MagentaRocks

annaleen, 6 months ago to random

Need some last-minute gifts? Books are the greatest. Here is me frolicking in a park with some of my books, which all want to live on your bookshelf. You can get them at your local indie bookstore, or get signed and personalized copies from @foliosf at foliosf.com/annaleenewitz -- plus, you can pre-order my new nonfiction book, Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, which I guarantee your future self will be glad to have in June.

A messy stack of my books rests on a tree stump. They are: "The Terraformers," "Four Lost Cities," "Autonomous," "The Future of Another Timeline," and "Scatter, Adapt, and Remember."
This is a picture of the cover of my forthcoming book, "Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind." Hovering around the book are little cartoon speech bubbles that contain advance praise for the book. Ed Yong says: "A thoroughly researched and masterfully crafted book that gives us something hopeful -- a way to disarm the narratives that have been used against us and reclaim better ones." Angela Saini says, "A storyteller's account of the devastating force of storytelling." Molly Crabapple says, "This will change the way you understand America." Astra Taylor says, "Illuminating and energizing, Stories Are Weapons can help us defuse the propaganda bombs going off all around us." There is also praise from NK Jemisin, who says, "Annalee Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity." The book is coming in early June from W.W. Norton & Company.

passenger, 6 months ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon

I need to buy a gift for a family-of-friend. I am informed that they really like mystery stories, especially in historical settings, but are not fond of SFF.

I assume this means they have already read the obvious candidates, the Cadfaels and the like, or if they haven't then that's a conscious choice on their part which means I shouldn't buy them one of those.

What's a non-SFF mystery story you've enjoyed recently? Recommend me a book please!

#RecommendMeABook

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Has anyone noticed that Audible is now offering books with "virtual voice" narration - computer generated? Each sample is the same voice. So now the powers that be are going to ruin audio books with this #AI crap.

Also there is a ton of shyte titles listed, some only 6 minutes long.

What is happening???!!!

@bookstodon #books #audiobooks

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Hello #book people. Has anyone read Erasure by Percival Everett? It is soon to be a #film called American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson. I just finished it and would love to hear your thoughts.

@bookstodon

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Question for @bookstodon people.

Is anyone into #CoffeeTableBooks?

I tend to go for the big art exhibit books like the John Waters and Spike Lee exhibits. I just got the book for Luna Luna (exhibit in LA that recreates a 1987 art amusement park).

These #books are works of #art themselves.

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

The #Football and #HorseRacing books look interesting

#books #sports @bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/06/five-of-the-best-sport-books-of-2023

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Good stuff! #Books #Music

@bookstodon

From Madonna to Barbra Streisand, it was the year music took over books

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-12-05/books-musicians-2023-memoirs-bios-madonna-barbra-streisand

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Sharing..

#ebooks #books #audiobooks

@bookstodon

The Best Ebook Subscription Services for Every Kind of Reader

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-ebook-subscription-services/

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

If you are a #Kindle user and participate in the Kindle Rewards program, points are doubled today and many #books are discounted. Happy reading!

#Reading #ReadMoreBooks @bookstodon

MagentaRocks, 6 months ago to bookstodon

Is anyone listening to the audio #book version of Making It So by Sir Patrick Stewart?

Besides the fact he could read me the phonebook, his narration is glorious storytelling. I can imagine sitting next to him, anywhere on the planet, listening to him share these stories.

He shares tales during his time working on Dune, which are, well, David Lynch worthy. And! You will gain a strong appreciation of all the times Shakespeare figured into Star Trek TNG plots.

#read #listening @bookstodon

NewDoorBooks, 7 months ago to random

#HolidayShopping - Free shipping all weekend at Bookshop.org. Buy our books there! Or you can buy other books, that's okay too.
https://bookshop.org/

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

I love #books that tell the story about making a #movie.

For example:

Lillian Ross's 'Picture' about the making of The Red Badge of Courage

Katharine Hepburn's 'The Making of the African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind'

Both coincidentally involving director John Huston.

With Oppenheimer coming out soon on streaming, check out "Unleashing Oppenheimer: Inside Christopher Nolan's Explosive Atomic-Age Thriller' by Jada Yuan

@bookstodon

NewDoorBooks, 7 months ago to random

#Chicago-area folks: Check out this super #literary gathering on Sunday evening at Roscoe Books, including our own Janice Deal.

More info at http://sundaysalon-chicago.com/

#Books #bookstodon

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

How to watch AI Book Club Night with authors Fei-Fei Li and Joy Buolamwini

Joy Buolamwini, author of “Unmasking AI,” and Fei-Fei Li, author of “The Worlds I See,” will join a live streaming conversation at 6 p.m. PT.

Li and Buolamwini will discuss their new books with Times audio director Jazmin Aguilera. Times technology columnist @brianmerchant , author of “Blood in the Machine,” also will join book club night.

#books #ai @bookstodon

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-11-14/watch-book-club-fei-fei-li-joy-buolamwini

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Tonight! LA Times #Book Club

@bookstodon

This live streaming virtual event features Fei-Fei Li, author of “The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI,” and Joy Buolamwini, author of “Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines,” in conversation with Times audio director Jazmin Aguilera.

Times technology columnist @brianmerchant author of “Blood in the Machine,” also will join to discuss the best new AI and tech books this fall.

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Rush’s Geddy Lee: ‘I had a childhood full of stories about death and murder’

#Music #Rush #Books

@bookstodon

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-11-13/rush-geddy-lee-my-effin-life-memoir

AuthorHelp, 7 months ago to authorindiespeak

Welcome to the inaugural #FediBookFair. #authors and #publishers are invited to post about their #books, offer signed copies, etc, using the #⁠FediBookFair hashtag.

#Readers can watch or follow the hashtag to find books to buy, and interesting authors to follow.

Details: https://authorhelp.uk/fedibookfair/

FAQ: https://authorhelp.uk/fedibookfair-faq/

#author #WritersOfMastodon #writing #WritingCommunity #bookstodon #IndieAuthor
@authorindiespeak @writingcommunity

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Column: She set out to build robots. She ended up exposing big tech

Unmasking AI, by Joy Buolamwini

#Books @bookstodon

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-11-02/joy-buolamwini-unmasking-ai

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats

#books #music @bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/23/holding-the-note-writing-on-music-by-david-remnick-review-erudite-portraits-of-musical-greats

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

Wow.

#books #reading @bookstodon

Book Tour: At home with Stephen King

Gift Link:

https://wapo.st/3u1qzMP

MagentaRocks, 7 months ago to bookstodon

The November 14th LA Times Book Club event is AI night. Tickets are free. #books #AI @bookstodon

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-04-13/sign-up-for-los-angeles-times-book-club

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Charlene Prempeh’s new #book, Now You See Me: An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design, is available now in the UK and coming to the US in Feb 2024. Bottom link is to the US bookshop.

#fashion #history #BlackFashion #photography #books @bookstodon

Article: Now you see me: the Black fashion designers overlooked by history – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2023/oct/25/now-you-see-me-the-black-fashion-designers-overlooked-by-history-in-pictures

https://bookshop.org/p/books/now-you-see-me-an-introduction-to-100-years-of-black-design-charlene-prempeh/19831166?ean=9783791388472

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

I'm a bit disheartened that Zeke Faux's book Number Go Up is not getting similar attention as Michael Lewis'.

#books @bookstodon

https://bookshop.org/p/books/number-go-up-inside-crypto-s-wild-rise-and-staggering-fall-zeke-faux/19900961?ean=9780593443811

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

oh. look what is coming!!

Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

#books #audiobooks @bookstodon

https://www.audible.com/pd/Shakespeare-The-Man-Who-Pays-the-Rent-Audiobook/B0C3P5BMG3?qid=1698241188&sr=1-1&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=CZB7MA6E8VKXP7106FRY&pageLoadId=byjOIjglDDE2jRbr&ref_plink=not_applicable&creativeId=0d6f6720-f41c-457e-a42b-8c8dceb62f2c

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

This is very cool... #books @bookstodon

Chaucer goes digital as British Library makes works available online

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/25/chaucer-digital-works-available-online-british-library-canterbury-tales-manuscripts

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

When can I pre-order??!!!

#tennis #books @tennis @bookstodon

Serena Williams to publish memoir about life ‘on and off the court’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/18/serena-williams-to-publish-memoir-about-life-on-and-off-the-court

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

This review is a bit mixed, but I am looking forward to this.

#Music #Books #Reading @bookstodon

Sly Stone lives to tell the tale of his lifelong journey to heaven, hell and back

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-10-12/sly-stone-lives-to-tell-the-tale-of-his-lifelong-journey-to-heaven-hell-and-back

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to random

Welcome to my rabbit hole of more #space stuff.

First - do you know about The Naked Scientist? (it is clean!!) The Space Boffins podcast is awesome. The October episode send talks about space burial and the Benu sample. It also has an interesting interview with Jean Wright who has a new #book .....

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/astronomy-podcasts/space-boffins/shuttle-blankets-and-space-burials

MagentaRocks, 8 months ago to bookstodon

Simply delightful!

#books #reading @bookstodon

''This Book Is Banned' introduces little kids to a big topic'

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1203867879/raj-haldar-this-book-is-banned-introduces-kids-to-book-banning

MagentaRocks, 9 months ago to bookstodon

From 2019, but still a good list.

Best #Books of the 21st Century

@bookstodon

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century

brianmerchant, 9 months ago to random

Proof that the book is finally real, I can barely believe it

MagentaRocks, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Please DO judge a #book by its ‘cover’. Don’t you just want to read them all?!!

These are WONDERFUL! @bookstodon #books

Cover version: films reimagined as vintage paperbacks – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/26/cover-version-films-reimagined-as-vintage-paperbacks-in-pictures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Behindthepages, 10 months ago to bookstodon

I started watching the Silo TV series and decided to read the book it's based on. I actually think the TV show is better. #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

https://www.behindthepages.org/post/wool-by-hugh-howey-book-review