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====== Literature ======


Here is the [[Book Club]] reading list

These are some books I've enjoyed and recommend.  Please feel free to add your own. And if you're feeling ambitious link to the authors or publishers site if they have one.

===== 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

**Parable of The Sower - Octavia Butler** 
Apocalyptic Fiction in a near future america.  Super good book about building communities and actually doing something even when it's all gone to shit.  - Devon

**[[https://atrbook.com/|After the Revolution]] -  Robert Evans** 
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. -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

==== 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:

  * 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