Federated Fandom

Ken ThompsonFahrenheit 451. By Ray Bradbury.It’s the future, and your job is to burn books found in people’s homes, as they are illegal; you never questioned this because everyone is fine with this idea since books were replaced long ago with more entertaining visual media, but then something makes you want to read one of these books, and a different kind of flame is lit inside you.4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🔥.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fire</a>

FictionableOn the <a href="https://lor.sh/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> the writer Ben Sorgiovanni gives us his <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> of <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a>Catch it at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ben-sorgiovanni-philosophical-tiger-short-story-fiction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ben-sorgiovanni-philosophical-tiger-short-story-fiction</a> or via <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/ApplePodcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ApplePodcasts</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spotify</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Acast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acast</a> and more…<a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Fictionable'Whether reading a koan or a passage from Malone Dies, one has a sense of glimpsing The Absolute through a letterbox.'Jonny Pelham on the challenge of designing <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> covers for <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/SamuelBeckett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SamuelBeckett</a> <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/book-cover-design-jonny-pelham-on-beckett" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.faber.co.uk/journal/book-cover-design-jonny-pelham-on-beckett</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Tjeerd RoyaardsMore reading, less screen time. Cartoon for Trouw.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/boekenweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boekenweek</a>

Curious MagpieFans of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MichelleSagara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichelleSagara</a> - Shards of Glass is now $1.99 wherever you purchase your ebooks. <a href="https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Shards+of+glass" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Shards+of+glass</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Hannu Ikonen, MD"Tell them they can be great some day, like us. Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them.Tell them they must earn the respect which everyone else receives by default. Tell them there is a standard for acceptance; that standard is simply perfection. ...Then, they'll break themselves trying for something they can never achieve."- The Fifth Season quote. NK JemisinSuspiciously sounds a lot like kyriarchy informed capitalism. <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

Julé Cunningham“They know things from so deep and far that we have forgotten that we have forgotten that we have forgotten them.” -- from 'Impossible Creatures' by Katherine Rundell; illus. Virginia Allyn<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SundaySentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SundaySentence</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/BookQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookQuote</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

john rakestraw“I can get food for my mind in books — in observation of life — in my own reflections, [but] food for my heart must come direct from others — & my heart always craved more than my mind” (p. 96 in Megan Marshall's book 'After Lives,' quoting a letter from Elizabeth Peabody to her sister Mary).<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SundaySentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SundaySentence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#friendship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conversation</a>

FictionableBrowse the <a href="https://lor.sh/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archive</a> with more than 50 exclusive <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStories</a> from writers including Samantha Harvey, Jenny Erpenbeck, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mjohnharrison" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mjohnharrison</a> and more…<a href="https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/issues_front.html</a>Image: CM<a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Stephen Hayes<a href="https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wendypalmer</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/@herhandsmyhands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@herhandsmyhands</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/romancelandia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@romancelandia</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Here's one non-exclusive alternative I use for my books: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/31lVDW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://books2read.com/u/31lVDW</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a>

Emma CoxPersonally, I’m not a fan of the marketing tactic of listing tropes. I’d rather read on and be surprised, especially if the author makes a fun twist on a tired trope. <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://www.themarysue.com/romance-and-romantasy-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-many-tropes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.themarysue.com/romance-and-romantasy-is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-many-tropes/</a>

Hannu Ikonen, MDHelp me pick my next read.Or dont. IDGAF. I gave up on Fortune Falls because book 1 was communalist survivalism & book 2 is " oh btw yall get Super Soldier Serum " out of literally nowhere.So yeah, a paradigm shift of that magnitude is jumping the shark for me.So with that in mind..what is next? <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a>

Robert KingettInteresting choice by authors to release their audiobooks as podcasts, but still keeping it up on audiobook stores. Nice! This is just one example. You can listen for free or buy the audiobook. <a href="https://theauthorheist.carrd.co/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theauthorheist.carrd.co/</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobook</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcasts</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audible</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeBooks</a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Free</a>

MelanieAm looking for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childrensbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childrensbooks</a> in English, German, French.Hit me up with your favorites!♻️ Please <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookwyrm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a>

azteclady<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/romancelandia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@romancelandia</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Romancelandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Romancelandia</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/IndieAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieAuthors</a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> Author Dax Murray has a fantastic post on how to leave the amazon book ecosystem, for both readers *and* authors!Go forth, free yourself from Bezos.<a href="https://blog.daxmurray.com/supporting-indie-authors-without-shopping-at-amazon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.daxmurray.com/supporting-indie-authors-without-shopping-at-amazon</a>

shipThis, on the other hand. Not easy reading but...wow.<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7400010935" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7400010935</a><a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/PauliinaRauhala" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PauliinaRauhala</a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/Taivaslaulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Taivaslaulu</a>

shipThis was an uncomfortable experience.<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7305255397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7305255397</a><a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/Sang" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sang</a> <a href="https://federatedfandom.net/tags/ElinaPitk%C3%A4kangas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ElinaPitkäkangas</a>

FictionableIn a divided world, fiction can break through the barriers that keep us apart, says Rachida Lamrabet.Catch her on the <a href="https://lor.sh/@fictionable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@fictionable</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> at <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rachida-lamrabet-fiction-perspective-choice-bicycles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/rachida-lamrabet-fiction-perspective-choice-bicycles</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Niklas Pivic<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattotcha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattotcha</a> what absolute twaddle... I'm buying her book. <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a>

Fictionable'To read is to put our selves at risk, to make ourselves vulnerable by welcoming the presence of an other into our psychic space'Is <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> really good for you? Tara Isabella Burton investigates:<a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-books-can-sap-the-soul-and-poison-readers-with-ideas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aeon.co/essays/how-books-can-sap-the-soul-and-poison-readers-with-ideas</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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