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Anke
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ratfactor
@ratfactor@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wow, today I discovered William Morris's Kelmscott Press. Many books published by the press were plain, but some of them were spectacularly illustrated. All of these images are from the Wikipedia page about the press (but the ALT descriptions are by yours truly):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelmscott_Press

#bookIllustration #illuminations #letterpress #bibliophile #bookstodon

Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
Edward Burne-Jones's illustration of the house made of "twigges" in "The House of Fame" from the Kelmscott Press's edition of Chaucer. The house looks like an enclosed floating cylindrical wicker basket in the shape of a big cheese wheel with little windows and doors all around it. There's a person and a big bird in the foreground looking at this weirdness. It's a surreal image and makes a neat contrast with the bold border framing the scene, featuring more of that incredible floral ornamentation.
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
This two-page spread from "The Altar Book" is a lot like the "News from Nowhere" spread - so I'm not going to duplicate that ALT. But the inset image has a nativity scene with The Three Wise Men bowing to Mary and baby Jesus. That's a pretty fancy manger!
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."
The book "News from Nowhere" open to a highly illuminated page with black and white decorations and a couple lines of red text. There are lots of floral decorations and a scene with an "...old house by the Thames to which the people of this story went hereafter..."
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Steph (they/them)
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Are there any fantasy authors bringing soft magic systems back? I am actually not a huge fan of hard magic systems where everything follows strict and well-known rules. (It's one of the many reasons I can't get into Sanderson.) It literally takes the magic out of magic for me.

I think Steven Erikson did this well in Malazan Book of the Fallen: magic-users themselves don't know everything about how magic works, and disparate cultures and peoples have very different frameworks for categorising and understanding it. The magic feels weird and mysterious and beyond human comprehension, like the magic-users are paddling at the edges of a vast sea, trying to make sense of what little they can explore.

ETA: Just to be clear I've been a voracious fantasy reader for thirty years so I have heard of all the big names, I'm asking about new authors! Or more obscure ones!

#bookstodon

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Robert W. Gehl
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Robert W. Gehl
@rwg@aoir.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Pleased to announce that my book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, is now available online, and will be out in print in a couple weeks!
https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com
That site has more stuff, too -- links to related articles, some notes about how I researched it, and a contact form in case you want to talk about the fediverse with me! (I'd be happy to chat with journalists about it!)
#academicChatter #bookstodon #fediverse #mastodon
Steph (they/them)
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Are there any fantasy authors bringing soft magic systems back? I am actually not a huge fan of hard magic systems where everything follows strict and well-known rules. (It's one of the many reasons I can't get into Sanderson.) It literally takes the magic out of magic for me.

I think Steven Erikson did this well in Malazan Book of the Fallen: magic-users themselves don't know everything about how magic works, and disparate cultures and peoples have very different frameworks for categorising and understanding it. The magic feels weird and mysterious and beyond human comprehension, like the magic-users are paddling at the edges of a vast sea, trying to make sense of what little they can explore.

ETA: Just to be clear I've been a voracious fantasy reader for thirty years so I have heard of all the big names, I'm asking about new authors! Or more obscure ones!

#bookstodon
Will Elm
@willelm@indieauthors.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Today's the day. SHADOW OF THE ELDERS is available wide both in ebook and paperback! If you've been waiting until it left Amazon to check it out, now's the time!

https://books2read.com/shadowoftheelders

#bookstodon #books #fantasy#SFF #writingcommunity @indieauthors @bookstodon

Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Will Elm
@willelm@indieauthors.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Today's the day. SHADOW OF THE ELDERS is available wide both in ebook and paperback! If you've been waiting until it left Amazon to check it out, now's the time!

https://books2read.com/shadowoftheelders

#bookstodon #books #fantasy#SFF #writingcommunity @indieauthors @bookstodon

Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.
Matt ⁂ 🇳🇴 🇺🇦
@matt@oslo.town  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Prismatic Pages is Oslo’s only all-English bookshop and they are having a fundraiser to help cover the loss from last year and grow into the future 🌱

So, if having a local English bookstore in Oslo is something you treasure, check out donation page: https://www.spleis.no/project/442212

@prismaticpages
@bookstodon

#books #reading #bookstore #bookshop #bookstodon #fundraiser #oslo #allheimen #oslove
Patch Arcana
@patcharcana@furry.engineer  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Book Promotion: Since the tragedy of 1994, Agency Division have weilded their authority over matters arcane with relative impunity. Enforcers like Vidcund Därk, collectively known as the Men in Black, serve a single purpose - the absolute eradicaton of magic and those who would use it. This is not an uncommon goal - a group of rogue arcanists known as the Grey Angels have much the same outcome in mind. When a respected mathematics professor obtains a translated copy of the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the hunt is on to determine how he got hold of it. But soon, a bigger crisis unfolds - one that Agency Division can’t keep under wraps.

https://www.sanityline.net

#readers #bookstodon #fedibookfair #dystopia #urbanfantasy #adventure #action #thriller #series #books #reading

(And, if you go with the kobo store links, now available as a DRM-free e-book)