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Yesterday I finished Fractal Noise and it was so disappointing

Just a rant, I guess, full of spoilers:...

Small Gods: A masterful comic satire on Religious Institutions and Fundamentalism

Small Gods: A masterful comic satire on Religious Institutions and Fundamentalism Small Gods is a fantasy comic satire on religious institutions, religious fundamentalism, philosophy, and the weaponisation of religious fanaticism for political power set in the Discworld. It explores how religious beliefs and faith shift and...

A question of Morality: A reflection on The Brothers Karamazov

A question of Morality: A reflection on The Brothers Karamazov...

Recommendation request: Medieval Adventures

Looking for book recommendations....

Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated) (lemmy.ml)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5983777...

What would be your candidates for Fedipunk Literature/Media? (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6237195...

The best new science fiction books of October 2023 (www.newscientist.com)

cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/scifi/t/506685...

10 Fantasy Books Better Than ‘A Game of Thrones’, According to Goodreads (thefantasyreviews.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/2911743...

Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science (theconversation.com)

From Solarpunk to Fedipunk - fueling a saturated movement with new energy (rant.li)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6112950...

Readers' Most Anticipated Books of October (www.goodreads.com)

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/742407...

My thoughts on The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough

A year ago, I read the Masters of Rome historical fiction series, written by Colleen McCullough. Before reading this series I only vaguely knew about Julius Caesar (thanks to Shakespeare) and had no idea about Roman history. These books introduced me to characters that felt like real flesh and blood people I know so well,...

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What book do you feel deserved a much better media adaptation than what it got?

I am forever bitter about Eragon…

Books That Should Be Friends: 5 Perfect Book Pairings (bookriot.com)

cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/2520063...

Rick Riordan in Support of Diverse Casting for Percy Jackson (www.themovieblog.com)

"Tale of the Necromancer" - dark fantasy/horror story

This is dark fantasy/horror story, stylized as an ancient oral legend, which tells the story of a simple man’s journey and gradual descent into darkness - and ascension to power. We tried to give our villain protagonist some psychological and philosophical deep, not just “HAHAHA I am evil and will rule the world!”....