@arendleejessurun@musicians.today avatar arendleejessurun , to random

Hey folks, so I'm and often bed-ridden, and I could use recommendations for good stories that actually matter, for crying out loud. There's so much slop out there, and all the digging hurts my hands. Perhaps this is asking too much in late-stage capitalism, but is there anything out there that doesn't just normalize all the horrors that we have to contend with? Open to whatever medium: , , , , , etc. I could use some good art to lift my soul.

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@purplelotus13 @arendleejessurun "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic is a free downloadable from Cory's website.

https://craphound.com/littlebrother/Cory_Doctorow_-_Little_Brother.pdf

Alt formats also available from Cory's website
https://craphound.com/category/littlebrother/

I have the sequel "Homeland" on my TBR pile too. Scarily prophetic for what is happening in USA right now. Maybe not great for hopeful escapism altho I expect a survivable ending cos the next in the series "Attack Surface" has some of the samecharacters.

For weirder escapism I'm also reading Merchant Traders series by Charles Stross @cstross
https://www.goodreads.com/series/40515-the-merchant-princes

They're portal fiction unlike the James Bond on a budget meets Lovecraft + Brit bureacracy of the . The latest ones in the New Management phase may appeal
https://www.goodreads.com/series/335314-the-new-management

Or the lighter UK X files but police and magic and nicer series by Ben Aaronovitch in and comics
https://www.goodreads.com/series/51937-rivers-of-london

I also read cosy mysteries like Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/299267-thursday-murder-club

And for total escapism, Georgette Heyers' historical romances. Try The Grand Sophy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261689.The_Grand_Sophy

@jarulf@mstdn.social avatar jarulf , to bookstodon group

bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group Yesterday I read Winter's Gifts, and today The Masquerades of Spring by Ben Aaronovitch, novellas in the Rivers of London series, though both are set in the US. Very different books, but both enjoyable, though I liked Masquerades best.
I also got Stone & Sky, a full length novel, but I'll probably squeeze something else in first, so I don't overdose on Aaronovitch.
These are always fun reads (or listens, as the case may be).

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Auf Ben Aaronovitch's Webseite gibt es einen Hinweis auf ein neues Buch - für Juli 2025.

https://www.benaaronovitch.com/