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Scott reviews "The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds" by Allan Dyen Shapiro:

"I love it when an author takes something personal and makes it into a gift to share with the rest of us, illuminating a little bit of the world and possibilities for our future. I recommend this story for its incisive details, its well crafted character studies, and its ultimately hopeful tone."

https://www.queerscifi.com/review-the-day-we-said-goodbye-to-the-birds-allan-dyen-shapiro/

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https://www.limfic.com/2026/02/09/review-the-day-we-said-goodbye-to-the-birds-allan-dyen-shapiro/

https://pivic.blog/blog/excerpts-from-clare-carlisles-transcendence-for-beginners/

I've written a blog post with excerpts from Clare Carlisle's wondrous philosophy book 'Transcendence for Beginners'.

As great philosophy books come, Carlisle writes clearly and simply about something that could easily be hard to digest; Carlisle makes the reader's journey easy and explosive. I really recommend this book.

https://bookwyrm.social/book/2215992/s/transcendence-for-beginners

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A typical book cover for Fitzcarraldo, the publisher: white background, blue type: title at the top, author's name in smaller type in the middle, and the publisher's name and 'Editions' at the bottom, in even smaller type.

I started reading book one in the Rivers of London series but then I realised there were prequels.

Now I just finished The Masquerades of Spring, and I'm glad I did as the main character reminded me a bit of Bertie Wooster from P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster 😁

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A historic painting of a woman with her head a cushioned stool looking frenzied and depressed. Caption: "Are you okay?" Me: No. I don't have a bookshelf a with a rolling ladder.

https://reviews.pivic.com/scott-eden-a-killing-in-cannabis

I've reviewed Scott Eden's 'A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love, Murder, and California Weed'.

It's a so-so book. The exciting and well-written start of the book belies how the book fares as it goes on.

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Book cover: a plastic bag meant to store cannabis. Title, subtitle, and author name, all in green, complete with blood spatter at the bottom.

Open thread: Who here's a published author? If that's you, what's the title of your book, and a brief synopsis. I'm keen to find some interesting new books by folk on the socials.

Post by Jennifer Goodland At today's staff meeting we discussed the need for warning labels for our books. Like “not microwave safe” “not dishwasher safe” “for suppository use only” The discussion was prompted by another library where a patron got their book wet, tried to dry it out in the microwave, and the metallic RFID tag destroyed both the microwave and the book.

With a brief delay after being read both Harlan Ellison-edited anthologies "Dangerous Visions" and "Again, Dangerous Visions" - not comparable to the delay in their publishing - I was recently read "The Last Dangerous Visions".

Contributing writers include legends such as Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) and Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic).

https://www.blackstonepublishing.com/search?q=Harlan+Ellison

Cover image for the Blackstone Publishing audiobook of "Dangerous Visions" by Harlan Ellison. In dark red striped text on a light Green background with a yellowish leafy branch wrapped around the words is 33 HARD-HITTING STORIES BY THE MASTERS OF THE SCIENCE FICTION GENRE DANGEROUS VISIONS EDITED BY HARLAN ELLISON
Cover image for the Blackstone Publishing audiobook of "The Last Dangerous Visions" by Harlan Ellison. In yellow text on a red background with black spiral sphere eyeballs is THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE LEGENDARY SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY SERIES THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS EDITED BY HARLAN ELLISON
Cover image for the Blackstone Publishing audiobook of "Again, Dangerous Visions" by Harlan Ellison. In black red text on a light Green background with many red and yellow cubes stacked like bricks around the words with images of eyeballs or other things on some is AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS 46 ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES FROM GIANTS OF THE SCIENCE FICTION GENRE EDITED BY HARLAN ELLISON