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- 10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:
10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:
Ursula Le Guin Kim Stanley Robinson Octavia Butler N. K. Jemisin Becky Chambers Iain M. Banks Martha Wells M. R. Carey Lois McMaster Bujold Vonda McIntyre
- This week I've been mainly reading, no. 148.
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 148.
The first book of Ann Leckie's Radch trilogy, Ancillary Justice (2013) offers an interesting plot of AI, identity & insurrection. Leckie builds an interesting (political) world/universe for her tale of revenge & becoming, which while at times a little too tricksy, overall remains a compelling bit of space-opera. If at times the plot seems a little too convoluted, the central idea(s) is/are intriguing & developed interestingly
- † Vernor Vinge (79)
† Vernor Vinge (79)
Rest in peace. Loved the Zones of Thought series.
\#books #amreading #reading #kindle #literature #bookwyrm #booktoot #book #books #knihy #scifi #sff @bookstodon @scifi @knihy
- Well , I thoroughly enjoyed reading those... #scifi #books #bookstodon
Well @bookstodon, I thoroughly enjoyed reading those... #scifi #books #bookstodon
- From yesterday, my review of the excellent Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas. Published today.
From yesterday, my review of the excellent Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas. Published today. https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2024/03/cascade-failure-by-l-m-sagas-review.html
- #FinishedReading this slim volume of early 50s #SciFi by #AEVanVogt . The goofy title and stories of visiting inhabitable Mars and Venus makes this look like super old fashioned stuff, but that, like
\#FinishedReading this slim volume of early 50s #SciFi by #AEVanVogt . The goofy title and stories of visiting inhabitable Mars and Venus makes this look like super old fashioned stuff, but that, like much else in this book, is an illusion. This is pure Cold War paranoia, with disorienting temporal and character shifts, mind control drugs, sinister conspiracies etc, and in general this feels like a bridge to the high points of Philip K Dick. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
- Happy release day to me!
Happy release day to me!
https://johnwilker.scifibooksalactic-instability/
Check it out! Buy it on whatever platform you enjoy reading on!
- Well, I suppose there's a first time for everything.
Well, I suppose there's a first time for everything.
Today's review of The Left Hand of Dog calls the book 'too normal'.
If you'd like to read an ordinary, typical, common book about an aro-ace agender IT project manager and her dog who get kidnapped by giant space bunnies, click now. Prices are going up … soon.
https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/collection/starship-teapot-series
@bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon #books #scifi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #TheLeftHandOfDog #SiClarke
- Short Stories.
Short Stories.
Love ‘em, hate ‘em, somewhere in the middle?
Years ago one of my dear friends (who is a huge bookworm) and I were talking. She told me she hated short stories. I can’t remember why or if she even told me a reason. This conversation has stuck with me, because I struggle with them- why? I have no idea. I have tried different tactics to overcome this. I am s l o w l y reading one now, but I don’t gravitate toward it (not the one pictured, but it’s one I really want to read if I can ever get there).
I’d love to hear your thoughts. \#books #photography #fediverse #shortstories @bookstodon
- This week I've been mainly reading, no. 129.
This week I've been mainly reading, no. 129.
Ann Leckie's Translation State (2023) is a #scifi tale of negotiation between (intergalactic) civilisations, leavened with a story of belonging & (re)made families. While, highly focussed (the set-piece negotiations are half the book), its a fascinating work of invention that breezes along through multiple perspectives. Elements are left unexplained but it hardly matters as the narrative itself carries you along. I really enjoyed it.
- [\#JustFinished](https://dice.camp/tags/JustFinished) Julia, by Sandra Newman
\#JustFinished Julia, by Sandra Newman
This is a diificult book for me to review, as I had mixed feelings throughout the book. It was written as an update to 1984 told from the main female character's point of view.
Initially, I thought it was a great reimagining of the story. Newman makes Julia more intelligent than she was cast in 1984, which does make the character more interesting. As the book went on, Julia is so cynical
1/3
- What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?
What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?
At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?
My friend, book blogger Kriti, was musing on these questions a while back, and it sparked this new post: https://armedwithabook.com/dealing-with-dnf-the-practice-of-did-not-finish/
@bookstodon \#Bookstodon #Books #ReadingCommunity #BookBloggers #AmReading
- Latest read:
Latest read: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. Continuing my quest to fill in blanks in my classic sci-fi knowledge. This is one of those books that will stay with me. It packs a punch.
\#book #scifi #bookstodon #sciencefiction #masterworks @bookstodon
- Spadework for a Palace, by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, trans John Batki. You are a librarian with a great plan to create a Permanently Closed Library, which you record with other thoughts in a single senten
Spadework for a Palace, by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, trans John Batki. You are a librarian with a great plan to create a Permanently Closed Library, which you record with other thoughts in a single sentence that stretches 100 pages. 5 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #reading #libraries #librarians #architecture #novela
- Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations
Extinction Studies: Stories of Time, Death, and Generations
Extinction Studies focuses on the entangled ecological and social dimensions of extinction, exploring the ways in which extinction catastrophically interrupts life-giving processes of time, death, and generations. The volume opens up important philosophical questions about our place in, and obligations to, a more-than-human world.
- [\#JustFinished](https://dice.camp/tags/JustFinished) The Humans, by Matt Haig.
\#JustFinished The Humans, by Matt Haig.
The narrator leads us through a look at Earth and posh English culture from the eyes of an alien. Humorous without stepping too far, it leads into a serious story as the narrator grows. By the end, it's poignant and we're left with the warm fuzzies. Truly a lovely arc of a story.
- Violence, Colonialism and Empire in the Modern World
Violence, Colonialism and Empire in the Modern World
This book explores the theme of violence, repression and atrocity in imperial and colonial empires, as well as its representations and memories, from the late eighteenth through to the twentieth century. It examines the wide variety of violent means by which colonies and empire were maintained in the modern era, the politics of repression and the violent structures inherent in empire.
- The Good Man of Nanking is a crucial document for understanding one of World War II's most horrific incidents of genocide, one which the Japanese have steadfastly refused to acknowledge. It is also th
The Good Man of Nanking is a crucial document for understanding one of World War II's most horrific incidents of genocide, one which the Japanese have steadfastly refused to acknowledge. It is also the moving and awe-inspiring record of one man's conscience, courage, and generosity in the face of appalling human brutality.
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#diary \#WWII \#Nanking \#JohnRabe
- [@bookstodon](https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon) In 2023 there's been a huge expansion in the number of graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and graphic nonfiction published. They deserve a 2023 "Best of" lis
@bookstodon In 2023 there's been a huge expansion in the number of graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and graphic nonfiction published. They deserve a 2023 "Best of" list of their own. Here's mine; add yours. I always want to hear about great graphic books!
Best Graphic Books published in 2023:
THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ, Salva Rubio, Antonio Iturbe
YAZIDI! Aurélien Ducoudray, Mini Ludvin
SUNSHINE, Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author of HEY, KIDDO)
DICTATORSHIP: IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK! Sarah Kendzior, Andrea Chalupa, Kasia Babis
THE INFINITY HEART, Wendy Xu
FUNNY THINGS: A COMIC BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES M. SCHULTZ, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi
EIGHT BILLION GENIES: DELUXE EDITION, BOOK ONE, Charles Soule, Ryan Browne
GENDER IS REALLY STRANGE, Teddy Goetz, Sophie Standing
MONICA, Daniel Clowes (author of GHOST WORLD)
COURAGE TO DREAM: TALES OF HOPE IN THE HOLOCAUST, Neal Shusterman, Andrés Vera Martínez
ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY, Amy Kurzweil
WASHINGTON'S GAY GENERAL, Josh Trujillo, Levi Hastings
\#books #GraphicNovels #bookstodon #BooksWorthReading #BestBooks 2023
- Margins of Writing, Origins of Culture
Margins of Writing, Origins of Culture
Collectively, the articles here provide well-documented challenges to conventional wisdom about that for which people actually used Sumerian, Egyptian, Hittite, and Hebrew. This conference was the first to bring leading philologists together with anthropologists and social theorists to explore what writing meant to politics in the ancient Near East.
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#AncientNearEast \#languages \#writing \#politics
- Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Anger, Mercy, Revenge
"Raging with an inhuman desire to inflict pain in combat and shed blood in punishment, it cares nothing for itself provided it can harm the other: it throws itself upon the very weapons raised against it, hungry for a vengeance that will bring down the avenger too."
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#philosophy \#Seneca \#anger \#revenge
- The Complete Poems of Michelangelo
The Complete Poems of Michelangelo
There is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadow his devotion to poetry. Michelangelo used poetry to express what was too personal to display in sculpture or painting.
@bookstodon \#books \#fiction \#poetry \#sonnets \#Michelangelo
- Luís de Camões
Luís de Camões Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition
The most important writer in Portuguese history and one of the preeminent European poets of the early modern era, Luís de Camões (1524–80) has been ranked as a sonneteer on par with Petrarch, Dante, and Shakespeare.
@bookstodon \#books \#fiction \#poetry \#sonnets \#Portuguese
- I love [#MurielSpark](https://kolektiva.social/tags/MurielSpark).
I love #MurielSpark. 'I am a descendant, do not forget, of Willie Brodie, a man of substance, a cabinet maker and designer of gibbets, a member of the Town Council of Edinburgh and a keeper of two mistresses who bore him five children between them.'
She is so cruel to her characters. What a brilliant thing to have Miss Jean Brodie say. It has to be one of the funniest lines in literature.
- The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends
The Chinese Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Legends
This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. The Chinese Myths not only retells the ancient stories but also considers their place within the patterns of Chinese religions, culture and history.
- I'm publishing the expanded Off the Grid book while it's being edited! You can learn more about it here. The eBook is under a [#CreativeCommons](https://tweesecake.social/tags/CreativeCommons) license
I'm publishing the expanded Off the Grid book while it's being edited! You can learn more about it here. The eBook is under a #CreativeCommons license and DRM free! https://leanpub.com/otg @bookstodon #DRMFree #Books #Disability
- THE OPPRESSION OF THE UYGHUR PEOPLE explored in heartbreaking detail through an exiled poet and filmmaker’s memoir. Beautiful writing about a horrifying topic brings stories of the imprisoned and murd
THE OPPRESSION OF THE UYGHUR PEOPLE explored in heartbreaking detail through an exiled poet and filmmaker’s memoir. Beautiful writing about a horrifying topic brings stories of the imprisoned and murdered into the light. A MINUS
\#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #nonfiction #memoir #memoirs #uyghurs #uyghur
- The Great Escape
The Great Escape
The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship.
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#America \#immigrants \#ForcedLabor
- Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America
The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?
- Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
A landmark, magisterial history of the trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals—the largely overlooked Asian counterpart to Nuremberg
Relevant today.
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#history \#PacificWar \#Japan \#WarCrimes
- Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide.
- The devil and his entourage have certainly left the Soviet investigators in a tizzy!
The devil and his entourage have certainly left the Soviet investigators in a tizzy!
(A quotation from The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, P&V translation)
@bookstodon @bookstadon \#books #reading #amreading #literature #comedy #satire #russianliterature #mikhailbulgakov #themasterandmargarita
- I was interviewed with [@rachelcleves](https://historians.social/@rachelcleves) about our new [#scifi](https://aoir.social/tags/scifi) [#sff](https://aoir.social/tags/sff) novel A SECOND CHANCE FOR YE
I was interviewed with @rachelcleves about our new #scifi #sff novel A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY (written jointly as @RASinn) in the new American University Magazine. Love the kicker. https://www.american.edu/magazine/article/biblio-file-a-second-chance-for-yesterday.cfm #bookstodon @bookstodon @sciencefiction
- My next book is coming soon! Wherever you like to track your reading, I've got you covered:
My next book is coming soon! Wherever you like to track your reading, I've got you covered:
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17159630.Michael\_Shotter Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/michael-shotter AllAuthor https://allauthor.com/author/mshotter/ BingeBooks https://bingebooks.com/author/michael-shotter
Alternatively, you can give me a follow on Amazon to stay up-to-date on my latest releases!
http://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter
\#scifi #sciencefiction #speculative #fiction #speculativefiction #specfic #horror #paranormal #thriller #reads #readingcommunity #readersofmastodon #booksofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon #book #reading #Goodreads #Bookbub #AllAuthor #BingeBooks #Amazon #read @bookstodon
- System Collapse by Martha Wells, the latest MurderBot book, is out today and it's great. Read my review: [https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2023/11/system-collapse-by-martha-wells-review.html](https:/
System Collapse by Martha Wells, the latest MurderBot book, is out today and it's great. Read my review: https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2023/11/system-collapse-by-martha-wells-review.html
- Other Minds
Other Minds
The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus.
@bookstodon \#books \#nonfiction \#cephalopods \#octopus \#intelligence
- Somehow I missed this trend: When did trivial medical romance become trivial [#librarian](https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarian) romance? [#PulpFiction](https://openbiblio.social/tags/PulpFiction)
Somehow I missed this trend: When did trivial medical romance become trivial #librarian romance? #PulpFiction
Dieser Trend ist irgendwie an mir vorbeigegangen: Wann wurde aus dem trivialen Arztroman der triviale #Bibliothekar:in-Roman? #Trivialliteratur
- The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema
The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films
This volume of essays examines 10 films, with a focus on discerning the possible, the unlikely, and the purely science fictional. With essays by scientists in relevant fields, chapters provide analyses of the movies themselves, along with examination of the actual science (or lack thereof) in each film.
- NEAR-FUTURE NOIR THRILLER, set in a Pacific Northwest sodden with “broken weather,” combines lots of action and a colorful cast of characters for a highly entertaining read. B PLUS
NEAR-FUTURE NOIR THRILLER, set in a Pacific Northwest sodden with “broken weather,” combines lots of action and a colorful cast of characters for a highly entertaining read. B PLUS
https://splinterpress.com/product/the-dissection-and-reassembly-of-cohen-hoard/
\#SmallPressSunday #book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #fiction #novel #novels #sciencefiction #scifi #thrillers
- Do you know there's a [#fediverse](https://toot.community/tags/fediverse) alternative to Amazon-owned [#Goodreads](https://toot.community/tags/Goodreads)? [#BookWyrm](https://toot.community/tags/BookW
Do you know there's a #fediverse alternative to Amazon-owned #Goodreads? #BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. You can follow and interact with users on different #BookWyrm instances and on #Mastodon. You can import from a Goodreads CSV export. You can create private shelves and curated lists. Join us at https://ramblingreaders.org or choose one of the other instances available #books #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon
