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[?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
@SFRuminations@wandering.shop

Italian SFF in translation!

Photo of Giorgio De Maria's The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works and The Twenty Days of Turin. Cover on Left shows a woman in a dress with sash and various rays and signs emanating around her head.

Alt...Photo of Giorgio De Maria's The Transgressionists and Other Disquieting Works and The Twenty Days of Turin. Cover on Left shows a woman in a dress with sash and various rays and signs emanating around her head.

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    [?]Izzy » 🌐
    @IzzyOnDroid@floss.social

    "Never forget that you are your own data center. Drink plenty of water and consume as much literature as possible."

    And don't forget to burn… calories 😉

    (source: unknown)

    Picture of a statue assumed to show Confucius, with a text saying: "Never forget that you are your own data center. Drink plenty of water and consume as much literature as possible."

    Alt...Picture of a statue assumed to show Confucius, with a text saying: "Never forget that you are your own data center. Drink plenty of water and consume as much literature as possible."

      [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
      @RogerBW@discordian.social

      The Cloak and Its Wizard, R. Z. Nicolet blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

        [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
        @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

        Milton Lesser (1928-2008) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1258

        L, Ed Emshwiller, 1961; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1957

        Cover for Spacemen, Go Home. Men at space station observation deck at controls watch a rocket launch from the surface below.

        Alt...Cover for Spacemen, Go Home. Men at space station observation deck at controls watch a rocket launch from the surface below.

        Cover for Science Fiction Quarterly, ed. Robert W. Lowndes (November 1957). Woman is clutched by a robot with tentacles. There's another robot trying to grab a man and a woman in the background.

        Alt...Cover for Science Fiction Quarterly, ed. Robert W. Lowndes (November 1957). Woman is clutched by a robot with tentacles. There's another robot trying to grab a man and a woman in the background.

          [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
          @RogerBW@discordian.social

          A House By Any Other Name, Jenny Schwartz blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

            [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
            @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

            Piers Anthony (1934-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?4

            L, uncredited, 1972; R, Fred Gambino, 1979

            Cover for Chthon. Man breaks through walls that are vaguely in his shape. His hands are upraised, his legs in a power pose, etc. His body, however, is bisected multiple times as if in slices.

            Alt...Cover for Chthon. Man breaks through walls that are vaguely in his shape. His hands are upraised, his legs in a power pose, etc. His body, however, is bisected multiple times as if in slices.

            Cover for Vicinity Cluster. Man in loin cloth with spear looks at a huge spaceship fly overhead.

            Alt...Cover for Vicinity Cluster. Man in loin cloth with spear looks at a huge spaceship fly overhead.

              [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
              @RogerBW@discordian.social

              The Chinese Shawl, Patricia Wentworth blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

                [?]John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻 » 🌐
                @jwilker@wandering.shop

                I'm part of a group promo for free Scifi & Fantasy this month. Even if your TBR is as tall as mine, you should take a look. Never know, your next favorite author could be in this group!
                books.johnwilker.com/freeadven

                @reading @bookstodon

                An image of space featuring two different spacecraft set against a background of a large planet and dark cosmic clouds. On the left, there is a small, dark ship with several glowing red lights. To the right, a larger, larger, elongated spacecraft features multiple rounded sections and illuminated windows. The background contains a massive, textured planet on the left side of the frame under a dark sky with nebulae. Centered white text reads "FREE ADVENTURES IN SCI-FI & FANTASY", and at the bottom center, center, the word "AUGUST" is written in blue inside a light blue rounded rectangle. 🌱 Energy used: 0.231 Wh

                Alt...An image of space featuring two different spacecraft set against a background of a large planet and dark cosmic clouds. On the left, there is a small, dark ship with several glowing red lights. To the right, a larger, larger, elongated spacecraft features multiple rounded sections and illuminated windows. The background contains a massive, textured planet on the left side of the frame under a dark sky with nebulae. Centered white text reads "FREE ADVENTURES IN SCI-FI & FANTASY", and at the bottom center, center, the word "AUGUST" is written in blue inside a light blue rounded rectangle. 🌱 Energy used: 0.231 Wh

                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                  @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                  Élisabeth Vonarburg (1947-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?337

                  French language SFF in translation.

                  L, Ken Campbell, 1988; R, Stéphane Dumont, 1978

                  Cover for The Silent City. Woman stands with her wrists crossed in front of a series of monoliths. There's a large face behind the entire scene looking outward.

                  Alt...Cover for The Silent City. Woman stands with her wrists crossed in front of a series of monoliths. There's a large face behind the entire scene looking outward.

                  Cover for Vingt Maisons du Zodiaque. In a fish bowl there's an octopus Jesus holding up his own halo with a tentacle.

                  Alt...Cover for Vingt Maisons du Zodiaque. In a fish bowl there's an octopus Jesus holding up his own halo with a tentacle.

                    [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                    @RogerBW@discordian.social

                    A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

                      [?]Free Software Foundation » 🌐
                      @fsf@hostux.social

                      Calling all : the Shop has lots of great on , including how to use it! u.fsf.org/4bd

                        [?]Kim Possible :kimoji_fire: [She/Her 🌈] » 🌐
                        @kimlockhartga@beige.party

                        What are you reading currently?

                        I'm currently reading The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt. It is a funny and clever cowboy noir. Definitely recommend. Thank you Mike and Ellen!

                        And what do you have on hold?

                        I'm only listing the newest additions to my hold list:

                        MISERY'S WIFE, Joan Tierney. Queer, climate fiction, based on a folktake, with a trans protagonist. :trans_heart:

                        FISHBONE CINDERELLA, Elizabeth Lim. Historical, heart wrenching, w/ magic.

                        BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, Annie Jacobson

                        HEART THE LOVER, Lily King. Sequel to WRITERS AND LOVERS.

                        WILD DARK SHORE, Charlotte McConaghy. I will read anything she writes.

                        YESTERYEAR, Caro Claire Burke. Because everyone else is reading this.

                        @bookstodon

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                          [?]Richard Littler » 🌐
                          @Richard_Littler@mastodon.social

                          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.

                          2 books by Vonnegut: Mother Night and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

                          Alt...2 books by Vonnegut: Mother Night and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

                            [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                            @RogerBW@discordian.social

                            In the Cold Dark Ground, Stuart MacBride blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

                              [?]Eric Lawton [he, il. They is fine.] » 🌐
                              @EricLawton@kolektiva.social

                              @benlockwood

                              I have 4 books on the go, depending on my ability to focus, low to high

                              1. The Lost Cause — Corey Doctorow
                              2. Mémoires d'Une Jeune Fille Rangée — Simone de Beauvoir
                              3. Middlemarch — George Eliot
                              4. Theory of Society — Niklas Luhmann

                                [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                                @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                                Arsen Darnay (1936-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1222

                                L, Boris Vallejo, 1976; R, Boris Vallejo, 1978

                                Cover for A Hostage for Hinterland. Horsemen approach a domed city.

                                Alt...Cover for A Hostage for Hinterland. Horsemen approach a domed city.

                                Cover for The Siege of Faltara. Man with spear or joist in somewhat Orientalist renderings (turban, cape, etc) riding a multi-legged camel.

                                Alt...Cover for The Siege of Faltara. Man with spear or joist in somewhat Orientalist renderings (turban, cape, etc) riding a multi-legged camel.

                                  [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                  @RogerBW@discordian.social

                                  Nobody's Baby, Olivia Waite blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

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                                    [?]DB 🌱💦 [She / Her] » 🌐
                                    @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

                                    Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.

                                    AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books and scanning their contents to train LLMs. They then turn the originals to pulp.

                                    The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded. Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently.

                                    Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.

                                    Alt...CU of an industrial-size blade slicing through the spine of one old book after another.

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                                      [?]DB 🌱💦 [She / Her] » 🌐
                                      @dbattistella@mstdn.ca

                                      This is the magnificent library Anthropic amassed, before destroying it because it gave them a legal copyright loophole.

                                      Photo of a huge warehouse with rows and rows of tables covered in thousands of boxes of books.

                                      Alt...Photo of a huge warehouse with rows and rows of tables covered in thousands of boxes of books.

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                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                        Beatrix Potter was obsessed with fungi – and she was quite the naturalist

                                        by Joni Wildman

                                        Her illustrations remain beautiful works of art, but they also show how the best natural history drawings make us notice things we might otherwise miss.

                                        theconversation.com/beatrix-po

                                        Books by Beatrix Potter at PG:
                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/292

                                        Title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing an anthropomorphic mouse dressed in a pink-and-white striped garment, peeking out from a small doorway surrounded by round green leaves (like nasturtiums).

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                                        Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

                                        Alt...Title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Author: Beatrix Potter Illustration showing a small brown field mouse standing upright, nibbling on a bit of foliage beside a large ripe strawberry that appears sliced open, with more strawberries and greenery in the background.

                                          [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                          @RogerBW@discordian.social

                                          Yours Wickedly, Stephanie Burgis blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

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                                            [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                            @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                            Beyond Greece and Rome

                                            A dramatic shift in perspective is producing a much bigger, broader and more exciting view of ‘the ancient world’

                                            by Carlos Noreña

                                            aeon.co/essays/uncovering-a-gl

                                            Books about Ancient World at PG:
                                            gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?q

                                            Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

                                            Alt...Myths of Greece and Rome Author: H. A. Guerber This is an old historical map of ancient Greece and the surrounding Aegean region, showing Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, the Greek mainland, and various islands (including Crete at the bottom), bordered by the Mediterranean and Euxine (Black) Sea. It includes an inset map showing the "Vicinity of Rome" in the lower left corner.

                                              [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                              @RogerBW@discordian.social

                                              Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

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                                                [?]Robert Kingett » 🌐
                                                @WeirdWriter@caneandable.social

                                                For my UK followers, the Con is released over there! penguin.co.uk/books/468070/the

                                                  Joachim Boaz boosted

                                                  [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                                                  @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                                                  M. John Harrison (1945-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1277

                                                  L, Michael Whelan, 1982; R, Peter Jones, 1975

                                                  Cover for A Storm of Wings. Knight in armor has a cricket-like shape on his chestplate. His armor has spines. A glowing beam of light emerges from a hand. A wisp of smoke or fog in the background.

                                                  Alt...Cover for A Storm of Wings. Knight in armor has a cricket-like shape on his chestplate. His armor has spines. A glowing beam of light emerges from a hand. A wisp of smoke or fog in the background.

                                                  Cover for The Centauri DEvice. Two spaceships appear to be in a battle. One is exploding. One is zipping past.

                                                  Alt...Cover for The Centauri DEvice. Two spaceships appear to be in a battle. One is exploding. One is zipping past.

                                                    [?]Joachim Boaz » 🌐
                                                    @SFRuminations@wandering.shop

                                                    Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1672

                                                    L, E. McKnight Kauffer, 1946; R, uncredited (Mitchell Hooks?), 1964

                                                    Cover for Brave New World. Three central vaguely triangular sections, each a different color. Central black section has a sphere and a yellow bird-like shape.

                                                    Alt...Cover for Brave New World. Three central vaguely triangular sections, each a different color. Central black section has a sphere and a yellow bird-like shape.

                                                    Cover for Ape and Essence. Two people stand in front of a huge looming mask with yellow eyes.

                                                    Alt...Cover for Ape and Essence. Two people stand in front of a huge looming mask with yellow eyes.

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                                                      [?]Brian Lavelle » 🌐
                                                      @brian@beige.party

                                                      Happy birthday to the incomparable British writer , born in 1945. His books are in almost constant rotation here, and it’s no exaggeration to say I’d probably see the world in a very different way were it not for his work.

                                                      Yes, I have multiple editions of The Course of the Heart. Can you ever have *too many* editions of one of the greatest novels ever written?

                                                      Many happy returns, Mike!

                                                      @bookstodon

                                                      An array of M. John Harrison books laid out on a wooden and be-rugged floor. There are 5 rows of books in a rough rectangle shape. A black and white cat stands at the left margin of this mesh of words, considering the universe, or one of many universes.

                                                      Alt...An array of M. John Harrison books laid out on a wooden and be-rugged floor. There are 5 rows of books in a rough rectangle shape. A black and white cat stands at the left margin of this mesh of words, considering the universe, or one of many universes.

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