By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/04/2026Ada Palmer may just be the most bewilderingly talented person I know: a genius sf writer, incredible librettist and singer, wildly innovative educator, *and* a leading historian of the Renaissance. 1/ 39219
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/04/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/04/25/m... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 160
Frank Van Haste @vanhaste.com · 25/04/2026Thanks for this recommendation, it sounds great. My excellent county library has it so it's now in my tbr list there. 000
Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Available via Toronto Public Library (who should be posting here on Bluesky) tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S2...tpl.bibliocommons.comInventing the Renaissance — Toronto Public LibraryInventing the Renaissance — Palmer, Ada, — "In this new book, the award-winning novelist and renowned historian Ada Palmer seeks to dismantle the myth of the Renaissance as a 'golden age' compared to ... 041
