Professor of Film, Literature and Poor Life Choices. Full-time duck chaperone. Part-time author of things about films and books.https://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mly6sekads2m16 May 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly6sekads2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxwgulnss2tRIP16 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwgulnss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxsi3bekc2462, with another 18 unread on the shelves (and half a dozen or so I have no intention of ever reading no matter how good this half-assed list claims they are) https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time16 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsi3bekc24https://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxo56dj7s2rPlease sign and share https://c.org/GmntjBRhj816 May 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxo56dj7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxnsnemic27Currently we're in 8th place! Much to our surprise! Now imagine if @argibbons.bsky.social weren't such a slacker! https://medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/ducks-amuck16 May 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxnsnemic27https://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxd4y7guk2oDay 1 of raising money for Medical Aid for Palestinians: a 5k run and then a 6.5k walk to the mudflats, though the tide was in so not at all muddy. Sponsor me! medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/mark-bould16 May 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxd4y7guk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxcolhia22oPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 330/751 Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952)16 May 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxcolhia22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxcn3pugs2oPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 329/751 Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel (1940)16 May 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxcn3pugs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxcm6kbgs2oPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 328/751 Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist (1989)16 May 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxcm6kbgs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlxckaoqpk2oPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 327/751 Storm Jameson, In the Second Year (1936)16 May 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxckaoqpk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlux57tf5c2uI’m about to start Striding for Medical Aid for Palestine with a 5k run in the rain. Check out my profile picture (and sponsor me while you’re there). https://medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/mark-bould15 May 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlux57tf5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlusher4sc2xPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 326/751 Sarah Lefanu, In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism and Science Fiction (1988)15 May 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlusher4sc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlusglbeck2xPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 325/751 Interzone (1982–2004, when I stopped subscribing). Started in the mid-teens and then bought the back issues two at a time and15 May 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlusglbeck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlusaq23m22xPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 324/751 Charles Beaumont, The Intruder (1959)15 May 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlusaq23m22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/markbould.bsky.social/post/3mlus4tapjc2xPick a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 323/751 Brian D’Amato, In the Courts of the Sun (2009) and The Sacrifice Game (2012) taught me to wait for the third volume of a trilogy before reading the first two15 May 2026 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:34z2efrn3cchvmz334o3qsor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlus4tapjc2x