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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-11-16 09:08 am

A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell



Alien invasion and the local Nazis complicate Pelham "Rat" Garfield's simple dream of being a successful pimp.

A Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell
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boxofdelights ([personal profile] boxofdelights) wrote in [community profile] wiscon2025-11-15 10:44 pm

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Unpopular Opinion: The best speculative fiction isn't just escapism, it's also protest. Keep lifting up your voices and your stories!



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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-11-14 08:30 pm

Outgunned Math Question

Outgunned's task resolution system involves rolling six-sided dice and looking for sets.

Some explanation behind a cut.

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psocoptera ([personal profile] psocoptera) wrote2025-11-14 11:02 am
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Van Gogh and the End of Nature

Van Gogh and the End of Nature, Michael Lobel, 2024 art history/art criticism nonfiction. I don't read a lot of nonfiction - I don't even have a tag for it - but I had recently been to a show of the Roulin portraits at the MFA, and I had seen some of his stuff in Paris, and I heard about this book and thought it sounded interesting. And it was! I got to see lots of images of Van Gogh works I had never seen before and learn more about his historical/technological context and consider the relationship of industry and nature in his art in a whole new way. Good stuff. Possibly I should read more nonfiction.
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psocoptera ([personal profile] psocoptera) wrote2025-11-14 10:46 am

Snake-Eater

Snake-Eater, T Kingfisher, 2025 fantasy novel. Similar to her horror - a woman, a life event, a house, family history, alarming events - but maybe tipped toward fantasy rather than horror, tonally. I continue to like this book and will read it as many times as she writes one; I particularly enjoyed this one because we got to spend time in the desert and it appealed to the little part of me that's always missing the West.

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By coincidence, my next book is looking to be Motheater, which would have made a nice double-feature review, but it's long enough that I didn't want to wait to do this one until I finished it for fear of losing track of this one.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-11-13 10:36 am
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RPG Tourism: Five Games To Help You Travel Vicariously



Experience the trip of a lifetime — without having to deal with planes, passports, or other tourists...

RPG Tourism: Five Games To Help You Travel Vicariously
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-11-13 08:53 am
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-11-12 02:07 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Ken Writes About Stuff



39 Mythos-history-fringe-weird treatises from Pelgrane Press.

Bundle of Holding: Ken Writes About Stuff
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-11-01 06:58 pm

A serious dragon on a mission

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

I’m supposed to be saving up money for the family Sri Lanka trip next summer and avoiding frivolous purchases, but I contend that this starry dragon is clearly not frivolous. He is a serious dragon on a mission.
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-31 10:35 pm
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-31 07:35 pm

Safe and fun trick-or-treating

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

Quick last-minute note that the Berwyn Shops are hosting Trick-or-Treating from 3 – 5 p.m. on Halloween! Stop by the various booths to collect some candy and smiles. 🙂 And if you decide to buy something (no obligation!), you’ll get a raffle ticket — at 5 p.m., we’ll raffle off a basket full of goodies […]
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-31 05:43 pm

Spent a little while working on the calendar

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

Got my storefront key this morning! (I’m actually going to be changing it to a code lock shortly, but for today, a key!) Stopped by and dropped off a few folding tables, also put a few teaser items in the windows. No explanation, so may confuse people. 🙂 I’ll get some signage up soon. Aren’t […]
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-31 04:14 am

I think this is my favorite serving board

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

New in shop tomorrow. I think this is my favorite serving board so far; if others like it, I may do more in this style for the online store. Feels appropriate for both Christmas and Valentine’s Day…
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-31 01:07 am

Managed to get our pirate cemetery up

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

With Anand’s help, managed to get our pirate cemetery up at the very last minute. Didn’t get all the lights up that we normally do; if I get up early tomorrow, may add more. But this will do, I think.
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-30 04:43 pm

I’m trying to sort out the workshop schedule

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

Okay, so I’m trying to sort out the workshop schedule for the next few months — I get my keys tomorrow to the new storefront (eep! yay!), but I’ll be at the Shops until end of December, so I don’t want to move all my stuff over there. Hence, workshops! But I do too many […]
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-30 04:49 am

The Calculations Will Make You Crazy

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

The Calculations Will Make You Crazy The calculations: • a food pantry can make three meals from every dollar donated • in my suburb, 17% of elementary students qualify for free lunch; there are probably some on my block • there are several apartment buildings on my block, so even if it makes me crazy […]
Mary Anne Mohanraj ([syndicated profile] mamohanraj_feed) wrote2025-10-29 06:45 pm

It’s getting colorful in here

Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj

New in shop: added autumn color cement pieces. It’s getting colorful in here. Also fairy and dragon soaps. I was going to say for the kids, but the last person who bought a dragon soap (with a plastic toy inside) was a full grown man. 🙂