Pied Piper by Nevil Shute

Jun. 14th, 2026 09:03 am
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France 1940: an elderly British man struggles to transport an ever-growing number of children--and a kitten!--out of the war-zone and far from the tender mercies of the Luftwaffe, the Heer, and the Gestapo.

Pied Piper by Nevil Shute

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Jun. 13th, 2026 02:27 pm
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Went to a wedding. Turns out we scrub up alright.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

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Ten books new to me. Eight fantasy (of which three are rpgs), one science fiction, and one non-fiction. At least three are series.

Books Received, June 6 — June 12



Poll #34725 Books Received, June 6 — June 12
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Which of these look interesting?

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When Life Gives You Corpses by Lene D. Buttner (March 2027)
10 (29.4%)

A Storm of Dragons and Sorcery by Jeaniene Frost (March 2027)
3 (8.8%)

Tribes in the Dark by Wil Hutton, Logan Rollins, et al with art by Ghislain Barbe and Juan Ochoa (June 2026)
4 (11.8%)

The Seventh Banisher by A. K. Larkwood (March 2027)
11 (32.4%)

Anji in Shadow by Evan Leikam (January 2027)
6 (17.6%)

The Playful Lem by Stanislaw Lem (July 2026)
18 (52.9%)

Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide by Dominic McDowall and Pádraig Murphy et al (June 2026)
2 (5.9%)

Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide by Dominic McDowall and Pádraig Murphy et al (June 2026)
2 (5.9%)

A Song of Sugar Sparrows by Seanan McGuire (January 2027)
16 (47.1%)

The Thinking Animal: What Other Minds Reveal About Our Own by Nichola Raihani (February 2027)
19 (55.9%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.9%)

Cats!
22 (64.7%)

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Jun. 12th, 2026 09:14 am
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Generic Asian Man Willis Wu dreams of becoming Kung Fu Guy. If he's not careful, he might become Dead Asian Guy instead.

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Jane Yolen (1939 - 2026)

Jun. 11th, 2026 05:48 pm
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Worldcon in Memoriam reports:
"Author Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President."

Safer Driving Through Science Fiction

Jun. 11th, 2026 12:56 pm
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Surely, issues like traffic jams, speeding, and road rage can be solved through these creative strategies...

Safer Driving Through Science Fiction
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I'll go though it, bit by bit, in the first comment, but you might want to experience it cold.

CW for just about everything except animal abuse since there are no animals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8AsxmLnoic&t=8s

Quite well read, 4 parts, about 3 i/2 hours.

Bundle of Holding: Dungeononomicon

Jun. 10th, 2026 03:17 pm
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Jump-start your tabletop fantasy roleplaying campaign with the hundreds of pages of system-neutral tools and tables in this all-new Dungeononomicon Bundle from Raging Swan Press.

Bundle of Holding: Dungeononomicon
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I'm not sure what to make of it. Yesterday, there was a press conference (YouTube, FOX 10 Phoenix news) on the steps of the USA Congress. People who have supposedly-trustworthy titles and credentials stepped in front of microphones and cameras to declare that the USA has both technological devices and biological creatures from non-terrestrial origin. David Grusch also talked about foreign nations monitoring our programs to reverse engineer that alien technology. Otherwise, I don't know that anything new was said yesterday, anything that we haven't heard before and under oath. It's wild to think that China and Russia know more about the USA's UFO program just from their surveillance of us than we do as the USA's own citizens or the USA President.

Over the years, there have been officials of foreign nations who stated similar things with similar certainty. I recently learned that actor Kurt Russel was the civilian pilot (YouTube, Russel tells the tale) who first reported the Phoenix lights back in 1997. Closer to home, local news recently reported (YouTube, WCCO - CBS Minnesota news) the Feds investigating an issue reported last year by local police tracking something strange in the sky. There is even a rumor (which I can't confirm) that former USA President George H.W. Bush was caught on a hot microphone saying something about "if people knew what I know" about the UFO topic before the occasion was interrupted, separate from what is claimed that Bush said among his last words to someone he knew.

These familiar news figures (YouTube, 5 minutes) discuss Tuesday's event. Whatever is going on, I'm certain that the USA government is lying to the citizens of the USA and the rest of the world. No matter what it is they are lying about, it's a huge issue and violation of law that someone is keeping something important in the federal government from the oversight of Congress.

I still want answers. Real answers.

Edit Saturday: News Nation offered this segment today about how much the conversation has changed in a short time. I agree with Cuomo that "I'm starving for transparency". I want more hard facts too, about claims such as those in this video that Congress is trying to subpoena video of the Holloman Air Force base landing by Nordic aliens, film that some presidents have seen. So many claims, so little hard evidence. The only thing certain is that the USA government is lying to Congress about something significant.

Project V by Park Seolyeon

Jun. 10th, 2026 09:02 am
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Two things stand between Kim Wooram and victory: rival contestants and institutional misogyny so entrenched women aren't allowed to compete at all. For the first, Wooram has exemplary skills. For the second, a cunning plan.

Project V by Park Seolyeon
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If so, would anyone like to be me for the purposes of accepting the Hugo should I win?
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Ship's gunner Ejoq Dosantos waives prudence for one quick off-ship errand that proves neither quick, nor easy, and quite possibly not survivable.

Street Candles (Stardrifter, volume 2) by David Collins-Rivera

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