@cstross@wandering.shop A good time to remind you to read West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge, a wonderful novel about the historic transport of 2 giraffes across the U.S. when road travel and giraffes were both uncommon.
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social
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Nov 27, 2025
RE: https://mastodon.social/@startswithabang/115617237862847068
It amused me reading Arthur C. Clarke's 1952 novel 'Islands In The Sky', in Chapter 9 (which in my book has been printed upside down as Chapter 6)
is the sentence:
'It was true that I had seen many films and photographs of the Moon's other side, and it was also true that it was very much the same as the visible face.'
I suppose Clarke wasn't to know he was wrong for another seven years! 😄
@famousblueben@mas.to
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Nov 16, 2025
Automatically blocking any account that uses Harry Potter to farm engagement. It is time to move past Harry Potter as a society, we do not need to keep maintaining JK Rowling's cashflow or propping a series that actually is not very well written and chock full of offensive racial stereotypes and literary cliches.
@bitmapbooks@mastodon.social
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Nov 14, 2025
🕹️ New Book Alert 🕹️
Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers - launching 17th November at 17:00 GMT
A vibrant visual guide to the world of game controllers, their design, history, and amazing ability to transform who we are, and what we are capable of – presented through 560 stunning photos.
Get a stock alert: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/trigger-happy-a-visual-celebration-of-video-game-controllers
#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #controller #joystick #bookstodon
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