Post #2476832
2026-05-12 13:27 UTC
Replies (13)
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@fuchsi@chaos.social 2026-05-12 13:31
@Sheril@mastodon.social perhaps that I like escapism a lot? 🤔
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@TimothyRoes@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 13:33
@Sheril@mastodon.social Which one comes to mind when you think about #books that (re)shaped you? Just finished #Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico and it held up quite the mirror.
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@sjsmac@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 13:34
@Sheril@mastodon.social One of the most important books I’ve read in the last few years is Breaking The Spell by Daniel Dennett. It makes the case that religion is ironically a logical outcome of human evolution, not some sort of incompatible-with-science purely vestigial mythology. It’s not true, of course, but it did serve an evolutionary purpose.
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@amenonsen@flipping.rocks 2026-05-12 13:36
@Sheril@mastodon.social I find I often don't realise (or, at least, can't articulate) what I've learned from reading a book until much later. But it's always a good realisation, whenever it happens.
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@potatoes_fall@miscreants.party 2026-05-12 13:47
@Sheril@mastodon.social The Dawn of Everything by David Wengrow & David Graeber taught me that humans have been reinventing social orders and constantly transitioning between them for most of history and before that. The empires we learn about in history class were drops of rigid hierarchy in a sea of diverse models for society. The lesson is that we should have the courage to keep dreaming, keep reinventing ourselves, and never accept anything as set in stone.
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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 16:22
@Sheril@mastodon.social Mary Doria Russel wrote the forward for the modern print of A Canticle for Lebowitz. She discusses the difference between regular writing and "literature". The difference for her is just that: literature changes you when you read it. You're not the same person when you are done. I wasn't after reading hers. It's worth reading yourself, as is the book it forwards that definitely qualifies as literature. "Live!" says the mutant shoulder baby Jesus to the man half crushed by stone.
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@fanfic_clips@hachyderm.io 2026-05-12 17:37
@Sheril@mastodon.social https://hachyderm.io/@fanfic_clips/116039909478969659
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@sharlatan@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 18:36
@Sheril@mastodon.social I reread "Roadside picnic" on each occasion in my life, each reread bring insight of deeper level
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@phlash@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-12 22:01
@Sheril@mastodon.social This is what gets discussed at the book club I go to with my lovely partner, it's really interesting and fun!
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@philemonv@nerdculture.de 2026-05-13 05:17
@Sheril@mastodon.social I learned that it was possible to create both a world much better than the real one, and also one that was terrifyingly worse.
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@jna@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-13 05:20
@Sheril@mastodon.social some books never leave you! I have one book that I will literally take to my grave!
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@hanktank61@NerdJoy.social 2026-05-13 12:41
@Sheril@mastodon.social 1/2 Perhaps you remember this from a few years ago. How I became involved with Lucy Maud Montgomery' s books around 1999. Together with all Jane Austen." As older man, when suddenly Dark came over our families. In Holland and Canada. Losing young people, divorces. losing jobs. Pure coincidence. Some Light was needed , brought by "Anne Shirley". Grown up in a mixed family, always working in mixed team. Knowing the dynamics of being in teams like that. Several forums , most based in ..
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@KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social 2026-05-14 02:27
@Sheril@mastodon.social Most of the fiction I enjoy is near- to medium-future sci-fi involving postscarcity libertarian socialist utopias that emerge following the "Time of Troubles." I have a blog of reviews of that genre, although I've fallen behind and not yet published draft reviews of several books (among them Ministry For the Future). https://teaearlgreyhotblog.wordpress.com/