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I just bought To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose, on bookshop.org and I am on the verge of tears I'm so fucking excited to read this during my upcoming vacation

It's the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath which was my favorite book I've read in, I dunno, maybe decades?

Check your local library or support the author *and* a local bookstore by buying through bookshop!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-ride-a-rising-storm-the-second-book-of-nampeshiweisit-moniquill-blackgoose/c532be7a1116caa9?ean=9780593498309

#books #fantasy #altHistory #dragons #indigenous #nampeshiweisit

I just bought To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose, on bookshop.org and I am on the verge of tears I'm so fucking excited to read this during my upcoming vacation

It's the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath which was my favorite book I've read in, I dunno, maybe decades?

Check your local library or support the author *and* a local bookstore by buying through bookshop!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-ride-a-rising-storm-the-second-book-of-nampeshiweisit-moniquill-blackgoose/c532be7a1116caa9?ean=9780593498309

#books #fantasy #altHistory #dragons #indigenous #nampeshiweisit

I just bought To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose, on bookshop.org and I am on the verge of tears I'm so fucking excited to read this during my upcoming vacation

It's the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath which was my favorite book I've read in, I dunno, maybe decades?

Check your local library or support the author *and* a local bookstore by buying through bookshop!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-ride-a-rising-storm-the-second-book-of-nampeshiweisit-moniquill-blackgoose/c532be7a1116caa9?ean=9780593498309

#books #fantasy #altHistory #dragons #indigenous #nampeshiweisit

I just bought To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose, on bookshop.org and I am on the verge of tears I'm so fucking excited to read this during my upcoming vacation

It's the sequel to To Shape a Dragon's Breath which was my favorite book I've read in, I dunno, maybe decades?

Check your local library or support the author *and* a local bookstore by buying through bookshop!

https://bookshop.org/p/books/to-ride-a-rising-storm-the-second-book-of-nampeshiweisit-moniquill-blackgoose/c532be7a1116caa9?ean=9780593498309

#books #fantasy #altHistory #dragons #indigenous #nampeshiweisit

I've finished: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I was really interested to see what Chabon would do with an alt-history where Israel did not gain independence in 1948.

I was glad to see that the focus was on the refugees in the Jewish reservation, on their reaction to the traumatic events of the 20th century, their long history in the diaspora and their distress as their legal status in the US is about to expire.

I was actually disappointed when external politics entered the picture.

I enjoyed the description of the many traumatized and flawed characters within the pressure cooker of this ghetto.

We don't get to see much of the external world, but this doesn't feel like a novel set in 2007. The noir tone is a large part of that but it feels like a US that didn't go through the 1960 civil rights era. This may be part of the alt-history, but the novel feels like it is set in the 1950's. The more modern technologies feel tacked on and superfluous.

I can understand why Chabon extended the timeline, it gives him an aging founder generation to work with and gives the revolutionary further of the first half of the 20th century time to simmer down.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/412192bc-6de1-4a8a-93b4-b1e1d996cf8d

@bookstodon
@audiofiction
#altHistory #SFF #Jewish #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

I've finished: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I was really interested to see what Chabon would do with an alt-history where Israel did not gain independence in 1948.

I was glad to see that the focus was on the refugees in the Jewish reservation, on their reaction to the traumatic events of the 20th century, their long history in the diaspora and their distress as their legal status in the US is about to expire.

I was actually disappointed when external politics entered the picture.

I enjoyed the description of the many traumatized and flawed characters within the pressure cooker of this ghetto.

We don't get to see much of the external world, but this doesn't feel like a novel set in 2007. The noir tone is a large part of that but it feels like a US that didn't go through the 1960 civil rights era. This may be part of the alt-history, but the novel feels like it is set in the 1950's. The more modern technologies feel tacked on and superfluous.

I can understand why Chabon extended the timeline, it gives him an aging founder generation to work with and gives the revolutionary further of the first half of the 20th century time to simmer down.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/412192bc-6de1-4a8a-93b4-b1e1d996cf8d

@bookstodon
@audiofiction
#altHistory #SFF #Jewish #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

I've finished: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I was really interested to see what Chabon would do with an alt-history where Israel did not gain independence in 1948.

I was glad to see that the focus was on the refugees in the Jewish reservation, on their reaction to the traumatic events of the 20th century, their long history in the diaspora and their distress as their legal status in the US is about to expire.

I was actually disappointed when external politics entered the picture.

I enjoyed the description of the many traumatized and flawed characters within the pressure cooker of this ghetto.

We don't get to see much of the external world, but this doesn't feel like a novel set in 2007. The noir tone is a large part of that but it feels like a US that didn't go through the 1960 civil rights era. This may be part of the alt-history, but the novel feels like it is set in the 1950's. The more modern technologies feel tacked on and superfluous.

I can understand why Chabon extended the timeline, it gives him an aging founder generation to work with and gives the revolutionary further of the first half of the 20th century time to simmer down.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/412192bc-6de1-4a8a-93b4-b1e1d996cf8d

@bookstodon
@audiofiction
#altHistory #SFF #Jewish #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

I've finished: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I was really interested to see what Chabon would do with an alt-history where Israel did not gain independence in 1948.

I was glad to see that the focus was on the refugees in the Jewish reservation, on their reaction to the traumatic events of the 20th century, their long history in the diaspora and their distress as their legal status in the US is about to expire.

I was actually disappointed when external politics entered the picture.

I enjoyed the description of the many traumatized and flawed characters within the pressure cooker of this ghetto.

We don't get to see much of the external world, but this doesn't feel like a novel set in 2007. The noir tone is a large part of that but it feels like a US that didn't go through the 1960 civil rights era. This may be part of the alt-history, but the novel feels like it is set in the 1950's. The more modern technologies feel tacked on and superfluous.

I can understand why Chabon extended the timeline, it gives him an aging founder generation to work with and gives the revolutionary further of the first half of the 20th century time to simmer down.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/412192bc-6de1-4a8a-93b4-b1e1d996cf8d

@bookstodon
@audiofiction
#altHistory #SFF #Jewish #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

I've finished: The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

I was really interested to see what Chabon would do with an alt-history where Israel did not gain independence in 1948.

I was glad to see that the focus was on the refugees in the Jewish reservation, on their reaction to the traumatic events of the 20th century, their long history in the diaspora and their distress as their legal status in the US is about to expire.

I was actually disappointed when external politics entered the picture.

I enjoyed the description of the many traumatized and flawed characters within the pressure cooker of this ghetto.

We don't get to see much of the external world, but this doesn't feel like a novel set in 2007. The noir tone is a large part of that but it feels like a US that didn't go through the 1960 civil rights era. This may be part of the alt-history, but the novel feels like it is set in the 1950's. The more modern technologies feel tacked on and superfluous.

I can understand why Chabon extended the timeline, it gives him an aging founder generation to work with and gives the revolutionary further of the first half of the 20th century time to simmer down.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/412192bc-6de1-4a8a-93b4-b1e1d996cf8d

@bookstodon
@audiofiction
#altHistory #SFF #Jewish #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

History books say the 1950s were about the Red Scare. They forgot the Super Scare.

When Nazi remnants fled to South America, they didn't just hide. They raised a weapon: Donner.

To stop the restoration of the Reich, Nucleus and Strongman became the first team. Not for glory. For survival.

Experience the origin of superheroes in Donner und Blitzkrieg: https://shop.confluentpress.com/products/donner-und-blitzkrieg-ebook

#SpeculativeFiction #AltHistory #Superheroes

History books say the 1950s were about the Red Scare. They forgot the Super Scare.

When Nazi remnants fled to South America, they didn't just hide. They raised a weapon: Donner.

To stop the restoration of the Reich, Nucleus and Strongman became the first team. Not for glory. For survival.

Experience the origin of superheroes in Donner und Blitzkrieg: https://shop.confluentpress.com/products/donner-und-blitzkrieg-ebook

#SpeculativeFiction #AltHistory #Superheroes

History books say the 1950s were about the Red Scare. They forgot the Super Scare.

When Nazi remnants fled to South America, they didn't just hide. They raised a weapon: Donner.

To stop the restoration of the Reich, Nucleus and Strongman became the first team. Not for glory. For survival.

Experience the origin of superheroes in Donner und Blitzkrieg: https://shop.confluentpress.com/products/donner-und-blitzkrieg-ebook

#SpeculativeFiction #AltHistory #Superheroes

RE: https://zirk.us/@MidniteMikeWrites/114356978530386452

Built a toy model I call the Great Technological Railway that imagines the history of a technology as a series of train stations where developments steer a tech's diffusion. I still haven't answered this question specifically, but have illustrated simple internet #althistory

https://misaligned.markets/gtr-internet-history-governance/

RE: https://zirk.us/@MidniteMikeWrites/114356978530386452

Built a toy model I call the Great Technological Railway that imagines the history of a technology as a series of train stations where developments steer a tech's diffusion. I still haven't answered this question specifically, but have illustrated simple internet #althistory

https://misaligned.markets/gtr-internet-history-governance/

RE: https://zirk.us/@MidniteMikeWrites/114356978530386452

Built a toy model I call the Great Technological Railway that imagines the history of a technology as a series of train stations where developments steer a tech's diffusion. I still haven't answered this question specifically, but have illustrated simple internet #althistory

https://misaligned.markets/gtr-internet-history-governance/

RE: https://zirk.us/@MidniteMikeWrites/114356978530386452

Built a toy model I call the Great Technological Railway that imagines the history of a technology as a series of train stations where developments steer a tech's diffusion. I still haven't answered this question specifically, but have illustrated simple internet #althistory

https://misaligned.markets/gtr-internet-history-governance/

Live Today.
#new #novel #althistory
https://books2read.com/u/3nRABB

Live Today.
#new #novel #althistory
https://books2read.com/u/3nRABB

Three Days until SORCERY ON THE SUNSET EXPRESS goes live. https://books2read.com/u/3nRABB
#Novel #Magic #AltHistory

Three Days until SORCERY ON THE SUNSET EXPRESS goes live. https://books2read.com/u/3nRABB
#Novel #Magic #AltHistory

Some grudges are forever. . . .

If the cat-and-mouse of ageless enemies and the magic of Steam intrigues? You may be a future fan of LORD BYRON'S CURSE, now out in #ebook and #print from Irene Radford.

Read a sample over at Book View Cafe. #BookViewCafe @bookstodon #bookstodon #AltHistory #AltFantasy #Steampunk

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-lord-byrons-curse-by-irene-radford/

Some grudges are forever. . . .

If the cat-and-mouse of ageless enemies and the magic of Steam intrigues? You may be a future fan of LORD BYRON'S CURSE, now out in #ebook and #print from Irene Radford.

Read a sample over at Book View Cafe. #BookViewCafe @bookstodon #bookstodon #AltHistory #AltFantasy #Steampunk

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-lord-byrons-curse-by-irene-radford/

Some grudges are forever. . . .

If the cat-and-mouse of ageless enemies and the magic of Steam intrigues? You may be a future fan of LORD BYRON'S CURSE, now out in #ebook and #print from Irene Radford.

Read a sample over at Book View Cafe. #BookViewCafe @bookstodon #bookstodon #AltHistory #AltFantasy #Steampunk

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-lord-byrons-curse-by-irene-radford/

Some grudges are forever. . . .

If the cat-and-mouse of ageless enemies and the magic of Steam intrigues? You may be a future fan of LORD BYRON'S CURSE, now out in #ebook and #print from Irene Radford.

Read a sample over at Book View Cafe. #BookViewCafe @bookstodon #bookstodon #AltHistory #AltFantasy #Steampunk

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-lord-byrons-curse-by-irene-radford/

For Allie fans and people who love ALT fantasy history--

The walking wheel for spinning.

#spinning #weaving #AltHistory #AltFantasy

https://youtu.be/oG0DsNdR4nQ?si=Ejc-dB3Lq-F1TyJP

For Allie fans and people who love ALT fantasy history--

The walking wheel for spinning.

#spinning #weaving #AltHistory #AltFantasy

https://youtu.be/oG0DsNdR4nQ?si=Ejc-dB3Lq-F1TyJP

For Allie fans and people who love ALT fantasy history--

The walking wheel for spinning.

#spinning #weaving #AltHistory #AltFantasy

https://youtu.be/oG0DsNdR4nQ?si=Ejc-dB3Lq-F1TyJP

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2027363/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2027363/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2027363/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2027363/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2027363/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2027360/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2027360/titus-my-love

Titus, my love 😭

Titus, my love 😭

Titus, my love 😭

https://piefed.social/c/roughromanmemes/p/2027360/titus-my-love

#PennedPossibilities
Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

I'm finishing my #steampunk #SciFi series of novellas (last seconds on #Kickstarter if you're interested)

Also working on a #AlternativeHistory #AltHistory #FaeVSMachines #LightningPunk Don't really know what to call it, but set in Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after the empire is taken over by feminist witches. It's a lot of fun.

#PennedPossibilities
Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

I'm finishing my #steampunk #SciFi series of novellas (last seconds on #Kickstarter if you're interested)

Also working on a #AlternativeHistory #AltHistory #FaeVSMachines #LightningPunk Don't really know what to call it, but set in Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after the empire is taken over by feminist witches. It's a lot of fun.

#PennedPossibilities
Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

I'm finishing my #steampunk #SciFi series of novellas (last seconds on #Kickstarter if you're interested)

Also working on a #AlternativeHistory #AltHistory #FaeVSMachines #LightningPunk Don't really know what to call it, but set in Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after the empire is taken over by feminist witches. It's a lot of fun.

#PennedPossibilities
Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

I'm finishing my #steampunk #SciFi series of novellas (last seconds on #Kickstarter if you're interested)

Also working on a #AlternativeHistory #AltHistory #FaeVSMachines #LightningPunk Don't really know what to call it, but set in Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after the empire is taken over by feminist witches. It's a lot of fun.

#PennedPossibilities
Tell us about your WIP. What is the genre or genres?

I'm finishing my #steampunk #SciFi series of novellas (last seconds on #Kickstarter if you're interested)

Also working on a #AlternativeHistory #AltHistory #FaeVSMachines #LightningPunk Don't really know what to call it, but set in Vienna in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after the empire is taken over by feminist witches. It's a lot of fun.

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Dieselpunk #dieselpunk #retrofuturism #artdeco #InterwarPeriod #AltHistory #SciFi #fantasy #books #bookstagram #booksky
Doc Sidhe - Aaron Allston
Tom Strong - Alan Moore
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Rocketeer - Dave Stevens
Radiance - Catherynne Valente

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Dieselpunk #dieselpunk #retrofuturism #artdeco #InterwarPeriod #AltHistory #SciFi #fantasy #books #bookstagram #booksky
Doc Sidhe - Aaron Allston
Tom Strong - Alan Moore
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Rocketeer - Dave Stevens
Radiance - Catherynne Valente

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Dieselpunk #dieselpunk #retrofuturism #artdeco #InterwarPeriod #AltHistory #SciFi #fantasy #books #bookstagram #booksky
Doc Sidhe - Aaron Allston
Tom Strong - Alan Moore
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Rocketeer - Dave Stevens
Radiance - Catherynne Valente

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Dieselpunk #dieselpunk #retrofuturism #artdeco #InterwarPeriod #AltHistory #SciFi #fantasy #books #bookstagram #booksky
Doc Sidhe - Aaron Allston
Tom Strong - Alan Moore
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Rocketeer - Dave Stevens
Radiance - Catherynne Valente

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Dieselpunk #dieselpunk #retrofuturism #artdeco #InterwarPeriod #AltHistory #SciFi #fantasy #books #bookstagram #booksky
Doc Sidhe - Aaron Allston
Tom Strong - Alan Moore
Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
The Rocketeer - Dave Stevens
Radiance - Catherynne Valente

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Steampunk #steampunk #steampunknovels #Fantasy #AltHistory #ScienceFiction #specfic #books #booksky #bookstagram
Girl Genius - Phil and Kaja Foglio
Illusion - Paula Volsky
Ettiquette and Espionage - Gail Carriger
A Matter of Execution - Olivia and Nicholas Atwater
The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Steampunk #steampunk #steampunknovels #Fantasy #AltHistory #ScienceFiction #specfic #books #booksky #bookstagram
Girl Genius - Phil and Kaja Foglio
Illusion - Paula Volsky
Ettiquette and Espionage - Gail Carriger
A Matter of Execution - Olivia and Nicholas Atwater
The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher

#gamemastersbookclub Explores the Genres! Steampunk #steampunk #steampunknovels #Fantasy #AltHistory #ScienceFiction #specfic #books #booksky #bookstagram
Girl Genius - Phil and Kaja Foglio
Illusion - Paula Volsky
Ettiquette and Espionage - Gail Carriger
A Matter of Execution - Olivia and Nicholas Atwater
The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher