Here's a lovely review of The Gates of Polished Horn that I somehow missed: "The first thing to say is that this short story collection is first class. Even if you don’t usually read short fiction, you should really give this a try." – Judi Moore
https://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2026/02/review-gates-of-polished-horn-by-mark.html
Illustration by Edouard Riou for "Journey to the Center of the Earth" - by Jules Verne (1864)
#illustration #drawing #edouardriou #julesverne #book #ebook #scifi #sciencefiction #earth #author #science #novel #history #readers
Replacing #search results with #AI is like closing the #library and let random people summarize what they think they have read in a #book.
I‘m living in a house full of books. I think books are important. They store knowledge. They‘re beautiful.
I hope people without books know what they will be loosing if they can no longer see the sources of information on the internet.
“Put Your Harness On, Put Your Harness On” – Mammaw Miracle vs. the Seatbelt
Mammaw Mary never did care much for seat belts. She’d huff and roll her eyes every time we asked her to “put her harness on,” grabbing at at that buckle like it was picking a fight.
Mark A. Rayner
Media Japan
Market Designer Bot
Solar Phasing
Dennis Fischman`
Nils Hörrmann
A Porch & A Pen