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#WorldOfOntyre 27

A milestone (I look for them anywhere I can find them).

Yesterday, I finished editing the last of the “problem” chapters, or bleeders, from Book-6.

I always start with most difficult chapters when I’m fresh and eager, though I might get surprised later. With those done, I find myself 23% of the way through the targeted edit.

Embrace milestones when you can!

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #Photography

#WorldOfOntyre 27

A milestone (I look for them anywhere I can find them).

Yesterday, I finished editing the last of the “problem” chapters, or bleeders, from Book-6.

I always start with most difficult chapters when I’m fresh and eager, though I might get surprised later. With those done, I find myself 23% of the way through the targeted edit.

Embrace milestones when you can!

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #Photography

#WorldOfOntyre 27

A milestone (I look for them anywhere I can find them).

Yesterday, I finished editing the last of the “problem” chapters, or bleeders, from Book-6.

I always start with most difficult chapters when I’m fresh and eager, though I might get surprised later. With those done, I find myself 23% of the way through the targeted edit.

Embrace milestones when you can!

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #Photography

#WorldOfOntyre 27

A milestone (I look for them anywhere I can find them).

Yesterday, I finished editing the last of the “problem” chapters, or bleeders, from Book-6.

I always start with most difficult chapters when I’m fresh and eager, though I might get surprised later. With those done, I find myself 23% of the way through the targeted edit.

Embrace milestones when you can!

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #Photography

#WorldOfOntyre 27

A milestone (I look for them anywhere I can find them).

Yesterday, I finished editing the last of the “problem” chapters, or bleeders, from Book-6.

I always start with most difficult chapters when I’m fresh and eager, though I might get surprised later. With those done, I find myself 23% of the way through the targeted edit.

Embrace milestones when you can!

Be everwell.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Bookstodon #Photography

#SilentSunday
Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness

By Jared Diamond
#BookSky
#Photography
#bookstodon

#SilentSunday
Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness

By Jared Diamond
#BookSky
#Photography
#bookstodon

#SilentSunday
Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness

By Jared Diamond
#BookSky
#Photography
#bookstodon

#SilentSunday
Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness

By Jared Diamond
#BookSky
#Photography
#bookstodon

#SilentSunday
Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness

By Jared Diamond
#BookSky
#Photography
#bookstodon

Books finished in 2026:

30. Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy (2011)
29. Wild Seed by Octavia E Butler (1980)
28. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (2020)
27. The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable by Terry Pratchett (2001)
26. Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P Newton with J Herman Blake (1973)
25. The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1955)
24. Granny Made Me An Anarchist by Stuart Christie (2004)
23. The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)
22. Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1970)
21. Secolo Nuovo: Or the Times of Promise, A Novel by Fulvia Ferrari (2021)
20. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels (1880)
19. Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion by Working Class History (2020)
18. The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley (1922)
17. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (1992)
16. The Red and The Black by Stendhal (1830)
15. The Book of Sand (1975) and Shakespeare’s Memory (1983) by Jorge Luis Borges
14. Anarchist Feminists In The Philippines From Etniko Bandido (~2016)
13. The Unseen by Nanni Balestrini (1989)
12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

#reading #nowreading #bookstodon #books #book

Journalism and political analysis from India that shows how far corruption to corporate greed can go, the consequences for the poor and for "democracy". Great journalism and arguments without the preachiness of someone who claims to have all of the answers.

It's three pieces in one book. The titular piece is the account of walking with the vicious Maoists that politicians insist must be slaughtered and reflections on that experience and the history that led to this moment in time.

My favorite part though is the final part, 'Trickledown Revolution', which hits hard with cited examples for just how fucked the system that insists it works for the people has become while not shying away from pointing out the shortcomings of the opposition and the tragedies and atrocities that litter the path that brought those people directly involved to this point in history.

Books finished in 2026:

30. Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy (2011)
29. Wild Seed by Octavia E Butler (1980)
28. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (2020)
27. The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable by Terry Pratchett (2001)
26. Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P Newton with J Herman Blake (1973)
25. The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (1955)
24. Granny Made Me An Anarchist by Stuart Christie (2004)
23. The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)
22. Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1970)
21. Secolo Nuovo: Or the Times of Promise, A Novel by Fulvia Ferrari (2021)
20. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels (1880)
19. Working Class History: Everyday Acts of Resistance and Rebellion by Working Class History (2020)
18. The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley (1922)
17. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (1992)
16. The Red and The Black by Stendhal (1830)
15. The Book of Sand (1975) and Shakespeare’s Memory (1983) by Jorge Luis Borges
14. Anarchist Feminists In The Philippines From Etniko Bandido (~2016)
13. The Unseen by Nanni Balestrini (1989)
12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

#reading #nowreading #bookstodon #books #book

Journalism and political analysis from India that shows how far corruption to corporate greed can go, the consequences for the poor and for "democracy". Great journalism and arguments without the preachiness of someone who claims to have all of the answers.

It's three pieces in one book. The titular piece is the account of walking with the vicious Maoists that politicians insist must be slaughtered and reflections on that experience and the history that led to this moment in time.

My favorite part though is the final part, 'Trickledown Revolution', which hits hard with cited examples for just how fucked the system that insists it works for the people has become while not shying away from pointing out the shortcomings of the opposition and the tragedies and atrocities that litter the path that brought those people directly involved to this point in history.

@Nanafugitiva Azorín y Unamuno los grandes rapsodas de la #Castilla seca y olvidada #cultura #libros #bookstodon :ablobcatgooglymlemjumping:

@Nanafugitiva Azorín y Unamuno los grandes rapsodas de la #Castilla seca y olvidada #cultura #libros #bookstodon :ablobcatgooglymlemjumping:

Nectaris - Featured in our book - PC Engine: The Box Art Collection

The brilliant box art of the PC Engine’s remarkable library capably captures an eclectic spread of artistic approaches and styles

Get a copy while you can, only 10% stock left: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/pc-engine-the-box-art-collection

#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #pcengine #bookstodon

sugar, you're sweet 🍫🫦

#quotes #spicyromance #sultry #smutbooks #bookstodon

sugar, you're sweet 🍫🫦

#quotes #spicyromance #sultry #smutbooks #bookstodon

sugar, you're sweet 🍫🫦

#quotes #spicyromance #sultry #smutbooks #bookstodon

sugar, you're sweet 🍫🫦

#quotes #spicyromance #sultry #smutbooks #bookstodon

sugar, you're sweet 🍫🫦

#quotes #spicyromance #sultry #smutbooks #bookstodon

Taken this day, 2019, local author Doug Johnstone entertaining with his guitar, at the opening party for the then-new Portobello Bookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/48390226556/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Portobello #books #livres #photography #photographie #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop

Taken this day, 2019, local author Doug Johnstone entertaining with his guitar, at the opening party for the then-new Portobello Bookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/48390226556/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Portobello #books #livres #photography #photographie #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop

Taken this day, 2019, local author Doug Johnstone entertaining with his guitar, at the opening party for the then-new Portobello Bookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/48390226556/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Portobello #books #livres #photography #photographie #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop

Taken this day, 2019, local author Doug Johnstone entertaining with his guitar, at the opening party for the then-new Portobello Bookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/48390226556/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Portobello #books #livres #photography #photographie #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop

Taken this day, 2019, local author Doug Johnstone entertaining with his guitar, at the opening party for the then-new Portobello Bookshop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/48390226556/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Portobello #books #livres #photography #photographie #bookstodon #bookshops #librairies #PortobelloEdinburgh #PortobelloBookshop

The first 9 chapters or so of Blackwater by Michael McDowell were pretty dry, much more Southern than Gothic, but then in chapter 10 spooky things finally start happening regularly and I'm into it. McDowell is at his best as a horror writer.

#books #bookstodon #horror #horrorbooks #reading

The first 9 chapters or so of Blackwater by Michael McDowell were pretty dry, much more Southern than Gothic, but then in chapter 10 spooky things finally start happening regularly and I'm into it. McDowell is at his best as a horror writer.

#books #bookstodon #horror #horrorbooks #reading

https://storykeepr.com/swap/HJjEfJTe
Rebecca is caught in a scandalous trap of her own making...

#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers #books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon

https://storykeepr.com/swap/HJjEfJTe
Rebecca is caught in a scandalous trap of her own making...

#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers #books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon

“To ban #books simply because they have a hardcover or they’re used is just trying to solve a problem that may exist in prison by finding the easiest target. And the easiest target they can find is to change the rules for what books can come in.” https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-crackdown-reading-access-profile/

#bookstodon #prison #HumanRights #law #Texas #censorship

“To ban #books simply because they have a hardcover or they’re used is just trying to solve a problem that may exist in prison by finding the easiest target. And the easiest target they can find is to change the rules for what books can come in.” https://www.texasobserver.org/prison-crackdown-reading-access-profile/

#bookstodon #prison #HumanRights #law #Texas #censorship

I’m just barely past the ½-way point of this by @cstross and it is already fantastic.

There is a scene involving a vicar, a bureaucrat, and an intern who happens to be a v̶a̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ sorry, a person with PHANG. It is hilarious due to — in equal parts — social norms, office politics, and marginalized communities.

Some may find the story disjointed and slow to start, but it merely needs the time and space to create the foundation of the action.

Excellent.

★★★★★

#reviews #BooksTodon #LaundryFiles

I’m just barely past the ½-way point of this by @cstross and it is already fantastic.

There is a scene involving a vicar, a bureaucrat, and an intern who happens to be a v̶a̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ sorry, a person with PHANG. It is hilarious due to — in equal parts — social norms, office politics, and marginalized communities.

Some may find the story disjointed and slow to start, but it merely needs the time and space to create the foundation of the action.

Excellent.

★★★★★

#reviews #BooksTodon #LaundryFiles

I’m just barely past the ½-way point of this by @cstross and it is already fantastic.

There is a scene involving a vicar, a bureaucrat, and an intern who happens to be a v̶a̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ sorry, a person with PHANG. It is hilarious due to — in equal parts — social norms, office politics, and marginalized communities.

Some may find the story disjointed and slow to start, but it merely needs the time and space to create the foundation of the action.

Excellent.

★★★★★

#reviews #BooksTodon #LaundryFiles

I’m just barely past the ½-way point of this by @cstross and it is already fantastic.

There is a scene involving a vicar, a bureaucrat, and an intern who happens to be a v̶a̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ sorry, a person with PHANG. It is hilarious due to — in equal parts — social norms, office politics, and marginalized communities.

Some may find the story disjointed and slow to start, but it merely needs the time and space to create the foundation of the action.

Excellent.

★★★★★

#reviews #BooksTodon #LaundryFiles

I’m just barely past the ½-way point of this by @cstross and it is already fantastic.

There is a scene involving a vicar, a bureaucrat, and an intern who happens to be a v̶a̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶ sorry, a person with PHANG. It is hilarious due to — in equal parts — social norms, office politics, and marginalized communities.

Some may find the story disjointed and slow to start, but it merely needs the time and space to create the foundation of the action.

Excellent.

★★★★★

#reviews #BooksTodon #LaundryFiles

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Everett Creed:

In a universe where dictators hoard all the best criminal hustles, and mercilessly persecute those who seek to make their fortunes through morally dubious means, Everett sees an advantage in aligning with the resistance fighters who oppose Conn Teel.

But his reputation for dismembering those who cross him make him a hazardous potential ally.

https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-everett-creed

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Everett Creed:

In a universe where dictators hoard all the best criminal hustles, and mercilessly persecute those who seek to make their fortunes through morally dubious means, Everett sees an advantage in aligning with the resistance fighters who oppose Conn Teel.

But his reputation for dismembering those who cross him make him a hazardous potential ally.

https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-everett-creed

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Everett Creed:

In a universe where dictators hoard all the best criminal hustles, and mercilessly persecute those who seek to make their fortunes through morally dubious means, Everett sees an advantage in aligning with the resistance fighters who oppose Conn Teel.

But his reputation for dismembering those who cross him make him a hazardous potential ally.

https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-everett-creed

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Everett Creed:

In a universe where dictators hoard all the best criminal hustles, and mercilessly persecute those who seek to make their fortunes through morally dubious means, Everett sees an advantage in aligning with the resistance fighters who oppose Conn Teel.

But his reputation for dismembering those who cross him make him a hazardous potential ally.

https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-everett-creed

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Everett Creed:

In a universe where dictators hoard all the best criminal hustles, and mercilessly persecute those who seek to make their fortunes through morally dubious means, Everett sees an advantage in aligning with the resistance fighters who oppose Conn Teel.

But his reputation for dismembering those who cross him make him a hazardous potential ally.

https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-everett-creed

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

This week's #NewBooks at the library: I went to DinoCon and treated myself to Sean Hennesy's Speed Thief Volumes 1 and 2, and two art portfolios by Steve White, Dread Sovereign and The Bone Cabin Chronicles

#Books #Bookstodon #Palaeoart #Paleoart #Dinosaurs #Scicomm @bookstodon

This week's #NewBooks at the library: I went to DinoCon and treated myself to Sean Hennesy's Speed Thief Volumes 1 and 2, and two art portfolios by Steve White, Dread Sovereign and The Bone Cabin Chronicles

#Books #Bookstodon #Palaeoart #Paleoart #Dinosaurs #Scicomm @bookstodon

Dracula but gay? Don't mind if I do!!

Because that's what Mark Zidzik's Dracula/Harker series is all about! Part I: From Transylvania to England was a delight! Can't wait for the next part to come out.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb404653-6b27-43b2-a167-c69a59d3cf5f

#reading #bookstodon #MarkZidzik #Dracula/Harker

Dracula but gay? Don't mind if I do!!

Because that's what Mark Zidzik's Dracula/Harker series is all about! Part I: From Transylvania to England was a delight! Can't wait for the next part to come out.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/eb404653-6b27-43b2-a167-c69a59d3cf5f

#reading #bookstodon #MarkZidzik #Dracula/Harker