Category: Books

Gerry Finkel Book Launch Celebration – The World According to Gerry

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Gerry Finkel Book Launch Celebration

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M6LFWYADzs&ab_channel=IndieAuthorsWorld[/embed] At the age of eighty-three, after sixty-one years in his fulfilling profession as an academic pathologist, retirement was a bit of a bummer for Gerry Finkel. What does a man with a sharp mind and intellect, keen wit and a desire to communicate do? He opened the door allowing us to step into The…

CrimethInc. : Punk—Dangerous Utopia : Revisiting the Relationship between Punk and Anarchism

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Punk—Dangerous Utopia
Punk—Dangerous Utopia (crimethinc.com)

Revisiting the Relationship between Punk and Anarchism
How did punk emerge out of the countercultures of the 1960s that it claimed to reject? Why did it play such a central role in the resurgence of anarchism around the world at the end of the 20th century? How did it prefigure the participatory media of the digital age? And what can its legacy teach us today?

Let’s imagine the ideal cultural vehicle for anarchism.It has to be defiant, obviously. It should accommodate both gleeful irony and stark courage. But let’s make it affirmative, too, even if we have to go the long way round through suffering and catharsis to get there. We don’t want the kind of nihilism that makes it…

Roaring Back at the Lion of Winter: A Speculative Reading Tickets, Sun, Feb 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite

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Roaring Back at the Lion of Winter: A Speculative Reading
Roaring Back at the Lion of Winter: A Speculative Reading (EventBright)

A night of 10 readings by authors who will make you kermit-flail, muppet-scream, and MEME ABOUT!

Esteemed Audience: Get ready for the Reading of the Year! (I know! And so early in the year too!)On Sunday, February 5th, 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST, we will have, for your virtual delight and entertainment, such writers as:Zig Zag Claybourne, Linda Addison, Charlie Jane Anders, Martha Wells, Patty Templeton, LaShawn Wanak, Maria Dong,…

Why the Myth of the Library of Alexandria Is Wrong

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Myth of the Library of Alexandria
Why the Myth of the Library of Alexandria Is Wrong from YouTube

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYDYkQaxSFg&ab_channel=KazRowe[/embed] We’ve all heard about how the Library of Alexandria held the great knowledge of the ancient world and was burned down, setting us back up to 1000 years due to lost texts. But the truth is, it’s a lot more complicated than that, and a lot of facets of this legend don’t even add…

LOCUS MAGAZINE | New SF, Fantasy, Horror Books This Week! 01/03/2023

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Locus
LOCUS MAGAZINE | New SF, Fantasy, Horror Books This Week! 01/03/2023 from YouTube

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a peaceful holiday! Amelia here, to catch you up on the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and YA books that are slated to …

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGbjZal_3A&ab_channel=LocusMagazine[/embed] Based on the Locus Magazine New Books listing: a weekly list of select genre books that come out every week. Don’t miss a thing!

Water Margin the Classic Chinese Novel that influenced Japanese Literature, Anime & Yakuza – YouTube

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Water Margin, deemed as the most brutal and immoral classical Chinese novel, had been banned periodically & whitewashed. In this episode, I will talk about what this controversial is novel is all about and how it greatly influenced Japanese literature. In japan, this novel is called Suikoden.

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