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Since mid-last year I've been working on a full #Discworld reread as a way to finally make myself read the last one.

For many years I used to just reread whichever paperbacks I already had, so some of these books I'm super familiar with and some not so much, Soul Music being in the latter group.

Most of the less-familiar have been nice surprises that were as good as, or even much better than, I remembered them being, but this one in particular is still a bit meh to me. More of an excuse for a load of Roundworld references and punes than an actual story. Which is weird because The Last Continent is definitely that too, but I love The Last Continent!

Anyway every Discworld book has its moments, and some of the band name references are very stupid (in the good way).

Shoutout to "We're Certainly Dwarves" in particular, they sound like my kind of band.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Bookstodon

Since mid-last year I've been working on a full #Discworld reread as a way to finally make myself read the last one.

For many years I used to just reread whichever paperbacks I already had, so some of these books I'm super familiar with and some not so much, Soul Music being in the latter group.

Most of the less-familiar have been nice surprises that were as good as, or even much better than, I remembered them being, but this one in particular is still a bit meh to me. More of an excuse for a load of Roundworld references and punes than an actual story. Which is weird because The Last Continent is definitely that too, but I love The Last Continent!

Anyway every Discworld book has its moments, and some of the band name references are very stupid (in the good way).

Shoutout to "We're Certainly Dwarves" in particular, they sound like my kind of band.

#GNUTerryPratchett #Bookstodon

LAST DAY to get the first and second books in my #solarpunk Nothing is Promised series FREE!

The year is 2050, and amidst rolling pandemics and the climate crisis, our intrepid power engineer just wants a family… but finds a power grid mystery instead.

If you like Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future or Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot, you’ll enjoy this 4-novel, tightly-connected hopepunk cli-fi series.
#Bookstodon
https://susankayequinn.com/series/nothing-is-promised

LAST DAY to get the first and second books in my #solarpunk Nothing is Promised series FREE!

The year is 2050, and amidst rolling pandemics and the climate crisis, our intrepid power engineer just wants a family… but finds a power grid mystery instead.

If you like Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future or Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot, you’ll enjoy this 4-novel, tightly-connected hopepunk cli-fi series.
#Bookstodon
https://susankayequinn.com/series/nothing-is-promised

Libby is shoving AI into its service (and allowing AI books!) and I couldn't be more furious.

Libby is supposedly a library app but it doesn't have any of the values of a library (I adore libraries, they are manifestations of a #solarpunk future).

Libby is an enshittified tech corp who bought a library app. "Libby and its parent company, OverDrive, are owned by the private equity firm KKR."

#bookstodon #library

i can’t believe how quick and pleasant Audrey’s Books was when it came to carrying Mages & Modems in-store.

huge thank you to their bookwizard Levi who walked me through the local author consignment program.

also: couldn’t have asked for a better spot beside alan siegel’s (far better) simpsons book 😆

if you’d like to support Audrey’s: https://audreys.ca

there is no bookstore more relaxing to visit in alberta.

#books #bookstodon #yeg #yegdt

i can’t believe how quick and pleasant Audrey’s Books was when it came to carrying Mages & Modems in-store.

huge thank you to their bookwizard Levi who walked me through the local author consignment program.

also: couldn’t have asked for a better spot beside alan siegel’s (far better) simpsons book 😆

if you’d like to support Audrey’s: https://audreys.ca

there is no bookstore more relaxing to visit in alberta.

#books #bookstodon #yeg #yegdt

"I make a point of supporting these independent voices. I encourage you to do the same... The forces of conformity and centralization of power are stronger now than ever. Books have always been our safeguard in such troubled times. But when books are controlled and constrained by the entrenched system, they fail to provide us with meaningful alternatives.

Our safety and freedom only come from indie culture, alt culture, counterculture." #bookstodon #books
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-day-ny-publishing-lost-its-soul

"I make a point of supporting these independent voices. I encourage you to do the same... The forces of conformity and centralization of power are stronger now than ever. Books have always been our safeguard in such troubled times. But when books are controlled and constrained by the entrenched system, they fail to provide us with meaningful alternatives.

Our safety and freedom only come from indie culture, alt culture, counterculture." #bookstodon #books
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-day-ny-publishing-lost-its-soul

The Spanish translation of my short story Näkymätön, Invisible, has been published in Sergio Gaut vel Hartman's blog. In his blog he publishes short stories and microfiction from around the world, check it out!

#Bookstodon #TranslatedFiction #Microfiction #ShortStories #Kirjamastodon #Kirjafedi

https://microficcionesycuentos.blogspot.com/

I will ask here because I feel like there might be enough literary nerds around. I need to read a good amount for an exam I need to do to get into university for the English subject.

I am looking for 1 book from before 1900 and one after (fiction, non fantasy) that will pass their "literary enough" sniff test, that preferably isn't written by a cishet white man. I was thinking Frankenstein at first—but I am guessing they categorize it as "fantasy" or a book with a movie—since she isn't on the definitely pre-approved list and I can't imagine missing her (which is strange because Douglas Adams, George Orwell, J.R.R Tolkien are, but I digress).

Virginia Woolf is so I think I'll read one of her books for post 1900, give me a suggestion for one to read (haven't read her at all).

But that leaves one pre-1900 novel, so feel free to suggest one for either.

#bookstodon #books #reading #Literature

Holy mother of chicken nuggets!! Finished “The Troop” by Nick Cutter. It was so intense and horrific, I think I have a stomach knot that’ll take days to dissipate. If you like scaring yourself witless and raw, it’s an absolutely good read! But be warned, it’s full of gore and violence and psychopathy, experienced by teenage boys. Be absolutely sure, before you crack open this book #books #bookstodon #horror #sciFi

I will ask here because I feel like there might be enough literary nerds around. I need to read a good amount for an exam I need to do to get into university for the English subject.

I am looking for 1 book from before 1900 and one after (fiction, non fantasy) that will pass their "literary enough" sniff test, that preferably isn't written by a cishet white man. I was thinking Frankenstein at first—but I am guessing they categorize it as "fantasy" or a book with a movie—since she isn't on the definitely pre-approved list and I can't imagine missing her (which is strange because Douglas Adams, George Orwell, J.R.R Tolkien are, but I digress).

Virginia Woolf is so I think I'll read one of her books for post 1900, give me a suggestion for one to read (haven't read her at all).

But that leaves one pre-1900 novel, so feel free to suggest one for either.

#bookstodon #books #reading #Literature

New University of #Groningen #Press publication 🥳

➡️ Missie (on)voltooid: Twee eeuwen innovatie in de aardappelzetmeelindustrie, now available #OpenAccess, by Dorien Knaap and Marijn Molema from @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

🔗 https://books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/book/254

#OpenScience #Bookstodon #Research #Innovation #Economy #Ecology #History #Histodons

New University of #Groningen #Press publication 🥳

➡️ Missie (on)voltooid: Twee eeuwen innovatie in de aardappelzetmeelindustrie, now available #OpenAccess, by Dorien Knaap and Marijn Molema from @facultyofartsug.bsky.social

🔗 https://books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/book/254

#OpenScience #Bookstodon #Research #Innovation #Economy #Ecology #History #Histodons

My new book is out with Bloomsbury: LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage. It uses LiveJournal as an early case of how platform affordances were weaponized and develops a framework (“epistemic sabotage”) for knowledge-system destabilization. If you want access without the academic price tag, please request it through your library. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/ #disinformation #platformstudies #mediastudies #libraries #digitalhumanities #Bookstodon

Libby is shoving AI into its service (and allowing AI books!) and I couldn't be more furious.

Libby is supposedly a library app but it doesn't have any of the values of a library (I adore libraries, they are manifestations of a #solarpunk future).

Libby is an enshittified tech corp who bought a library app. "Libby and its parent company, OverDrive, are owned by the private equity firm KKR."

#bookstodon #library

"...she’s the reason for the existence of the internet, which is, we’re assured, made of cats."

The Magical, Mystical, Fantastical Cat - Judith Tarr's SFF Beastiary column
https://reactormag.com/the-magical-mystical-fantastical-cat/

#SFF #Tor #Reactor #JudithTarr #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #bookstodon

"...she’s the reason for the existence of the internet, which is, we’re assured, made of cats."

The Magical, Mystical, Fantastical Cat - Judith Tarr's SFF Beastiary column
https://reactormag.com/the-magical-mystical-fantastical-cat/

#SFF #Tor #Reactor #JudithTarr #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #bookstodon