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Da_Gut@KevinM1 if you like science fiction, read A Canticle for Liebowitz. Skip the sequel. The author is a one hit wonder
Axomamma, Antifa from birth
Derek Guder (he/him)@KevinM1 some of the most fun books I’ve read over the past few years were the Locked Tomb series, starting with Gideon the Ninth. Tons of fun. Warhammer, but lesbian space nun necromancers without any of the hyper masculinity.
@frequentbeef You had me at “lesbian space nun necromancers” 😂
@KevinM1 Yeah, it's a real fun time, especially because each book in the series is _very_ different from each other. I particularly loved the second one, Harrow the Ninth.
davey@KevinM1 Our library system (Prince Georges County, Md. pgcmls.ino) has a ride-and-read program. One day each month for each branch, exercycles come to the auditorium, and patorns are invited to use Libby, Hoopla, etc as they exercise.,
@davey that’s awesome
PoloniousmonkBoy have you come to the right place. I have no idea what flavor storytelling you prefer, so I'll hit you with some of my faves.
Humor, absurdism: Youth in Revolt by CD Payne
Humor, philosophy, trivia, fantasy: Anything by Terry Pratchett. Pyramids and Going Postal are two good places to start.
Faux-fantasy: Maia by Richard Adams
Horror: The Scream by John Skipp and Craig Spector
Sci Fi: Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Hard sci fi: The Crystal Trilogy by Max Harms--available free on his site
Middlebrow: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
War: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Religion: A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
Politics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter Thompson
Memoir: Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Wack: In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan
Classic: Gulliver's Travels by Jon Swift
Nonfiction: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Fantasy/ horror tomes: Weaveworld and Imagica by Clive Barker
Japan: Shogun by James Clavell
If you want more, let me know :)
Welcome back to the fold!
Edit: Cat's Cradle is free online:
QuasitI do daily book recommendations at #QuasitBookRecs here on Mastodon.
And there are other places to access free ebooks:
Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/) is a treasure trove of free classics available in many formats; most of them are older books, but you can make some surprising finds.
Project Gutenberg Australia (https://gutenberg.net.au/) has some free books that aren't available on Project Gutenberg, since Australia has different copyright laws from the USA.
Standard eBooks (https://standardebooks.org/) hosts free public domain ebooks, many of which are sourced from Project Gutenberg. However, these books have been intensively cleaned up and are generally superior to the Project Gutenberg originals.
Anna’s Archive is my go-to source for books that aren’t necessarily in the public domain. It indexes many sources. Someone (probably the US government) has been tracking down and killing off mirrors of Anna’s Archive. To find ones that are working, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive and choose from the links they have listed on the right side of the page.
Baen (https://www.baen.com/) specializes mostly in science fiction ebooks (and physical books). They also have a free library of ebooks. I've made some good finds there.
I haven't used epubBooks (https://www.epubbooks.com/) much, but they do seem to have a goodly number of free ebooks. I suspect that many of them are also available via Project Gutenberg, but that's just a guess.
The same applies to Snewd (https://snewd.com/) and FadedPage (https://www.fadedpage.com/index.php). FadedPage has some free ebooks that Project Gutenberg doesn't, apparently due to differences between Canadian and American copyright law.
The Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/texts?tab=about) has MILLIONS of books and texts available to read online or download. They also have thousands of pulp magazines (https://archive.org/details/pulpmagazinearchive) freely available to download or read online, including lots of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and even Vampirella!
Happy reading! 🤓📖
Nigel
Molly B@KevinM1 With Libby, if I don’t have anything specific in mind, I use the suggestions. Tap the little house icon and take a look. It’s got curated lists by genre, awards, etc. There should be a list of “available now” books—that’s a great list if you don’t want to wait for a particular book. I recommend using the filters, too; my library has a TON of kids’ books, so I filter those out to reduce the clutter. Have fun! 😄
Willow (she/her)@KevinM1 some books that I'd recommend to someone wanting to read more:
monk and robot series by Becky Chambers
Wayfarer series by same author
Both have found family vibes and are very queer, monk and robot is more introspective and beautiful.
Murderbot diaries by Martha Wells
Cozy af despite the name, found family, some "what does it mean to be a person but not human", and queer
Automatic Noodle by @annaleen
Cozy, solarpunk vibes, found family, also queer
@KevinM1 I read a lot of different genres, but recommend the books in my last post to everyone. If you know what you like or want to read I'm happy to rec more specifics!
undeadDungeon Crawler Carl
The Seep
Gideon the Ninth
Slow Gods
Let The Right One In
Black Sheep
Annihilation
Children of Time
Station Eternity
Consider Phlebas
The Mountain in the Sea
The Fifth Season
Night's Edge
A Deadly Education
John Dies At The End
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Name of the Wind
My Heart is a Chainsaw
The Book of Koli
Oryx and Crake
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
World War Z (the unabridged audiobook is the best version of this)
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Carl Swanson