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-====== Books ======
+====== Literature ======
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 ===== Fiction =====
+==== Novels ====
 **[[https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed|The Dispossessed]] - Ursula LeGuin**
 Anarchist Utopian Fiction, Apparently she knew Oppenheimer and he was the inspiration for this book. Probably my favorite book currently changed how I thought of a lot of political and social things -Devon
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 Action book set in post 2nd civil war america has christian zealots a loose collection of free cities in texas and a mobile burning man full of cyborg warriors.  Super fun super smart. -Devon
+**Discworld - Terry Pratchett**
+Terry Pratchett is a master at turning silly fantasy tropes on their head to build a ridiculous and fun world that makes fun of our society and fantasy authors and their boob armour and racial stereotypes. I like the city watch series the best and think it's a good starting point. Guards! Guards! is the first. It's best to read them by story line rather than by release date. [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Discworld_Reading_Order_Guide_3.0_%28cropped%29.jpg|Here is the reading order guide]]
+==== Short Stories and Poetry ====
+**[[https://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/content/ode-scab-jack-london-1876-1916| Ode to A Scab]] - Jack London** Don't be a scab.
+==== Graphic Novels / Comics /Manga ====
+**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmetropolitan|Transmetropolitan]] - Warren Ellis** Cyberpunk Hunter S Thompson and his filthy assistants proving gonzo journalism is what the people want.
+**[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(comic_book)|The Sandman]] - Neil Gaiman** Supercool fantasy series about the King of Dreams and how he learns to get by with a little help from his friends.  The netflix series was decent too.
 ===== Non-Fiction =====
-**[[https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread|The Conquest of Bread]] - Peter Kropotkin** Former Russian Prince turned anarchist Peter Kropotkin lays out his ideas and plans for an anarcho-communist revolution and building that society after the revolution.  Short and with sources, A bit old now but still one of the best intros to anarchist thought.
+**[[https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread|The Conquest of Bread]] - Peter Kropotkin** Former Russian Prince turned anarchist Peter Kropotkin lays out his ideas and plans for an anarcho-communist revolution and building that society after the revolution.  Short and with sources, A bit old now but still one of the best intros to anarchist thought. -Devon
+**[[https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-the-world|Canada in The World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagintation]] - Tyler Shipley** A history of Canada from it's colonial days to 2020.  He clearly has a message he's trying to push but it's all impeccably sourced.  Surprisingly engaging read and I've learned a ton of things I had literally never heard of before now.  -Devon
+**Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell** Turns out fighting fascists is mostly boring, and that the real enemy isn't always who you think. -Devon
-**[[https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/canada-in-the-world|Canada in The World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagintation]] - Tyler Shipley** A history of Canada from it's colonial days to 2020.  He clearly has a message he's trying to push but it's all impeccably sourced.  Surprisingly engaging read and I've learned a ton of things I had literally never heard of before now.
+==== Essays and Other Short Form Reading ====
+**[[https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/shooting-an-elephant/|Shooting an Elephant]] - George Orwell** George Orwell totally shot an elephant once.  Never managed to shoot any fascists though.
+===== Free Legal Books Online =====
+These books are either in the public domain or are released with permissive licenses which make them legal to distribute for non-commercial purposes:
-**Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell** Turns out fighting fascists is mostly boring, and that the real enemy isn't always who you think.
+  * https://www.gutenberg.org/ Free ebooks of public domain books.  Good stuff to fill your ereader with the classics
+  * https://erowid.org/library/books_online/ A collection of interesting drug related books
+  * https://theanarchistlibrary.org/stats/popular  A large collection Anarchist though
+  * https://www.marxists.org/archive/index.htm A collection of Marxist thought