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With *Slayers of Old*, Jim C. Hines has delivered a fun, thrilling, heartfelt, and even *funny* look at what happens when you get old... but the monsters don't. Hopeful without being cloyingly saccharine, this book just *hits right*, particularly now. PARTICULARLY now. If you were a fan of *Buffy* or *Supernatural* or *Charmed* or anything inspired by them, do yourself a favor: pick this book up now.
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@alan@mindly.social
Posting this so "Dave Kindle customer" gets the infamy they so richly deserve. #books
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Gabrielle Steele X Echoes of Chaos posts:
This review has made me decide to buy Empress of Dust, which is in the Narratess sale. It already sounded interesting, and it's great to know there's enough LGBTQ rep to piss off this bigot, who has misgendered the author. What a twat!
Embedded screenshot of Amazon review from "Dave Kindle Customer":
[three stars] Empire of Dust
Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2024
Format Kindle Edition - Verified Purchase
Interesting book. The misuse of pronouns made it lose stars. Instead of him or her it was them or they. | don't know why it's so hard for some authors to use correct pronouns. Otherwise, the book was fun to read. Kingsley has the talent to write good stories. If Kingsley gets the pronouns right, his books can earn five stars easily.
5 Classic Novels That Almost Had Completely Different Endings
Would these classic tales still be as popular with different endings?
By Chelsea Thatcher
https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/books/classic-novels-alternate-endings
The 5 classics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/105
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/174
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75201
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Miss Havisham, Pip, and Estella, in art from the Imperial Edition of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. Art by H. M. Brock.
An interior scene — a woman in a dark dress leans over a seated younger woman in light clothing, holding her close, while a young man sits to the right with his back partly turned, watching. A candlestick and ornate mirror are visible in the background. The caption beneath reads "Well? You can break his heart".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations#/media/File:Breakhisheart.jpg
#QuestionOfTheDay scariest weapon in fiction? (mechs, the death star, combat vehicles, etc all count as weapons, and I'll count robots intended to be weapons like Terminators, but not all robots, for example, Data from Star Trek isn't a weapon even if he's quite scary if you used him as one, I will also count stuff like the T-Virus from Resident Evil as a weapon, and I guess Pokemon count too but like keep to the spirit of the question please)
#fiction #videogames #scifi #fantasy #anime #manga #books #movies #film #comics #comicbooks #TV #television
Upgraded from floor piles to wall piles.
(these are just my bedroom books, I need to sort out my kitchen books, my living room books, and my hall books too)
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A bright attic room with sloped ceiling and a large skylight window. Six wall mounted floating shelves hold tall, densely stacked piles of books in various colours and sizes. Visible titles include Drystone, Bothy by Kat Hill, Dewey, Rural, Wintering, Anima, How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell. To the left, a wicker rattan floor lamp glows warmly. In the background, a dark cabinet holds more books, beside a large rubber plant in a grey pot. Leaning against the cream wall to the right is a large abstract canvas painting in red, pink, blue, and black. The carpet is light grey.
This is an excellent little series y’all should listen to.
I'm a small account over here, but I should still do something I did on Bsky to make it easier where to buy find Direct From Authors.
So #Authors, if you sell books directly (eg. Payhip/ Kofi/ Itchio/ are running a kickstarter or other via your website): tell us:
-about the kind of books you write
-drop a book graphic
-and your direct store link!
#FantasyBooks #SciFiBooks #IndieAuthors #Queerbooks #Books #Bookstodon
#QuestionOfTheDay who is a character you dislike in a fictional work but had one great moment that even you have to grudgingly admit was great?
#VideoGames #TTRPG #CCGs #fiction #books #romance #tv #television #scifi #fantasy #movies #film #anime #manga #comics #comicbooks #musicals
I hope the hive mind can help with finding a book for me. Many moons ago, back in the late 80s I think it was. I'm very sure I heard this story on Danish radio. Set in Sweden a child with divorced parents had to travel between them by flying back and forth from northern and southern Sweden. Back then you could "hand over" a child to the airport and flight staff for them to accompany the children to the destination. In the story the staff had help someone urgently and parked the child (main character) at a check in desk. This was where everything went wrong for the parents and staff but the adventure started. As the child took a handful of the tags that the children got to show where they were going. And they would swap these tags around so it say LAX, LHR, JFK etc. as they got put onto different flights around the world.
Am I dreaming or is this really a book?
Thanks!
#Bookstodon #BookWorms #Books #Sweden #Denmark #Sverige #Danmark #Radio #Story
A new post about 90s nostalgia and Ali Smith’s Gliff.
The nostalgia is perhaps a longing for a time before everything became tracked, optimised and permanently recorded, and a sense that something has been lost.
The novel imagines a near future where the loss of freedom is complete.
Gliff is eerie and fragmentary, but what disturbed me the most is how recognisable it feels.
It's a literary thought experiment, but also a warning.
#QuestionOfTheDay who is the worst primary love interest for the protagonist in a work of fiction you otherwise enjoy?
If applicable, who would the love interest be?
Please name the title of the work and characters for those not familiar with it, and include any other details you want, you can use spoiler tags if you want
#fiction #videogames #comics #comicbooks #anime #manga #TTRPG #CCGs #books #fantasy #scifi #musicals #webcomics #TV #television #movies #film #romance
> A collection of resources for studying the Luddites. It takes an expansive reading of Luddism, including resources on adjacent methods of technological resistance, the history of technology and contemporary technological automation
Hi everyone! I’m John, a GenX physicist who invented laser technologies to detect diseases using exhaled breath, as well as some holographic technologies for augmented reality. But the best part of my work has been mentoring young scientists, engineers, and founders. Nowadays I live near some of the best beaches in Atlantic Canada. Interested in science, health, music, art, photography, books, biking, and D&D. On Mastodon since 2022. #introduction #physics #science #Canada #founder #books #DnD
People are complaining about Amazon's refusal to take care of old Kindles and then saying this is why they only read "real" books.
The problem was never digital books, the problem is the corporate ecosystem, which sucks in a thousand different ways. Complain about that, not the existence of eBooks.
I love "real" books, I literally make real books by hand, but I also love digital books. One can break the DRM and free those beloved weightless little tomes into your own hands, for you to keep forever and ever (provided you back them up of course). I read far more than I could otherwise by using a digital format for about 70% of my reading.
Please stop shitting on eBooks, when Amazon the company is RIGHT THERE.
Graphic Novel Review: The Power Fantasy vol. 3 by Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard, Clayton Cowles and Rian Hughes
@chloroform_tea has our review at the NOAF blog
#books #review #bookstodon @bookstodon
#graphicnovel #comics
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/graphic-novel-review-power-fantasy-vol.html
Discounts and community support, all in one place.
Https://firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html
Books reviewed and recommended by excellent author Margaret Killjoy, in service of helping a small queer bookstore.
#Books #QueerBooks #SmallBookstore #SFFauthors #FirestormBooks #IndieBooks
Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day!
Celebrate with a treat from a Black-owned indie bookstore.
Brittany Allen
https://lithub.com/today-is-the-very-first-national-black-bookstore-day/
#books #literature #blacklivesmatter #NationalBlackBookstoreDay
Book promotion: Power changes everything in this mosaic novelset in a world where 10% of the population develops uncanny abilities at midlife.
Some people’s lives change for the better. Others face the loss of all they hold dear.
priced at $0.99 on my website AT THIS LINK --> https://kmherkes.com/sale-bookshop/p/rough-passages-fedi
Other vendors & formats:
https://books2read.com/Rough-Passages
#Fedibookshop
#Fedifiction
#bookstodon
#books
#reading
#writing
#ScienceFiction
#fantasy
#RolloverFiles
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The ebook cover for Rough Passages by K M. Herkes (cover image of a flaming figure set against a nighttime cityscape) set diagonally on an impressionist background of reds, golds and earth tones. Beside the book are words describing the tropes and themes of the book:
chosen families
definitely hopepunk
but also science fiction
fantasy
feisty heroines
superpowers
fighting the system
older protagonists
defying expectations
Take a chance on one of my otherworldly stories about people who risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & cooperation. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, but never grim.
Get epubs DRM-free for $0.99 on my website at this link:
https://kmherkes.com/sale-bookshop
Other formats at regular prices:
https://books2read.com/kmherkes
(DRM-free where I can make them so)
#bookstodon
#BookPromo
#books
#reading
#writing
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
#fantasy
#hopepunk
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Descriptive text falling like snowflakes around a paperback and ebook edition of Controlled Descent by KM Herkes on a blue snowy background. Text snippets are: chosen family vibes, like a heist, but for justice, hopepunk-y, disability rep. lots of swearing, no love triangles, not dystopian, sweet romance side plot, a little violence, but not grimdark! The book cover images show two tiny figures walking across a snowfield toward a distant futuristic cityscape and stepp mountains while a plane leaves a contrail overhead on blue sky.
The Iron Cradle isn’t a prison—it’s a furnace. As the carriage careens toward a ravine, Machiavelli seizes a silver cylinder that should hold a list of Florentine traitors, only to find a note from his mentor: “The map is not the city, and the boy is not the Index. Look at your own skin.”
Power, betrayal, and the ticking clock of a collapsing Republic swirl in a single night’s march.
The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
By Jocelyn Timperley
Books about Time at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/16707
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A detailed technical cross-section diagram of a complete clock movement, showing the full gear train and mechanism from power source to escapement.
Key components:
B — the pendulum (teardrop-shaped bob) hanging to the right
P — a hanging weight at the bottom, the power source driving the mechanism
C — a large mainspring barrel or fusee at the centre, with visible coiled spring
A, D — lower great wheel and barrel assemblies
E, F — intermediate gear wheels of the going train
L — the escape wheel at the top with characteristic shaped teeth
Z — winding arbors top and bottom
M — likely the motion works for the dial
O, Q — click and ratchet mechanisms on the left for winding
S, S — the plates (front and back) of the movement frame
U, X, A — the pendulum suspension and crutch assembly on the right
T, T — pillars holding the plates apart
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54546/pg54546-images.html
The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur #books #literature #dedication
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To Our Children
We must support our children in every way we can. We must allow our children freedom to express themselves creatively. We must praise our children and thank them for their gift of inspiration. We must motivate our children spiritually. We must challenge our children to a higher level of achievement. We must increase our children's self-confidence and improve their overall quality of life.
So we say to our children, draw, paint, write, act, sing, dance, think, express, and be free to dream always: Nzingha, Malik, Imani, Zahra, Keon, Lil Jamala, Mia, Kyira, Avani, Maya, Jasmine B., Ineke, Maja, Jacia, Jemil, Yusef, Rubiyah, Helen, Jada, Carl, Milan, Seleick, Ashaki, Valencia, Adaija, Lianna, Lil Imani, Alai, Kai, Alana, Remi, Rylie, Etan, Leigh, Shaquan, Talia, Devanee, Nikko, Demourla, Alana, Henry III, Marquessa, Emily, Audrey, Andrew, Alyssa, Mathew, Brooke, Alex, Arielle, Jonothan, Ashley, Kayla, Jax, Rafi, Chan'tal, and Coy.
The Bro Code by Barney Stinson with Matt Kuhn #books #literature #dedication
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For me, the best Bro I know
I had not noticed that there was a new edition of "The Linux Command Line" until today.
If you use Linux, and perhaps especially if you are new to Linux, and want to get to grips with command line / terminal usage, it is well worth dipping into this free (CC BY-NC-ND) tome:
📚💡A plataforma #MECLivros oferece cerca de 8 mil títulos gratuitos, entre obras clássicas e contemporâneas, para incentivar o acesso à literatura em todo o país. O app já está disponível! https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/radioagencia-nacional/educacao/audio/2026-04/mec-vai-oferecer-livros-gratuitos-e-cursos-de-idiomas-em-plataformas
Why the Temple of Artemis Was the Greatest Wonder of the World
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was so magnificent that it was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
by Kieren Johns
https://www.thecollector.com/ephesus-temple-of-artemis/
Temple of Artemis at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=temple+of+artemis
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From the 1572 Octo Mundi Miracula, the earliest known representation of the temple in modern times. The engraving was by Martin Heemskerck.
The temple of Artemis is represented by a colonnaded façade richly decorated with relief sculpture, statues in niches, a pediment with figural groups, and a long stepped platform.
Workers, architects and figures labour in the foreground: cutting stone, rolling columns, consulting plans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis#/media/File:Philips_Galle,_Dianatemplet_i_Efesos,_1572,_KKSgb10001-5,_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst_(cropped).jpg
"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved."
First-Ever ‘Jane Goodall Day’ Will Take Place on April 3 To Honor the Late Conservationist’s Mission
By Regina Sienra
https://mymodernmet.com/jane-goodall-day/
#books #nature #animal_welfare
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Photo of Jane Goodall.
Image despicts Jane Goodhall with silver-grey hair pulled back loosely, wearing a camel turtleneck sweater beneath a teal cardigan. Around her neck she wears a small pendant in the shape of the African continent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall#/media/File:Deputy_Secretary_Higginbottom_Poses_for_a_Photo_With_Dr._Jane_Goodall_and_the_State_Department's_Global_Health_Diplomacy_Director_Jordan_in_Washington_(22365513310)_(2)_(cropped_2).jpg
A PROIBIÇÃO DE LIVROS ESCOLARES AUMENTA NO REINO UNIDO, ENQUANTO A ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DA GRANDE MANCHESTER CENSURA DEZENAS DE LIVROS
Uma bibliotecária da escola enfrentou uma audiência disciplinar e dezenas de livros foram removidos de sua biblioteca escolar depois que ela abasteceu o Homem que Odeia Mulheres de Laura Bates
#CENSURA #LIVROS #BOOKS #CENSORSHIP
Katie Dancey-Downs
20 Mar 2026
More vegan food pics [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
3/n One of the vegan restaurants in Hoi An had a couple of massive book cases, with some pretty cool literature!
#Bookstodon #Vietnam #HoiAn #Reading #Books #Food #VeganFood
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Clear vegan noodle soup with crispy fried tofu, carrots, morning glory and chili. Pic also shows my hand holding a 1973 edition of Northanger Abbey, where I'm reading the introduction. A few raindrops fell on the pages.
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A bowl of black rice, yoghurt, mango and roasted coconut.
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Clear noodle soup with tofu, veggies and sesame rice cracker.
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A plate of spicy green papaya salad, garnished with peanuts and served with green tea, hot sauce and soy sauce.
"Cê acha memo que a saúde mental da pessoa que entrega seu lanche tá boa?
Depois de fazer a ablução matinal, engulo um pão com manteiga, dou um cheiro na guerreira e vou até o quarto dar um beijo nos meus pivete, que ainda dormem. Hoje a chuva tá castigando. O calor também. Um tira e põe de capa de chuva que é de chapar qualquer motoca. Faz uma cota que não venho mais suportando essa rotina. Dos meus 43 anos, há 22 tô na rua. Antes até que era mais de boa, virava uma moeda, tinha uns contrato, CLT e pá. Mas desde que os aplicativo dominaram a porra toda, é só tristeza que sinto. De uns tempo pra cá, tenho sentido umas palpitação no peito, um bolo na garganta e falta de ar".
https://casatreseditora.art.br/vereda-11-or-eder-oliveira
#EderOliveira #Vereda11 #livros #books #cronicas #CasaTres #plataformizacao #PrecarizaçãoDoTrabalho
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Captura de tela de videocast, mesacast. Mostra homem de cabelo curto, bigode e cavanhaque, com camiseta preta com o seguinte texto escrito em letras brancas:
"Cê acha mesmo que a saúde mental da pessoa que entrega seu lanche tá de boa? Vereda 11"
Oops, Typo! A New Exhibition Embraces 500 Years of Printed Mistakes
The show at Yale Library explores the printing errors, blunders, and gaffes that made literary history.
by Min Chen
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/yale-errata-exhibition-2751007
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A section of a page from the Wicked Bible of 1631.
The notorious typographical error is visible in the highlighted line 14: "Thou shalt commit adultery" — the word "not" was accidentally omitted from the Seventh Commandment, directly inverting its meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographical_error#/media/File:Marked_Wicked_bible.jpg
Enshittification, o livro (Cory Doctorow) - Resenha
https://curadoria.bearblog.dev/enshittification-o-livro-cory-doctorow/
#Enshittification #CoryDoctorow #livros #books #BookReview #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SurfandoWeb #BlogsBR @blogsbr #blog #Tecnofeudalismo #Technofeudalism #Technofeudalism #YanisVaroufakis #Rentismo #BigTechs #Antitrust #CuradoriaDaInternet
The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language
The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.
by Rosamund Oates
Sign language at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=sign+language
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Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(sponsus) of a man placing a ring on a woman's finger. By James le Palmer / anonymous illustrator
British Library Royal MS 6 E VI, fol. 104
A historiated initial S from a medieval illuminated manuscript, painted in blue, pink, ochre, and olive green. Within the curved body of the letter, two figures face each other: on the left a young man in a blue tunic, on the right a woman in a white veil and rust-coloured garment. Between them, the man places or holds a small ring, their hands meeting at the centre. Both faces are simply rendered with calm expressions. The initial is framed by a blue and pink border with a dark speckled ground filling the background behind the figures.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omne_Bonum_Royal6EVI104_Anulus.jpg
Today is World Book Day in the UK and Ireland.
Go find your bookstore and make them happy 😊
Here on our map, big chains are greyed out so you can focus on the real book-shops.
example: Dublin
https://www.lokjo.com/#m=16:53.34374:-6.25959:s=026
#worldbookday #dublin #europe #books #bookstodon #society #golocal #supportlocal #buylocal
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map of Dublin showing non-corporate and non-chaines bookstores
I am one of the nearly 10,000 authors contributing our names to Don't Steal This Book; a protest launched today at the London Book Fair.
If AI developers wish to use our work in their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms.
This is how copyright operates.
Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. For the UK government to even consider allowing this to continue is a disgrace.
LocalSend tem agora um plugin para o KOReader!
O LocalSend é um app multiplataforma que permite transferência de arquivos entre aparelhos que estão na mesma rede Wi-Fi. Basta dar um nome para seu dispositivo e aceitar a transferência quando alguém te enviar algo.
Com este plugin, seu e-reader consegue tanto receber quanto enviar arquivos. E, como o LocalSend permite o envio da área de transferência (clipboard), você também pode enviar seu "Ctrl+V" para o KOReader.
Isto pode ser útil para ler um texto "solto" que não está em .ePub e nem salvo em arquivo. Por exemplo: um trecho de artigo longo, basta selecionar, copiar e colar no LocalSend. Será criado no KOREader um arquivo apenas com aquele trecho, no formato .txt.
Abaixo o repositório oficial e um tutorial em vídeo do "embaixador" do KOReader no Youtube, Stefan Svartling:
- [localsend.koplugin - GitHub](https://github.com/kaikozlov/localsend.koplugin)
- [How to install LocalSend KOReader plugin and send and receive files wirelessly on your e-reader - Stefan Svartling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F4jSLoj8xM)
#LocalSend #KOReaderPlugin #KOReader #ereader #StefanSvartling #books #ebooks #FileTransfer #Kindle #Kobo
Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate it, Project Gutenberg created a new bookshelf titled Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/706
More information about these magnificent women can be foud in PG´s March Newsletter:
https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/
#books #literature #womeninstem #womenhistoryMonth
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Mary Somerville [Fairfax]. Lithograph after J. Phillips.
A lithograph portrait of Mary Somerville shown from the chest up, in early 19th-century dress. She has elaborately styled curly hair piled high with ringlets framing her face. She wears a ruffled white lace collar and a dress with feathered or fur trimming at the shoulders, fastened with a circular brooch. Her expression is calm and self-possessed, her gaze slightly averted.
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/mraqxra2
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi. Line engraving by E. Conquy after M. Longhi.
A line engraving portrait ofMaria Gaetana Agnesi shown bust-length within a softly shaded oval vignette. She has powdered or light curly hair loosely styled, small drop earrings, and wears a fur-trimmed garment over a light dress with a ribbon bow at the shoulder. Her expression is composed and direct.
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/pmfug8sg
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A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist. By George Kellaway
A stipple or line engraving portrait of a woman shown from the chest up against a densely cross-hatched dark background. She has long, loosely curled hair falling to her shoulders, a small decorative crown or coronet at the top of her head, and wears a pearl necklace and a low-cut dress with a draped sash. Her expression is placid and direct. The caption below reads Margaret, D. of Newcastle. The engraver's name Kellaway sc. appears at lower right.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Margaret,_D._of_Newcastle_(4670217).jpg
TIL: over two dozen Philip K. Dick stories are in the public domain because their copyright was not renewed
https://philipdick.com/2012/04/03/public-domain-philip-k-dick-stories/