Archipelaconin toinen päivä meneillään!
Tähän mennessä Ahvenanmaalla on nähty Maarianhaminan lisäksi Kökarin upeat nummet ja pronssikautisten asumusten jäljet.

Teräsjää loppui jälleen kesken myyntipöydältä ja kirjamyyntiä ollut muutenkin mukavasti. Ilahduin erityisesti henkilöstä, joka tuli erikseen Teräsjäätä kysymään sekä Maailman vanhimmasta ammatista kuullusta lukijapalautteesta, joka kuului suunnilleen näin:

“En tiennyt yhtään mitä odottaa, mutta ehdottomasti en kyllä osannut odottaa tällaista.”

Otan tällaiset aina kohteliaisuutena.

Tänään on kiireinen päivä tulossa, kaksi paneelia sekä kirjan julkkarit klo 17.00 alkaen hotelli Arkipelagissa.

Lure of folklore

How are folklore and fables used in literature and what fascinates us in these themes? Are there hidden gems that should be adapted, what is missing? The panelists also talk about their favorite folklore examples and literature that uses them.

28.06.2025 13:00 – 14:00

Nahal Ghanbari, Fiona Barnett, Katarina Norrgård, Rimma Erkko

Small auditorium

Myths and Marvels: Scandinavian Influences in Fantasy and Sci-Fi

Scandinavian mythology and culture have shaped the worlds of fantasy and science fiction, from Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Marvel’s Thor. This panel explores how Nordic myths, landscapes, and folklore have influenced the genre’s most enduring stories.

28.06.2025 15:00 – 17:00

Saga Bolund, Cheryl Morgan, Rimma Erkko, Ada Palmer

Small auditorium.

New Finnish Weird by Indie Publishers – Joint Book Launch Event

Five new books of Finnish weird in English: two anthologies, a collection of short stories, a novel and a poetry anthology. Interviews from each book with writers and editors. A versatile setting of Finnish weird niche for the curious mind!

28.06.2025 17:00 – 19:00 2h

Matti Järvinen, Rimma Erkko, Artemis Kelosaari, Eve Lumerto, Sara Norja, Saara Henriksson, Mia Myllymäki, Toni Saarinen, Reetta Vuokko-Syrjänen, Satu Piispa-Hakala, Nadja Sokura, Jenny Kangasvuo, Frida Burns, Mikko Rauhala

@archipelacon

#archipelacon2 #fandom #KirjaMasto #kirjamastodon #nysalorkustannus #sagabolund #cherylmorgan #adapalmer #nahalghanbari #fionabarnett #katarinanorrgård #mattijärvinen #artemiskelosaari #evelumerto #saarahenriksson #miamyllymäki #tonisaarinen #ReettaVuokkoSyrjänen #satupiispahakala #nadjasokura #jennykangasvuo #fridaburns #mikkorauhala

Paul Krugman engages with Ada Palmer in a thought-provoking dialogue on her book, "Inventing the Renaissance." They argue that the Renaissance is an evolving process rather than a defined era, influenced by diverse academic perspectives. Palmer critiques modern interpretations of figures like Machiavelli and emphasizes the cultural flourishing of Renaissance Italy as a complex narrative of power and legitimacy. Explore their insights further here: [source](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inventing-the-renaissance-ada-palmer) #Renaissance #History #Narrative #Economics #CulturalLegitimacy #AdaPalmer #PaulKrugman

Je termine le second volet de Terra Ignota, d'Ada Palmer en m'exaspérant que le narrateur ne meurt pas, tellement je le trouve détestable. Et pourquoi les pires monstres sont-ils encore vif à la fin du récit ? Madame, Jéhovah...
Sniper est un héros !

Ce n'est certes pas un livre optimiste, ni rassurant, ni réconfortant, tant les thèmes qu'il met en avant sont lugubres et dérangeants.

#TerraIgnota #adapalmer #vendredilecture #sf #sff #sfff #septredditions

@adapalmer
Merci pour la claque !

@ohalexsimmons If you want some meaty SciFi that has a bunch of history/philosophy in it, I'd recommend the Terra Ignota series by #AdaPalmer (who is also a historian, and on Mastodon).

I have finished reading Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer. When I finished the first book in the series (https://darkfriend.social/@hybridhavoc/111976712993200601) I said that it felt incomplete without this second one. Now that I have finished it I can say that these are really phenomenal books, especially for anybody that is into political intrigue and sci-fi.

It feels like a more proper stopping place, allowing me to move on and maybe come back to the series at a later date.

#AdaPalmer #TerraIgnota #SevenSurrenders

I #AmReading Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer. Book 2 of Terra Ignota.
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It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. And it is a world in which, unknown to most, the entire social order is teetering on the edge of collapse.

Because even in utopia, humans will conspire. And also because something new has arisen: Bridger, the child who can bring inanimate objects to conscious life.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/22034b43-70cc-4a3c-8a4f-431d4c584f24

#AdaPalmer #TerraIgnota #SevenSurrenders

I #AmReading Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. Been on my TBR for a while now.
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Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer—a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/735ebd1f-2175-4658-ab5c-64841b99e30a

#AdaPalmer #TerraIgnota

@FantasticMrScott If you love the sort of dense world-building that Neal Stephenson does, I'd highly recommend #AdaPalmer's Terra Ignota series.

Aktualności:
Nagrody Nowej Fantastyki 2023

Podczas odbywających się w miniony weekend Warszawskich Targów Książki zostali ogłoszeni laureaci Nagrody Nowej Fantastyki za rok 2022.[…]
https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/aktualnosci/nagrody-nowej-fantastyki-2023/

#Fahrenheit_zin #Zasadatrójek #Powergraph #BorysStrugaccy #NowaFantastyka #SergioToppi #PrószyńskiiSka #Toppi #RadekRak #LostInTime #MAG #TomaszGrządzielaSpell #MichałJakuszewski #KulturaGniewu #EwaBiałołęcka #ArkadijStrugacki #AdaPalmer #MartaSobiecka #MartaDudaGryc #AglaAlef #Byćmożegwiazdy #Wywróconyświatiinneutwory #PawełLaudański

Die #PhantastikBestenliste für Mai 2023 ist online 😀

Neu auf Platz 1: #Equilon von #SarahRaich

Außerdem auf der Liste: #LuciaHerbst / #XeniaWinterwoods / @Atalante und @inksmith / #JolRosenberg / #ChristianHandel / #AnikaBeer / #AikiMira / #AdaPalmer / #MarkStay

https://phantastik-bestenliste.de/2023/05/bestenliste-mai-2023/

MT VOID #2268: Film reviews of #ThreeMinutesALengthening, #Sidney #SigneyPoitier, #HiddenLetters #Nushu, AllTheBeautyAndTheBloodshed; book review of #TheWillToBattle #TerraIgnota #AdaPalmer; book and film reviews of #UnderTheHarrow #MarkDunn, #TheVillage #MNightShyamalan, #RunningOutOfTime #MargaretPetersonHaddix, #The GloryThatWas #LSpragueDeCamp at http://leepers.us/mtvoid/VOID00324.htm from @eleeper and #MarkRLeeper

Too Like the Lightning

https://library.hrmtc.com/2022/12/20/too-like-the-lightning/

Oops how on earth could I forget #AdaPalmer !!

(My banner is all 4 book covers of the #TerraIgnota series).

#VendrediLecture "Peut-être les étoiles", d'Ada Palmer.
Toujours aussi captivée et fascinée, je progresse dans le dernier tome de #TerraIgnota, un tome que j'ai tellement envie de faire durer.
#ScienceFiction #AdaPalmer

Je me suis abonné'e au compte de #AdaPalmer hier ou avant-hier mais je ne la retrouve pas aujourd'hui. Et je n'ai jamais trouvé celui de #NeilGaiman. Y a-t-il une liste accessible en dehors du Fediverse avec les comptes des auteur'ices d'#imaginaire ?

@mackenzieflohr 5-7 favorite authors (but actually 8, and that was hard to narrow down):

#OctaviaButler
#KJCharles
#ArkadyMartine
#NibeditaSen
#JoWalton
#AdaPalmer
#MargePiercy
#VictorLaValle

#bookstodon #reading #WritersOfMastodon

For those in Europe or awake in the middle of the night in North America, a new episode of our podcast Ex Urbe Ad Astra in which @adapalmer and I talk excitedly with Greer Gilman about Shakespeare https://exurbe.libsyn.com/ex-urbe-ad-astra-ep-7-shakespeare-and-language-with-writer-greer-gilman #Shakespeare #GreerGilman #AdaPalmer #podcast #ExUrbeAdAstra

@billybitts my 5-star reads this year (so far) have been Another Country by #JamesBaldwin ,Tales from Earthsea by #UrsulaKLeGuin , The Black Prince by #IrisMurdoch , Too Like the Lightning by #AdaPalmer , Slaughterhouse-Five by #KurtVonnegut , Fool’s Errand by #RobinHobb , The Poisonwood Bible by #BarbaraKingsolver , and The Unreal and the Real Volume 2: Selected Stories by #UrsulaKLeGuin : Outer Space & Inner Lands.

#DemBlitzZuNah von #AdaPalmer stand schon auf der #PhantastikBestenliste und wurde bei uns von Swantje rezensiert:

"„Dem Blitz zu nah“ ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman, der so einige kreative Risiken eingeht und ein ungewöhnliches Bild einer Gesellschaft der Zukunft zeichnet...."

https://www.literatopia.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27687:dem-blitz-zu-nah-ada-palmer&catid=64&Itemid=131