Part of the SF Masterworks Collection. Despite being nearly 60 years old the narrative around the manipulation of the truth feels incredibly prescient. Wondering whether David Whitaker had read it before he came up with #DoctorWho story The Enemy of the World. #Books#Bookstodon#SciFi#PhilipKDick
The McCartney Legacy Volume 1: 1969-73 by Allan Kozinn & Adrian Sinclair
Absolutely loved this. I’m a huge McCartney fan and not only did I enjoy reading about his early post-Beatles career in minute detail, but it was also great to revisit those early solo and Wings records with the added context the book offers. Heartily recommend to any other fans and I look forward to future volumes.
A novel combining war, cricket and a battle for love. Enjoyed this. It’s jolly in places and then hits you with a bleaker reality. Helps to love cricket as much as I do I would imagine given its importance in the story.
#BooksOf2023 #1: #KeeperOfTheLosCities #3: Everblaze. My kids have enjoyed getting into a new series after we finished the #WingsOfFire books last year. These magical adventure books are perfect for our next series together. 📚 📕
@bookstadon#BooksOf2023#16: Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule. As someone born in the south and whose extended family still lives there, this book opened my eyes to some of the ways the “lost cause” is baked into southern culture. A must-read for anyone from the south or anyone who wants to learn more about the U.S.’s (particularly the South) continual struggle against racism.
@bookstadon#BooksOf2023#17: Fixit by Joe Ide. The 6th book in the IQ mystery series pulled together lots of threads from the previous books, but the story plodded along slower that I would have liked. I’ll keep reading the series, but the first two books remain the best.
Does anyone feel like sitting down in front of the computer and playing around with their notes a bit?
I just wrote down how I set up and try to maintain my (academic) reading list in #Obsidian using the #Projects plugin by @marcusolsson and #Zotero. Might post it again after the holidays, but for now, here's the description of my approach for those who asked. Thus, fulfilling my promise from this thread: https://hcommons.social/@natalie/109557676423033978
May I once again share my excitement about the #Projects plugin for #Obsidian from @marcusolsson?
I've finally managed to format my references from #Zotero so that they show up in Projects without any problems. Now I can finally create a reading list and easily track and change the status of books from within the Projects view.
Wonderful. Can't wait to continue reading for my dissertation next year and finally track what I want to read or have read each week. But for now, it is a reading break here!
@OldGermanicGuy@linguistics
Auf Helgoländisch sieht das ein bisschen anders aus; z.B. altfriesisch 'bām' und 'strām' wurden zu 'Booam' und 'Strooam'. Ich weiß aber nicht, wie 'ooa' auf Helgoländisch ausgesprochen wird, wie /ɔ:ə/, /ɔ:/ oder etwas anders? Ich verstehe, dass das Nordfriesische sich aus dem Altostfriesischen entwickelte: könnte 'ā' im Altostfriesischen wie 'ō' im Altsächsischen ausgesprochen worden sein?
(#Halunder).
@simonwilliamson
tja, und ich suche jemanden der Halunder spricht. Mir fehlt Übung und die Sprach CD nützt mir nichts ohne das passende Buch was selbst gebraucht vergriffen ist und nicht in der Bibliothek verfügbar. So verstehe ich nicht mal ein Drittel. Mit dem üblichen Platt habe ich keine Probleme, aber Halunder ist wirklich speziell. @linguistics
I am also happy to share some information and pictures from last week. We held our annual conference on "#urbanity. History, Concept, Uses" at Ettersburg Castle near Weimar. https://urbrel.hypotheses.org/3319
Originally from #Kentucky. #Queer. Hate noise pollution. Big fan of old #stories well-told. Fell in love with #fish first, then #plants, then #insects. My love-hate relationship with #sports goes in 5-year cycles.
@neilhimself Glad to learn you're over here in the fediverse and a very belated "Welcome Aboard!" Did Cat Mihos also setup over here? When I was trying to get a birthday autograph for my wife several years ago I had the opportunity to interact with her and started following her posts. I always enjoyed reading what she had to say.
sinds tijden weer een prachtig boek gelezen / geluisterd! #daarwaarderivierkreeftenzingen van #deliaowens
Een verhaal over liefde, eenzaamheid, vooroordelen, natuur, poëzie en vertrouwen.
@academicsunite
Da #IchBinHanna zu ihrem 1. Geburtstag derzeit wieder etwas mehr im Gespräch ist, melde ich mich auch nochmal dazu: #IchWarHanna, aber die Zeit als #IchBinHanna hat Spuren hinterlassen. Thread 🧵 dazu, was #IchBinHanna mit einem machen kann:
Ich hatte Glück: nur 4 Verträge, keine Kurzzeitverträge, 6,5 Jahre Vollzeit. Da haben es viele schlimmer getroffen.
Trotzdem war da immer diese nagende Unsicherheit, was nach Vertragsende passiert. Kriege ich einen Job? 1/x
@historiavocis@academicsunite Hi Christiane, lese deine Vorstellung jetzt erst. #IchbinHanna.s Lebensumstände machen mich immer wieder aufs Neue wütend. Wie geht es dir mittlerweile? Ich sende dir einen Packen Energie.