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13eyond13 · 2 months

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How many of these "Top 100 Books to Read" have you read?

(633) 1984 - George Orwell

(616) The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

(613) The Catcher In The Rye - J.D. Salinger

(573) Crime And Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

(550) Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

(549) The Adventures Of Tom And Huck - Series - Mark Twain

(538) Moby-Dick - Herman Melville

(534) One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

(527) To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

(521) The Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck

(521) Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

(492) Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen

(489) The Lord Of The Rings - Series - J.R.R. Tolkien

(488) Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

(480) Ulysses - James Joyce

(471) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

(459) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

(398) The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

(396) Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

(395) To The Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

(382) War And Peace - Leo Tolstoy

(382) The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

(380) The Sound And The Fury - William Faulkner

(378) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Series - Lewis Carroll

(359) Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

(353) Heart Of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

(352) Middlemarch - George Eliot

(348) Animal Farm - George Orwell

(346) Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

(334) Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

(325) Les Misérables - Victor Hugo

(320) Harry Potter - Series - J.K. Rowling

(320) The Chronicles Of Narnia - Series - C.S. Lewis

(317) Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

(308) Lord Of The Flies - William Golding

(306) Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison

(289) The Golden Bowl - Henry James

(276) Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov

(266) Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell

(260) The Count Of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

(255) The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Series - Douglas Adams

(252) The Life And Opinions Of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne

(244) Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

(237) Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackery

(235) The Trial - Franz Kafka

(233) Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner

(232) The Call Of The Wild - Jack London

(232) Emma - Jane Austen

(229) Beloved - Toni Morrison

(228) Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

(224) A Passage To India - E.M. Forster

(215) Dune - Frank Herbert

(215) A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man - James Joyce

(212) The Stranger - Albert Camus

(209) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

(209) The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

(206) Dracula - Bram Stoker

(205) The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

(197) A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

(193) Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

(193) The Age Of Innocence - Edith Wharton

(193) The History Of Tom Jones, A Foundling - Henry Fielding

(192) Under The Volcano - Malcolm Lowry

(190) The Odyssey - Homer

(189) Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift

(188) In Search Of Lost Time - Marcel Proust

(186) Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

(185) An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser

(182) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

(180) Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

(179) The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann

(178) Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

(178) Tropic Of Cancer - Henry Miller

(176) The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

(176) On The Road - Jack Kerouac

(175) The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

(173) The Giver - Lois Lowry

(172) Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

(172) A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

(171) Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

(171) The Ambassadors - Henry James

(170) Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

(167) The Complete Stories And Poems - Edgar Allen Poe

(166) Ender's Saga - Series - Orson Scott Card

(165) In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

(164) The Wings Of The Dove - Henry James

(163) The Adventures Of Augie March - Saul Bellow

(162) As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner

(161) The Hunger Games - Series - Suzanne Collins

(158) Anne Of Greene Gables - L.M. Montgomery

(157) Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

(157) Neuromancer - William Gibson

(156) The Help - Kathryn Stockett

(156) A Song Of Ice And Fire - George R.R. Martin

(155) The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford

(154) The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

(153) I, Claudius - Robert Graves

(152) Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

(151) The Portrait Of A Lady - Henry James

(150) The Death Of The Heart - Elizabeth Bowen

#books #book lists #p #im posting this so i can reblog it with my own crossed out list and i encourage others to do the same if you want to #i dont actually know how many ive read yet myself

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neoneun-au · 8 months

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A post for my book recommendations, to be continuously updated as I read and remember more. Because without reading, I would not be writing.

All time favourites are marked with a ☆

All are sorted by genre and will be linked (if able) to their Goodreads pages so that you can dig deeper into whatever catches your eye.

(ps if you have a Goodreads account, you can add me here)

Anthology/Short Story Collections

Behold This Dreamer - Walter de la Mare ☆

Love Letters of Great Men - Ursula Doyle

Difficult Women - Roxane Gay

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu

The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

Essays

Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay ☆

Bluets - Maggie Nelson ☆

On Freedom - Maggie Nelson

In Praise of Shadows - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Malleable Forms - Meeka Walsh ☆

Fiction (Classic)

Persuasion - Jane Austen ☆

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

The Awakening - Kate Chopin

North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell ☆

Siddhartha - Hermen Hesse

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera ☆

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

Fiction (Modern)

All’s Well - Mona Awad ☆

Bunny - Mona Awad

Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach

The Pisces - Melissa Broder

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

For Today I Am A Boy - Kim Fu

The Vegetarian - Han Kang

The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova ☆

Fall on Your Knees - Ann-Marie MacDonald

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - Eimear McBride

No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

The Road - Cormac McCarthy ☆

Under the Hawthorne Tree - Ai Mi

The Song of Achilles - Madeleine Miller ☆

After Dark - Haruki Murakami ☆

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami

1Q84 - Haruki Murakami ☆

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje

Boy, Snow, Bird - Helen Oyeyemi

Mr. Fox - Helen Oyeyemi ☆

A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki

The Overstory - Richard Powers ☆

The Godfather - Mario Puzo

Blindness - José Saramago

How To Be Both - Ali Smith

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt ☆

The Secret History - Donna Tartt

Ru - Kim Thúy

Brooklyn - Colm Tóibín

Big Fish - Daniel Wallace

Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto

Horror/Thriller

The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton

Gerald’s Game - Stephen King

The Shining - Stephen King

Audition - Ryū Murakami

I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid

Manga/Graphic Novels

Basilisk - Futaro Yamada, Maseki Sagawa

Death Note - Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata

Eureka Seven - Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou

Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe

Nana - Ai Yazawa ☆

Paradise Kiss - Ai Yazawa

Uzumaki - Junji Ito

xxxHolic - CLAMP

Memoirs/Journals

Speak, Okinawa - Elizabeth Miki Brina

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Caitlin Doughty

I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi

Henry and June - Anaïs Nin ☆

The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls ☆

Non-Fiction (General)

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain

The Red Market - Scott Carney

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right - Jane Mayer

The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson

The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr, E.B White

Non-Fiction (Philosophy/Spiritual)

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge - Carlos Castañeda

Silence: In the Age of Noise - Erling Kagge ☆

The Kybalion - Three Initiates ☆

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo - Chögyam Trungpa

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu

Poetry Collections

I Love My Love - Reyna Biddy

Let Us Compare Mythologies - Leonard Cohen

The Prophet - Khalil Gibran

The Anatomy of Being - Shinji Moon

The Beauty of the Husband - Anne Carson ☆

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth - Warsan Shire

Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

Speculative Fiction

Dune - Frank Herbert

Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel ☆

Battle Royale - Koushun Takami

True Crime

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders - Vincent Bugliosi

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote ☆

Young Adult

A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray ☆

The Diviners - Libba Bray

The Sun is Also a Star - Nicola Yoon

#book recs #mads.recs

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thelonelybrilliance · 4 months

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2023 Reads: thelonelybrilliance

Final count 72! I set a goal of 52 originally but raised the bar when I realized that would only bring me into early November.

Decided it would be fun to share some stats and recommendations along with the full list.

First, ten recommendations:

The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner (best completed series)

Gregory Orr, The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write (best new poetry read)

Minka Kelly, Tell Me Everything (best memoir)

E.B. White, Here Is New York (best short read)

Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist (best journals)

Sydney Taylor, All-of-a-Kind Family (best children's lit)

Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout (best poetry memoir)

George Eliot, Middlemarch (best classic)

Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart (best food writing)

Red Rising series by Pierce Brown (best sci-fi/ongoing series + best audio drama (Red Rising (Book 1))

Of my 72 reads, 31 were rereads, 41 new . Four were audiobooks, the rest print (primarily e-books). My longest read was David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. My shortest read (I think? A lot of poetry collections are short) was the longform essay, Here Is New York by E.B. White. I read the most books in December (15) and the least in June (2). 50 authors were women, 21 were men, and one poetry collection was multi-author. My most-read authors were as follows:

Megan Whalen Turner (7 books)

Lucy Maud Montgomery (6 books)

Louise Glück (5 books)

Elizabeth Wein (5 books)

Jane Austen (3 books)

Pierce Brown (3 books)

Full list organized by month under the cut!

Favorites: Bold | Rereads: Underline

Fiction: Blue | Non-Fiction: Red | Poetry: Purple | Audiobook: *

JANUARY

Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief

2. Annie Chagnot & Emi Ikkanda (eds.), How Lovely the Ruins

3. Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

FEBRUARY

4. Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice

5. Richard Siken, War of the Foxes

6. Jane Austen, Sense & Sensibility

MARCH

7. Rita Dove, Playlist for the Apocalypse

8. Louise Glück, The Seven Ages

9. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

APRIL

10. Megan Whalen Turner, Moira's Pen

11. Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia

12. Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia

13. Megan Whalen Turner, A Conspiracy of Kings

MAY

14. Megan Whalen Turner, Thick as Thieves

15. Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

16. Elizabeth Wein, The Winter Prince

17. Elizabeth Wein, A Coalition of Lions

18. Elizabeth Wein, Sunbird

19. Elizabeth Wein, The Lion Hunter

JUNE

20. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

21. bell hooks, Applachian Elegy

JULY

22. Michael Gibney, Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line*

23. C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

24. Elizabeth Wein, The Empty Kingdom

25. Dorothy Dunnett, Spring of the Ram

26. Michael Bazzett, You Must Remember This

27. Lisa Ampelman, Romances

28. Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential

29. Natalie Diaz, Post-Colonial Love Poem

AUGUST

30. Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

31. Jenny Han, It's Not Summer Without You

32. Natalie Diaz, When My Brother Was an Aztec

33. Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

34. L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars

35. Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

SEPTEMBER

36. Gregory Orr, The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write

37. E.B. White, Here Is New York

38. Minka Kelly, Tell Me Everything

39. P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

40. Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

41. Jonathan Stroud, The Screaming Staircase*

42. Tobias Wolff, Old School

OCTOBER

43. Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance*

44. Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

45. R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

46. Louise Glück, Vita Nova

47. L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon

48. L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs

49. L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest

50. Ada Limón, The Hurting Kind

NOVEMBER

51. Ron Rash, Poems

52. Louise Glück, Meadowlands

53. Tom Perrotta, Election

54. L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

55. Louise Glück, Averno

56. L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

57. Curtis Sittenfeld, Prep

DECEMBER

58. Tom Perrotta, Tracy Flick Can't Win

59. Pierce Brown, Red Rising*

60. Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle

61. Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

62. Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

63. Sydney Taylor, All-of-a-Kind Family

64. William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

65. George Eliot, Middlemarch

66. Louise Glück, Ararat

67. Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart

68. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

69. Kate Baer, And Yet

70. Marguerite de Angeli, The Lion in the Box

71. Pierce Brown, Golden Son

72. Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

#booklist #my reading #my booklist #2023 booklist #2023 reads #my reads #2023 wrapped #bookblr #book recs

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myth-blossom · 10 months

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Thank you for the tag, @cicaklah! Your picks were great and I’m adding them to my reading list <3

Rules: List ten books that have stayed with you in some way, don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.

As a preface, I‘ve been a voracious reader since childhood. I typically prefer fiction and I remember more of the stories I’ve read than I do their creators and titles (to my great dismay). There came a point in my life when I wasn’t able to dedicate much energy to read for fun and instead focused on reading for my studies and my professional duties, which got to the point that I was getting quite burnt out on one of my favorite hobbies of all time. So I did think harder on this list than I should’ve because the past is somewhat weighted, but I’m hoping to add to my list of impressionable books and new memories in the near future.

In no particular order:

Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien - I like to joke about the *thorough* detailing that Tolkien often provides, but I really do love LOTR and the fantasy and lessons it offers. But what I love most about it is my mother and I read it together when I was young, and I was so engrossed in the pages that I would immediately point out where we left off amongst the many generous details.

Magical young wizard books & Chronicles of Narnia series - I’m tagging these two series together (and leaving the obvious young wizard title vague) because these were books my grandmother would read to us. It was nice to share these stories with her, which also led to her taking us to some of the films and sewing a witch costume for me for Halloween.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - I read this for a class on gothic literature in film and it left such a mark on me. I have many thoughts but I’ll only offer one recommendation: please give this a chance if you haven’t already.

Dracula by Bram Stoker - I also read this for the first time in the gothic class mentioned above. It was really cool to analyze the text and how the vampire legend has been adapted differently over time in media. Plus, I enjoyed the horror and spooky pacing.

Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White - like I said, I read many many many (did I say many?) books as a child. But one of the strongest memories I have is visiting the library, finding this book on the shelf, and being so engrossed with the story of the trumpeting swan. It’s nice to get caught up in a book like that.

Tortall Universe by Tamora Pierce (specifically the characters Alanna the Lioness, Kel, Daine) - Ironically, I bought a later series of the Tortall Universe before realizing I had the original books on my shelf, not yet read. I really wanted stories with strong female characters and these three were fun to read and explore the world of.

The Prince and The Dressmaker by Jen Wang - this book, OH this book, I love it so very much. I read it in less than 24 hours. I should’ve savored it, but I was just that taken with the story. If you like graphic novels or want to give one a try, I would highly recommend this one.

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis - brutal is really the best word to describe this book. It contains a lot of triggering content (so please protect yourself, dear reader) and isn’t something I would normally pick, but it’s been nearly 7 years now and I still strongly remember the emptiness it left me with when I finished it.

The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey - I’ll be quite honest, I hardly remember the story itself. What I do remember is the show-and-tell that day from one of our book club readers. She shared stories from when she lived in Ireland and brought in items from her friends, and it was a lovely and emotional experience to witness.

Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman by Christopher Sebela and Jonathan Lau - As I mentioned, I found myself so burnt out from reading that it had been difficult to commit to a book for quite a while. Fanfiction really rekindled my love for reading and I decided to check out the Hitman comics. I was so happy to have the drive to finish a book again! I enjoyed the comics and the new headcanons they caused.

If you have a list of books or readings you’ve enjoyed, please feel free to share them! :)

#Book meme #Tag game

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rxttenslutcemeterysys · 7 months

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✡⤷ eden bingham

she ` dark ` they ` thing ` freak ` it

18yr old

agender + ambiamorous + bisexual

< ??/??/???? 3 single

— introj. / fictive , caretaker/caregiver , addict. hldr , socializer

— sign off is -e.b

— therian(crow, raven, and ferret specifically)

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looking for nancy wheeler /r robin buckley /r argyle /r jonathan byers /p or /r suzie bingham /fam /p

ed / edieth are allowed nicknames

touch ; yes/no/ask

flirting ; yes/no/ask

petnames ; yes/no/ask

personal blog,, do not have one

#system #actually did #did system #stranger things fictive #eden bingham #eden bingham fictive #source call kinda #source call #alter intro

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delayed-affection · 1 year

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Chapter ten

Back Navigation Season 3

“Dude! Come on!” Y/n shouts at Dustin

“I’m coming!” He yells running to the front door, “You can’t rush perfection.”

“I don’t know about perfection but sure.”

“I’ll have you know that I am the best looking one in the party.” He argues following you out.

She stifles a laugh and get in the car, “What about Harrington?”

“Steve doesn’t count, he’s basically an old man and he’s not in the original party.” He states slamming his door shut.

“Steve and I are the same age.”

“Exactly you guys have one foot in the grave already.” He answers looking out the window.

“You know if those monsters come back one day, I’m going to let one of them get you.” She jokes in a serious tone.

“That’s like saying It doesn’t take a photon up to 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to its surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.”

She rolls her eyes, “Okay you nerd.”

Pulling out of the driveway she starts up a new conversation.

“So are you ready for nerd camp?”

“It’s not nerd camp, it’s camp know where and it’s going to teach me more about science and technology.”

“Nerd camp.”

“Dustin!” The boys exclaim at the sight of the car.

Before Y/n can even park the car he’s jumping out of it and rushing over to large group.

“If it isn’t my favorite and least favorite Henderson.” Steve greets pushing himself off of his car.

“If it isn’t my favorite Harrington.” Y/n says getting out of the car.

“I’m the only Harrington, y/n.”

“Exactly.” She states

“You are quickly becoming my least favorite Henderson.”

“Are you saying I wasn’t your favorite?” Dustin asks slightly offended.

“Talk to me when you can do cool things with your mind.” He answers tapping the side of his head.

The sound of a loud engine makes them all fall quiet. Billy’s blue Camaro comes zooming into parking lot.

Max quickly hops out with a huff and he wastes no time leaving.

She makes her way over to the group, “Bunch of losers standing out here, come on.”

The boys follow her inside the newly built mall with their siblings following.

“Jonathan and I are going to go look at Daltons Bookstore.” Nancy announces grabbing his hand and pulling him away from the group.

The now shorten group walks further into the mall not making it too far from where they started.

“There’s an E.B.” Will squeals making them all stop “I wonder if they have Spy Hunter.”

“We gotta go.” Mike comments

“Y/n can I have some money please?” Dustin begs

“Didn’t mom give you some before we left?” She questions

“She only gave me a ten, please just a dollar or two.” He whines with pleading hands

“Only a ten.” She mocks pulling out her wallet and grabbing a five, “Meet us here or at the food court at four.”

He takes the money with a rushed thank you, Will, Mike and him take off towards the store.

“You guys aren’t going?” Steve asks Lucas and Max

The two share a look and dash off to the store.

“Looks like it’s you and me, Harrington.”

“Yo, Dustin!” Lucas calls out catching up to them, “I think Harrington has a thing for your sister.”

He quickly turns around, “Ew. No, he doesn’t, why would you say that?”

Max nods, “He didn’t want us hanging around with them.”

“He basically told us to leave.” Lucas adds

“Don’t listen to them, Dustin. They don’t know what they’re talking about.” Mike assures

“Come on think about it, he said she was his favorite.” Lucas argues

Dustin quickly looks around before answering, “Yeah because she has powers and they’re friends.”

“He dated Nancy for god’s sake. what makes you think he won’t date her?” He questions

Max hums, “Girl code says you can’t date your friends ex.”

“Girl code? what’s girl code?” Will asks

“It’s a set of rules that apply to all girls. They’re not written down or anything, it’s just like common sense.” She replies

“Look, he’s not going to date my sister and there’s no way in hell that she even likes him.” Dustin states

Something catches Max’s eye, “Isn’t that Keith?”

They all follow her gaze over to the Cheeto eating teen.

Lucas’ eyes grow wide, “We have to go.”

“What? Why?” Mike asks

“I may or may not have promised him a date with one of your sisters and that date may or may not have happened.” he quickly confesses

“You did what?” Dustin and Mike exclaim

“Look I’ll explain later but right now we have to leave.” he tells them

Steve throws an arm around Y/n’s shoulders, “You feel like ice cream?”

She goes to answer but he cuts her off, “I don’t care we’re going to get some.”

He basically drags her by her neck over to the food court, “What are you gonna get, personally I’m more of a vanilla guy.”

She chuckles, “Your choice in ice cream is as bland as your personality.”

He drags his free hand through his hair, “I have a great personality, what are you talking about?”

“What are you talking about?” She asks trying to get out of answering.

“Okay, what are you going to get then Ms Spectacular personality?”

She shrugs, “Probably cookies and cream.”

“Oh because that’s so much better than vanilla.”

“It is.” She argues, “Who wants plain vanilla ice cream?”

He puts both of his hands on his head, clearly stressing, “Your choice is vanilla ice cream with Oreos in it! You can’t be serious?”

The two of them make it to Scoops, two workers dressed in sailor uniforms greet them with an ‘Ahoy’.

They order and find a place to sit in the somewhat crowded parlor. The silence between them doesn’t last very long.

“So.” He drags, “Are you leaving for college soon?”

She shakes her head, “No, with everything that’s happened I’m not leaving until Dustin goes off to college. Are you leaving soon?”

“No, I uh…” He pauses, “I’m taking a year off from school. Might get a job, make some money of my own. Not sure on where to work though.”

“You could apply here, they’re still hiring.” She says pointing to the help wanted sign.

He shoots a quick look to the workers, “I don’t know, don’t you think the outfits are kind of dumb?”

She shrugs, “Kinda, but you, King Harrington, you’d look cute in it.”

Her saying that boosted his already inflated ego, even if she was kidding.

“Oh yeah?” He smirks “Well if I apply will you do it with me?”

“Sorry to break it to you but I already have an interview with Sam goody next door.”

He gives her a bewildered look, “What? When did you apply?”

“Yesterday.” She answers

“You were here yesterday?”

“This might surprise you Harrington but I have other friends.”

He sits back in his seat, “And I thought I was special.”

He then pushes him back towards the table, “Okay, how about a game of rock, paper, scissors? You win then you don’t apply but if I win then you have to apply with me.”

She gives it a short thought but agrees, “Alright let’s do it.”

Rock, paper, scissors. She lost.

“Best two out of three.”

Rock, paper, scissors. He lost.

Rock, paper, scissors. She lost.

“Alright Henderson I’ll be right back.”

He leaves the table and goes to the counter. She questions if she has time to run, not wanting to dress like a sailor if she were to get the job.

She runs out of time when he sits down in front of her with the applications and two pens.

He slides them towards, “Your pen and paper m’lady.”

They finish their ice creams and start on the applications. She thinks of writing down gibberish but it might be cool to work with the boy.

The two of them sit in comfortable silence, listening to those around.

The soft music playing behind the loud conversations.

Chairs scratching the floor as they move back and forth.

And Steve, who’s tapping his pen on the table after every question.

He sighs and glances at her, “Is little Henderson still going to that know it all camp?”

“Yeah, he actually leaves tomorrow. Why are you going to miss him?” She teases

“What?” He scoffs “As if, I’m happy I don’t have deal with the little shit for a while.”

She gives him a serious look, “Hey, that little shit is still my brother, asshat.”

“Sorry. But come on, me? Miss him? Let’s be serious now.”

“You don’t have to lie Harrington, I know you have a soft spot for him.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you done filling that out? Cause I’m done, here I’ll take it up for you.”

He hurriedly gets up, grabbing the papers and pens. She’s glad she had finished and that he didn’t rip it away while she was still writing.

He comes back and huffs “Can we go to radio shack? I need a new Walkman.”

“Why what happened to yours?” She asks getting up.

He leads her out of the scoops, “I might have… lost mine.”

“That two this year alone, Steve.”

“Okay and this will be the last one of the year.” He states but mumbles “Hopefully.”

“Well then lead the way.”

Y/n and Jonathan sit on a bench outside of the dressing rooms, watching as Nancy and Steve try on an endless amount of clothes. For the past three stores it’s been them trying on random pieces of clothes and them two shaking their heads or nodding.

Y/n checks her watch, “Okay Wheeler, Harrington, we have to go.”

“What?” He says from the fitting room.

“We can no longer watch you guys try on clothes. It’s 3:55 and we have to meet the kids on the other side of the mall.”

“Okay, okay.”

Everyone in the store can hear him flailing around in the room, trying to get out of the unwanted clothes.

Nancy throws open her curtain, “Wait, does this dress look good? I don’t know how I feel about it.”

Y/n looks over to Jonathan who’s basically drooling on himself, “Can you do a little spin?”

The two watch as she slowly spins, showing what the dress has to offer.

Y/n nods, “I like it, I think you should get it. What do you think, Jonathan?”

He blinks rapidly, trying to get his mind back on track, “Uhh.. y-yeah. Y-You should get it.”

She smiles and closes the curtain to change.

Steve eventually manages to put his clothes back on, “Okay, I’m gonna pay for these and I’ll meet you guys at the front.”

Nancy is quick to change, “Let’s get a move on people.”

They all walk their separate ways, but it doesn’t take long for them to meet at the front.

“We’re following you Henderson.”

Walking back to the food court they run into Mike.

“Why are you alone? Where’s everyone else?” Y/n asks

“I was with Dustin and Will.” Mike informs, “They should be somewhere around here, Dustin was thirsty.”

“What about Lucas and Max?” Steve asks

“Will said they went to Wicks n sticks for Max’s mom.”

They wait a bit for Dustin and Will, Will spots them first, running over leaving Dustin behind to catch up.

“Is it time to go already?” He questions

“Yeah, we just have to find the others.” Y/n answers

With more than half of the group found they make their way back.

Dustin drones on and on about what he’s going to be doing at camp.

Steve’s not able to keep up with him, so he chooses to stay quiet after having them explain one too many things to him.

Will excitedly listens to Dustin, asking questions about what he’s going to be able to do and learn.

Mike shows his interest in the conversation but keeps quiet for the most part.

Y/n’s only half listening to him, knowing that she’ll be hearing it until he leaves and all about it when he gets back.

Steve falls back and Y/n watches as his face scrunches up in confusion.

“What are you looking at Henderson?”

She squints her eyes at his hairline, “I think you’re balding.”

His hand flies up to his head, “What? No I’m not!”

“You’re not but I made you worry.”

“You’re a dick, you know that?”

She laughs, “I know.”

Nancy loops her arm with Y/ns, “Are you doing anything tomorrow?”

“No, why?”

She smiles, “How would you like to go swimsuit shopping, I saw some cute ones and I feel it would be fun with just the two of us.”

“Sounds like fun.”

“Y/n! Can I ride with you back to your place?” Max asks running up to her.

“I don’t see why not.”

“I call shotgun!” She yells dashing to her car.

“What? So not fair!” Dustin shouts running after her.

Lucas follows, “I’m coming too!”

They all race to the car, shoving one another and calling each other names.

“Well I’ll see you guys at my house.” Y/n says to others before following the bickering kids.

“Our house!” Dustin corrects

Hopper takes a deep breath and knocks on Hendersons front door, to his surprise Nancy opens it.

“Hopper? Is something wrong? Would you like to come in?” She asks

He shakes his head, “No… no. Is y/n home?”

“Yeah.” She nods, “Let me go get her.”

She leaves him at the door and goes to find her.

She finds her in the kitchen with max making pizza, “Hey, umm… Hopper wants to see you, he’s at the door.”

She quickly wipes her hands off, “okay, can you help her finishes these while I go talk to him?”

She nods and takes her place.

Hopper doesn’t even til she’s full at the door to ask his question, “Is your mom home?”

“No.”

He motions her to follow, she follows him to his truck where El stands.

El immediately runs over to her and pulls her into a hug.

He sighs, “I’ll be back to pick her up after my shift. Make sure she eats something other than Eggos. And if anything happens call me first.”

Pulling away from El she swings her arm around her shoulders, “She’ll be just fine here.”

He gets in his truck and slams the door, “And keep her away from Mike.”

She nods and lead her inside, “No promises on the Mike part.”

“You’ll never believe what Steve did, Dustin?” Will laughs

He stomps his way back into the living room, “What did you do?”

“He sold us your railroad.” Will answers high fiving Y/n.

“Why would you sell our railroad?” He exclaims sitting back down.

“They were very persuasive, I thought it was good deal.” he argues

He points a finger at his sister, “Did you use your powers on him?”

“What? No!” She replies

“How much did they give you?” He questions

“Forty five and Mediterranean Avenue.”

Lucas stifles a laugh, “That’s the lowest paid spot.”

“Rent is only ten bucks.” Mike chimes

“El’s never played and is still doing better than you.” Y/n laughs

He sighs, “This game is going to take forever.”

“Not with the way Steve is playing.” Nancy comments

Jonathan chuckles, “You guys will be the first to bankruptcy.”

“Why did I pick Steve?” He mumbles to himself

Y/n and Nancy sit in her room painting El and Max’s nails. El has yet to open up to Max, she’ll act civil but won’t actually talk to her.

Max looks over to Y/n, “So, you and Steve a thing, Y/n?”

“No, why?” she asks

“L- Lucas was just spreading rumors around and I thought I’d ask.” she sputters

“Why would he do that?” Nancy asks

“He said it’s because he thinks Steve wanted some alone time with her earlier. He then followed that up with ‘He dated Nancy what makes you think he won’t date her.” she informs

“Do you like Steve?” El chimes

“As a friend, yes.” Y/n answers

El looks up from her nails, “Like how I like Mike?”

She shakes her head, “No, the way you like Mike is different from the way I like Steve. You like Mike like the way Nancy likes Jonathan or how Max likes Lucas.”

A better example pops into her head, “You like Mike the same way you like Eggos.”

Dustin stands over Steve, beating him with a pillow, “You made my sister apply with you! You wanted alone time with her! You already spend too much time together!”

Steve tries to block the hits, “We’re friends that’s what friends do.”

Jonanthan stands in the corner of the room not wanting to get involved but the other boys are loving the live entertainment.

“Get him, Dustin!” Lucas shouts

“Should we stop him?” Will asks

Mike laughs, “No, I’ve been thinking about beating him up for a while. It’s better that is Dustin, he won’t get in much trouble.”

Dustin’s hits become harder, “Stay away from my sister, asshole!”

“Y/n!” Steve yells, “Help me!”

Dustin smacks him in the head, “Leave her out of this.”

Dustin’s door slides open and all the girls entire his room.

“Y/n! Get him away from me.” Steve pleads

“It’s a pillow, Harrington. Just take it from him.” She tells him

He huffs and grabs at the pillow, pulling it away from him. He stands up and goes to smack Dustin back.

The pillow flies out of his hands and over to Y/n, “I said take it Harrington, not hit him with it.”

Dustin stands in front of his sister, “Y/n, tell me you don’t like that asshole.”

She smacks him in the head with the pillow, “I don't like him.”

“Why did you smack me?”

“Well for one you were smacking the shit out of Steve and two... well I just wanted to.”

He yanks the pillow from her and hits her.

The pillow from his bed lands in her hands and she whacks him with it. They go back and forth, just smacking each other. Max runs out of the room and grabs all the pillows she can. She hands them out and it turns into a pillow fight, then to a hit Steve party.

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Gone and probably forgotten

By Jonathan Monfiletto

A typewritten but undated document authored by former Middlesex Town Historian Frederick T. Harter, a copy of which is contained within our subject files on the town, reveals a terrible tragedy that took place in the town in the middle of the 19th century. Though Harter pieces together the story of this event and attempts to flesh out the details, it seems this incident has been largely forgotten since it happened and seemingly never talked about much – at least not in the local newspapers of the time – to begin with.

Uncovering precisely what happened when four men – three of them teenagers, one of them a 58-year-old reverend – lost their lives trying to board the steamboat Joseph Wood from a small boat on Canandaigua Lake at Middlesex Landing apparently began in the summer of 1981. Then, members of the Middlesex Heritage Group gathered data from gravestones of the Middlesex Cemetery, the oldest of the three cemeteries in the town. During this endeavor, group members realized four people buried in the cemetery died on the same day.

Frederick Aldrich, the son of Russel and Eliza – aged 16 years, 6 months, and 16 days – died September 30, 1857; inscribed on his gravestone is this note: “Drowned while passing from the shore in a skiff to the boat J. Wood.” Also dying on that date were Henry L. Green, 19 years old; Thomas W. Perryman, son of John and Deborah, age 18 years, 9 months, and 16 days; and the Rev. Jacob E. Wagar, son of Elias and Elizabeth, age 58 years, 2 months, and 20 days. This information “caused your historian to believe that a terrible tragedy had occurred on Sept. 30, 1857, and that it would be of interest to the town’s history to investigate this matter,” Harter wrote.

A descendant of the Wagar family provided further information showing the reverend died by drowning in Canandaigua Lake along with three young men, all of them residents of Middlesex. Scouring newspapers in Yates and Ontario counties from the time period on microfilm, Harter apparently found little else on the incident. He did find an article from the October 1, 1857 Ontario Republican Times headlined “Fatal Calamity: Four men drowned in Canandaigua Lake – Steamboat Joseph Wood, Middlesex Landing, Sept. 30, 9½ AM, 1857”.

This report comes in the form of a letter to the editor, and it states, “A heartrending calamity has just occurred at this place.” It seems the steamboat Joseph Wood was on an excursion from the head of Canandaigua Lake to “the Fair at Canandaigua” when it took on passengers at Middlesex Landing. From a small boat attempting to reach the steamer, six passengers and the boatman became swamped in heavy winds and “before assistance could be rendered, four of the party were drowned.”

According to the report, Aldrich died attempting to swim to shore “and had nearly reached it, but finally sank exhausted.” The other three died while trying to cling to the boat; the boatman floated ashore on the seat of the skiff, and the surviving passengers were rescued by a boat from the shore. The crew of the steamer attempted to assist in the rescue, but there was no other small boat from the steamer except the one that had already capsized. “… the wind was so strong that we drifted so far from them that swimming to them was not to be thought of, although several had their coats off to make the attempt,” wrote E.B. Pottle, who penned the letter.

Another report in the same newspaper titled “Coroners Inquest” notes only the bodies of Wagar and Aldrich had been found despite diligent searching for the other two boys. An inquest before Coroner Perryman took place in Middlesex the evening of the incident. The coroner’s jury decided the four men met their death through the neglect of the captain of the steamboat in sending a small boat “that was not large enough to carry the number who were to go in the boat” to pick up the passengers instead of running to the dock.

According to Harter, the Ontario County Messenger of October 7, 1857 reports the Joseph Wood lay 14 or 15 rods from the shore to pick up passengers, making two previous trips with seven passengers apiece, “three trips with equal number of passengers.” The steamer may have “encountered a sea of much greater severity than they had on previous two trips.” Two men standing on the dock were able to rescue two of the passengers, according to this article.

On October 8, 1857, the Ontario County Times carried the headline “Impartial public judgement fully aquits [sic] Captain Wood.” This item notes the coroner was the father of the one of the men who drowned and accused the coroner’s jury in Middlesex of not getting the facts. According to the report, it was common practice not to bring the steamboat to dock in windy weather. Two loads of passengers had previously been taken aboard in the same manner. At Holcomb’s Point, two miles from Middlesex Landing, a load of nine passengers came aboard the steamboat in the same way.

“To date this completes all the information I have found,” Harter concludes his document. However, Harter states, there are several unanswered questions, such as whether the bodies of Perryman and Green were ever found, whether there was any attempt to enforce the coroner’s jury verdict, and whether steamboat protocols changed or remained the same after this incident.

I thought I might be able to answer some of these questions by browsing the digitized Yates County newspaper pages – a resource that would not have been available to Harter at the time of his writing. While my findings do not answer any of his questions, they do paint a more intricate picture of what happened on that day.

The Yates County Chronicle of October 8, 1857 carries the same letter by Pottle that the Ontario Republican Times published the day after the incident, while the Penn Yan Democrat of October 7, 1857 paraphrases Pottle’s report. Under Pottle’s letter, the Chronicle includes the report of the coroner’s inquest; that edition of the Chronicle also contains an article, running parallel to these reports, providing more details of the tragedy.

This article states the fair in question was indeed the Ontario County Fair and refers to the landing in Middlesex as Boat Brook. Two prior boats had safely delivered their passengers to the steamboat, “not without the strong fears and earnest remonstrances of some of the passengers,” and the third boat was eight or 10 rods from the shore when it began sinking from the stern with seven passengers aboard. Hundreds of people apparently witnessed this incident, “but it appears that every person present was helpless from the horror of the scene.” The surviving passengers are named as Case VanHouten and Clark Perryman, Thomas’ brother.

According to the article, a meeting took place at the Baptist church in Middlesex Center that afternoon – the coroner’s inquest, perhaps – “largely attended by people from every part of the town, at which strong resolutions were passed censuring Capt. Wood.” An adjourned meeting was to take place the following Wednesday evening “for the farther [sic] consideration of this subject, and it is to be hoped that such action will be taken as will prevent future accidents of this kind.”

Newspapers in Yates and Ontario counties do show that life went on for the Joseph Wood both before and after the incident. The Ontario County Messenger of August 8, 1855 announces the schedule of “The New Steamboat Joseph Wood,” while the Messenger of November 17, 1858 announces the steamboat’s schedule for the season following the incident. “The fine steamer Joseph Wood, as good as new, will commence regular trips for the season on Canandaigua Lake next Monday,” states the Chronicle of April 17, 1862. The Penn Yan Express of August 18, 1866 contains coverage of a “Pleasure Excursion” members of Company A, 59th Regiment, NGSNY (National Guard of the State of New York) took to and from Seneca Point on Canandaigua Lake aboard the Joseph Wood, presumably commemorating their service in the recently concluded Civil War.

The newspapers also reveal this tragedy was not the only incident in which the Joseph Wood was involved, though apparently the only one that was fatal. The December 15, 1864 edition of the Chronicle states the steamboat was damaged and disabled for the season when the wind and waves drove it into the dock while it attempted to land passengers at Middlesex. The Chronicle of December 26, 1867 reports the Joseph Wood was attempting to dock at the pier near main Street in Canandaigua when it struck ice, knocking a hole in its side and sinking it to the bottom depth of 5 feet. The Express of March 25, 1868 notes the steamboat was “so badly broken that she lies on her side” after the heavy wind and breaking up of ice “caused considerable damage on our lake.”

An article in the Chronicle of August 27, 1902 is titled “Captain Wood’s Reminiscences” and notes Captain Allen Wood, then of Hammondsport and formerly of Canandaigua, built the Joseph Wood – “the well remembered lake steamer” – for $5,000 in 1855. “Labor, as well as materials, was cheap in those days, and although the boat was not as large as the steamers of today, the freight and passenger traffic was proportionately smaller, and she was ample in every way,” the article states. What is not mentioned – and apparently not well remembered – was the tragedy that took place on Captain Wood’s watch.

An article in the Democrat of May 24, 1901 notes Woodville on Canandaigua Lake was named for Captain Wood, who was then living in retirement in Hammondsport. In 1856, according to this article, Captain Wood and his younger brother, David, a locomotive engineer, built a steamboat for Canandaigua Lake, which “(t)hey operated … very successfully for several years, when they sold it at a handsome advance.” They named their boat Joseph Wood, in honor of their father, “a large and influential land owner at Farmington” at one time. Again, the incident in which a skiff sank while trying to reach the steamboat and resulted in four drowning deaths is not mentioned.

Captain Wood died on October 29, 1903 at age 85. His obituary in the Express of November lists 1854 as the year in which Allen and David Wood built the steamer bearing their father’s name. Yet again, it does not mention the Middlesex incident.

The Express of December 9, 1874 noted the death of David Wood, “a respectable farmer of East Farmington, Ontario County” and “for some time an engineer on the steamer ‘Joseph Wood,’ which plied several years on Lake Keuka” (was this a factual error since the Joseph Wood in question was cruising Canandaigua Lake when this tragedy happened?). Just 17 years after it happened, there is still no word about the sinking of the skiff and the drowning of the four men.

These mentions from the Yates County newspapers do not answer the questions Harter had following his research, and in fact they stir up even more questions in some regard. But it is hoped Harter and I have shed light on a tragedy few people knew about – certainly now but seemingly then as well.

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Perry Mason

Season 1, “Chapter 4“

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

DoP: Darran Tiernan

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Chapters: 3/6

Fandom: Perry Mason (TV 2020)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Perry Mason/Pete Strickland, Perry Mason & Della Street, Hamilton Burger & Della Street, Hamilton Burger & Pete Strickland, Pete Strickland/Ruthie Strickland, Anita St. Pierre/Della Street

Characters: Pete Strickland, Perry Mason, Della Street, Hamilton Burger, Paul Drake, Marion Kang, E.B. Jonathan, Teddy Mason, Ruthie Strickland, Other(s)

Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Established Relationship, Shovel Talk, Fluff and Angst and Crack, (pete strickland voice) the holy trinity, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Male-Female Friendship, Explicit Sexual Content, Period Typical Attitudes, 5+1 Things, Happy Ending

Series: Part 1 of Form Follows Function

Summary:

Five times Pete Strickland gets the shovel talk, and one time it’s delivered on his behalf.

#perry mason hbo #perry mason #pete strickland #strickson #e.b. jonathan #my fics #fic: modern architecture #enjoy!

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thank you perry mason for your allyship 🙏🏻

#he is a card carrying member of the E.B. Jonathan & Associates GSA

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Stuart Little (1999)🐭👨‍👩‍👦🏠

Stuart Little 2 (2002)🐭🐥

Based on the classic children’s book by E.B. White, this film and its sequel star Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki as the adoptive family of the titular character (voiced by Michael J. Fox).

Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki play a truly convincing family as they each convey a sense of play, love and acceptance (as well as some overprotective maternal parenting) on the screen.

In the first movie, Jeffrey Jones (who Geena Davis previously starred opposite in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice), Brain Doyle-Murray, Harold Gould and Estelle Getty (known for her portrayal as Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls) play Uncle Crenshaw, Cousin Edgar, Grandpa Spencer and Grandma Estelle, respectively, during the family reunion scenes.

The sequel introduces Stuart’s friend, a canary named Margalo, voiced by Melanie Griffith, the antagonistic Falcon, voiced by James Woods, and baby sister Martha Little as new characters.

Other voice actors include: Nathan Lane (who brings a great deal of satirical content to the table) as family cat Snowbell (who was initially hostile, but grew to be more caring towards Stuart) and Steve Zahn as street cat Monty.

The computer animation to bring Stuart to life is both charming and meticulous. Not only that, but Michael J. Fox’s youthful voice brings a significant degree of cuteness and pure innocence to the anthropomorphic mouse.

Set in New York City, each movie depicts Stuart embarking on a slew of different adventures (boat racing in Central Park, venturing down the kitchen drain, setting out on a citywide search to find a missing Margalo, etc.) while simultaneously learning what it takes to fit in with family.

A great soundtrack of original songs draw attention to some brilliant singers. The track list includes: “Walking Tall” by Lyle Lovett, “One Plus One is Two” by Lou Bega, “You’re Where I Belong” by Trisha Yearwood, “I’m Alive” performed by Celine Dion, “Top of the World” by Mandy Moore and “Hold On To The Good Things” by Shawn Colvin. Cover versions of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” and “One” (performed by Nathan Lane) are heard as well.

If any ‘90s kid or adult with a special sibling connection is willing to relive their own childhood, I sincerely recommend both of those amusing, heartwarming cinematic adaptations of the one and only Stuart Little.

“LITTLE HIGH, LITTLE LOW!”

“LITTLE HEY, LITTLE HO!”

#stuart little #stuart little 1999 #Stuart little 2 #e.b. white #family comedy #the little family #geena davis #hugh laurie #jonathan lipnicki #snowbell the cat #Margalo the canary #sony pictures

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This is a link to a list of guides:

Biology & Ecology

The science in Jurassic Park by microbiologist Mike Hays

Wildlife biology in fiction with Texas biologist Rebecca Mowry

Writing outside the human box, with biology professor Brie Paddock

Zombie microbiology 101 with microbiologist Mike Hays

8 things authors should know about viruses, with HIV expert E.E. Giorgi

Plagues in science fiction and fantasy, with microbiologist Gabriel Vidrine

Insects in fiction: what bugs me, with entomologist Robinne Weiss

Writing wolves fairly & accurately, with environmentalist William Huggins

Gender determination in fantasy creatures, with entomologist Robinne Weiss

Rogue viruses in science fiction, with biomedical researcher Lee A. Everett

A primer on primates for SFF authors, with biomedical researcher Lee A. Everett

Space bugs: microbes in outer space, with microbiologist Mike Hays

The reality of bees, with science reporter and beekeeper Bianca Nogrady

The science of animal communication, with expert William Huggins

Debunking myths about hunting, with wildlife biologist Rebecca Mowry

Writing realistic spiders, with entomologist Robinne Weiss

Venomous creatures from insects to platypus, with Robinne Weiss

Entomology and ants in fantasy, with author Clark Carlton and entomologist Wyatt Parker

Spawning monsters with biology, by biologist Sarah J. Sover

Novel Coronavirus 2019 Roundtable with four expert scientists

Genetics, Archaeology, and Anthropology

Genetics myths in fiction writing by genetics researcher Dan Koboldt

Mutation myths in fiction by geneticist Dan Koboldt

Editing life in science fiction, with microbiologist Mike Hays.

Dispeling archaeology myths, with Graeme Talboys

A whirwind tour of the human genome, by genetics researcher Dan Koboldt

The linguistics in Arrival, by expert linguist Christina Dalcher

Realistic translation in fiction, with archaeologist Marie Brennan.

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Getting mental illness right in fiction with psychiatric NP Kathleen S. Allen

Misconceptions about memory with neurologist Anne Lipton

Dementia myths in fiction, part 1 with neurologist Anne Lipton

Dementia myths in fiction, part 2 with neurologist Anne Lipton.

Writing children with BESD, with special ed teacher Rachel Heaps-Page.

Deep character development, with educational psychologist Maria Grace

It’s not brain surgery, it’s neuroscience, by neuroscientist Paul Regier

Bipolar disorder: What writers should know, with psychiatrist Jon Peeples.

Schizophrenia: What writers should know, with psychiatrist Jon Peeples.

Writing about schizophrenia treatment, by psychiatrist Jonathan Peeples

Writing distinct characters via psycological development, with educational psychiatrist Maria Grace

Autism misconceptions in fiction, with pediatrician Josh Michaels.

Writing characters with ADHD, with pediatrician Josh Michaels

Writer’s guide to tics and Tourette syndrome, with pediatrician Josh Michael

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Chemical fallacies in fiction with chemist Gwen C. Katz (and husband)

Explosions in science fiction, with chemist Gwen C. Katz (and husband)

Nuclear radiation for writers, with nuclear chemist Rebecca Enzor

The science of poisons, with toxicologist Megan Chaudhuri

Binary poisons in fiction, with emergency/toxicology doctor Jane Prosser.

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9 misconceptions about space travel by aerospace engineer Jamie Krakover

Space flight in science fiction, with aviation expert Sylvia Spruck Wrigley.

The weapons of Star Wars, with astronomical engineer Judy L. Mohr

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Cryopreservation in science fiction, with researcher Terry Newman

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Imaging over long distances, with astronomical engineer Judy L. Mohr.

Relativity: Did Einstein kill steampunk? with physicist Dan Allen.

Practical spaceship design, by Boeing engineer Eric Primm.

Exoplanets and habitability, by physicist Jim Gotaas.

Radio waves for sci-fi authors, with atmospheric physicist Candida Spillard.

Distance and legal systems in sci-fi, with “space lawyer” J.R.H. Lawless.

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Space battles in sci-fi, with veteran U.S. Army officer Michael Mammay

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Lunar travel to the moon and back, with astrophysicist Jim Gotaas

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Near-future scenarios for us & our planet, with science reporter Bianca Nogrady

How the ocean will kill you, with marine biologist Danna Staaf.

Habitable atmospheres for authors, by atmospheric scientist Lynn Forest.

Gravity basics for SFF authors, by physicist Dan Allen.

The future of energy, by geophysicist Karen Lanning.

Earthquakes: Fact vs fiction, by civil engineer Amy Mills.

Climate change and cli-fi, by geophysicist Karen Lanning

Waste management in SF, with expert Gareth Jones.

Enclosed ecosystems and life support, with biomedical scientist Philip Kramer.

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Ability and luck in writing with biostatistician Dustin Fife

Computer and internet myths, with computer scientist Matt Perkins.

Your sci-fi cell phone isn’t cool enough, with silicon valley consultant Effie Seiberg.

CGI is not made by computers, by 3D video game artist Abby Goldsmith.

Erroneous code in fiction, by programmer KJ Harrowick

7 things to know about cybernetics, with neuroscientist Benjamin Kinney.

Writing believable nanotechnology, with physicist Dan Allen.

Holograms in sci-fi, with Judy L. Mohr

State-of-the Art Microscopes with microscopist Terry Newman

A writer’s guide to cyborgs, by biomedical expert Brie Paddock

Analog versus digital imaging, by astronomical engineer Judy L. Mohr

Quantum computing & cryptography I by physicist Dan Allen

Quantum computing & cryptography II by physicist Dan Allen

The current state of artificial intelligence by industry expert Dan Rowinski

Common misconceptions about AI, an interview with expert Ben Taylor

Machine learning for writers, with software developer Ember Randall

The future of communications, with expert S.B. Divya

GPS systems: What authors should know, with engineer Judy L. Mohr

Big brother is watching: surveillance & privacy, by Google developer Ember Randall.

Research and Medicine

Medical misconceptions in fiction, with nurse Karyne Norton

Proper lab technique for SFF writers with nuclear chemist Rebecca Enzor.

Research in writing: How to ask an expert, with Boeing engineer Eric Primm

Researchers gone wild, with laboratory manager Gabriel Vidrine.

How to write convincing death scenes, with science reporter Bianca Nogrady.

More medical myths in fiction, with nurse Stephanie Sauvinet.

Organogenesis in 3D, with biomedical researcher Megan Chaudhuri.

Immortality in science fiction, with clinical researcher Edward Ashton

The near-future of medical technology, with physician assistant Rachel Berros

First aid and Field Dressings for Writers with medical expert Stacey Berg.

How to write about biomedical researchers, with genetics researcher Dan Koboldt

Nursing myths in fiction, with nurse Stephanie Sauvinet

Writing realistic research labs, with scientist Jenny Ballif

Research ethics in science fiction, with scientist Dan Koboldt

Drug development for writers, with research scientist Bradley Johnson.

Binary poisons in fiction, with toxicology expert Jane Prosser

The science of aging and its fictional cures with biomedical scientist Philip A. Kramer

Sights, sounds, and smells of the lab with scientist Rachel Brick

Emergency triage: bring out your dead, by ER physician assistant Rachel Berros

Futuristic first aid: wound care, by ER physician assistant Rachel Berros

Roundtable on the novel coronavirus, with a panel of four scientists.

COVID-19 and the American pandemic, by Dan Koboldt

Fact in Fantasy (#FactInFantasy)

Here are articles related to culture, animal husbandry, warfare, and other relevant topics for fantasy authors.

Fantasy Cultures

Developing realistic fantasy cultures with sociologist Hannah Emery

A quick and dirty guide to feudal nobility, with history buff Jerry Quinn

France as a fantasy culture, by itinerant francophone Dan Koboldt.

Female professions of medieval Europe, by Renaissance man Jerry Quinn.

Religious fundamentalism in fantasy, by Crusades hobbyist Spencer Ellsworth.

Historically accurate ways to die, by historian Wanda S. Henry

Women’s voices from Heian Japan, by David and Carol Harr

Prophets, preachers, and parasites in fantasy, with historian Jay S. Willis

World-building

10 things authors don’t know about the woods by bowhunter Dan Koboldt

Worldbuilding: basics of social stratification, with sociologist Hannah Emery

Languages in fiction, with linguistic expert Christina Dalcher.

Woodworking myths in fiction, by craftsman Dustin Fife.

Writing realistic forests, with surveyor Terence Newman

World building with the Spanish Inquisition with historian Jay S. Willis

5 Facts About the American Old West, with historian Hayley Stone.

Folklore systems in fantasy, with historian Colleen Halverson.

Money and economics for SF/F writers, with decision scientist Elise Bungo

Political philosophies for fictional worlds, with political scientist Kate Heartfield

World building with food and drink in fiction, with culinary expert Crystal King

Organic world-building through ecology with biologist Sarah J. Sover.

Spawning monsters with biology, with biologist Sarah J. Sover

Plants in World-building: Cacao Case Study with expert Amber Royer

How to name characters in fantasy, with naming consultant Hannah Emery

Magic

Designing realistic magic academies by sociologist Hannah Emery.

Witchcraft for Writers, with Renaissance historian E.B. Wheeler.

Superstition for Writers, with Renaissance historian E.B. Wheeler.

A brief history of real-world magic, with historian Jay S. Willis.

Horses, Travel, and Adventure

Horses in fantasy writing by rancher and horse trainer Karlie Hart

How to describe horses in fiction, with expert equestrian Amy McKenna

Horse terminology: gaits and anatomy, with expert equestrian Amy McKenna

Horse terminology: tack and riding, with expert equestrian Amy McKenna

3 ways to write a better hike, by outdoors editor Victoria Sandbrook Flynn

How to write rock climbing wrong, with longtime climber Michelle Hazen.

Matching horses to use, setting, and character, with expert Rachel A. Chaney.

How to injure horses realistically with expert Rachel A. Chaney

8 ways to write horses wrong with expert Rachel A Chaney

Wilderness, Weapons and Warfare

Wilderness survival tips, by Montana ranger Rebecca Mowry

Medieval versus modern archery by bowhunter Dan Koboldt

A short history of warfare in the western world, with historic actor Jerry Quinn

Weapons and tactics in fantasy warfare, with veteran/historian Michael Mammay.

Realistic fighting for SF/F authors, by martial artist Eric Primm.

Realistic knife fighting, with martial artist Eric Primm

Building a fantasy army: Leaders, by veteran officer Michael Mammay.

Building a fantasy army: Soldiers, by veteran officer Michael Mammay.

8 tips for writing realistic soldiers, by veteran officer Michael Mammay.

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