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A 50/50 review for my story The Last Philosopher, I think that's the highest score it's ever gotten 🤔😊 Ebook available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reading</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @fantasy <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> @worldbuilding <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a> <a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a>

The Last Philosopher

by NickfEast

Title: It's interesting. | don't know exactly what a philosopher does, but excited to find out. (5/5)

Cover: I love the corner graphics. It's so aesthetically pleasing. (5/5)

Blurb: We get some background info but it's not completely, giving anything away. (5/5)

Hook: The description is absolutely a chef's kiss. (5/5)

Grammar & Spelling: There were no grammar errors that | could see.
(10/10)

Flow: The detail was perfect and you didn't hold back keeping every
paragraph perfectly seasoned. (10/10)

Enjoyment: When I first opened it I thought oh no not a sci-fi about
space with words I don't know but then | read on and the more | read
the more I enjoyed. Especially Lud's discussion with his reflection and
Zig-Zig prison (10/10)

Total: (50/50)

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Five stars:The Antiquarian's Object of Desire by India Holton (2026) is the third and final book in the Love's Academic series. Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling are forced by Victorian mores to act as rivals in the Antiquarian academic community. Despite that, they are best friends and both, though neither is willing to say it, want more.<a href="https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html">https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html</a><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a>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.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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>

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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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/StoneProphet</a>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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>

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

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

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Chapter 36 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye</a>As Artemis observes the restoration of the land that had once been an illegal chemical dump, she sees the white stag again and follows...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a> Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch">https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch</a>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a>

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Baby’s first audiobook? <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/05/15/babys-first-audiobook/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/05/15/babys-first-audiobook/">https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2026/05/15/babys-first-audiobook/</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a>

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RE: <a href="https://mastodon.art/@NickEast_IndieWriter/116668340869944044" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.art/@NickEast_IndieWriter/116668340869944044">https://mastodon.art/@NickEast_IndieWriter/116668340869944044</a>Gratitoot! Since I tooted this self-promotion the sales have increased from 14 to 26, and I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has boosted, favourited, and engagaed with this post. And of course to those who have taken a chance on an indie writer and bought a copy… The general supportiveness of the Mastodon community gives me hope 😊<a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/gratitude/" rel="tag">#Gratitude</a> <a href="/tags/support/" rel="tag">#Support</a> <a href="/tags/celebration/" rel="tag">#Celebration</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/highfantasy/" rel="tag">#Highfantasy</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a>

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Chapter 5 of Rowley's Ride is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts</a>Edwina's guitar is finished, despite Plasmie's every attempt to kill her, but before they finish, the new law banning mythril guitars is passed.They press on, regardless, but the first time Edwina plays Myth Guitar, the song reaches a hundred miles in every direction, even into orbit...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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The first Science of Discworld book gets 4/5 stars... I think, wait let me check my math.The Science parts got 3 and the Wizard parts got 5 so if you add 'em up carry the 1, always carry the one, divide by two you get 4... I think.Unless we take into account that the Science chapters were longer than the Wizard chapters, wigheted data-points and all that, but a little lying to children is to be expected, it is <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a> after all, the narrativum has to go somewhere.<a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> <a href="/tags/pratchett/" rel="tag">#Pratchett</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#Bookrecommendation</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a>(comment on <a href="https://bookwyrm.social/book/52330" rel="nofollow">Science of Discworld</a>)

Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld (Paperback, 2002, EBURY PRESS (RAND))

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I've tried to set this up for a couple years now w no success. I'm hoping this will be the year. I'd love to do a Mastodon Fantasy Football League. I'm looking to do a 10 team PPR league on Yahoo. Keeping it simple since it's a first run. $10 buy in, winner takes all. We'll do it as a prize league so all payments & payouts will be through Yahoo, so no one has to worry about being scammed. Message on the thread if you want to play. Boosts appreciated. <a href="/tags/nfl/" rel="tag">#NFL</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/football/" rel="tag">#Football</a> <a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#Games</a>

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New Issue: BCS <a href="/tags/458/" rel="tag">#458</a> out today, w stories of intensity by AnaMaria Curtis and M.E. Bronstein, podcast of the Curtis read by MK Hobson, behind cover art by Anthony Avon.<a href="https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-458/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-458/">https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-458/</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#shortstory</a> <a href="/tags/podcastfiction/" rel="tag">#podcastfiction</a> <a href="/tags/zine/" rel="tag">#zine</a>

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This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: - The last of the books from the NHBS January sale: Michael Ruse's The <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a> of Human <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a>, published by Cambridge University Press - A lovely version of Humphrey Carpenter's highly praised J. R. R. <a href="/tags/tolkien/" rel="tag">#Tolkien</a>: A Biography, published by HarperCollins - A second-hand copy of Ant Ecology, published by Oxford University Press<a href="/tags/humanevolution/" rel="tag">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#Anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lotr/" rel="tag">#LOTR</a> <a href="/tags/lordoftherings/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="/tags/myrmecology/" rel="tag">#Myrmecology</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#Ecology</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#Insects</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#Entomology</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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RE: <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983">https://mendeddrum.org/@Pratchat/116610861214203983</a>Pratchat has a whole back catalogue of excellent discussions about <a href="/tags/terrypratchett/" rel="tag">#TerryPratchett</a> and <a href="/tags/discworld/" rel="tag">#Discworld</a>, but they don't understand the importance of overusing <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a> in the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>, so you might have missed them.<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#satire</a>

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Chapter 42 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye</a>Mika ends up in a face-to-face gun battle with Pride, who's armed only with a pistol...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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Chapter 8 of Rowley's Ride is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts</a>Edwina and Sapphire are forced to their knees in front of the Dead Queen, who analyzes their magic, then gives them a chance for their lives to be spared, if only they can give her a reason...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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I've finished: The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. LembergI was introduced to R.B. Lemberg when they were a guest on a podcast. I decided to check out her work but found that her only book available in audio was The Four Profound Weaves. It's a bit strange to enter a universe at a late stage and through a side corridor. The world feels lived in but there are allot of major events that are only referenced in passing.I loved the setting and the aging characters.I liked the fact that Lenberg isn't trying to build a past that accepts LGBTQIA characters. So many novels surround the LGBTQIA protagonist with accepting characters even if the setting is a very traditional one. A main character that transitioned at retirement age after living a full life as a woman was also different from many of the novels I usually read. <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/defb6bc1-b4a3-4219-870b-887588d3c767" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.thestorygraph.com/books/defb6bc1-b4a3-4219-870b-887588d3c767">https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/defb6bc1-b4a3-4219-870b-887588d3c767</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@audiofiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amReading</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#AudioBooks</a>

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Happy <a href="/tags/insectweek/" rel="tag">#InsectWeek</a>!Did you know: As an entomologist, all the fantasy-ish books I've written exist because I was tired of reading stories where insects were the bad guys/monsters/harbingers of doom, etc. In fact, I decided to start writing just so I could place them in a more positive light. They're also chock-full of fun insect related facts and tales!In Apis, a scientist wakes up from a near-death experience to find honey bees living inside her.In Wild Things, one of the characters lives with a colony of vulture bees in their chest.roach: a love story is about a cockroach who wakes up transformed into a human, with another character who can turn into a swarm of flies.I'm currently working on another one, but it's a work in progress so you'll have to wait to find out what it's about! (Okay, I'll give you a little preview: "For as long as Ezra has been alive, insects have been going extinct, and for as long as he can remember, they have followed him around, trailing him wherever he goes.")All my books are available for free from my website, <a href="https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks">https://ater.neocities.org/books/mybooks</a>, or from <a href="https://books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha">https://books2read.com/ap/R5ojKB/Liz-Boysha</a><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a>

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Remembering that I did a reading of my Fantasy/Attempted Comedy, The Last Philosopher, at the 2025 Eurocon called Archipelacon 2 😁 <a href="/tags/eurocon2025/" rel="tag">#Eurocon2025</a> <a href="/tags/archipelacon2/" rel="tag">#Archipelacon2</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a>The Last Philosopher: Part One is available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a>

A theme of The Last Philosopher made from diffrent pieces of fanart I've recieved of maps and characters.

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It may be the case that the current Dalmicir headmaster is exactly the kind of person the first council considered to be "the wrong mind" 😁 <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reading</a> @fantasy <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> @worldbuilding <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@joinin</a><a href="/tags/fanartfriday/" rel="tag">#FanArtFriday</a> <a href="/tags/fanart/" rel="tag">#FanArt</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#Map</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#Maps</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#Quote</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#Quotes</a> <a href="/tags/bookquote/" rel="tag">#BookQuote</a> <a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a>The Last Philosopher: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a>

A floormap of Lyeasrakardsul's penthouse apartment showin, bed, desk, table, central fireplace, rocking chair, and balcony.

“In the wrong mind, a little history can be a dangerous thing.”
-The first council of sorcerers

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A nice 5 star review of The Last Philosopher: Part Two and I have to say I'm very happy it doesn't sound like it's getting high on it's own farts 😂 🎉 Ebook of the first part is available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @worldbuilding @fantasy <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> <a href="/tags/celebration/" rel="tag">#Celebration</a> <a href="/tags/post/" rel="tag">#Post</a> <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a> <a href="/tags/progress/" rel="tag">#Progress</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublish/" rel="tag">#SelfPublish</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#Ebook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#Ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/highfantasy/" rel="tag">#Highfantasy</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a>

Can't Spell "Nietzche™ Without "Nice"

When I think of "philosophy," two things come to mind. "I think, therefore I am," and an ex-friend of mine who got high off the smell of his own farts (dude calls himself a philosopher). Let's just say, I'm not really into philosophy.

So I'm pleasantly surprised that The Last Philosopher has nothing to do with the negative baggage that I associate philosophy with! Sure, you have quotes at the start of the chapters, but the story never veers into boring, pedantic territory. Far from it. This is a comedic, absurd, and flat-out fun ride!

Chapters are on the shorter side, and we bounce from POV character to POV character, but overall, I| love the vibe each chapter carried. Part of what makes the magic work is author nickfeast's prose. Some descriptions and phrases are so whimsical and ridiculous, I was smiling when I didn't expect it.

Admittedly, maybe it's because I'm reading Part Two on its own, or maybe because there are so many different POV characters and moving parts, but even though I'm not entirely sure how things are progressing, the sheer personality of the writing and the characters made it a joy to read.

So don't let the title fool you. The Last Philosopher is the furthest thing from boring, preachy, or annoying. If actual philosophy was written like this, I'd be way more into it. I can see nickfeast putting the "nice" into "Nietzche" with this one.

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An older review of The Last Philosopher on royalroad.Since I try to write what I call "Attempted Comedy" it's always nice when someone finds it "Haha" 😜 Buy ebook here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @reading@fedigroups.sociall @fantasy <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> @worldbuilding <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#BookRecommendation</a>

Review BadGuyGetsAway

Title: Funny story made me go haha

Look, this story made me laugh, and that alone is worth at least 4 stars to me. Why'd it make me laugh? I'll tell you why, it's just plain witty. This is the kind of story to label accidents as ‘natural selection’. It's the kind of wit that makes you stomp and pout when it's aimed at you because it's mean and unfair, but when it's aimed at other people? You giggle because it's hilarious.

The actual story is bleh. It's carried by the wit of its prose and characters. | don't really know what's going on, | think there's a prophecy? One of the characters is trying to go east, but even he can’t remember why he wants to? Man, | don’t know. Herschel doesn't know either, and the wizard with the long name is still trying to figure out what's happening

Speaking of, the characters are as funny as the prose Lyean-whatever-the-hell-his-name-is is a massive asshole and it's funny to watch him be ajerk to others, plus he's got these different pieces of himself that chime in Disco Elysium style that only enhance the humor. Herschel kind of has that too towards the beginning, but it's played down in favor of making it L-Sorcerer's defining trait. Herschel is funny too, in a weird kind of way. Redilistically, I'd probably slap him in real life, but watching him infuriate others is funny. There's a bunch of other POV characters too, and they're mostly funny.

Anyway, read the story. It's funny.

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Chapter 6 of Rowley's Ride is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts</a>Edwina and Sapphire run for their lives and fight to make an opening, only to see Matron Talbot's personal ship, Resolute Hex come at them, which is a trouble like no other...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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Completly misunderstanding how society works is what tech bros do best! 😂 <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@joinin</a> @worldbuilding <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop<a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/bro/" rel="tag">#Bro</a> <a href="/tags/dystopian/" rel="tag">#Dystopian</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</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> <a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a> <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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a>

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Tech bro: “Philip K. Dick. Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors.”

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Perhaps not the Magic System we need, but the Magic System we deserve! 😜😂 <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @worldbuilding <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@humor</a> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop<a href="/tags/magicsystem/" rel="tag">#MagicSystem</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#Magic</a> <a href="/tags/system/" rel="tag">#System</a> <a href="/tags/witch/" rel="tag">#Witch</a> <a href="/tags/wizard/" rel="tag">#Wizard</a> <a href="/tags/cast/" rel="tag">#Cast</a> <a href="/tags/smell/" rel="tag">#Smell</a> <a href="/tags/fart/" rel="tag">#Fart</a> <a href="/tags/joke/" rel="tag">#Joke</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#SpeculativeFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasymemes/" rel="tag">#FantasyMemes</a> <a href="/tags/scifimemes/" rel="tag">#SciFiMemes</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</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> <a href="/tags/low/" rel="tag">#Low</a> <a href="/tags/high/" rel="tag">#High</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#Epic</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/opera/" rel="tag">#Opera</a> <a href="/tags/hard/" rel="tag">#Hard</a> <a href="/tags/cottagecore/" rel="tag">#CottageCore</a> <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#SolarPunk</a> <a href="/tags/comedic/" rel="tag">#Comedic</a> <a href="/tags/whatever/" rel="tag">#Whatever</a> <a href="/tags/givemeallyouvegot/" rel="tag">#GiveMeAllYouveGot</a> <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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a>

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Witches and Wizards don't fart, the Cast Smells.

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