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Matthew R. Francis is a physicist and science writer. nope

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Book Cover for: Translation State, Ann Leckie

Translation State

Ann Leckie
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I'm reading Ann Leckie's "Translation State" (the new novel set in the Imperial Radch universe) and one group of characters are Presger denialists. Because of course some people would decide the greatest threat to humanity is made up.

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Bloom County: Brand Spanking New Day, Berke Breathed

Bloom County: Brand Spanking New Day

Berke Breathed
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depressingly, when Bloom County took its men's-rights-activist turn, Berke Breathed made basically the same jokes https://t.co/6LvV8UilEi

Hardcover, 2017

$35.40$17.70 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers
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come to think of it, this is also why I dig Becky Chambers' book titles. "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet"! "To Be Taught, If Fortunate"! "A Prayer for the Crown-Shy"! all solid gold titles!

Paperback, 2019

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Peanuts: The Gang's All Here!: Two Books in One, Charles M. Schulz

Peanuts: The Gang's All Here!: Two Books in One

Charles M. Schulz
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I know I said I was done tweeting about Herriman, but here's a short non-exhaustive list of people he influenced: * Charles "Peanuts" Schulz * Bill "Calvin & Hobbes* Watterson * Patrick "Mutts" McDonnell * Berkeley "Bloom County" Breathed * and the ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS

Paperback, 2020

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power

Jeff Sharlet
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@FemmeFtle9 @ztsamudzi @IBJIYONGI read "The Family" by Jeff Sharlet, and take note of who is one of the bigwigs in the National Prayer Breakfast now

Paperback, 2009

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Cosmos

Carl Sagan
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you know who loved his weed? Carl Sagan. He wrote much of "Cosmos" while stoned, and you can tell.

Paperback, 2013

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dinosaurs: Profiles from a Lost World, Riley Black

Dinosaurs: Profiles from a Lost World

Riley Black
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ha that's an impossible one to answer! The books I read are mostly too different to compare. The ones that made the strongest impression were "My Volcano" by John Elizabeth Stintzi, "The Hollow Places" by T. Kingfisher, and "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs" by Riley Black. https://t.co/5q6gSiKW5k

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie

The Raven Tower

Ann Leckie
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my dad is a good way into my copy of The Raven Tower, so I think I'm gonna have to buy him his own copy today so I get mine back, @ann_leckie

Paperback, 2019

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I, Lindsey Fitzharris

The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I

Lindsey Fitzharris
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finished "Nona the Ninth" and immediately started reading "The Facemaker" by @DrLindseyFitz , so trading one kind of body horror for another!

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Teenage Writings, Jane Austen

Teenage Writings

Jane Austen
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I did not associate Jane Austen with the phrase "body count" until reading her teenage writings https://t.co/PmXZjV44T0

Paperback, 2017

$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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