I write English-language books about German folklore. I primarily read books about folklore & mythology, history, and tabletop role-playing games.
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A collection of German legends and folk tales of the "Bergisches Land" region.
Ein weiteres Buch aus öffentlichen Bücherschränken von dem ich hoffe, es mal als Inspiration für #pnpde -Mythologie zu verwenden.
@robparsons@bookstodon.com The limiter, as always, is time. So many books to read, and so little time to do it in.
Another collection of #CthulhuMythos fiction which I bought a long time ago and never got around to reading.
These days, I find it difficult to read #CosmicHorror when the real world has non-fictional horrors aplenty.
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the …
One of these days I ought to re-read this book.
Jürgen Hubert
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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand …
Skeptical scrutiny is not only the toolkit for rooting out bunkum and cruelty that prey on those least able to protect themselves and most in need of our compassion, people offered little other hope. It is also a timely reminder that mass rallies, radio and television, the print media, electronic marketing, and mail-order technology permit other kinds of lies to be injected into the body politic—to take advantage of the frustrated, the unwary, and the defenseless in a society riddled with political ills that are being treated ineffectively if at all.
— The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (56%)
A fascinating look at the culture of #NorthKorea . It was particularly interesting for me since I actually had a North Korean co-worker back during my university days.
