Post Aqa7F1kx2a77CpkILY by boxofdelights@wandering.shop
(DIR) More posts by boxofdelights@wandering.shop
(DIR) Post #AqZkqejwlTftsgFXWK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T13:31:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Are any of you participating in a sci-fi or maybe non-fiction book club on here? I think there might be book clubs already... I think it could be really fun to pick a book and have a lot of people read it and discuss it with a good hash tag to keep the conversation together.But, I suspect maybe someone has tried to start this already or it's happening and I just don't know under what tags.
(DIR) Post #AqZlbR2fVlmP0XJRK4 by tenteni@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T13:39:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird It would be very interesting to join something like this š
(DIR) Post #AqZlgpGirfTjaqSNbE by freequaybuoy@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T13:41:02Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I'd be interested in that!
(DIR) Post #AqZlzVPytQwpWth7nk by GeriatricGardener@mstdn.social
2025-01-29T13:44:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Nice idea! Iād join up to a sci-fi book club! Havenāt seen anything like you describe on Masto .. but, then again, tbh I havenāt really looked! Iām reading āEcho of Worldsā by M. R. Carey at the moment. Itās his recently-published āDuologyā follow-up to his āInfinity Gateā novel - both space opera which are my favourites! #SciFiClub
(DIR) Post #AqZm0cRSGS7pbRumB6 by shaknais@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T13:44:43Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird There's #TimeTravelAuthors for one rather specific group.
(DIR) Post #AqZmQ641GeBgiJ6N0a by rothko@beige.party
2025-01-29T13:49:21Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird boosting... sci-fi isn't really my thing but i know lots of ppl who dig it. i do enjoy "weird fiction" like china miƩville, etc.
(DIR) Post #AqZmarNwBPRKNEYC9o by DavidCripps@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T13:51:00Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky wold be good, especially for someone with a thing for ants š
(DIR) Post #AqZnrwZ8H6fhJmUroW by KnittingMittens@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:05:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I would love to join in! I've been listening to a lot of audiobooks to help drown out the dystopia around me!
(DIR) Post #AqZo0kcu2A6wtaSaUi by drj@typo.social
2025-01-29T14:07:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird i think i'd be interested. My current read is the non-fiction Invisible Women, and my upcoming reads include Parable of the Sower, The Teenager's Guide to Burnout, A Fish Caught in Time, and Howl's Moving Castle.
(DIR) Post #AqZphd6Tyn99yCJ1Iu by osma@sigmoid.social
2025-01-29T14:26:10Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@futurebird Something like this has been going on in the Finnish-speaking Mastodon/fediverse bubble for a few rounds now under the hashtag #avoinlukupiiri . Each month a book is chosen by voting (often it's been sci-fi or fantasy) and discussion follows.
(DIR) Post #AqZpqjiakukX5iTQ0W by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2025-01-29T14:27:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I have encountered a few similar things on here, but I am not aware of a consistent hashtag.Adding in @nyrath for relevance to interests.
(DIR) Post #AqZpxnLheeh0NZ8K8m by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:29:05Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@osma That's what I was thinking of doing. I'd make a little form and people could nominate books. We'd do a vote. Then the winner is the book of the month and hopefully enough people read it that there can be some fun discussions. I will let this post float around for a bit in case this is already happening as I would much rather bandwagon and boost an existing effort than start something. #SFBookClub
(DIR) Post #AqZq7VfiEWOcRx7nuK by osma@sigmoid.social
2025-01-29T14:30:51Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Great!FYI, in addition to the hashtag #AvoinLukupiiri (which means "open book circle" or something along those lines), there is a coordinating account @lukupiiri that organizes the voting. The votes are just regular Mastodon posts with a voting option.
(DIR) Post #AqZqGXqjVPxBoIaVpg by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2025-01-29T14:27:08Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@DavidCripps Time for @futurebird to reset the "days since last Children Of Time recommendation" counter.
(DIR) Post #AqZqGYhYL2CkS7IhA8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:32:30Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@michael_w_busch @DavidCripps Dang it. I need to see if I can find the thing...
(DIR) Post #AqZqMG1Gi6ioFUEvOy by DavidCripps@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:30:28Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@michael_w_busch @futurebird New to Mastodon so just trying to work out if that is a put-down
(DIR) Post #AqZqMH5CkxSrXz5aAy by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2025-01-29T14:32:28Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@DavidCripps It has become a running joke that people keep recommending that book to @futurebird .
(DIR) Post #AqZqMHjcKhn5ZJzrAO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:33:30Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@michael_w_busch @DavidCripps It's been running so long I should probably read it again! :)
(DIR) Post #AqZqUdFkDFgKcg0JWK by aprilfollies@mastodon.online
2025-01-29T14:34:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Iām currently reading āAlliance Risingā by C.J. Cherryh and Jane Fancher. Iād be very interested in a sci-fi book club! For nonfiction it would probably depend on the topicā¦ currently alternating my escapism with short stretches of Ed Yongās āAn Immense World.ā
(DIR) Post #AqZqZlvvMoN6zaBUPo by DavidCripps@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:35:22Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @michael_w_busch I claim newbie status š
(DIR) Post #AqZqawpkKDnz5Yr5Q8 by DavidCripps@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:34:19Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@michael_w_busch @futurebird Ah. Ok. Thanks for the heads up.
(DIR) Post #AqZqaxbFTbnpSt51Si by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:36:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@DavidCripps @michael_w_busch On the plus side, everyone who suggests that book to me (it's over 14 people now) has turned out to be a really cool and interesting person. And I do really like that book.
(DIR) Post #AqZqnERIh31BAPHK6q by Sini74@piipitin.fi
2025-01-29T14:38:20Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@futurebird There is a @queerromanceclubgroup
(DIR) Post #AqZqv4UdYaSYdUZqme by EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:38:25Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Well, there are some book-centric groups here. I'm an indie author who has written sci fi books published on Amazon under the pen name Endicott Road.
(DIR) Post #AqZr3uEz2pYBRdT5Sy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:41:25Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@michael_w_busch @DavidCripps I'm working on my website and this needs to go on it when I get the time. But for now:https://avtanski.net/projects/days/?eyJzIjoiMjAyNS0wMS0yOVQwODo0NjowMy43MzVaIiwidGwiOiJJVCBIQVMgQkVFTiIsInRpIjoiIiwidWwiOiJEQVlTIiwiYmwiOiJTSU5DRSBzb21lb25lIG9uIE1hc3RvZG9uIHJlY29tbWVuZGVkIFwiQ2hpbGRyZW4gb2YgVGltZVwiICBieSBBZHJpYW4gVGNoYWlrb3Zza3kgdG8gZnV0dXJlYmlyZCAobXlybWVwcm9wYWdhbmRpc3QpICIsImJpIjoiIn0=
(DIR) Post #AqZr6NaYtsil2rjyqG by DavidCripps@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T14:41:39Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @michael_w_busch How about Hellstrom's Hive by Frank Herbert? 1973
(DIR) Post #AqZr96U0xGtsrUydbE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T14:42:19Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@DavidCripps @michael_w_busch THAT I have not read. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #AqZrc8ZEHkbHivGDdA by RogerBW@discordian.social
2025-01-29T14:47:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I'd be interested. Not short of things to read but always interested in more.
(DIR) Post #AqZt4dfcL2fUFaP35c by louisa_@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T15:01:42Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I've seen a few people trying to start SF book clubs, but video chats not just discussion on here, and I think timezone issues have tripped them up. I'd prefer asynchronous text. I've followed the #SFBookClub tag.
(DIR) Post #AqZtHAAdKSZ0WUsmAa by jasonb@sigmoid.social
2025-01-29T15:06:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird https://bookstodon.com/@swordandlaserThis is the one I have followed since 2007/8. There is a podcast of the same name and the hosts are wonderful. And there's a March Madness where we pick 16 Fantasy books against 16 Sci-fi books and vote all month for the April pick. Typically each month is either a Sci-Fi pick or Fantasy and they alternate. Except for whoever wins March Madness. The podcast should be all the feeds.
(DIR) Post #AqZuBYJ0mYWlargpay by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T15:16:24Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I keep intending to try out bookwrym, since it's ActivityPub software expressly designed for sharing views about books, and seems like it would be great for an online bookclub, but I always feel too exhausted for it.
(DIR) Post #AqZuy9RM1ITMfFlXPM by tarheel@mstdn.io
2025-01-29T15:25:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @osma "Fill out a form and pick a book" sounds like a spactacular idea. Then you could put the form on a website, and... wait... https://bookclubs.com/ :D(It only just now occurred to me that somebody might have actually beaten me to this idea, so I googled that up. No idea if it's any good.)Anyway... I've been stuck on *Racism Without Racists* for a couple of years and I would *love* to find a club discussing that one.Also, The StoryGraph has "buddy reads".
(DIR) Post #AqZv23AjGaxyNlqg5o by RenderB@social.vivaldi.net
2025-01-29T15:25:53Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Not that I know, but if anyone starts a discworld book of the month club I'd join ;-)
(DIR) Post #AqZvMzpMteis5gqSe0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-01-29T15:29:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@tarheel @osma I was thinking something more like #monsterdon but with sci fi books for the people here.
(DIR) Post #AqZvQVRpmzQh1pVkEC by CandaceRobbAuthor@historians.social
2025-01-29T15:30:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Sounds like fun!
(DIR) Post #AqZveIMlDwOgVgiGWW by dodoandthebrawn@mastodon.world
2025-01-29T15:32:46Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I'd love to do sci-fi!
(DIR) Post #AqZvwvN2wbuGh2jIp6 by tarheel@mstdn.io
2025-01-29T15:36:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird @osma Well, when I'm avoiding the books I feel I *should* be reading, sci-fi is definitely what I gravitate to. :)#scifidon?
(DIR) Post #AqZw2gHNxyV9crpK40 by barbuzie@mastodon.social
2025-01-29T15:35:54Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird very interested!
(DIR) Post #AqZx9rVshJXsRqaxcW by lukupiiri@mementomori.social
2025-01-29T15:49:10Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@osma @futurebird Yes! This is what we've been doing. It's been fun!At the beginning, the idea was floated that we could gather the book suggestions in a separate web form, but I feared that if you had to leave Mastodon the number of participants would drop (among some other issues). So now we're gathering the book suggestions as comments and then there's a vote through a poll (we have 15 options in the poll on this instance)The discussion is held via #, which is unique to each book. It's worked so far.
(DIR) Post #AqZzAvwZuUBwO4ill2 by glennsills@dotnet.social
2025-01-29T16:12:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I'd be interested in participating. Are you volunteering to set it up? That would be a very "teacher" thing of you to do. (Meant as a compliment. š)
(DIR) Post #AqZzSo67ouBNGXi2T2 by LuciaG@wandering.shop
2025-01-29T16:15:17Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I have an online book club, not on Mastodon but done through a group text. To avoid the issues of faster readers vs slower readers and spoilers in the chat, we divide the book up in sections and discuss one section per week. That keeps the discussion together on the same part of the book.
(DIR) Post #Aqa1B6QX8MAaoBwOCO by satsuma@dice.camp
2025-01-29T16:34:42Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Iām in a book club organised by The Grognard Files podcast. We had a fantasy/scifi series last year, and now weāre doing gothic horror/spies. Itās usually one book a month, followed by a Zoom call on a Sunday morning to talk about them.I reviewed the ones I read last year.https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/search/label/%23bookclub
(DIR) Post #Aqa7F1kx2a77CpkILY by boxofdelights@wandering.shop
2025-01-29T17:42:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird There's a non-fiction book club going on this year under the hashtag #PolymathReadingChallenge The originator chose a list of topics. Each reader chooses their own book for each topic and reads and posts about them in whatever order they choose. So, very uncoordinated! But fun!
(DIR) Post #AqaoBj984WGCeFjALw by hamlin81@mastodon.social
2025-01-30T01:43:48Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I'd love that too. I've been into portal fantasy lately
(DIR) Post #Aqc4jOh0PvLRU0bsWG by BrambleBearGrrrauwling@mastodon.social
2025-01-30T16:23:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird If anyone is interested in a non-fic book club, who would like to read this history of Dutch resistance? About 3 young Dutch women who joined resistance in ww2? Freddie Oversteegen, "et al".Is there a # for non-fic yet? #NonFicbookclub https://fontanalib.org/books/seducing-and-killing-nazis
(DIR) Post #Aqc6tfoHpUjpNN2kAS by BrambleBearGrrrauwling@mastodon.social
2025-01-30T16:41:50Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Shall we just grab #SiFiBookClub and start? There is enough interest in this thread to begin. How shall we decide on first book? A poll? Casual consensus? Other?Maybe further specify group with title as a # once a book is chosen? If multiple titles get traction with smaller groups?Hoping to read Becky Chambers Wayfarers series, starting with Long Way to Small Angry Planet. Also hoping to read some more Kim Stanley Robinson.#Wayfarers or #SmallAngryPlanet ?
(DIR) Post #AqnpQJ692Mbtq4hrdI by EverydayMoggie@sfba.social
2025-02-05T08:28:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I've had fun participating in the Queer Romance book club here, and would love to join a similar one for science fiction! I will say that organizing these things seems to be quite a bit of work for whoever takes on that responsibility.@futurebird