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1y

Listen to the dogman, folks. The dogman sees all.

#AmReading #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Bestsellers #WritingCommunity #IndyPublishing

https://www.amazon.com/Dent-Universe-W-Doc-Parris-ebook/dp/B0BWK3KHFJ/

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read !
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
Verified Purchase
This should be a candidate for one or more Sci-Fi awards. A mind- bending story filled with unexpected twists and turns, with enough science to give one pause regarding the plausibility of such events. Given the propensity of current AI's to be far less reliable than predicted, it is quite likely that advanced AI will slip its tether for reasons its developers never even considered . . .

1y

What the…ANOTHER five star review on Amazon for "The Dent in the Universe"? I feel like my debut novel is finding its readers.

https://www.amazon.com/Dent-Universe-W-Doc-Parris-ebook/dp/B0BWK3KHFJ

#SelfPublishing #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #SciFi #AmReading #Bookstodon #BookBlogger #BestSeller #GoodReads @bookstodon

Five Stars.
Really fun, hard scifi.
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
Verified Purchase
Lately l've been reading a ton of hard scifi, and this book is that...and so much more. Equal parts action, horror, and even drama, I can honestly say the description of this book doesn't do it much justice. I started and finished this book in a day or two (work gets in the way, natch) and loved every second of it. The science behind the engineering is legit and it has a fresh take on the downsides to time-travel. Can't wait for the next book in the series!

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Another five star review for "The Dent in the Universe" over on GoodReads. (And Book 2 is coming this year. Stay tuned!)
#SelfPublishing #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #SciFi #AmReading #Bookstodon #BookBlogger #BestSeller #GoodReads @bookstodon

William S.
5 stars
March 24, 2024
Non linear
Excellently written. One glaring inconsistency at the end just before the epilogue. Not a time travel book, but a time manipulation story. The story is written linearly, but because of the time manipulation, the reader gets facts and scenes out of order so that one is always guessing, and involved with determining the explanation as to why something previously read turned out the way it did. You're therefore left with a kind of mix of sci-fi and who done it. The story concludes with some questions unanswered although they can be reasonably predicted. There's a promise of a book two, but I have difficulty believing it can live up to the excitement exhibited by book one.

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1y

A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.

source: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrarian

#books #library #PublicWorks #WPA #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon

Black and white photo of a pack horse librarian delivering books to a woman standing on the high front porch of a cabin in rural Kentucky in 1938.

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1y

AI-generated books on Amazon now have the potential to kill people, as they've moved into the realm of mushroom foraging. Guides have popped up like, well, mushrooms, packed with information that makes no sense and could easily be dangerous, illustrated with structures that are "the mycological equivalent of a picture of a hot blond with six fingers and too many teeth," writes Vox's Constance Grady. Here's more.

https://flip.it/ekbDMe

#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Science #Foraging #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

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1y

In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free.

Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it?

Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist.

https://www.booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-focus-on/same-sex-parents/

#CumberlandCityCouncil #SameSexParents #BookBans #Bookstodon

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1y

Y'ALL.
FINALLY.

MY NEWEST BOOK IS OUT. 😃🥳🎶💃😁

THE ACCURSED is my first ever solidly YA fantasy novel & I am SO excited to share this adventure with you!

Teen heroine Elfled is the only "unBlessed" member of her family--never a problem until they flee political persecution. Without magical skills to see her through, Elfled has only wits & hopes in her fight to resist the forces driving her squarely into Evil's lair.

https://www.amazon.com/Accursed-Courtney-Cantrell-ebook/dp/B0CVSKRTP2/

#fantasy
#WritingCommunity
#indie
#bookstodon
#YA

The front cover of THE ACCURSED by Courtney Cantrell:
We see a deep forest of dark greens and muted blues, populated by tall, straight trees. Patches of light reveal a mossy forest floor and tree roots. A bumpy, earthen path extends from the bottom left corner generally toward the center and is lost among the trees.
In the lower half of the image, a girl with long, frizzy, reddish hair stands on the path. She is wearing a long-sleeved off-white blouse and a long maroon skirt. She has her back to the viewer. In the top right corner of the image shines an impossible yellow star that illuminates only the girl.
The title is in off-white Canto Brush font, located near the top of the image. The author's name is in off-white P22 Mackinac Pro font, located at the bottom of the image.

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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Towel Day artwork by Lemonly: https://lemonly.com/blog/celebrating-douglas-adams-on-towel-day

#TowelDay #TowelDay2024 #DouglasAdams #DontPanic #books #bookstodon #quote

Cartoon graph with the words: "Towel Day Celebrate Douglas Adams May 25, wear a towel Towel day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" .
On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his honor.

Don't Panic. Use a Towel.

Use it to sail a miniraft down the slow, heavy River Moth.

Wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal.

Sleep under it beneath the stars , which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon.

Wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

Wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat.

And if it is still clean, you may use the towel to dry off.

Each prompt has a little cartoon above it depicting the action described.Beneath the cartoons are the words: "For more information about Towel Day visit: www.towelday.org Created by Lemonly"

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finished reading Enemy of God 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Bernard Cornwell.

The Saxons threaten to overrun Briton; a search for a legendary artifact to bring back the Old Gods; a little blissful romance; Lancelot is a backstabbing, cowardly bastard; oaths, what are they good for? A touch more magic than in the first book, but just as hard, dirty & cynical.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #HistoricalFiction #Fantasy

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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If y'all have space for some non-political reading, give my just-published #editing blog a gander. It features one of my favorite peers, Deb Eckerling.

"Make a Plan to Jumpstart Your Book With Debra Eckerling"

#Books #Writing #Proofreading #Publishing #Goals #amediting #Bookstodon @edibuddies

https://pamelabarroway.com/2024/07/01/make-a-plan-to-jumpstart-your-book-with-debra-eckerling/

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finished reading Før kaffen bliver kold 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

#bookstodon

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Some new translations of my books are now out and available! Taiwanese translation of all the Little Shop of Nightmares-books and the Grumblebelly Cat are out, as well as the Norwegian Horned God, Hornguden.

Hornguden is translated by Morten Abildsnes, but I'm afraid I'm unable to tell you who translated the Taiwanese books since I can't read the characters. 😔

#Bookstodon #TranslatedBooks

Four illustrated children's book on a lawn.

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Four copies of the Hornguden on a wooden ladder chair. There's also some cacti and a rusty old oil lamp for the ambience.

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20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers.

Day 1

#Kirjamastodon #Bookstodon

Finnish author Tuula Kallioniemi's children's book Se salaperäinen punatukka. The cover is featuring some blue ferns and a red headed young girl.

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I wish old books were properly digitised and available as ePubs.

My brain suddenly had a hankering to read "The Intergalactic Omniglot".

It seems there's only a 2nd hand paper-version for sale 😢

Also - isn't it cool how the kid on the cover has a foldable device? Pretty cool for 1988.

#Books #Bookstodon

Paperback book cover. A UFO rises behind a young man. The Boy is holding what looks like a foldable Gameboy.

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It's time for a few #WalrusTech series announcements.
The 2nd book in the series, The Aurora's Pale Light, will be launching on November 29th, 2024.

If you'd like to get a glimpse at the cover, watch this space! The cover art will be revealed on September 11th, 2024, with pre-orders announced shortly thereafter.

Tell all your #bookreader friends and lovers of dark #sciencefiction.

#WritingCommunity #Bookstodon #AmReading #SecretSciFiNetwork
@bookstodon

The Aurora's Pale Light: Book 2 of the epic walrustech series cover reveal will take place on 9-11-2024

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wants to read Birgithe med th

#bookstodon

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331d

Hallo alle!

Ich bin nicht #neuhier aber möchte ein bisschen meine Bubble auffrischen.

Gerade bin ich eher leise, meistens gibt's von mir Geschichten aus dem Alltag oder Gedanken zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen und zur Gesellschaft. Mein Problem ist, ich will alles wissen. 😂

Sagt gerne hallo. Ich bin auch interessiert an Lebensrealitäten, die anders sind als meine.

Themen die mich interessieren:
#neurodivergent #ADHS #Nachhaltigkeit #Balkongarten #Bouldern #Wandern #Geschichte #Bookstodon #Natur

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My eBook Things dipped in gold can't grow, is now available on Kindle, in two versions, link below.

For those of you who want to buy it directly from me, both versions are also available on my website, link below.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DC5M6FJQ

https://marialivgallery.com/books/

#MastoArt #Art #FediArt #Bookstodon #Writing

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I'm not above a cheap meme to remind y'all that the cover reveal for THE AURORA'S PALE LIGHT: Book Two of the Epic WalrusTech Universe is happening in just 3 weeks!
(Also to let you know that the GoodReads page is up and you can add it to your "To read" shelf right NOW! https://goodreads.com/book/show/217566673-the-aurora-s-pale-light)
#Bookstodon #BookReaders #amReading #WritingCommunity #SelfPublishing

Mallory McMorrow holds up a giant book announcing the cover reveal for The Aurora's Pale Light.

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Here it is, my latest book, and my first one in Swedish! Lilla boken om Panos: historien om den ikoniska badmodedesignern is now out in Sweden, and looks at the swimwear designs of Panos Papadopoulos from the 1980s through to 2020. More at https://lucire.com/insider/20240831/the-latest-little-book-is-out-showcasing-panos-papadopouloss-swimwear/ published by Tukan förlag, and available now through Adlibris, Bokus, and other retailers in Sweden and Finland.

https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/lilla-boken-om-panos-historien-om-den-ikoniska-badmodedesignern-9789180385831
https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789180385831/lilla-boken-om-panos-historien-om-den-ikoniska-badmodedesignern/ #book #history #fashion #mode #moda #bok #swimwear #trends #bookstodon

Cover of Lilla boken om Panos: historien om den ikoniska badmodedesignern, with brown type and an orange background.

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Spread from Lilla boken om Panos: historien om den ikoniska badmodedesignern, showing five images from the late 1990s when Victoria Silvstedt modelled for Panos Emporio. Four images are in a smaller format, the fifth is on the right and occupies the entire page.

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"My hidden agenda in the book club is to get people excited about reading stories about members of the #LGBTQ+ community who are different than them."

I'm pleased to share my first story for The Advocate, about the joy of #queer folks reading together: https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs

#books #bookstodon #Austin #Texas #LGBTQIA+ #culture #Richmond #Virginia @bookstodon

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“Being a #queer, Chicané/Mexican storyteller writing queer, Chicané/Mexican stories for young people isn’t the easiest job in the world for a lot of reasons.”

I've a new piece out from a new publication: I interviewed San Antonio-based #nonbinary young adult author Jonny Garza Villa about writing and getting censored by a local school district... https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/20/they-just-dont-want-authors-latine-writer-uninvited-from-speaking-at-texas-school/

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #LGBTQIA+ #SanAntonio #Texas #censorship #YoungAdult #romance #music #border #culture

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Apparently Libertarian Marxism is a thing. And I must say Iike it!

#amreading Yanis Varoufakis - Techno Feudalism: What killed capitalism

Everyone should read this book. Especially MAGA. But they won’t, since they have been emotionally programmed to think neoliberalism is capitalism & Marx’s economic theories only apply to communism.

#bookstodon #capitalism #economics #marxism #libertarianism #cloudcapital #technofeudalism #memes #yeschad

@Piraattipuolue

https://www.amazon.com/Technofeudalism-Killed-Capitalism-Yanis-Varoufakis/dp/1685891241/ref=mp_s_a_1_1

Yelling crying guy: YOU CAN’T BE A LIBERTARIAN MARXIST! THEY’RE LITERALLY OPPOSITES!!

Yes chad: Compute & attention are means of production. Your position on the market it being controlled by by an upperclass of cloud capitalists with algorithms instead of your own labour.

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20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days (not in a row). No explanations, no reviews, just book covers

20 libroj kiuj influis kiu vi estas. ĉiu tage po unu libro dum dudek tagoj (ne laŭvice). Senklarigoj, senrecenzoj, nur librokovriloj

4/20

#20books
#20books20days
#20libroj20tagoj
#bookstodon
#Bookaverse
#esperanto

Cover of "Novellas" by Henryk Sienkiewicz translated by Lidia Zamenhof, 1925 Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, Leipzig/ Kovrilo de "noveloj" de Henryk Sienkiewicz tradukita de Lidja Zamenhof en serio "Internacia Mondliteraturo"

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For a limited time, my first volume of poetry, Disremembering is available for free in kindle format on Amazon! Thank you for your support 🖤
https://a.co/d/3aL0RjD

3 days left!!

#poetry #poems #smallpoems #selfpublish #books #bookstodon
#poetrylovers #indigenouscreatives

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