Natalie Zed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Let's begin with the Blazing World, written in 1666 by Margaret Cavendish. The only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, it is greatly concerned with technological advances and their impact on society. https://t.co/23VUE3NkRV

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And I mean *early* -- not just Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (you know, the actual first sci-fi novel). I'm talking 17th-century early.

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After his death, Johannes Kepler's sun, Ludovico, published his father's manuscript Somnium (written in 1608, pub'd 1634). In addition to space flight (and concerns about the strain on the human body), it contains complex descriptions of lunar astronomy. https://t.co/RRX6UwcMtp

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@rachsyme 2666 by Roberto Bolaño if you are into disturbing things

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And I mean *early* -- not just Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (you know, the actual first sci-fi novel). I'm talking 17th-century early.

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Even earlier, and published posthumously in 1657, there's Cyrano de Bergerac's trilogy "L’Autre monde ou les états et empires de la Lune," or "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon." https://t.co/KFBjgcpgLC

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@maxwellander The Bestiary (or sometimes called The Book of Beasts) translated by TH White (it's a 12th C bestiary), the Getty Book of Beasts, The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges. I haven't ever integrated it into anything but All Tokorrows by CM Koseman is fucked up & mineable

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And I mean *early* -- not just Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (you know, the actual first sci-fi novel). I'm talking 17th-century early.

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@joelanman This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is a great example. (it's also important to note that a lot of books that should be labelled as being from co-authors aren't [ie https://t.co/zIdjEnOD1j]

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This game is wonderful and hilarious and also it is MAX'S BIRTHDAY, I cannot recommend you support this project highly enough. https://twitter.com/maxwellander/status/1487456101222264843