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One of my favourite books as a child was The Rough Guide 2.0: The Internet and World Wide Web. It's crazy how much has changed in 27 years and I hope this post helps you take a trip down memory lane. Or if you weren't around in 1996 it provides a glimpse of what the emergent days (dial-up days) of the internet were like.
"Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate."
Sigrid Undset died #OTD in 1949. Her best-known work is "Kristin Lavransdatter", a trilogy about life in Norway in the Middle Ages, portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death. Its three volumes were published between 1920 and 1922. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. via @wikipedia
Louis Marie-Anne Couperus was born #OTD in 1863. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. Couperus is considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. In 1923, he was awarded the Tollensprijs (Tollens Prize). via @wikipedia
Her work revolved around the New Woman ideal. For Sarah Grand, the New Woman movement allowed women to speak out not only about the inequality of women, but about middle-class women's responsibilities to the nation. via @wikipedia
For those who don't know, I keep a #quotes journal, documenting snippets from #books I've read that speak to me for one reason or another.
The result is a unique #journal of my own, reflecting on my life using the words of others as prompts for thought. I've never been one for #journaling, but I find this to be quite introspective.
Today's quote is from the late Louise Dickinson Rich. There are a few takeaways here, but one is greater than the rest:
We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to take a side trip down two branching paths. First, we’ll follow Matt and Xander as they take a surprise honeymoon to Hawaii in...
Curated lists of diverse, queer-focused books available for sale in the USA. We believe these are among the many books worth reading and/or sharing no matter how many times they are banned....
Everything you wanted to know about gender, but were afraid to ask: GENDER IS REALLY STRANGE, by Teddy G. Goetz is a super helpful guide. Highly recommend. (preorders available, pub. Oct 19, 2023)
"Fast-paced, action-packed adventure story in a fantasy world that is compelling and not a little swashbuckling... well-conceived, well-written, its supernatural world is compelling and interesting. 4 stars."
Today's queer small press review!: The Necromancer's Heart" by Robin Harper
"I enjoyed this was a sweet short novella. The world building is detailed and well thought out... Very clever, and I hope we haven’t seen the last of them. 5 Stars."
The first dime novel was published #OTD in 1860. It was called "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter", by Ann S. Stephens, and it was the 1st of 321 novels published by Beadle & Adams in their series Beadle's Dime Novels.
The term dime novel has been used as a catchall term for several different but related forms, referring to story papers, five- and ten-cent weeklies, "thick book" reprints, & sometimes early pulp magazines. via @wikipedia
Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, for education, and for other social reforms.
In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate.
I feel like I've posted this before but it's worth repeating:
If you live in Massachusetts, you can sign up for a free e-library card from the Boston Public Library. You don't even have to live in Boston!
With an e-card from BPL, you can access literally thousands of books and other digital goodies for free through their app or your preferred e-library app! (Hoopla is my personal favorite.)
#vendredilecture "Strange Bedfellows" de l'Américaine Ina Park. La professionnelle de santé raconte les infections sexuellement transmissibles, en partant de son expérience de son médecin. C'est drôle, pas moralisateur et instructif, à la Maïa Mazaurette. Bcp aimé le chapitre sur les officiels américains qui traquaient les IST dans les années 1970, celui sur les postiches pubiens... Herpès, gonorrhée, VIH, syphilis, chlamydia... On se familiarise avec eux. L'insta d'Ina https://www.instagram.com/inaparkmd/
#Fridayreads#VendrediLecture#books Qu'est-ce que la conscience? Comment s'exerce notre rapport à ce qui nous entoure? Existe-t-il une âme dans nos corps animaux. Nos cinq sens et nos neurones nous offrent une porte d'entrée sur l'extérieur. Dans "Being you", le professeur de neurosciences cognitives Anil Seth offre des pistes intéressantes, à mon avis pas assez poussées et recouvertes de jargon, plus philosophiques que scientifiques. Dommage. #conscience
#Fridayreads#VendrediLecture#books Les chroniqueurs judiciaires ne voient jamais l'humanité en noir et blanc, les crimes sont pour la plupart commis dans cette zone incertaine où la raison cède aux pulsions. Aux éditions Marchialy, "Les Nuits que l'on choisit" d'Elise Costa sont le témoignage de cette journaliste, longtemps pour Slate, qui a couvert de nombreux procès, allant d'un palais de justice à un autre. Une fenêtre ouverte sur la difficulté d'établir la justice
#Fridayreads#VendrediLecture#books Un bonheur de lecture: "Bitch" par Lucy Cooke. L'autrice démonte les biais patriarcaux et misogynes entretenus par Darwin et ses héritiers en biologie. Non, les femelles ne sont pas des créatures passives. Oui, la définition d'un sexe est plus compliquée qu'on le croit. Dans le monde animal, il existe une diversité de rôles sexuels, de variantes au regard de l'évolution. C'est un livre pêchu, bien écrit et sourcé #biology#zoology#female#bitch
A trip to the internet in 1996 with The Rough Guide 2.0 (www.planetjones.net)
One of my favourite books as a child was The Rough Guide 2.0: The Internet and World Wide Web. It's crazy how much has changed in 27 years and I hope this post helps you take a trip down memory lane. Or if you weren't around in 1996 it provides a glimpse of what the emergent days (dial-up days) of the internet were like.
Lynn & Lynn Literary Lists (bookshop.org)
Curated lists of diverse, queer-focused books available for sale in the USA. We believe these are among the many books worth reading and/or sharing no matter how many times they are banned....