Eine Gruppe von Fans (inklusive meiner selbst) hat das Buch, nachdem es zum zweiten Mal an den Autor zurückgefallen ist, mit LaTeX gesetzt, und unter einer nicht-kommerziellen Creative-Commons-Lizenz weitgehend befreit.
@mattotcha Darwin's treatise on worms was an excellent description of the scientific method and how to translate observations into conclusions not because of the tremendous discoveries or anything like penicillion.
@mattotcha You brought up 'Origin of the Species' and now I'm trying to remember the book I read that describes the turmoil that his observations caused him because of his faith that was an impactful book.
Sadly, not impactful enough for me to recall which book it was without access to my library 🤷♂️
When my daughter was in 2nd grade, she had the Greek legends on CD, and during the school breaks she would gather her friends around her and retell the stories she had listened to, the night before, to them.
I've just re-posted my books from Day 1 as the included some of my all-time favs and most of you were not yet participating.
Alas, despite copying the most recent handles list, some handles are now shown as inactive. WTF? I've seen this happening quite a few times on #Mastodon for a week or so.
When I read "Pillars of the Earth," the added value for me was, apart from learning about that important period in #English history and being entertained, was learning about a major new architectural feat, the #Gothic , with lots of new vocabulary.
Initially, it took me quite some time to get started, too...
I should point out that the #KingsbridgeSeries has 5 volumes so far:
Kingsbridge series
The Evening and the Morning (prequel, 2020) The Pillars of the Earth (1989) World Without End (2007) A Column of Fire (2017) [39]The Armour of Light (2023)
Today, I was torn between going with the architectural theme from yesterday and a long-time word-class author. I went for the latter, #JamesAMichener. Apart from a few autobiographic novels, he tells the story of a region from the perspective of a fictitious family, much like #PillarsOfTheEarth. To pick but one,...#Hawaii
@Hawaiishelldiver My choice for today's #BooksThatInfluencedYou is also one from James Michener. I just love how he does his deep history by following fictional families.
I've read a bunch of his and not sure which might be the one I'd highlight, but I will definitely choose this one considering that I think a lot of people talking about Israel would benefit from reading this.
@Hawaiishelldiver My choice for today's #BooksThatInfluencedYou is also one from James Michener. I just love how he does his deep history by following fictional families.
I've read a bunch of his and not sure which might be the one I'd highlight, but I will definitely choose this one considering that I think a lot of people talking about Israel would benefit from reading this.
I just remembered this anecdote about the timelessness of these stories that still speak to us through the millennia, because they are fabulous stories, which fascinate children as well as adults.
Of course, we had to take Homer all the way through at Greek school Athena is really something special There are so many wonderful legends, I love them and they always surprise me...and the older I get, the more my view of them changes.
Für all die nicht fließend Russisch sprechen wie ich:
"Bulgakow: MEISTER UND MARGARITA, Kapitel 2
- Name?
- Meiner? - antwortete der Verhaftete hastig, wobei sein ganzes Wesen die Bereitschaft ausdrückte, intelligent zu antworten, um keinen weiteren Ärger zu erregen.
Eine Freundin von mir ist Projektleiterin eines Übersetzungsbüros. Wir haben uns gestern darüber unterhalten. Sie verwenden zwar ein professionelles Übersetzungsprogramm und oft proprietäre translation memories, aber im 2. Level kommt dann #DeepL...
... und Co. zum Einsatz. Für die Qualitätskontrolle der Übersetzungen verwendet sie dann viel #ChatGPT, selbst für Sprachen, die sid nicht beherrscht, z.B. Was ist die 3. Person Plural von [einem Verb] auf italienisch, etc.
Spannend.
Um auf mein #AIRisiken-Thema meiner heutigen Buchempfehlung...
Ich fragte sie, was sie in ca. 2-3 Jahren macht, wenn #LLMs auch ihren Job machen können. Die antwortete, dass sie dich dann beim Arbeitsamt hür eine #Umschulung melden würde.
Ich fragte sie, was sie in ca. 2-3 Jahren macht, wenn #LLMs auch ihren Job machen können. Die antwortete, dass sie dich dann beim Arbeitsamt hür eine #Umschulung melden würde.
Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...
Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award winning fiction podcast that adapts stories from the world’s best Sci-fi, and Horror writers into fully immersiv...
...gesellschaftlichen Sprengstoff. Die Menschheit benötigt aus unterschiedlichen Gründen ein #BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen, #UBI (erneut: #OT 🙈) und #UBS (universal basic services, such as healthcare.)
Nebenbei: Es ist nicht ein Prokurist (=Buchhalter), der den Gefangenen befragt, sondern es war "grausame fünfte Prokurator von Judäa, der Ritter Pontius Pilatus".
Actually, these #ImageDescriptions are a great way to share your own perception of them with others, who might have a different "bias," giving them the chance to leave their respective bubbles by reflecting on their own visual impressions with yours.
I could not agree more: descriptions are good for all, but foremost for the person writing them, as they make you wonder: Why did I put this image, why does it matter and how so?
Though I would not agree with but one word, "foremost," you are right, it is a "360°" learning experience foreign everyone. With regard to the writer it helps him/her sharpen their thoughts and it finetunes their expression skills.
👍 Never thought about it, but now that you mention it (and apart from the right companion,) a laptop with an inexhaustible battery and dedicated satellite 🛰 internet access, OFC. 😉 (After either reincarnation of The Enterprise, that is.)
You know, IDK where this "desert island" thing comes from in the US. In literature, it has always been a rather tropical one (above + Robinson Crusoe, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Jurassic Park, Lost, etc.).
However, "Dessert Island" has such a nice, ambivalent, hedonistic, yet potentially malicious ring to it. Mind if I register it? 😼
#TheLordOfTheFlies is scary and brilliant concurrently. It "explains" indirectly rather well how atrocities like #Bucha, #October7, and the #GazaStrip are possible from an anthropological/ #psychological perspective.
@Tami Correct. But it still didn't go so far toie explain how this atrocities can happen in such an organised manner or scheme like in the real National-Socialism and Communism. Or Zaristic Russia.
@Tami No, I think Rousseau presented an ideal, an Utopia. A kind of goal mankind should reach. Cones out we mainly are just like animals fightung for territory, copulation and resources.
@Tami Irini and Vee replied to some older posts. I replied to them as well, deleting you again. You can try muting this thread, instead, depending on your app. @si_irini @VeroniqueB99
Simplified...sounds perfect for me.💡👍 I'm sure, Mina would be bored by it. However, as she's not only a math's but also an astro geek, she'll have read the unabridged version, right, Mina? @mina
...I'd read 📚 novels in French (quite a feat for me, as I didn't know many historical terms in other languages either, but it also greatly enhanced my understanding of #medieval #European history, in particular the rivalry between #France and #England.
The TV series Game of Thrones is frequently compared to fantasy creations such as Lord of the Rings, but its creator says it owes an equally large debt to a French historical novelist.
@TimWardCam @mina Oh I have no pretensions of being a physicist , or even vaguely intelligent, but I am fascinated by the concepts that are discussed in the book.
@TimWardCam @mina Yes, and the publisher has to make a living in order to get books printed and out to the public as well as the benefit of getting the information out to as wide an audience as possible.
@TimWardCam @SarahEx I have a mix , I must admit a preference for hardback, but they are normally so much more expensive, the ones I have are mostly (like the LoTRs copy I posted the other day) presents. (1/2)
Audiobooks have become my total addiction for riding the tram, grocery shopping, cooking and general housework, but they have to timeshare my ears with radio theatre (Hörspiele), another thing, I (re)discovered only a few months ago.
I have the original, with maths. Unsigned by S. Hawking esq. And, I have read it from cover to cover, three times. Because its well above my brain's capacity for understanding!😉
Ok as I missed yesterday I present 2 books tonight - I could easily fill the whole 20 books with my pTerry collection , but I picked the first, & the last of the Discworld series.
Today's book, I listened to as an audio book some years ago. In the beginning, I thought, what have I gotten myself into? #US #Legal #History? #HumanRights? #Slavery? It is a really difficult subject. I learned a lot about the history of Slavery,...
Oops... missed a few... can't remember how many we're going for but I'll wrk ahead... maybe cheating granted BUT... literally ANYTHING by Bill Bryson starting with ... (no, NOT "A walk in the woods" which everyone's read and is totally meh compared to ...)
Thanks. AND the thread generally is public (globe) but I set "insider jokes" to "unlisted'" so as to not overwhelm my other followers with this thread.
Please don't feel that what I'm sharing is all that I consume reading wise. I should probably share some of the Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour books that I used to devour instead of just the science and history books.
I just took the influence part of the assignment to heart and it made me think of what books might have led me to where I am.
I love this thread very much, think it's great I love reading history books too, I'll post mine when I get around to it...I'll run after you all then 🏃♀️ 😆
It is I who must apologise, I share your interpretation of the assignment , I was criticising myself more than you or the other most excellent folk on the thread. (1/2)
There is no need to apologize for anyone. Looking at the sales figures of "lighter entertainment, " such as romance novels, it is evident that they have an audience, too.
Oh, nobody has to apologize The whole thing is supposed to be fun and it's so much fun even though I've only been reading and haven't posted almost anything yet 😆 🧵
Like so many other things, I see it with humor, it suits me, although I love books... I've clearly read too few, but I thank this thread for the many new ideas... which then just sit around in the closet... ok maybe a stupid joke? 😂
This book (or rather the original edition - bet you can’t guess where that is 😆 ) was the first proper fantasy book I read. My parents bought it me when I was about 13 (dates & me don’t gel so all dates to be taken with a decent error margin)
It opened new worlds to me!
There’s a whole series behind this & I have read most of them.
I guess, some of knew what was coming when I placed my comment on Day 7 regarding Day 6 (Pillars of the Earth). Well, here's the thing, I did like "La catedral del mar" (#CathedralOfTheSea) by #IldefonsoFalcones. It is about the uring the construction of a cathedral. But it is the lesser known Santa Maria del Mar, not the...
That wasn't the only disappointment. I had expected something like Pillars of the Earth, but architecture is pretty much absent and construction work is chiefly just a background story. That said, as it was one of my first novels in...
Yes, la Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar in #Barcelona is picturesque. :)
"A jewel of the La Ribera neighborhood, this is #Barcelona's last remaining #Catalan #Gothic-style church, with majestic naves and beautiful stained glass windows."
So it is one of the architectural brethren of the fictious one in #Kingsbridge, ...
@GottaLaff
Some days, I could just jump off a cliff.
This reality is fast becoming an amalgamate of all the negative #utopias I read years ago:
#1984,
#Fahrenheit451,
#TheMatrix,
#SecondVariety,
#Wargames, #TheCompleteRobot, #Terminator inclu…
For now, we're looking in awe at what is happening in the US, especially in the Bible Belt, but there is no room for complacency: If we don't push against it, we will get the same.
@Snowshadow @Jeramee
#USpol #Economics
#MAGAnomics #MustReads
(2/n)
...when right-wing economist, #Repubican economics strategist, and later-day #NobelLaureate #JamesBuchanan founded what would layer be known as the #VirginiaSchool.
Actually, yes. #SciFi authors are dangerous--for (would-be) totalitarian rulers like Putin or Trump, because they show what can (or has already) happened.
Oh, and sometimes the authors are a think-tank collective writing non-fiction, such as the #HeritageFoundation with the takeover agenda of #Project2025:
#USpol and the reneged rise of #fascism
If you have already heard of #MAGA's #Project2025* for taking over the #US totalitarian style, good. Here's your recap of the 900+ pages.
One think that still eludes my poor brain is how books like 1984 or the matrix showed us dystopias that will all agreed upon were dystopias yet we kinda walked toward something not too different
I just realized that this master piece in captivating #biographies was my first book about politics. The 4-volume saga was also the heaviest, LOL, with a total of over 3,000 pages. I picked up this book at a mountain hotel, left their by a tourist...
...and was utterly captivated by this book. Lyndon B. Johnson, a #US president before my time, had initially seemed rather lackluster. Reading MASTER of the Senate,...
...it became clear to me that he has been the political #SunTzu of the #US Senate. Initially not having the hard power for direly needed reform, #Johnson managed to transform the "upper chamber" representing the "states rights" into a masterpiece of...
...knowledge and writing skills, I' love to write a book in the style of #AlternateHistory, where #LyndonBJohnson, a grandmaster of backroom deals and finding morning majorities, would clash with #HenryClay, #TheGreatCompromiser, and one...
Progressive political commentator, #ThomHartman 1) should have named his excellent summary piece, The Dark Side of Politics: The GOP's MAGA Lie Machine, #TheStateOfTheUnion instead.
And what a sad state it is, indeed. Never since the end of the #CivilWar has #US #democracy been so embattled. Never since WWII and the downfall of the #fascist, #DeutschesReich controlled #AmericaFirst Party has the truth fallen victim to such...
#BooksThatInfluencedYou I wish my reading was as exciting Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell one of my faves )
A Brief History of Time ( Stephen Hawking)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the trilogy of 5 books, not read the 6th yet) (Douglas Adams.) Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk) The Communist Manifesto ( Karl Marx) and The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
It describes the rivalry of two English merchant families + their rise 2 power against the well-researched background of the #OpiumWars + #Hongkong's early colonial history. It 1st got me interested in 🇨🇳.
...is turning the regions around the equator into a #desert planet, and there is no lack of autocrats and religious zealots.
In my opinion, one of the best #SciFi sagas ever, equal to #Asimov's #Foundation trilogy, maybe even surpassing it regarding complexity of characters, philosophies,... #Bookwyrm #20Days20Books
...the task of finishing it in the original style, based on #FrankHerbert's extensive notes. That went so well that they've written yet another 20 books, in particular the prequels. (Which I haven't read)*
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters.
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters."
Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...
Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award winning fiction podcast that adapts stories from the world’s best Sci-fi, and Horror writers into fully immersiv...
There was a time when I used to read all about #Mesoamerica's early history that I could get my hands on. One of the books was #Aztec by #GaryJennings.
...Even though it is historical fiction, he works with a lot of love for historical detail. Alas, #GaryJennimgs died in 1999, and so he could only complete the first two of a total of 6 of this #AztecSeries, the other's were written much later than the first one (1980), the last...
Now, the first thing to know is that there were no #Aztecs. This people who, according to legend, migrated to the swamps what later on became #Tenochtitlán, nowadays the historic Center of #MexicoCity, were called the #Mexica. Back then, it was an island in...
This first book provides an understanding of the roots of modern-day #Mexico. Seen chronologically, the book starts in 1466, when the fictious Mexícan narrator is born. The book...
Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •https://adamtornhill.com/reviews/thinkingforth.htm
Eine Gruppe von Fans (inklusive
meiner selbst) hat das Buch, nachdem es zum zweiten Mal an den Autor zurückgefallen ist, mit LaTeX gesetzt, und unter einer nicht-kommerziellen Creative-Commons-Lizenz weitgehend befreit.
Download hier:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/thinking-forth/files/reprint/rel-1.0/
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Thinking Forth - Browse /reprint/rel-1.0 at SourceForge.net
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in reply to Bernd Paysan R.I.P Natenom 🕯️ • • •Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •The greatest library is in our minds...and online:
https://archive.org/
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.orgKevin Leecaster
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@mattotcha
@mina
#BooksThatInfluencedMe
Now, that you mention it, Kevin, #CharlesDavin did have a big influence on me, too, though through his more-known work 😉
Once of these days, you need to explain to me why this mould was noteworthy, b/c I think penicillin was derived from another one. 😉
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Darwin's treatise on worms was an excellent description of the scientific method and how to translate observations into conclusions not because of the tremendous discoveries or anything like penicillion.
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in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@mattotcha
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •@mattotcha
You brought up 'Origin of the Species' and now I'm trying to remember the book I read that describes the turmoil that his observations caused him because of his faith that was an impactful book.
Sadly, not impactful enough for me to recall which book it was without access to my library 🤷♂️
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Kevin Leecaster
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Day 2:
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 2
Hey, Kevin, thanks for the great inspiration. 👍
I just loved the idea of #Psychohistory. 🤗
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Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •@mattotcha @SilviaMarton @greenfire@mastodon.social @Tami
Yes, all this talk about AI recently has made me think about psychohistory quite a bit really.
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 3:
Ugh, this is hard w/o looking at my library.
This series of books taught me quite a bit about the culture I live in and human nature along with a famous person's perspective on that history.
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in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@mattotcha @SilviaMarton @greenfire@mastodon.social @Tami
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 4:
This book stoked a fierce green fire in my soul.
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •This book deserves the Wiki entry:
"book by American #ecologist, forester, and environmentalist #AldoLeopold. Describing the land around the author's home in...#Wisconsin, the collection of essays advocate Leopold's idea of a "land ethic", or a responsible relationship existing between people and the land they inhabit.... considered a landmark in the American conservation movement"
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@MaJ1
si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •That sounds really interesting
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@mina @SilviaMarton @greenfire@mastodon.social @SarahEx
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 5:
I'm seeing a theme in what books I think have most influenced me it seems.
Mina
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Day 2:
I read this, the classical Greek mythology as a kid, and it impressed me deeply, of course especially the Trojan War and the Odyssey.
I became a big fan of the goddess Athena back then, and still am.
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
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@GreenFire@mstdn.social
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •I second all that! 🤜🤛
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Eve :verified:
in reply to Mina • • •Must read! I'm going to order this one! 🥰
Mina
in reply to Eve :verified: • • •When my daughter was in 2nd grade, she had the Greek legends on CD, and during the school breaks she would gather her friends around her and retell the stories she had listened to, the night before, to them.
She managed to get quite a fanbase.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Very admirable. 🥰
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
I've just re-posted my books from Day 1 as the included some of my all-time favs and most of you were not yet participating.
Alas, despite copying the most recent handles list, some handles are now shown as inactive. WTF?
I've seen this happening quite a few times on #Mastodon for a week or so.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 6 :
When I read "Pillars of the Earth," the added value for me was, apart from learning about that important period in #English history and being entertained, was learning about a major new architectural feat, the #Gothic , with lots of new vocabulary.
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Bill Jorth
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in reply to Bill Jorth • • •Me, too. Also loved the TV mini series of #PillarsOfTheEarth:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1453159/
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The Pillars of the Earth (TV Mini Series 2010) ⭐ 8.0 | Drama, Romance, Thriller
IMDbKevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh and I also learned there's a TV miniseries of it too, awesome!
Speaking of which, I've been wondering if Poldark will make my list.
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •@SilviaMarton @greenfire@mastodon.social @admin
That was a fascinating book. I'm glad that I was able to visit a few cathedrals before I stopped traveling.
Taking on multi-generational projects of that magnitude was something else.
Glad you posted it. I haven't thought of that book for decades and decades.
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Pillars of the Earth has been on my bucket list for at least 20 years.
At some point, I'm gonna read it!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Initially, it took me quite some time to get started, too...
I should point out that the #KingsbridgeSeries has 5 volumes so far:
Kingsbridge series
The Evening and the Morning (prequel, 2020)
The Pillars of the Earth (1989)
World Without End (2007)
A Column of Fire (2017)
[39]The Armour of Light (2023)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett
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British novelist
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 7:
Today, I was torn between going with the architectural theme from yesterday and a long-time word-class author.
I went for the latter, #JamesAMichener. Apart from a few autobiographic novels, he tells the story of a region from the perspective of a fictitious family, much like #PillarsOfTheEarth.
To pick but one,...#Hawaii
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Hawaiishelldiver
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in reply to Hawaiishelldiver • • •@Hawaiishelldiver
Making a dream come true, enviable.
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •@Hawaiishelldiver
My choice for today's #BooksThatInfluencedYou is also one from James Michener. I just love how he does his deep history by following fictional families.
I've read a bunch of his and not sure which might be the one I'd highlight, but I will definitely choose this one considering that I think a lot of people talking about Israel would benefit from reading this.
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in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Funny.
I just went through #Michener's bibliography and got stuck on this one, for obvious reasons.
I have read it so far, but I intend to do so.
The Source is an excellent idea, Kevin.👍
https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/112610357758017387
@Hawaiishelldiver
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2024-06-13 16:54:55
MaJ1 OLD
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •MaJ1 OLD
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Huh, that makes Follet, Tolstoi, and Micheners novels a no-go.
How about the TV/movie versions ?
MaJ1 OLD
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh I can read them, I just can’t remember them 😆
Movies & TV are great , I can watch a movie about 4 or 5 times before I start remembering the plot 😆
I HAVE to rate movies on IMDB so I know I’ve watched them - it saves me watching the awful ones again ! 🙄🤦♂️
si_irini
in reply to Mina • • •so cute and perfect...❤️
Uh...why don't my kids do that? 🤔 😆
Damn...I'm not a good Greek mom...yet I'm so radical...oops 😂
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Mina
in reply to si_irini • • •Please, never compare your children to others!
I just remembered this anecdote about the timelessness of these stories that still speak to us through the millennia, because they are fabulous stories, which fascinate children as well as adults.
Isn't that incredible?
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si_irini
in reply to Mina • • •Of course, we had to take Homer all the way through at Greek school
Athena is really something special
There are so many wonderful legends, I love them and they always surprise me...and the older I get, the more my view of them changes.
Great book, Mina, I love it
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Mina
in reply to Mina • • •Day 3
Michail Bulgakow "The Master and Margarita"
My first dive into Russian literature: So many laughs, thoughts and a lot of fodder for the fantasy!
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#20books20days
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Seb
in reply to Mina • • •RU Quote from this masterpiece:
Булгаков: МАСТЕР И МАРГАРИТА, Глава 2
— Имя?
— Мое? — торопливо отозвался арестованный, всем существом выражая готовность отвечать толково, не вызывать более гнева.
Прокуратор с
... Show more...RU Quote from this masterpiece:
Булгаков: МАСТЕР И МАРГАРИТА, Глава 2
— Имя?
— Мое? — торопливо отозвался арестованный, всем существом выражая готовность отвечать толково, не вызывать более гнева.
Прокуратор сказал негромко:
— Мое — мне известно. Не притворяйся более глупым, чем ты есть. Твое.
— Иешуа, — поспешно ответил арестант.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Seb • • •@scb
*Meister und Margerita*
(1/2)
#DeepL sei Dank.
Für all die nicht fließend Russisch sprechen wie ich:
"Bulgakow: MEISTER UND MARGARITA, Kapitel 2
- Name?
- Meiner? - antwortete der Verhaftete hastig, wobei sein ganzes Wesen die Bereitschaft ausdrückte, intelligent zu antworten, um keinen weiteren Ärger zu erregen.
Der Prokurist...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •*Meister und Margerita*
(1/2)
...sagte leise:
- Meiner - ich weiß es. Tun Sie nicht so, als wären Sie dümmer als Sie sind. Meiner.
- "Jeschua", antwortete der Gefangene hastig."
//
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HistoPol (#HP)
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PS
Es ist unglaublich, wie sehr die LLM Übersetzer in den letzten 2 Jahren (oder so) besser feeordrn sind.
Ich gabe nur ein fehlendes " ergänzt.
Seb
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Ja, für Übersetzung ist KI sehr nützlich IMO.
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OT: #Übersetzungen
(1/2)
Eine Freundin von mir ist Projektleiterin eines Übersetzungsbüros.
Wir haben uns gestern darüber unterhalten.
Sie verwenden zwar ein professionelles Übersetzungsprogramm und oft proprietäre translation memories, aber im 2. Level kommt dann #DeepL...
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HistoPol (#HP)
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OT: #Übersetzungen #AI
(2/n)
...
und Co. zum Einsatz.
Für die Qualitätskontrolle der Übersetzungen verwendet sie dann viel #ChatGPT, selbst für Sprachen, die sid nicht beherrscht, z.B. Was ist die 3. Person Plural von [einem Verb] auf italienisch, etc.
Spannend.
Um auf mein #AIRisiken-Thema meiner heutigen Buchempfehlung...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •OT: #Übersetzungen #AI
(3/n)
...#SecondVariety 1) zurückzukommen:
Ich fragte sie, was sie in ca. 2-3 Jahren macht, wenn #LLMs auch ihren Job machen können. Die antwortete, dass sie dich dann beim Arbeitsamt hür eine #Umschulung melden würde.
Die ganze Thematik hat ungeheuren...
1)
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... Show more...OT: #Übersetzungen #AI
(3/n)
...#SecondVariety 1) zurückzukommen:
Ich fragte sie, was sie in ca. 2-3 Jahren macht, wenn #LLMs auch ihren Job machen können. Die antwortete, dass sie dich dann beim Arbeitsamt hür eine #Umschulung melden würde.
Die ganze Thematik hat ungeheuren...
1)
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2024-06-23 07:30:55
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •@scb
OT: #Übersetzungen #AI
(4/4)
...gesellschaftlichen Sprengstoff. Die Menschheit benötigt aus unterschiedlichen Gründen ein #BedingungslosesGrundeinkommen, #UBI (erneut: #OT 🙈) und #UBS (universal basic services, such as healthcare.)
//
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Nebenbei: Es ist nicht ein Prokurist (=Buchhalter), der den Gefangenen befragt, sondern es war "grausame fünfte Prokurator von Judäa, der Ritter Pontius Pilatus".
So viel zum Thema maschinelle Übersetzung.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •I haven't read the book that you've recommended, Mina, but your #AltText is almost a masterpiece in its own right
🌼 🌸 🌻 🌹 🏵 🌼 🌸 🌻
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Cheers 🥰 .
I always considered myself to be rather lazy in terms of image description.
But I still take the compliment as an encouragement to do more.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •👍
#AltText
Actually, these #ImageDescriptions are a great way to share your own perception of them with others, who might have a different "bias," giving them the chance to leave their respective bubbles by reflecting on their own visual impressions with yours.
So, #AltText is not "just" for the people with #VisionImpairments. 🤗
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I could not agree more: descriptions are good for all, but foremost for the person writing them, as they make you wonder: Why did I put this image, why does it matter and how so?
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Though I would not agree with but one word, "foremost,"
you are right, it is a "360°" learning experience foreign everyone.
With regard to the writer it helps him/her sharpen their thoughts and it finetunes their expression skills.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •#DerMeisterUndMargarita
(1/3)
It is through the interaction with others that we achieve to transcend the bubble that limits our personal growth.
I found this extravagant copy of "#TheMasterAndMargarita" by Soviet writer #MikhailBulgakov at a friend's house. I can't read it, but each...
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#20books20days
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •What a lovely edition!
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HistoPol (#HP)
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#TheMasterAndMargarita
(2/3)
...and every page has such wonderful illustrations. I guess pre-AI these would not have been financially viable in the West.
I wonder if this edition also exists in English, Spanish, or German?
This is one of the visually most beautiful books...
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#20books20d
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#DerMeisterUndMargarita
#TheMasterAndMargarita
(3/3)
...from the 20th century I've ever seen. A feast for the eyes. 🤩
//
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#20books20days
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Indeed
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Seb
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •This is a most excellent book. One of my favorites too.
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh! I absolutely loved that one!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Me, too. One of my all-time favs.
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Alexander Goeres
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in reply to Alexander Goeres • • •@jabgoe2089
Would you like to be added to the thread?
Seb
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •For copyrited material there's also Anna's Archive. Just in case you don't know it yet.
https://annas-archive.org/
Anna’s Archive
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Seb • • •@scb
Thanks.
Had completely forgotten about it!
@GreenFire
si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh a book that immediately came to mind....
“The year without Pit”
but I'll have to rummage through my library...😊
Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •tough one... but ok... they'll be in no particular order...
1)
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •👍Un choix très approprié, Vee.
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Vee
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •👍
Never thought about it, but now that you mention it (and apart from the right companion,) a laptop with an inexhaustible battery and dedicated satellite 🛰 internet access, OFC. 😉 (After either reincarnation of The Enterprise, that is.)
Think big! 😁😜
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Vee
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •Uh, no.
You can bring your family, too:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068137/?language=us-us&ref_=ext_shr_lnk
...and your prep school pals, though that might turn out not to be such a good idea after all, and this is also among the #BooksThatInfluencedYou:
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The Swiss Family Robinson (TV Series 1974– ) ⭐ 6.9 | Adventure, Family
IMDbVee
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in reply to Vee • • •You know, IDK where this "desert island" thing comes from in the US. In literature, it has always been a rather tropical one (above + Robinson Crusoe, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Jurassic Park, Lost, etc.).
However, "Dessert Island" has such a nice, ambivalent, hedonistic, yet potentially malicious ring to it. Mind if I register it? 😼
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Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I know where it comes from: we are obsessed social creatures and the very thought of not being able to F with others is unbearable... 😉
I'm nothing if not hedonistic... already registered! 🤣
HistoPol (#HP)
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •🤜🤛
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Vee
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •so....
i would love dessert island....😉 😜 😆
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •I thought, you would!
I've been working on the "dessert" part, in fact.
(Going to some "pot luck" dinner 🍽 today, my part to cater to more people's taste 😉 )
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Eve :verified:
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Enjoy - looks delicious! ❤️
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Eve :verified: • • •Thanks.
Let's hope so.
The gelatin was hehaving strangely.
But it survived the transport! 😰 (I put 2 ice packs underneath the plate and used a thermobag.)
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Thanks, let's hope so.
Vee
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Awwww
That looks so tasty 😋
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Thomas Blechschmidt
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in reply to Thomas Blechschmidt • • •🍰 🍫 🫕
😋
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si_irini
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Thomas Blechschmidt
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Thomas Blechschmidt • • •#TheLordOfTheFlies is scary and brilliant concurrently.
It "explains" indirectly rather well how atrocities like #Bucha, #October7, and the #GazaStrip are possible from an anthropological/ #psychological perspective.
There probably never was a #NobleSavage, as #Rousseau postulated.
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Thomas Blechschmidt
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •si_irini
in reply to Thomas Blechschmidt • • •The atrocities lie in the people themselves.
In the given power.
Often in a misguided and often deeply rooted view that is additionally fueled
Often not much is missing and even many small things taken together can become huge.
Many flies also make a large swarm.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •Very true, and LOL:
"...Many flies also make a large swarm."
-》 Lord of the Flies 😉
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Is that line in the movie?
I just wrote it…
It is a line that you can form it for many things….
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •Not that I know of, but there are apparently quite some "swarm" quotes:
https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/swarms.html
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TOP 25 SWARMS QUOTES (of 123) | A-Z Quotes
A-Z Quotessi_irini
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Thomas Blechschmidt
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si_irini
in reply to Thomas Blechschmidt • • •Yes, that's us
In too many situations, intelligence disappears and only instinct guides us
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si_irini
in reply to Vee • • •😂
yes no cheating....😂
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Vee
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in reply to Vee • • •😂
right !!! 😂
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Distravinyl 👑
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in reply to Distravinyl 👑 • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Distravinyl 👑 • • •@Tami
Guten Morgen Tami,
habe dich aus meinen Posts in diesem Thread gelöscht.
Hoffe, es funktioniert.
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •Hey! 😡
You're supposed to be on my side!
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •😂
ups....
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MaJ1 OLD
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Never read beyond #The Hobbit, but I loved the groundbreaking #LordOfTheRings movies.
Good choice, my favorite squirrel.🤗
Beautiful edition, BTW. 🥰
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I read the Hobbit first, I have 2 copies.
My copy of LoTR was a present from my parents on my 16th, it is a marvelous copy & has stood the test of time ! Alan Lee’s illustrations are amazing!
si_irini
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I read the Lord of the Rings at least 12 or 15 times, The Hobbit about 8.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •I don't own enough hats, Mina.
Chapeau!!!
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Hats or heads?
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Hats, Mina. 🤣--Chapeau
I am not the Hydra! 😂
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Many little heads could do:
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in reply to Mina • • •🤣
Somehow I knew, you'd do that Mina!
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hydra-Greek-mythology
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Hydra | Description & Mythology
Encyclopedia BritannicaMina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I have a wonderful Medusa gif, I originally wanted to post, but I can't find it.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Interested, but know the problem.
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Eve :verified:
in reply to Mina • • •😂
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Eve :verified: • • •Could you please check that you delete @ Tami@troet.cafe from your, say, last 2 posts?
She asked to be omitted awhile ago, foregoing all the great fun we're having. ;)
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Mina
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in reply to Mina • • •Eve :verified:
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Day1:
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Day 2:
Die Welt der Farben
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HistoPol (#HP)
Unknown parent • • •Irini and Vee replied to some older posts.
I replied to them as well, deleting you again.
You can try muting this thread, instead, depending on your app.
@si_irini @VeroniqueB99
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Good one.
I've been wanting to read this.🤗
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Simplified...sounds perfect for me.💡👍
I'm sure, Mina would be bored by it. However, as she's not only a math's but also an astro geek, she'll have read the unabridged version, right, Mina?
@mina
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 3
(1/2)
I can honestly say that the epic 7-volume of #MauriceDruon's 14th century #France saga of #TheAccursedKings (#LesRoisMaudits) didn’t only influence #GeorgeRRMartin in writing the fantasy series*, #GameOfThrones, but also me.
For one thing, it had been a long time since...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
(2/2)
...I'd read 📚 novels in French (quite a feat for me, as I didn't know many historical terms in other languages either, but it also greatly enhanced my understanding of #medieval #European history, in particular the rivalry between #France and #England.
And, boy, it was a page-turner, too!
*
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26824993
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.
Game of Thrones: The cult French novel that inspired George RR Martin
Ben Milne (BBC News)Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Great choice... also try
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •Thanks, Vee, bookmarked.
(You only want to torture me with (Old?) FRENCH again, right? 🤪)
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Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •I guess you heard my gigantic sigh, right, Vee?
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Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Kevin Leecaster
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •@TimWardCam @mina
So, book publishers are to blame for how dumb our society seems to have become?
That's so sad.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@mina OK, so I'm married to a publisher, so I have picked up some of how they operate.
A particular, specific, book is aimed at a particular, specific, market. The same author may well write other stuff in other ways for other markets.
And then the punter has a choice of what to buy and read.
MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •si_irini
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •@TimWardCam
Yes, that's how it is 👍
And then there are the ones that appeal to a lot of people
Which are also intended for the maistream
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Kevin Leecaster
in reply to si_irini • • •@TimWardCam @mina
Yes, and the publisher has to make a living in order to get books printed and out to the public as well as the benefit of getting the information out to as wide an audience as possible.
I was being too snarky.
si_irini
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •It's just the truth...
A bit snarky is ok too 🙂
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si_irini
in reply to si_irini • • •@TimWardCam @mina
I love books but I read far too little
Damn time, always running away without appreciating the people running behind...
Thank you again for this lovely thread
It distracts me so wonderfully from my torment that I can't get on with writing
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Awwww HP ❤️
Hugs back 🫂
Thank you 🙏
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •🤪🤣
Keep me posted. If so, I can give it a try, too.
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Me too, please 🙋♀️
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to si_irini • • •Or I might go wild & get a digital copy.
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •I love hardcover books but ever since my bookshelves became prone to "book flooding," I try to go digital as much as possible.
Besides, I greatly enjoy the eye-resting effect of #audiobooks. 😉
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Eve :verified:
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Love them ❤️ 👍
Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Audiobooks have become my total addiction for riding the tram, grocery shopping, cooking and general housework, but they have to timeshare my ears with radio theatre (Hörspiele), another thing, I (re)discovered only a few months ago.
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in reply to Mina • • •👍
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE • • •Would you like to be added to the thread, Tim?
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NormanDunbar
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •I have the original, with maths.
Unsigned by S. Hawking esq.
And, I have read it from cover to cover, three times.
Because its well above my brain's capacity for understanding!😉
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si_irini
in reply to NormanDunbar • • •@NormanDunbar
wow that's cool
I should read more...😭
but then I'll write even less....😢
At the moment I'm torturing myself anyway and distracting myself wonderfully with this thread...thank you all 🤗 ❤️
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NormanDunbar
in reply to si_irini • • •I'm not sure that not understanding "A Brief History Of Time" is cool? Unless you meant the fact the Stephen Hawking didn't sign my copy! 😉
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to NormanDunbar • • •Having tried 3 times so far, it's cool.
The difference between success and failure is having tried one more time. 😉
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •👍
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Kevin Leecaster
in reply to NormanDunbar • • •My comment about a publisher suggesting to keep the math equations out of the book is what I was referring back to.
si_irini
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •@NormanDunbar @mina
I'm going home after my night shift and I'm going to fish it out of the cabinet and start reading it
My sister really liked it, she found it very interesting
So I promise, once I've finished the poem for wearorange I'll read Stephen Hawking.... 😄
Before I continue writing the next one... 😆
Kevin Leecaster
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Day 3: #BooksThatInfluencedYou
I reckon this is the one that started my war against global warming so that was a huge influence.
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@mina
Day 5 (I think)
Ok as I missed yesterday I present 2 books tonight - I could easily fill the whole 20 books with my pTerry collection , but I picked the first, & the last of the Discworld series.
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in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 5:
(1/2)
I am missing Mina, what's up?
Today's book, I listened to as an audio book some years ago. In the beginning, I thought, what have I gotten myself into? #US #Legal #History? #HumanRights? #Slavery? It is a really difficult subject. I learned a lot about the history of Slavery,...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 5:
(2/2)
...though, and the author, #JonathanMBryant, Professor Emeritus of History at Georgia Southern University, tells a riveting story.
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •This looks fascinating!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •It truly is.
Initially, I gad thought, "not my cup of tea," but he explains so well...
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •That is an interesting one too ✨
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Vee
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •We're on day 5, going for 20 was the task.
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Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Vee • • •I remember someone telling me something about cheating recently... 😉
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Vee
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I just noticed: I missed the entire thread, despite being tagged.
How can that be?
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •@mina
I had been wondering...
...and I just found the solution:
Your handle was shortened to @ mina, but in contrast to earlier times, that now leads to s.o. else!
I will go through my posts and edit them, maybe the others can do the same thing for theirs?
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Ok, done.
I went back and substituted your handle.
You should be flushed with mentions by now. 🙃
Wow this has turned into quite a thread. And a high-quality one, too.
Downside:
So many interesting new books to read 📚! 🤪
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I feel slightly overwhelmed, now.
So many books, so many great conversations!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •I feel a bit guilty that you have to catch up now.🙈
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •No problem: I won't be able to read everything now, but during the next days, it will be no problem keeping up.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •👍
The Medusa statue you posted is baffling. Where is it located DYK?
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •It's not a real statue.
This is digital art (#noAI) by
https://www.billelis.com/
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Billelis
Billelis LimitedHistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Wow.
No wonder I hadn't come across it so far. Lol
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •👍 well done !!
Indeed
I love this thread
and I got a lot to read now too !!!
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •OH....
I will take a look...
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Vee
in reply to Mina • • •Mina
in reply to Vee • • •I just started with day 1, but with the hashtags #20Days20Books #20Books20Days instead of tagging people.
I'll repeat here (as this is not a public thread).
So Day 1:
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Actually, the hashtag was
#BooksThatInfluencedYou
@mattotcha
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Added!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Thanks.
AND the thread generally is public (globe) but I set "insider jokes" to "unlisted'" so as to not overwhelm my other followers with this thread.
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si_irini
in reply to Mina • • •😆
We missed you Mina ❤️
I believe you got a lot of good books !!!
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Mina
in reply to si_irini • • •I believe, we're gonna continue this for a while, and now, I'm full in.
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •So let us see when I have the time to make pictures....grrrrr 😡
😂
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si_irini
in reply to Vee • • •I missed a few too...🥴
But I love to see all the suggestions here ❤️
Did not know Bill Bryson...so very cool to geht to know him 🙂
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •DAY 6
This will come as no surprise to anyone.
I have 3 different versions of this ‘Trilogy’
The original paperback versions are in my keepsake box as they are very fragile these days.
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Mina
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •I don't have to ask why this book was influential for you.
I guess, we all know it and how it shaped our understanding of the universe.
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Mina • • •I was introduced to it by a friend in my Computer Science ‘A’ level class in the 1st year of college. I was totally & utterly hooked.
I think I channeled Marvin from day one 😆… (1/2)
MaJ1 OLD
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Day 7
I read my peers posts on this thread & feel educationally inadequate. (1/2)
si_irini
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Me too....🥴
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Kevin Leecaster
in reply to si_irini • • •Ugh, I'm sorry.
Please don't feel that what I'm sharing is all that I consume reading wise. I should probably share some of the Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour books that I used to devour instead of just the science and history books.
I just took the influence part of the assignment to heart and it made me think of what books might have led me to where I am.
si_irini
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Oh, that's sweet
No no don't apologize
I'm making fun of myself a bit here too 😆
I love this thread very much, think it's great
I love reading history books too, I'll post mine when I get around to it...I'll run after you all then 🏃♀️ 😆
🧵
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si_irini
in reply to si_irini • • •I think already with the first book I will post, some will probably think...ah ok that's where the influence comes from about what Irini writes about
I only posted the title briefly on the first day
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Kevin Leecaster • • •Kevin,
It is I who must apologise, I share your interpretation of the assignment , I was criticising myself more than you or the other most excellent folk on the thread. (1/2)
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •There is no need to apologize for anyone.
Looking at the sales figures of "lighter entertainment, " such as romance novels, it is evident that they have an audience, too.
When I was a teenager, I used to read a lot of comic books. I would still like to have superpowers at times, but that has never come to pass, so the influence seems to have not been really significant. 😉
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Eve :verified:
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Eve :verified: • • •I loved those, too.
I always felt a bit sorry that I couldn't read the "original " version in Latin, though.
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Mina
in reply to Eve :verified: • • •We adults call them fancily "graphic novels", but of course, we still love them.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Ah, Mina, don't get me started...🥰
https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-graphic-novels
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The 100 Best Graphic Novels of All Time
DiscoveryMina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh, a list to bookmark! 😍
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •@evelynefoerster @MaJ1 @GreenFire @si_irini @mattotcha @energiepirat @2ndStar @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @forthy42
si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Oh, nobody has to apologize
The whole thing is supposed to be fun and it's so much fun even though I've only been reading and haven't posted almost anything yet 😆
🧵
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si_irini
in reply to si_irini • • •And hey, I'm sure I'll outdo everyone in embarrassment, because the number of books I have in my cabinet and haven't read is embarrassing 😖 🙂
But well...
that's just the way it is, whoever thinks I'm stupid...fine...😉
🧵
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Anthony 🦘🐨🪃🕯🧙♂️🔆🇦🇺
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in reply to Anthony 🦘🐨🪃🕯🧙♂️🔆🇦🇺 • • •@skyfire747
HI my lovely Anthony
So I do not feel so alone anymore 😆 😘
Then at some point the hashtag...
how many books do you have unread on your shelf
or
which books do you really want to read and they are already waiting for you
I think that would be long hashtags....😆
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •Absolutely! 🙈
But the memory of my smartphone and PC 🖥 is knows no bounds, fortunately. 😏
A toast to e-books and audio books! 🥂
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I join the toast to e-books and especially audiobooks.
After many years of hardly reading anything (but books piling up), they got me back into enjoying literature.
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in reply to Mina • • •Same. Less pressure. The "unread" "piles"of the printed edtions are intimidating. 🙈
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to si_irini • • •NormanDunbar
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •Me too. Not as many as I used to, I was an avid book buyer and had "many" bookcases. I read quite a lot but never got round to reading all of them
These days I buy ebooks (pdf, epub or Kindle) on various topics and read them when I'm in the bath! I have still got quite a few to read though.
Nothing has changed!
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in reply to NormanDunbar • • •@NormanDunbar
Lol 👍 @MaJ1 @si_irini @skyfire747 @GreenFire @mattotcha @mina @energiepirat @2ndStar @evelynefoerster @SilviaMarton @VeroniqueB99 @forthy42
si_irini
in reply to si_irini • • •Like so many other things, I see it with humor, it suits me, although I love books...
I've clearly read too few, but I thank this thread for the many new ideas...
which then just sit around in the closet...
ok maybe a stupid joke? 😂
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •No, quite truthful, alas.
However, you could dedicate an hour of each night shift "on standby" to 📚, if you wanted...
Starting with Hemmingway's has a clear advantage: it is shorter! 😂
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •😂
I don't think you would stand a chance, my friend!
...and ever since going digital, the problem has gotten worse...But, out of sight, out of mind, right? 😁
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •"...and haven't posted almost anything yet..."
Hm,...IDK, that sounds a bit like cheating to me, Irini. 😉
@VeroniqueB99
Let's ask our arbiter. Vee, what do you say?
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si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •cheating?
Neeeeeever 😂
MaJ1 OLD
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •This book (or rather the original edition - bet you can’t guess where that is 😆 ) was the first proper fantasy book I read. My parents bought it me when I was about 13 (dates & me don’t gel so all dates to be taken with a decent error margin)
It opened new worlds to me!
There’s a whole series behind this & I have read most of them.
#BooksThatInfluencedMe (2/2)
Mina
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •MaJ1 OLD
in reply to Mina • • •It’s an excellent series of books, if you like Fantasy / wizards / dragons etc give it a read !
I recommend this revised edition.
Mina
in reply to MaJ1 OLD • • •I adore everything of that!
I'm gonna get myself a copy, but will probably go for a German version, if there is.
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •You're outta luck, Mina. Not even Spanish. Italian or Russian anyone, apart from Dutch?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_(Feist_novel)
@MaJ1
1982 novel by Raymond E. Feist
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •English is totally fine. German is just a bit easier.
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HistoPol (#HP)
Unknown parent • • •#BooksThatInfluenceYou
Day 8:
(1/2
I guess, some of knew what was coming when I placed my comment on Day 7 regarding Day 6 (Pillars of the Earth). Well, here's the thing, I did like "La catedral del mar" (#CathedralOfTheSea) by #IldefonsoFalcones. It is about the uring the construction of a cathedral. But it is the lesser known Santa Maria del Mar, not the...
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Day 8
(2/3)
...#SagradaFamília of the Catalan #AntoniGaudí (to be completed in 2033.)
That wasn't the only disappointment. I had expected something like Pillars of the Earth, but architecture is pretty much absent and construction work is chiefly just a background story.
That said, as it was one of my first novels in...
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(3/3)
...Spanish, and the medieval court intrigues were interesting, I still remember it fondly.
It is all about managing expectations, I guess. ;)
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I did not see that coming (as I never heard of the novel).
Still, Santa María del Mar is a beautiful cathedral!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Huh, I would have thought that you knew author and novel.
I have been to Barcelona a few times, I don't remember that church, but the visits were but a day.
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Vee
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
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Mina
in reply to Vee • • •Great choice! I ❤️
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in reply to Mina • • •OT:
#Gothic
(1/n)
Yes, la Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar in #Barcelona is picturesque. :)
"A jewel of the La Ribera neighborhood, this is #Barcelona's last remaining #Catalan #Gothic-style church, with majestic naves and beautiful stained glass windows."
So it is one of the architectural brethren of the fictious one in #Kingsbridge, ...
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187497-d246171-Reviews-Basilica_de_Santa_Maria_del_Mar-Barcelona_Catalonia.html
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •OT:
#Gothic
(2/n)
...Notre-Dame and Sainte-Chapelle de #Paris, Notre-Dame de #Strasbourg
as well as the #Gothic #cathedrals in #Sens, #Reims, #Amiens, #Chartres, #Rouen, #Wells (#Somerset, #England,) #LincolnCathedral, #CanterburyCathedral, #KingsCollegeChapel (#Cambridge,) #WestminsterAbbey,
as well as the Dome of #Magdeburg, the Marienkirche (#Lübeck, #Germany),...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •(3/3)
...the #KölnerDom (#Cologne, Germany,) the #UlmerMünster, not to forget the cathedrals of Italy, #Siena, #Orvieto, #Florence, and #Milan, and those of #Spain: Santa María de #Burgos, #Sevilla, #Cuenca, #Toledo, #León, Palma de #Mallorca, #Ávila, #Oviedo, #Segovia, #Pamplona, #Girona*,...
Ok, I admit it, I love the #Gothic style . 🥰
//
*
https://viajerosexploradores.com/11-catedrales-goticas-en-espana-que-tienes-que-visitar/
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11 catedrales góticas en España que tienes que visitar - ViajerosExploradores.com
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Day 9:
Let's start with the 1st digitized book.
I am sure you all agree that this book 📖, IF it had influenced all our lives decades earlier, the world 🌎 would be a better place.
Failed education. Humankind's calamity
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Vee
Unknown parent • • •si_irini
in reply to Vee • • •Aaaaaaa
so good
I want to read that one...
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •No doubt, this is one of the most influential books ever written.
I have never read it, though.
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MaJ1 OLD
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •One could say that of many books , & we (humanity) have failed to heed any of them.
Oh if only we could learn from generation to generation!
Good choice though.
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in reply to Eve :verified: • • •Day 10:
I read #RayBradbury's #dystopian #Fahrenheit451--the temperature at which books burn--as a high school senior. Never would I have thought that one day it could become true. Actually, we already live in the kind of #SurveillanceState envisioned, in many countries.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •(2/2)
#Fahrenheit 451, however, it is but one of the #SciFi #dystopias that seem to be becoming reality in many countries. Here are some:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110432256287101216
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MastodonMina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •For now, we're looking in awe at what is happening in the US, especially in the Bible Belt, but there is no room for complacency: If we don't push against it, we will get the same.
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in reply to Mina • • •#USpol #BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day11:
I have been looking with increasing dismay at the political situation in the #US: they are a #DemocracyInChains, a book by historian #NancyMcLean.
(To be fair, I'm cheating a bit here, as I've so far only read a detailed but excellent article on the book so far:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598602729129143
It is on the top of my reading list, though.)
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MastodonMina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •It's on my bucket list, too.
Despite everything, the US is still by far the world's most important and most powerful country, so what happens there, concerns us all.
The author Annika Brockschmidt has also written excellent books about the fight of the Christian Right against US democracy.
I also love to listen to Leeja Miller, a US lawyer with a YouTube channel.
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in reply to jnpn • • •@jnpn
😂
Actually, yes.
#SciFi authors are dangerous--for (would-be) totalitarian rulers like Putin or Trump, because they show what can (or has already) happened.
Oh, and sometimes the authors are a think-tank collective writing non-fiction, such as the #HeritageFoundation with the takeover agenda of #Project2025:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111700111654540893
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MastodonMina
in reply to Richard • • •@Yorkshiregeek
"Sometimes" is a lovely euphemism in that context.
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluenceYou
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Wolke
English Title Fall Out
The Wave
Fahrenheit
1984
Brave New World
literary work
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Mina
in reply to jnpn • • •@jnpn
This is a complete mystery. We have been warned over and over, and yet, we still go in full throttle!
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Day 12:
(1/6)
I just realized that this master piece in captivating #biographies was my first book about politics. The 4-volume saga was also the heaviest, LOL, with a total of over 3,000 pages.
I picked up this book at a mountain hotel, left their by a tourist...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books (We'll see 😉)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson
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biography series by Robert Caro
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 12:
(2/n)
...and was utterly captivated by this book.
Lyndon B. Johnson, a #US president before my time, had initially seemed rather lackluster. Reading MASTER of the Senate,...
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#UShistory
#History
2)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun
vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832
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Day 12:
(3/n)
...it became clear to me that he has been the political #SunTzu of the #US Senate. Initially not having the hard power for direly needed reform, #Johnson managed to transform the "upper chamber" representing the "states rights" into a masterpiece of...
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#UShistory
#History
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 12:
(4/n)
...knowledge and writing skills, I' love to write a book in the style of #AlternateHistory, where #LyndonBJohnson, a grandmaster of backroom deals and finding morning majorities, would clash with #HenryClay, #TheGreatCompromiser, and one...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books (We'll see 😉)
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#UShistory
#History
HistoPol (#HP)
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 12:
(5/n)
...of the "#GreatTriumvirate" or the "#ImmortalTrio" of [19th century #US] #congressional leaders, along with his colleagues #DanielWebster..." and #JonCCalhoun, the "cast-iron man" for his rigid defense of white #Southern...
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#20Days20Books (We'll see 😉)
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#UShistory
#History
HistoPol (#HP)
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 12:
(6/6)
...beliefs and practices. His concept of republicanism emphasized proslavery thought..." 2)
That would be an epic battle! 🥰
Short of this, this book is also an excellent tutorial for anyone who plans to have a career in #politics. #MustRead
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •PS:
I did mention that there were four books 📚 about #LyndonBJohnson, right? 😉
Book One: The Path to Power (1982)
Book Two: Means of Ascent (1990)
Book Three: Master of the Senate (2002)
Book Four: The Passage of Power (2012)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Years_of_Lyndon_Johnson
#bookworm
#20Days20Books
#US
#UShistory
#USpol
biography series by Robert Caro
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in reply to Mina • • •#USpol
As we were talking about it yesterday, this sums up the precarious #political situation in the US quite ftittingly:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112644064233277399
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2024-06-19 15:46:55
Richard
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
I wish my reading was as exciting
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell one of my faves )
A Brief History of Time ( Stephen Hawking)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the trilogy of 5 books, not read the 6th yet) (Douglas Adams.)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
The Communist Manifesto (
Karl Marx)
and
The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Richard • • •It IS as exciting!
Many of your books have already been highlighted by others on previous Days of #BooksThatInfluencedYou.
Welcome 🍺 🍺
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Being honest: I Have no idea of Lyndon B. Johnson, but what you write, seems like it's worth to look into these books.
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in reply to Mina • • •I didn't know much about LBJ apart from that he was #VEEP when #JFK was assassinated:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson
...and that he did get a lot of #CivilRights legislation passed.
I now agree with his biographer, #Caro, that his achievement in reforming the #Senate make him an exemplary figure in #US #history.
Key events in his life:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson | Biography, Presidency, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, & Facts
Encyclopedia BritannicaHistoPol (#HP)
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Day 13:
Today, I'm recommending another book by #JamesClavel, #TaiPan.
It is the second book in #Clavel's fantastic #AsianSaga.
It describes the rivalry of two English merchant families + their rise 2 power against the well-researched background of the #OpiumWars + #Hongkong's early colonial history.
It 1st got me interested in 🇨🇳.
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Day 14:
(1/n)
As promised, today the book that you should read before you watch the movie. Otherwise, you'll feel somewhat lost at times watching it.
I'm referring to #FrankHerbert's #SciFi masterpiece of epic dimensions, the #Dune saga.
The books are more relevant than ever because #GlobalWarming is...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
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Day 14:
(2/n)
...is turning the regions around the equator into a #desert planet, and there is no lack of autocrats and religious zealots.
In my opinion, one of the best #SciFi sagas ever, equal to #Asimov's #Foundation trilogy, maybe even surpassing it regarding complexity of characters, philosophies,...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
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in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 14:
(3/n)
...religion, technology, and ecology.
Must read for any #SciFi aficionado.
PS
#FrankHerbert died before the final volume of the saga*, "Chapterhouse: Dune" was finished. His son and a co-writer took on...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 14: #Dune
(4/4)
...the task of finishing it in the original style, based on #FrankHerbert's extensive notes.
That went so well that they've written yet another 20 books, in particular the prequels. (Which I haven't read)*
*
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g38012512/dune-books-in-order/
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
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How to Read the Dune Book Series in Order
Adrienne Westenfeld (Esquire)Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I can only second your statement "Read first, watch later!"
This is possibly my favourite #SciFi saga.
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Mina, what am I to say?
Mine, too, Mina,mine, too. #Dune is probably unsurpassed.🥰
"This is possibly my favourite #SciFi saga.
Besides all the important topics, Herbert touches, this is a true novel (series of novels) in the sense that we embark into a voyage into unknown waters, together with the story's characters."
YES!🤜🤛
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •🥰 So glad, you liked my words!
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •Definitely, how did you notice? 👍
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HistoPol (#HP)
Unknown parent • • •Yep.--🤜🤛
But I do still make exceptions from time to time. 🙈
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Giftspatz • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Ok, somehow, I goofed up Day 15 and put it outside this record-bound megathread. ICYMI, here it is again:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112664763147341064
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HistoPol (#HP)
2024-06-23 07:30:55
Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •I still saw it (hard to overlook, now that I am correctly tagged 😁 ).
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •🤜🤛
Spoiler alert:
You will not have seen today's recommendation coming my friend. 😅
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Now, I'm curious.
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
(1/n)
Day 16:
@mina
So, Mina, bird of a feather, thanks for the inspiration for today, or rather moving it forward in the pipeline. 😏
https://berlin.social/@mina/112676718514500109
There was a time when I used to read all about #Mesoamerica's early history that I could get my hands on. One of the books was #Aztec by #GaryJennings.
Even...
#20days20books
#Bookwyrm
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Mina
2024-06-25 10:11:20
HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#Aztec by #GaryJennings
(2/n)
Day 16:
...Even though it is historical fiction, he works with a lot of love for historical detail. Alas, #GaryJennimgs died in 1999, and so he could only complete the first two of a total of 6 of this #AztecSeries, the other's were written much later than the first one (1980), the last...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#Aztec by #GaryJennings
(3/n)
Day 16:
...in 2012 (#AztecRevenge.)
Now, the first thing to know is that there were no #Aztecs. This people who, according to legend, migrated to the swamps what later on became #Tenochtitlán, nowadays the historic Center of #MexicoCity, were called the #Mexica. Back then, it was an island in...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#Aztec by #GaryJennings
(4/n)
Day 16:
...what was then Lake #Texcoco in the Valley of #Mexico.
They spoke (and many still speak) #Nahuatl.
This first book provides an understanding of the roots of modern-day #Mexico.
Seen chronologically, the book starts in 1466, when the fictious Mexícan narrator is born. The book...
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •#BooksThatInfluencedYou
#Aztec by #GaryJennings
(5/5)
Day 16:
...ends with a surprise ending in 1531.
Highly recommended and fun to read.
//
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •It's on!
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Mina
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Thanks for the recommendation!
Fits perfectly with mine.
Did I tell you already that I love historic fiction?
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to Mina • • •"Did I tell you already that I love historic fiction?"
You didn't need to. 😉
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HistoPol (#HP)
Unknown parent • • •🤜🤛
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Eve :verified:
in reply to Mina • • •I also love historic fiction! 🥰
si_irini
in reply to HistoPol (#HP) • • •Perfect
I love them
Thanks
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HistoPol (#HP)
in reply to si_irini • • •Sure, any time. 😁
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