thomas-best</span><span class="invisible">-books-of-2025/</span></a> :</p><p>Two books I loved, part 1: <br>Gliff - Ali Smith</p><p>A fable about survival in a totalitarian surveillance state. A reflection on childhood, siblinghood, and the cost and worth of kindness. A dance with language and memory. I was torn between the impulse to read it all in one sitting and the urge to savor every single sentence.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>📚 Crossroads by: Kaleb Dahlgren</p><p>On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured after a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck in a rural intersection. The tragedy moved millions of people to leave hockey sticks by their fron...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/crossroads" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/crossroads</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/biographyautobiography/" rel="tag">#biographyautobiography</a> <a href="/tags/wintersports/" rel="tag">#wintersports</a> <a href="/tags/hockeyselfhelp/" rel="tag">#hockeyselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/motivationalinspirational/" rel="tag">#motivationalinspirational</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1891.</p><p>Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Blind (written in 1890) is premièred. Les Aveugles is, along with L'Intruse, one of Maurice Maeterlinck's first two plays.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_(play)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_(play)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blin</span><span class="invisible">d_(play)</span></a></p><p>Les Aveugles is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48368" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48368</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>Happy New Year!</p><p>This month's Distributed Proofreaders' Blog takes time out to talk about the Minute Boys juvenile series.</p><p><a href="https://blog.pgdp.net/2026/01/01/the-minute-boys/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.pgdp.net/2026/01/01/the-minute-boys/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.pgdp.net/2026/01/01/the-m</span><span class="invisible">inute-boys/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/dp/" rel="tag">#dp</a> <a href="/tags/dpblog/" rel="tag">#dpblog</a></p>
<p>A Review of New Year: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-new-year/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-new-year/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-ne</span><span class="invisible">w-year/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fivestars/" rel="tag">#FiveStars</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/newyear/" rel="tag">#NewYear</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>Free Ebook: <a href="https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/EmergentConsequences"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/EmergentConsequ</span><span class="invisible">ences</span></a></p><p>The painter of the universe, known as Life, just wanted to fulfill her reason for being, by creating a universe full of beautiful wonders and living things, but her twin brother, Death, exists solely to destroy her work, leading to an intractable argument about whose work should prevail.</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/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#death</a> <a href="/tags/creation/" rel="tag">#creation</a> <a href="/tags/destruction/" rel="tag">#destruction</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a> <a href="/tags/darkhumor/" rel="tag">#darkhumor</a> <a href="/tags/free/" rel="tag">#free</a></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/40lLKnj7017mT5Nbq1DmX6" rel="nofollow">Before the Coffee Gets Cold</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.</p><p>In a particular seat in an otherwise unremarkable cafe, it is possible to travel through time. Despite stringent limitations, the customers and workers nonetheless find solace from the travails of life. Its a pleasing enough community of everyday people, but nothing special.</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> </p><p> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila</span></a></span> <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><br></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>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…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Mass-market paperbacks are going away?! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/tech.lgbt/blobcatcry.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatcry:" title=":blobcatcry:"> (first segment in the video)</p><p>They are being replaced with e-books or their more expensive trade paperback jcousins.</p><p><a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/massmarket/" rel="tag">#MassMarket</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#Trade</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/massmarketpaperbacks/" rel="tag">#MassMarketPaperbacks</a> <a href="/tags/readerlink/" rel="tag">#ReaderLink</a> <a href="/tags/danielgreene/" rel="tag">#DanielGreene</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="https://youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk</span><span class="invisible">5dIUvfM355</span></a></p>
<p>📚 It by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.</p><p>They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/it" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/it</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/fic015000fiction/" rel="tag">#fic015000fiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>William Gillette's play Sherlock Holmes, based (with authorisation) on the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, opens in New York City with himself in the title rôle.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/sherlockholmes0000will"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/sherlockho</span><span class="invisible">lmes0000will</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>
<p>Danish author Marie Bregendahl was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1867.</p><p>Her first novel Hendrik i Bakken was published in 1904. She went on to gain fame with En Dødsnat in 1912, based on the death of her mother when she was only 12.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bregendahl" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Bregendahl"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Br</span><span class="invisible">egendahl</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Call me Ishmael."</p><p>Readers dive into New Bedford Whaling Museum's 30th 'Moby-Dick' marathon</p><p>by Andrea Shea</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon</span></a></p><p>Moby-Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:..."</p><p>Lewis Carroll’s Personal Copy of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ Returns to its ‘Spiritual Home’ in Oxford</p><p>The book has been donated jointly to Christ Church and the Bodleian Library, which are both part of the University of Oxford</p><p>by Sarah Kuta </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/</span></a></p><p>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. "</p><p>‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: The raunchy banned book that became a best-seller and helped to launch counterculture</p><p>by Paulina Subia</p><p><a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-banned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">faroutmagazine.co.uk/raunchy-b</span><span class="invisible">anned-book-helped-to-launch-counterculture/</span></a></p><p>Lady Chatterley’s Love at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73144</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>