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Terri K O 🍁<p>Library books returned March 16, 2025</p><p>My books: The Pairing. This book is a beautiful love letter to food, Europe, and sex. I was very much not the target audience and nearly didn't finish it, but it's good just meant for someone who doesn't look at wine and cathedrals and feel vaguely sick. </p><p>Games: Snow White - a logic puzzle game for kids. Too easy for my kid but he enjoyed finishing all the master levels in like 5 minutes. </p><p>Kid books: I didn't read the easy readers with him and most of the dog books were beloved repeats. The new ones: </p><p>Stella Unleashed - a poetry collection from the view of the dog. Delightful.</p><p>Dashing Dog - also poetry but an adventure story!</p><p>Invisible Leash - this one is about pet loss and kiddo decided that was too sad to read it. It looked sweet but kind of wordy.</p><p><a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a></p>
Arte es Ética<p>«Todas las imágenes realizadas por IA se parecen bastante, con un dibujo fotorrealista con gente anodina y que responde a cánones de belleza estrictos: narices pequeñas, pómulos altos, cuellos imposiblemente largos y los ojos son de dos personas distintas» explica el ilustrador David López a El País<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorial</span></a></p>
Arte es Ética<p>Parece que Grupo Planeta no escarmentó lo suficiente con el rechazo masivo que sufrió en 2024 cuando uno de sus sellos, Destino, publicó la edición española de Juana de Arco, de Katherine J. Chen, con una portada hecha por IA generativa.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a></p>
Sco :progress: :flag_mm:<p>Scott's review of Calling In - BookWyrm</p><p>This book is advocating, and hoping to start a movement of activism, based less in call-outs, and more in call-in. Bascially, less shunning and insulting of an opposing believe, political or otherwise. And more leaving room to a discussion. Sometimes based less in opposition, and rather finding areas of similarity. This of course is for people open to such...</p><p><a href="https://bookwyrm.social/user/Scofisticated/review/6938072/s/a-stablizing-form-of-activism#anchor-6938072" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookwyrm.social/user/Scofistic</span><span class="invisible">ated/review/6938072/s/a-stablizing-form-of-activism#anchor-6938072</span></a><br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CallingIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallingIn</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CallOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallOut</span></a></p>
Daisy 🌙🪺<p>Okay, a book request.</p><p>I feel like I've read just about every thriller and crime writer out there at this point, but I want new stuff if it exists. Specifically, I want things in the vein of Tana French, Liz Nugent, Megan Abbott, and maybe a dash of Jennifer Hillier and Karin Slaughter.</p><p>I include Karin Slaughter *very* tentatively, because some of her stuff is too much for me (Pretty Girls), but I did really love The Good Daughter and False Witness, and I'm in the mood for that kind of unflinching realism right now I think.</p><p>I like books about bad people doing bad things, but with an emotional core that keeps it from becoming gratuitous or exhausting and gives me someone to root for, and all of these writers know their way around a sentence, which is always a plus. Tana French is the best to ever do it IMO, and Liz Nugent was a new discovery for me last year and Strange Sally Diamond immediately went on my favorites list, and I've been obsessed with Megan Abbott's flowery prose and morally questionable/vaguely homoerotic girl characters for years. So yes, more of all of this please. <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Ratchman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ratchman</span></a></span> The Void; S01E02 Who the Hell is Buck Rogers?</p><p>The title sets the tone for this work--and it does not have anything to do with Buck Rogers. It is a description of a day in the life of a man brought out of a 2,000 year stasis, from the present time it would seem.</p><p>1/5</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifibooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifibooks</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s01e02-who-the-hell-is-buck-rogers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ratchman.com/episodes/the-void</span><span class="invisible">-the-long-cold-dark-s01e02-who-the-hell-is-buck-rogers</span></a></p>
Kyra Davis Lurie<p>As the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> regime deletes the bio of Gen. Colin Powell and the story of the 6888th Central Battalion (the 1st all black women battalion) from the Arlington Cemetery website and bans <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blackhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackhistory</span></a> from being discussed in presidential <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> it seems like a good time to talk about how to just exist in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> as a black person is a political act.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BlackFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p/the-politics-of-being-black" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyradavisauthor.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/the-politics-of-being-black</span></a></p>
Rod Faulkner<p>10 Marvelous <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> Books Out For Spring Reading!</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/new-sff-books-march-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/new-sff-books-mar</span><span class="invisible">ch-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
M. Vice Pres commandasaurus 🦖<p>What books and essays are we reading today about how to recognize and fight against fascism and autocracy?</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Recommend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recommend</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein</p><p>Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online</p><p>by Donna Ferguson</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
preposterous rhys<p>It is kinda weird seeing a book critical of the leadership of one of the main players in the new broligarchy get blocked from publication by the recently-realigned US courts: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-want-you-to-read-this-book-2000575582" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerberg-do</span><span class="invisible">esnt-want-you-to-read-this-book-2000575582</span></a></p><p>It is still available for sale in a few places though — I recommend bookshop.org: <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/careless-people-sarah-winn-williams-9781035065929/7826455?ean=9781035065929" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uk.bookshop.org/p/books/carele</span><span class="invisible">ss-people-sarah-winn-williams-9781035065929/7826455?ean=9781035065929</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/CarelessPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarelessPeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Beyond “Dickensian”: 7 Quirky Words Created by Charles Dickens</p><p><a href="https://wordsmarts.com/dickensian-words/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wordsmarts.com/dickensian-word</span><span class="invisible">s/</span></a></p><p>Charles Dickens at PG</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/37</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
DaNanner<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq0250wo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq02</span><span class="invisible">50wo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Fictionable<p>Browse the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lor.sh/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fictionable</span></a></span> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> with more than 50 exclusive <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> from writers including Samantha Harvey, Jenny Erpenbeck, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mjohnharrison" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mjohnharrison</span></a></span> and more…</p><p><a href="https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fictionable.world/issues_front</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p>Image: CM</p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>"Il y a aujourd'hui trois cent quarante-huit ans six mois et dix-neuf jours que les parisiens s'éveillèrent au bruit de toutes les clochés sonnant à grande volée dans la triple enceinte de la Cité, de l'Université et de la Ville."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1831.</p><p>Victor Hugo's historical romantic Gothic novel Notre-Dame de Paris, known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, is published by Gosselin in Paris.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunc</span><span class="invisible">hback_of_Notre-Dame</span></a></p><p>Notre-Dame de Paris at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2610" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/2610</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1850.</p><p>Nathaniel Hawthorne's historical novel The Scarlet Letter is published by William Ticknor and James T. Fields in Boston, Massachusetts, where it is set. It sells 2,500 copies in ten days.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scar</span><span class="invisible">let_Letter</span></a></p><p>The Scarlett Letter at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/33" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/33</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Like many of us here.... I have a confession:</p><p>My name is Christopher May &amp; I am a tsundoku-ist.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>Is this book banned in America yet?</p><p>(Due to the DEI picture on the cover...) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>
earthling<p>The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy Through Adolescence, 4th edition, 2021, 11,695 pages</p><p>The fourth edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health gives reliable and understandable information about the causes, symptoms, and treatments of the conditions and diseases facing human population between the ages of birth through adolescence.</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/galeencyclopedia0003unse_h6p9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/galeencycl</span><span class="invisible">opedia0003unse_h6p9</span></a><br>(2011 edition) </p><p><a href="https://www.overdrive.com/media/4230069/the-gale-encyclopedia-of-childrens-health" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">overdrive.com/media/4230069/th</span><span class="invisible">e-gale-encyclopedia-of-childrens-health</span></a><br>(2016 edition)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reference</span></a></p>
BobDevney<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@freequaybuoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freequaybuoy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ottawa.place/@Dianora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Dianora</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>_L1vY_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@rateexportpilot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rateexportpilot</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thevivllainous.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thevivllainous.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Responses to points I think you're making (forgive me if I'm misinterpreting):</p><p>1) Ghod knows I understand the "too much reading out there to keep up with everybody" rationale for why too few read Iain M. Banks</p><p>2) "Against a Dark Background" is a beautiful standalone, not a Culture novel</p><p>3) Yep, the Culture is a left-wing utopia. So sign me up ...</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/IainMBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IainMBanks</span></a></p>
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