In case anyone is wondering if there is any engagement on here— this is the list of every book recommended after I asked if you’d share one book you enjoyed this year. You can scroll underneath the post to see these, but I think seeing them all together shows the true awesomeness of the people on here.
has anyone #read any good #books / articles on Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage's relationship? I see snips and bits about it here and there but I'd like to find something that does a deep dive.
On a warm summer day, she grabbed her book and headed to the park. In a quiet, isolated spot, she lay down in the grass and spent hours absorbed in a world of interest and intrigue, one that inspired thought and wonder, and not fear.
In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife,” which was a bestseller.
Fitzgerald, in fact, would later be hired to write the screenplay of Parrot’s “Infidelity”. Why would the most famous author of the Jazz Age be hired to adapt a story from a mostly unknown writer?
Ursula Parrott was not unknown; she was just forgotten.
“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.” ~ William Faulkner
Bad book covers do such a disservice. For a pastime that exists mainly in the mind, an off-putting cover has the power to push away even the most literary of lovers. As much as I love books, when I want to buy a book, if the cover is terrible, I won’t. Books are works of art-starting with cover & ending with the story, & I want the whole, beautiful picture. 📚 #books#read#bookcover#fediverse@bookstodon
The Voice that Cries (short story)
For the first time in years, I uploaded a short story to my website, one that's loosely linked to the first novel I'll publish next year.
A young woman, rescued and provided a comfortable life, suppresses the gift within so as to protect innocent people—from her.
"In its most compelling stretches, Technofeudalism argues that Apple, Facebook, and Amazon have changed the economy so much that it now resembles Europe’s medieval feudal system. The tech giants are the lords, while everyone else is a peasant, working their land for not much in return."
I’ve #read the #anthology Adventures in Bodily Autonomy, edited by Raven Belasco. This collection of short stories “exploring reproductive rights in fantasy, science fiction & horror” supports NARAL, which has since been renamed Reproductive Freedom For All. My favorites were Pod Rendezvous by K Ibura and Bullet Point by Elizabeth Bear. #fantasy#sciencefiction#books#reading@bookstodon
Join Bookwyrm - The Federated Library Thing for book lovers (joinbookwyrm.com)
To all #readers and lovers of #books (and here there is a sea!) I point out the federated...