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Mad Alex<p>What should be my next book after I finish my current one (Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch)? 📚 </p><p>:boostRequest: </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GreggHurwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreggHurwitz</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MichaelConnelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelConnelly</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ElizabethBear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethBear</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FinishedReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinishedReading</span></a> the short stories of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> . The book is split into planetary <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> from her Imperial Radch universe, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> fables in the world of Raven Tower, and miscellaneous stories. The connections to her novels are weak enough that you could read them without worrying about spoilers or missing context. If you want a hilarious, albeit not exactly representative, sample, 'The Sad History of the Tearless Onion' is only a page long and available on her website: <a href="https://annleckie.com/onion.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">annleckie.com/onion.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. The quality level is maybe not quite as superlative as her incredible novels but I'd still read anything Ann Leckie writes. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
RanaldClouston<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FinishedReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinishedReading</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> 's sole novel outside her sci fi universe, a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> told from the perspective of a god, moving between their own millennia-spanning story and their observations of a struggle for power among humans in the (roughly) Bronze age present day. Maybe not her absolute best work - I found it a bit exposition heavy - but given her best work stands among favourite reads ever, that's OK! Incredibly creative world building and a highly entertaining story. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Vehka Kurjenmiekka<p>Mulla on nyt ollut kohta puolentoista kuukauden ajan kesken tää Leckien erinomainen novellikokoelma. Oon usein näiden kanssa vähän hidas, koska jumitun johonkin yli 30 sivua pitkään novelliin, kun odotan sopivaa aloitushetkeä. (Kanish Tharoorin "Swimmer Among the Stars" -kokoelma on ollut mulla kesken kohta viisi vuotta.)</p><p>Nyt olen lukenut tästä ensimmäiset neljä. Ekassa oli riemastuttavaa avaruusantropologiaa, toka oli creepy kahden sivun kauhunovelli, kolmas hauskaa leikittelyä Edgar Rice Burroughsin Mars-sarjalla ja neljäs niin ikään riemastuttava tarina siitä, mitä olisi tapahtunut, jos velociraptorit(?) olisivatkin olleet niin älykkäitä, että olisivat lähteneet avaruusmatkalle kohti Marsia juuri ennen valtavan meteoriitin iskeytymistä Maahan.</p><p>Metkaa kamaa. Päivittelen tänne myös lopuista paloissa sitä mukaa kun etenen, mutta tää on ollut jo nyt viehättävä kokoelma.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/KirjaMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KirjaMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kirjat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kirjat</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a></p>
Ed Wiebe<p>Who here is reading <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a>? Her short story, Saving Bacon, which I just found in Lake of Souls, is written in the style of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PGWodehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGWodehouse</span></a>. It’s Jeeves and Wooster. Well played, what!</p>
Jennifer<p>Reading the Imperial Radch book I accidentally skipped. I love this series. <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scifi</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Jennifer<p>It's raining really hard today (yay!) so doing miscellaneous things inside and listening to this audiobook. It's a sequel to the Ancillary Justice series and it's really weird. I like it! The narrator has a wonderful voice and some of the characters have a vaguely Caribbean accent. <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audiobook</span></a></p>
Jennifer's BookTrail<p>Ann Leckie - Translation State</p><p>Three varied main characters. Family, friendships, humans, aliens, adoption, cousins, and a missing person. Complex, inventive science fiction with enjoyable domestic dimensions, in the same universe as the "Imperial Radch" trilogy (the "Ancillary" books).</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>friendship</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/adoption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adoption</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aliens</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a></p>
hybrid havoc<p>I <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> Provenance by Ann Leckie.<br>-----<br>An ambitious young woman has just one chance to secure her future and reclaim her family’s priceless lost artifacts in this stand-alone novel set in the world of Ann Leckie’s groundbreaking, NYT bestselling Imperial Radch trilogy, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.</p><p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/28eb662d-3175-4f64-bbf6-82868a17a2a9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/books/28</span><span class="invisible">eb662d-3175-4f64-bbf6-82868a17a2a9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/ImperialRadch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperialRadch</span></a> <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/Provenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Provenance</span></a></p>
FrancescaJ<p>Straight to the top of best book I’ve read this year is Translation State by <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a>. High concept <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> shot through with delicious black humour. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
handmade ghost<p>This is a repost from two years ago that I hope will be forgiven (as almost no one saw it). It's one of my favorite pictures of Fell, who is, at heart, rather a Radchaai cat. Note her tiny gloves, her cup of tea (perhaps some collectively owned Daughter of Fishes?), and her air of knowing precisely what constitutes being "civilized." </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> (with a fangirl nod to the books of <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a>)</p>
hybrid havoc<p>Chirp Books has the first three novels of Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch series in audiobook form for $4.99 a piece. These are some of my favorite modern Sci-Fi books, and I strongly recommend them.</p><p>Ancillary Justice: <a href="https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/ancillary-justice-by-ann-leckie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/anci</span><span class="invisible">llary-justice-by-ann-leckie</span></a><br>Ancillary Mercy: <a href="https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/ancillary-sword-by-ann-leckie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/anci</span><span class="invisible">llary-sword-by-ann-leckie</span></a><br>Ancillary Sword: <a href="https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/ancillary-mercy-by-ann-leckie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/anci</span><span class="invisible">llary-mercy-by-ann-leckie</span></a></p><p><a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audiobooks</span></a> <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://darkfriend.social/tags/ChirpBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChirpBooks</span></a></p>
Sean Eric Fagan<p><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GSC3VF42GLWMEAM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">C3VF42GLWMEAM</span></a><br><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GSWY36MQVGQXGCX" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">WY36MQVGQXGCX</span></a><br><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GSNMVNW3MN3WTDN" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">NMVNW3MN3WTDN</span></a><br><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS4NVVX299ZA85S" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">4NVVX299ZA85S</span></a><br><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GSB3TH4NUYTKC8E" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">B3TH4NUYTKC8E</span></a><br><a href="https://amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS23VC4LBDCTS9H" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/kindle/redeem/?t=GS</span><span class="invisible">23VC4LBDCTS9H</span></a><br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/KindleBookGiveaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KindleBookGiveaway</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AncillaryJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncillaryJustice</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ImperialRadch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperialRadch</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FinishedReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinishedReading</span></a> my favourite <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a> yet! Just so beautifully handled in its themes, its characters, and its wild and weird alien biology and culture, and with a streak of dark humour and even (sort of) romance to go with it. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
Richard Martin-Nielsen<p>I am listening to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdjoaAndoh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdjoaAndoh</span></a> reading <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnnLeckie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnLeckie</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ancillary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancillary</span></a> novels and she is excellent and giving me tunes for the songs but also I now want an AncillaryBot similar to the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@murderbotbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>murderbotbot</span></a></span> even though they might not be quite the same thing. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImperialRadch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImperialRadch</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston

#FinishedReading the followup to #AnnLeckie 's Imperial Radch trilogy. Although it is set in a different milieu, very much recommended to read the Ancillary books first because the conclusion of that series is a plot point here. Leckie is one of the best in #SciFi for inventing alternative cultures and seeing how they can clash or cooperate; here the high concepts are wrapped in a fun and twisty, somewhat noirish, tale of murder and politics #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Matt Allen 🇦🇺

It’s time for a proper #introduction.

I’m a #GeekDad with two boys.
I’m current serving military, but don’t know any secrets!


I got to infosec.exchange just ahead of the main wave.
Somehow, through some early conversations and comments I managed to #RedTeam my way onto some lists of ‘good people to follow’.

On Twitter I stood at the back of the room and looked to people like you for information and perspective. Now it seems I’ve moved further into the room and people are looking at me and it feels like I’m taking the class ‘Introduction to#ImposterSyndrome’.

While I don’t work in #InfoSec I do relate strongly to the community and learn from you all.
I know enough to know it’s always #DNS (or #BGP)



At home I run #pfSense, #HomeAssistant and feed #ADS-B data to #FlightAware and #FlightRadar24.

My favourite #TWIT episodes are when @MikeElgan and @jeffjarvis go head to head.

#StarTrek > #StarWars
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CAT6 > WiFi
#AvGeek
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