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gutenberg_org, 5 months ago to books

"To trace the unfamiliar to the familiar... is to understand."
Incredible Adventures

Algernon Henry Blackwood British writer of tales of mystery and the supernatural died #OTD in 1951. His two best-known stories are probably "The Willows" and "The Wendigo". Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. via @wikipedia

Books by Algernon Blackwood at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1370

#books #literature

Cover of The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood

chilliteracy, 5 months ago

@gutenberg_org @wikipedia

We've absolutely loved reading his stories on stream. Got a good archive of them on YouTube too, if anyone was interested in hearing them
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN0T-_Va6A5uqJ4FH3rfX1Ok8wZIzMP1v&si=K9PunSj-EJTDTeiW

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gutenberg_org, 7 months ago to books

"Jeeves lugged my purple socks out of the drawer as if he were a vegetarian fishing a caterpillar out of his salad."
The Inimitable Jeeves

English comic novelist, short-story writer, lyricist, and playwright Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born #OTD in 1881. He is best known as the creator of Jeeves, the supreme “gentleman’s gentleman.” He wrote more than 90 books and more than 20 film scripts and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/783

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Cover of My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse. This is the 1920 impression of the first (1919) edition, published by George Newnes in July 1920.
Illustration from page 61 of Wodehouse, P.G. (1910). The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W.J. Watt & Co.

chilliteracy, 7 months ago

@gutenberg_org Heck yeah, love some Jeeves and Wooster
https://youtu.be/t9qCr0wGykk?si=BSwPjI-M1ezqSpox

chilliteracy, 8 months ago

@BertL @bookstodon it's really good! I (Sam) remember reading it in school and didn't appreciate it nearly as much as I do now

chilliteracy, 9 months ago to Starfield

Why #Starfield, we are indeed reading #CharlesDickens over on https://www.chilliteracy.com, thank you so much for distributing his work throughout your universe in a stealth promotion on our behalf 👍

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chilliteracy, 9 months ago

If you should fancy listening through (as featured in the game):
#Dracula #TheCountOfMontecristo #WarOfTheWorlds or #ATaleOfTwoCities
you can find our collections of them for free up on our Youtube :)
https://www.youtube.com/@chilliteracy

#audiobook

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chilliteracy, 10 months ago to Horror

In just about an hour, Sam will be taking the stream live to read you some more #WilliamHopeHodgson short stories. We've got another #Carnacki tale, and some nautical #weird #horror to follow. #CatTax included because it's #caturday

https://www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy

#AudioBook #ReadingAloud #BedtimeStory #Twitch #CatsOfMastodon @bookstodon

chilliteracy, 10 months ago

@bookstodon going live now! Joey will also be in the room, and probably the cause of many interruptions

chilliteracy, 10 months ago

@bookstodon
We start now! Click over and listen in

https://www.twitch.tv/chilliteracy