Mark A. Rayner<p>Another lovely review of The Gates of Polished Horn! This book felt risky to me, because many of these stories are quite serious in tone, so it's nice to see long-time readers of my work appreciate it!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7408191857" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodreads.com/review/show/7408</span><span class="invisible">191857</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a></p>
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IndieAuthors.Social News<p>New Books to Read in Literary Fiction | March 25</p><p>Literary fiction readers are in for a treat. This week’s latest releases list is full of intriguing reads you won’t want to miss! The new releases list includes so many bestselling authors like Meredith Turits, Marcy Dermansky, Colum McCann, and more. Enjoy your new literary fiction books. Happy reading!<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/new-books-to-read-in-literary-fiction-march-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/new-books-to-re</span><span class="invisible">ad-in-literary-fiction-march-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WeeklyReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyReleases</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Stelliform Press<p>If you like your literary fiction with gorgeous prose and more than a touch of horror, grab Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS. There are just 6 review copies left on Book Sirens!</p><p>The book is also currently on Netgalley, till the end of the month.</p><p><a href="https://booksirens.com/bundle/literary-fiction-arcs-you-ll-love-march-2025-batch/90TGEF6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">booksirens.com/bundle/literary</span><span class="invisible">-fiction-arcs-you-ll-love-march-2025-batch/90TGEF6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/booksirens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booksirens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/horrorbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horrorbooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/darkfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkfantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecofiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecofiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canadianbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadianbooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canlit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canadianauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadianauthor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/arc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reviewcopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviewcopy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookreviewers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreviewers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>For all my Canadian Tootsies: if you've been waiting to buy the paperback version of my new book on Indigo, it's now available there:</p><p><a href="https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/gates-of-polished-horn-a-collection-of-stories/9781999431174.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">indigo.ca/en-ca/gates-of-polis</span><span class="invisible">hed-horn-a-collection-of-stories/9781999431174.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a></p>
Writers Digest (unofficial)<p>Hannah Deitch: On Accepting More Positive Feedback <a href="https://www.writersdigest.com/hannah-deitch-on-accepting-more-positive-feedback" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersdigest.com/hannah-deitc</span><span class="invisible">h-on-accepting-more-positive-feedback</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a>'sDigestAuthorSpotlight <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/AuthorSpotlightSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorSpotlightSeries</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/WriteBetterFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WriteBetterFiction</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mystery</span></a>/Thriller <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/AuthorSpotlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorSpotlights</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/AuthorSpotlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorSpotlight</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/BeInspired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeInspired</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interviews</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literary</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Genre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genre</span></a></p>
Brian Faucette<p>32nd: The Midnight Library a powerful novel that explores questions of grief, regret, living through the idea of multiverses and parallel lives. It is an inventive and thought provoking book that forces one to consider what it means to be alive. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a></p>
MariaI remember reading this book in high school and having to do an essay about the meaning of the color green throughout the book. I remember that in some parts it referred to Gatsby’s envy. <br>
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At the time, I was unable to enjoy reading this book because it was for a school assignment. However, I hope to read it again and see if I enjoy it. <br>
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LM Little<p>After finishing a great read, it is interesting to see what the book reviewers say. This review captures Louise Erdrich's The Mighty Red perfectly. "This book will be loved." Yep! <br><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/15/the-mighty-red-review-great-gatsby-recession/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecrimson.com/article/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/15/the-mighty-red-review-great-gatsby-recession/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigAgriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fracking</span></a></p>
LM Little<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> Erdrich's latest tale from northern Dakota. It's an immersive read with interesting characters coping with loves and losses and day to day struggles. It is a commentary on the ties that bind including our histories, the land and even the denialism of its exploiters. Her short often one page chapters, punchy colourful prose, and deeply human perspective make it a lovely read. But everything Erdrich writes is a good read IMHO. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a></p>
Htaggert<p>I <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/justfinished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justfinished</span></a> All the Water in the World and while it got some mixed reviews- I found it to be a solid read. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neurodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiverse</span></a> representation, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/debutnovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debutnovel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookrecommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookrecommendation</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/clifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clifi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/03/book-review-all-water-in-world-by-eiren.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hollysreadingescapades.blogspo</span><span class="invisible">t.com/2025/03/book-review-all-water-in-world-by-eiren.html?m=1</span></a></p>
MariaThese are some of the books I am hoping to read in March. <br>
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I've made my list a little shorter than last month because I discovered that I am a mood reader, and having a list of books I must read by the end of the month stressed me out a little bit. So now I am hoping to at least get to these three books. <br>
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LM Little<p>A great list of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> and I've only read 1 of them so far. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/books/30-canadian-books-to-read-in-winter-2025-1.7457548" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/books/30-canadian-books</span><span class="invisible">-to-read-in-winter-2025-1.7457548</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literaryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memoir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonFiction</span></a></p>
Mary @ Notes in the Margin<p>Aj asks a perennial question among readers: What is literary fiction? Stop by to add your 2 cents, and be sure to check out the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BookRecommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookRecommendations</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LetsDiscuss2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsDiscuss2025</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LiteraryFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraryFiction</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p><p>What Is Literary Fiction? + Book Recommendations! <a href="https://ajsterkel.blogspot.com/2025/02/what-is-literary-fiction-book.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ajsterkel.blogspot.com/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/what-is-literary-fiction-book.html</span></a></p>
Brian Faucette<p>21st: Chain Gang AllStars a powerful dystopian book that grapples with racism, horrors of criminal justice system, and reality TV to show how coarsening of US can lead to a society where racism, violence, and murder become entertainment all for the sake of profit and ratings. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a></p>
Raleigh 🌱Oh, Mrs. Danvers-you creepy, creepy weirdo 💀<br>
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This month, I reread Rebecca, and I think I enjoyed it even more the second time around. I won't wax poetic about it—it's a book that nearly everyone has already read and raved about—but it's beloved for good reason as one of those rare novels that is beautifully written, psychologically intricate, and a real page turner.<br>
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It's easy to read Rebecca at the surface level alone, as a traditional gothic romance with a great mystery at its heart. And that's not by accident—the entire novel is told from the protagonist's perspective, and we're so drawn into her anxious mind, where imagined conversations and events are as real to her as actual occurrences, that the line between reality and vivid daydream is blurred, and it takes real effort to separate ourselves from her feelings and question her judgment.<br>
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But when you do, you unearth something else—a macbre tale, full of unlikable characters and moral ambiguity, that explores the complex dynamics of class, gender, and power. There are moments in this book, moral choices made by the characters, that are utterly chilling. It's in these moments that we get to decide—if we're paying attention—what we're willing to justify, what we'll be an accomplice to.<br>
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Raleigh 🌱ambiguous, porous, psychologically complex—the bird's nest left me with a deep sense of uncertainty. what was it about exactly—how unresolved trauma can lead to a crumbling of the self? or women's struggle for authenticity in a world where they're forced to compartmentalize the<br>
"unfeminine" and unpalatable aspects of themselves? was it a darkly humorous jab at the idea of madness as a female malady or neuroses as a result of (primarily) bad mothering? a tongue-in-cheek critique of the field of psychology itself?<br>
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the beauty (and horror) of any shirley jackson work lies in the cavernous openings for interpretation she leaves; there's an uneasiness in choosing your own path through the narrative.<br>
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ultimately, the bird's nest isn't a new favorite jackson for me—there's an insufferable pov character whose chapters were a real chore to get through—but its cryptic nature primes it to be one of those stories that's even more fun to think about after you've finished reading it. and really, everything she wrote is well worth a read.<br>
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Htaggert<p>I just finished One Hundred Shadows- a very evocative literary gem. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BooksInTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BooksInTranslation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookreview</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seoul</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookrecommendation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookrecommendation</span></a> <a href="https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/02/book-review-one-hundred-shadow-by-hwang.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hollysreadingescapades.blogspo</span><span class="invisible">t.com/2025/02/book-review-one-hundred-shadow-by-hwang.html?m=1</span></a></p>
Raleigh 🌱There is a city where fungi threatens to take over, devouring books and balconies and, sometimes, people; where power slips from one hand to the next with the ease of a slit throat, and streets are torn apart by the warring of rival publishing houses; where the subjugated indigenous people—the unsettling gray caps, or "mushroom dwellers"—lurk in shadows and beneath the ground.<br>
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Ambergris is a city of thieves and madmen, religious zealots and squid worshippers, heretics and historians. A city marked by violence, irrevocably shaped by its early history of colonialism and genocide and seemingly unable to move forward as it refuses to look back.<br>
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As always with stories this weird, what's perhaps most remarkable is how completely non-weird they are at their core. Sure, the inhabitants of this great city of squalor do participate in a Purge-like event every year called the Festival of the Freshwater Squid (Ambergris predates "The Purge," y'all), but what is this but a twisted reimagining of our own back gardens, the skeletons in our closets?<br>
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Genre fiction gets a bad rap when it comes to prose, but VanderMeer's language is beautiful. It's that literary stuff —Prose with a capital P. His descriptions of Ambergris are both incredibly vivid and also unimaginable—especially as the trilogy progresses and the city becomes more and more monstrous. VanderMeer loves playing with the limits of human understanding, and some things are apparently indescribable.<br>
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But despite the occasional, elusive description—and there are far less in Ambergris than in his more widely-read Southern Reach trilogy—there's so much depth and diversity to this world. Not only is Ambergris teeming with different forms of life and centuries of history, VanderMeer also plays around with form in such a way that his books feel like lost artifacts of the city.<br>
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Cey :verifiedtrans:<p>is it unhealthy to think about things and roll them over in your head/contemplate about things/question things/reflect on things??? even if they may be older things, or fictional things. <br>I just don't get how you're meant to learn anything if its unhealthy to do that. how do you grow as a person without reflection and contemplation??</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contemplate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemplate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/enby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enby</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thoughtspot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughtspot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/literaryfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literaryfiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/litfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litfic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p>
Raleigh 🌱I read Peace, by Gene Wolfe, back in 2021, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since: cryptic and nightmarish; unreliably told through layers of secondhand story and myth; brimming with unusual imagery, obfuscatory language, and clues buried beneath the surface.<br>
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Peace is, seemingly, a memoir of a man called Alden Dennis Weer, who travels through his memories as if down literal halls in his home—but the picture he paints of his life is veiled and we have to wonder what Alden is trying to hide from us.<br>
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Sometimes, I had no idea what I was reading. It's a book that forces you to pay close attention—and even reread it—before you can begin to understand. But it was the power of Wolfe's storytelling, the slow creep of horror, and the excitement of a puzzle that needs to be solved that pulled me in and kept me hooked. I can’t wait to read it again.<br>
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