Immortal Gifts by Villyard, Katherine https://www.sfwa.org/reading-list-entry/immortal-gifts-by-villyard-katherine/
Are you a Nebula voter? You can get a free copy in the SFWA forums.
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finished reading Becoming Mrs Mulberry 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Jackie French.
In the aftermath of WW1, a woman strives to build a new life despite the sacrifices she has made. Eventful & enjoyable, if implausible, with an excellent cast of characters and strong Miss Fisher vibes.
"Indo-European Language and Culture" is a great read. I grok ~2/3 of it, which is a tribute to his writing. I love it when I recognise relationships to I.E. languages I know without them being stated out. The highlighted structure in the left image feels very Hindi. On the right That only #Hindi & other Indic languages preserve these consonants from a language spoken ~4 millennia ago takes "getting in touch with my roots" to a whole new level.😁
#linguistics #bookstodon @bookstodon
RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/116872806536620205
I read "The Necklace" back in 2017 after it was mentioned in the S-town podcast. Found it quite depressing...
How Paul McCartney accidentally helped invent time travel 🎸 A time travel theory that makes about as much sense as bum fluff 😊 Sample from The Time Diary, a British scifi comedy in the Hitchhiker's mould 📚
Long and Short Reviews is hosting a Winter Blogfest this week.
Every day I plan to reply to this thread with links to the posts and brief descriptions of the prizes you can win by commenting on them.
#Giveaway #Prizes #Bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #LongAndShortReviews
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Book Review: Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka
Of all the versions of you in all universes, can you live with being this one?
@carturo222 has our review
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/01/book-review-self-portrait-with-nothing.html
Five stars:
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, Volume 2 by Misaki, Momochi (Artist) and Sando (Original Character Design) (2019) continues the story of Lizel off being an adventurer.
https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_01/gentle_nobles_vacation_recommendation_2.html
I've finished: Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gabriel Kay
This is my first encounter with Guy Gabriel Kay. I can understand why he is so beloved by his fans.
I really enjoyed his writing and his complex and competent characters. He writes so well, he managed to make me enjoy Byzantine court intrigue, not an easy task.
I really loved the historical perspective, and the central part the art of mosaic laying holds within the novel.
I studied history and art history and really connected with these themes as well as the characters.
If you are looking for a fantasy novel, you may be disappointed, as the magical elements only play a small part. though they do eventually represent an important aspect of the overall theme.
This is mainly alt history.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ef5c3355-a637-4569-ae53-025cb30995d5
@bookstodon @audiofiction
#history #altHistory #artHistory #Byzantium #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks
Hello Fediverse! (as we've learned :) )
Thank you for your warm welcome.
In our shop there is a display-window for which we pick a topic that is important to us. There we place all kinds of books beside each other. Poetry and prose, fiction and non-fiction, childrens' books and essays. There only has to be an association which connects them. We call this our "Wabe", our honey-comb.
We'll start posting on it next week. Are there and important hashtags we should use? #books #bookstodon
This Census Taker. China Mieville.
You are 7 years old, and you live way up the hill above the village, who’s residents mistrust your family, but need your father’s arcane skills, which he seems to sustain via animal sacrifices; but then your mother disappears.
CW: animal cruelty.
2 of 5 library cats 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛.
A most interesting chart. And most revealing.
#books #bookstodon #libraries
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Und noch mehr antiquarischer #Lesestoff von Leopoldo Lugones!
Ich kannte diese Bechtermünz-Reihe noch gar nicht. Weiss jemand mehr?
Are you in Joplin, Missouri? Do you want to read my book for free? It’s in your library!
https://catalog.joplinpubliclibrary.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=3.1033.0.0.2&pos=1&cn=556457
#bookstodon #vampirebooks #joplinmissouri #joplinmo @bookstodon @books @Books@mstdn.social
#lispyGopherClimate #podcast #archive https://archives.anonradio.net/202501150000_screwtape.mp3 0UTC Wed
#interview ing @shizamura author of the popular #scifi https://sarilho.net/en/ #comic
#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman
#liveChat in #lambdaMOO as always
telnet lambda.moo.mud.org 8888
co guest
@join screwtape
#Questions for @shizamura please!
#lisp, #fortran, #grammars, oh my.
#Murderbots #bookstodon @nosrednayduj @dougmerritt @ratxue @mdhughes I finally read 90% of it (no spoilers please)
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Omgggg!! I just discovered that Project Gutenberg has an automated feed on #Mastodon where they post new books they add!
Go follow them: @gutenberg_new
Seems as good a day as any to release this new edition for sale.
https://lucire.biz/product/nineteen-eighty-four/
#GeorgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour #novel #book #bookstodon #dystopia
Revisiting Vonnegut, who satirised *right now* back in the mid-60s:
Fascism, racism, communism & absurd, confused ideas of patriotism in contemporary USA.
And how ruthless lawyers and the establishment try to frame a billionaire as insane because he wants to help people and share his wealth.
finished reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
by Gabrielle Zevin.
Two friends become productive creative partners in computer game design, but their emotional blocks cause regular estrangements (gets a bit frustrating - grow up already!). I enjoyed the nostalgia of old-school gaming, but would probably still be enjoyable for non-gamers. Now, off to play Oregon Trail ... https://oregontrail.run/
A revenge twenty years in the making . . . is no small revenge. THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT reimagined, a #Swashbuckling #MilitarySF #SpaceOpera by @sherwood.bsky.social & David Trowbridge. Book I of EXORDIUM!
#BookViewCafe #bookstodon #ebook #Paperback @bookstodon @books
https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-phoenix-in-flight-by-sherwood-smith-and-dave-trowbridge/
![ALT TEXT: EXORDIUM : THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT by Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge ]
[ALT IMAGE: A midnight black background has what looks like a golden shield of a stylized phoenix rising in flames against a simple yet threatening artistic interpretation of a blazing star.]
Brandon nyr-Arkad, the Emperor's scapegrace youngest son, defies protocol and evades a ceremonial duty, an act punishable by death. He's just ahead of an attack on the Panarchy of the Thousand Suns by Eusabian, a revenge twenty years in the making.
PHOENIX IN FLIGHT begins the five volume arc of *Exordium,* as Brandon discovers what happened to his home after he left, and he has to make a decision: stay an outlaw, or return and deal with the smoking ruins of his rejected world?
#ExordiumSeries, #MilitarySF, #ScienceFiction, #SpaceOpera, #Swashbuckling, #WomenInSF, #collaboration, #CompetencePorn, #DaveTrowbridge, #MilitaryWar, #swashbuckling, #SherwoodSmith](/proxy/post_attachment/969985/fd3811894f519362289b3e7101e8f657.jpg "ALT TEXT: EXORDIUM : THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT by Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge ]
[ALT IMAGE: A midnight black background has what looks like a golden shield of a stylized phoenix rising in flames against a simple yet threatening artistic interpretation of a blazing star.]
Brandon nyr-Arkad, the Emperor's scapegrace youngest son, defies protocol and evades a ceremonial duty, an act punishable by death. He's just ahead of an attack on the Panarchy of the Thousand Suns by Eusabian, a revenge twenty years in the making.
PHOENIX IN FLIGHT begins the five volume arc of *Exordium,* as Brandon discovers what happened to his home after he left, and he has to make a decision: stay an outlaw, or return and deal with the smoking ruins of his rejected world?
#ExordiumSeries, #MilitarySF, #ScienceFiction, #SpaceOpera, #Swashbuckling, #WomenInSF, #collaboration, #CompetencePorn, #DaveTrowbridge, #MilitaryWar, #swashbuckling, #SherwoodSmith")
Are you in Gwinnett County, Georgia? (Atlanta burbs) Do you want to read my book for free? YOU CAN!
https://share.libbyapp.com/title/12569234
#bookstodon #gwinnettcounty #vampirebooks @books @Books@mstdn.social @bookstodon
I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages." 😜😁
@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop
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#ReadingMemes #ReadAllTheBooks #Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
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The world is a dumpster fire. Everything feels awful. Why not get away from it all for a bit with a bit of feel-good fiction?
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jwbliwdcn6
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It's always fun when my hobbies interact
#Reading Laura Spinney's fascinating book "Proto" this quote made me think of the fine #cDrama #ToTheWonder
"The Altai are beautiful. Prehistoric people would have been as sensitive to natural beauty as we are"
The stunning beauty of the Altai is a star of that show, images from the Drama came to mind while reading this and other references to the Altai in the book 😍 #linguistics #History #bookstodon @bookstodon
Two truths and a lie: I've read the Bible cover to cover because a teacher once told me "the Bible isn't that kind of book". Immediately after The Hobbit, I read The Two Towers. I've read the entire Twilight saga out of spite.
Oh. Sorry! Those were three truths! My bad! #bookstodon #reading #books