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beexcessivelydiverting , 3 months ago to bookstodon

The ‘#PrideandPrejudice' Adaptation That Cut Its Kissing Scenes

https://collider.com/bride-and-prejudice-kissing-scenes/

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susanna , 3 months ago

@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon Bride and Prejudice is my favorite adaptation. And, much as I love Colin Firth, I’m not a fan of his P&P series. I prefer the Elizabeth Garvie / David Rintoul series.

dbsalk , 3 months ago to bookstodon

My heart aches for the children who will no longer have access to their local library because some arrogant assholes decided to be offended by books with new ideas and different perspectives.

The cruelty is the point.

https://bookriot.com/donnelly-public-library-adults-only/

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susanna , 3 months ago

@wellschmaltz @dbsalk @bookstodon Yeah, they want small government until it’s time to tell someone else what to do/think/believe, then they want the most intrusive government imaginable. They want parental responsibility when it’s something like a 13-year-old rape victim being forced to bear, care for, and support her rapist’s baby, but won’t allow adult women to be responsible for their own bodies and healthcare. Want me to go on?

susanna , 3 months ago

@dbsalk @wellschmaltz @bookstodon

And not even out of breath yet! 😎🏋️

beexcessivelydiverting , 5 months ago to bookstodon

Fire destroys historic house believed to have inspired iconic #JaneAusten novel

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/09/fire-destroys-historic-house-believed-inspired-iconic-jane-austen-novel-20433195/

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susanna , 5 months ago

@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon I would question whether the person who wrote the article ever read a Jane Austen novel. Supposedly this house was the “setting” for Pride and Prejudice. But which house did Jane supposedly model on it? Pemberley? Her family home? Netherfield Hall?

kimlockhartga , 11 months ago to bookstodon

All right, @bookstodon what are you reading this Friday the 13th, and is it a spooky read? 🎃❤📚 #books #bookstodon

susanna , 11 months ago

@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Not spooky, no, but third in a new-to-me series by Naomi Klein featuring snarky Poppy McAllister. This one’s called Restaurant Weeks are Murder. Definitely a fun #cozymystery read.

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bennett , 11 months ago to bookstodon

downside of masto's particular set of affordances is I can't figure out who posted this, and who boosted it into my timeline. But thank you both!!

"Lester del Rey... intuited that what millions wanted from a publishing industry urgently optimizing to keep up with capitalism was to escape the modern age into a world where capitalism and industry had never happened. There is magic in that. At least I thought so, as a kid. But there’s also, in del Rey’s vision, a formulaic—let’s face it, industrial, rationalized—conception of culture and a pernicious nostalgia that courts sexism and white supremacy. Today, fantasy is, along with romance, our wildest, most flourishing genre. It might not be this way were it not for Lester del Rey, even if his legacy now is as the wizard so many writers and readers choose to battle against."

https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/lester-del-rey-invention-fantasy-book-publishing.html

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susanna , 11 months ago

@Rhube @msatris @KristinaWKelly @bookstodon @bennett I love the Pern books, especially Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and the rest of the Harper Hall books. I was in my 20s when I discovered them, and they really resonated (pun intended) with me. :-)

rabbit_fighter , 1 year ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon I'm looking for book recommendations for an 11yo who reads at a much more advanced level. He likes sci-fi. He has read the Hitchhiker's Guide series and loved them. I think he would enjoy some more 'hard' sci-fi as well. He needs something challenging but without subject matter that is too mature. Thanks for any help! #sciencefiction #bookstodon

susanna , 1 year ago

@Jennifer @gregmefford @rabbit_fighter @bookstodon

An 11-year-old probably already has a fondness for that word, whether or not s/he knows what it means.

susanna , 1 year ago

@Jennifer @aprilfollies @gregmefford @rabbit_fighter @bookstodon Well, I’m no expert but I did raise 5 kids. . . :-)

susanna , 1 year ago

@kaypear99 @Thoreau @giantspecks @rabbit_fighter @bookstodon And yet Heinlein was far better in that regard than Asimov...