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When Books Kill

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If you plan on doing lots of summer reading this year, be sure to keep the safety basics in mind: Always keep your page-turning fingers hydrated; never enter an unfamiliar fictional world without a compass; and — most important — watch out for poisonous books. Odd as it may sound, works on paper can actually be toxic — even deadly — if they’re colored with the wrong pigments. A team of researchers at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) recently rediscovered this peculiar bane of bibliophiles when they pulled three Renaissance-era manuscripts from the school library’s rare-book collection, put them … Read more

FOR READERS: What Book Changed You?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Robin Harper: What book has changed you the most? The one that you can point to and say without a doubt that you were not the same person you were before you started reading it. Which one altered your perspective of the world, of yourself, or even changed the path your life was heading down? Tell me about the power of stories! Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR WRITERS & READERS: What Would the Book Say?

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FOR WRITERS & READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Benjamin van der Wel: Much debate has been had about a book that, once purchased, should either kept pristine or can be underlined, dog-eared, marked up, or generally annotated. No one seems to ask the books about what they would prefer. If a book could talk about it, what would it say? Join the chat

FOR READERS: Author v. Book

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: Do you ever have trouble separating the writer from their work? For example, have you had a book you didn’t love, but then you met the author and wanted to give it another try because you liked the person? Or the opposite, you couldn’t read an author’s work anymore because of their personal behavior or attitudes? Please do not mention names or titles. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Chapter Block

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Anna Butler: What do you do when you are just plain stuck in a chapter? Not so much a full writer’s block (that’s a topic on its own) but when the writing doesn’t come easily, the chapter and characters and action are all being bloody-minded and difficult, and you are a bit stumped about how to get yourself moving on it again? What techniques do you use to get the juices flowing again? Join the chat

FOR WRITERS: Through the Looking Glass

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Fletcher Delancey: We all know that readers bring their own experiences and expectations to our work. Do you find that some readers apparently read a completely different book than the one you wrote? How do you come to terms with that, particularly if their review is based on this “looking glass” version? Join the chat