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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Looks like it's time for me to leave Beige.party. Can anyone recommend a decent, non-censoring instance? I hate censorship. This will be my last post here.

Three censorship warnings from the moderator of Beige.party.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Double Star" (1956) by Robert A. Heinlein Age Range: 14 to adult Genre: Science Fiction Here's a great book. It was Heinlein's first novel to win a Hugo award. As such, it's as far from Heinlein's...what shall I call it? […] [Original post on beige.party]

Magazine Cover

"February 1956 35 Cents"
"Astounding Science Fiction"
"Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein"

Image: A man in an odd hat and cloak looks warily behind him as he goes past a wall with two posters: One for "The Great Lorzeno" and the other that says "Build With Boniface"

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Tippy the Wonder Cat is feeling chilly today!

A large tabby cat in repose on his bed, a plaid blanket drawn up over his hindquarters.

A closer picture of a large tabby cat in repose on his bed, a plaid blanket drawn up over his hindquarters.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Convergent Series" (1979) by Larry Niven Age Range: 15 to adult Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories As I've said before, Larry Niven is probably the top hard-SF author of all time. His "Known Space" […] [Original post on beige.party]

BOOK COVER

"A top-flight collection of out-of-print classics and stories collected here for the first time"

Larry Niven
Convergent Series

Image: A human and several different aliens sit around a table in a tavern. The alien in front is giving itself an electric shock.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Mad Scientists' Club" (1965) by Bertrand R. Brinley Age Range: 10 to adult Genre: Children, Young Adult, Humor It's Thursday, so I'm recommending a children's book today! This was one of my favorites; I reread it many […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"50th Anniversary Edition"

"The Mad Scientists' Club"

"Bertrand R. Brinley"

"Illustrated by Charles Geer"

Image: Five cheerful boys in a shack. One of them is sitting behind a wooden box, holding a gavel. Another is on a stool, tilted back and looking up in the air thoughtfully. There's some scientific equipment in the background.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "S. Petersen's Field Guide To the Creatures of the Dreamlands" (1989) by Sandy Petersen et alia Age Range: 14 to adult Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Tabletop RPG Okay, I'll admit that this is a VERY odd one. I won't do many of […] [Original post on beige.party]

A view from space (?) of a segment of the Dreamlands. In the background over the edge of the globe is the cratered Moon, with stars and aurorae beyond. On the globe we see a map showing a section of continent. It includes the Nomad Lands, Lomar, the Cerenarian Sea, Mnar, the Fantastic Realms, Sona Nyl, and more. The colors are electrifying.

A greenish butterfly-dragon flutters amidst greenery.

A Cat from Saturn.

"A creature only vaguely cat-like, its body is of molded abstract
arabesques and filigree, and brightly hued. Jewel-like nodes cover
the flanks. At one end of the body is a baroque object, identifiable
as a head by the great round eyes. As a Cat from Saturn moves, it
extends legs from within it; at various times no, one, two, three, or
four legs exist and function. A retractable tail (or appendage of
unknown purpose) concludes the body."

A sailor in the skies of the Dreamlands encounters Larvae of the Outer Gods.

"The infinity of larval shapes makes useful distinction
impossible. Rely upon their habitat (outer space) and behavior to
identify them."

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Tippy the Wonder Cat decided to see if he could cook himself alive today. Fortunately, he failed. 😸 #cats #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #photography

A large tabby cat with a white fur bib sitting on a gas stove.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Master's Choice; the best science-fiction stories of all time chosen by the masters of science fiction" vt "18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories" (1966) Lawrence M. Janifer, ed. Age Range: 16 to adult Genre: Science Fiction […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"The Stories The Experts Picked . . .

18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories
(Originally titles: Master's Choice)

Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradbury
Robert A. Heinlein
H.G. Wells
William Tenn
Fritz Leiber
Lester del Rey
Henry Kuttner
C.M. Kornbluth
and others"

Image:

A planet emitting some...things, with a large eye looking out of the planet.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The October Country" (1955) by Ray Bradbury Age Range: 17 to adult Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy Just in case anyone's wondering how I assign age ranges, it's basically a combination of how old I was when I first […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

Image: Tall, creepy houses in a row going off into the distance. A long but skinny black lizard-like thing walks ahead of a humanoid figure in a purple-black skirt (or kilt, or dress) wearing a ragged red cloak and hood which is blowing back in the wind.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

We need a "kill switch" for the whole Epstein class—including Billy boy. #AI #News #epsteinclass

News article from Politico: Bill Gates says an AI 'kill switch& isn't enough

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" (1966) by Jean Shepherd Age Range: Adult Genre: Humor, Memoir You already know Jean Shepherd's work. You've seen him and you've heard his voice. In fact, the odds are VERY good that you […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

Jean Shepherd

In God We Trust
All Others Pay Cash

Image: An isomorphic view of a stocky man and an elderly woman sitting at a table with coffee and food. He's in a blue suit; she's in a green coat and yellow hat, with a large button pinned on that says "DISARM THE TOY INDUSTRY".

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Jupiter stretched out on his back and curled his toes. #cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Tuxedo kitten on his back with his paws curled and a small white blaze on his chest.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

This might be a stupid question, but do other people cut their pancakes up like this? My Dad taught me to do it this way when I was little—four cuts across—and I don't know if that's unusual. #food #pancakes #photography

Pumpkin pancakes that have been cut into regular wedges like a pizza.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The population of Gaza was 2.3 million in 2025. Israel has privately estimated that there are now 1 million or fewer Palestinians left in Gaza now. That means that 1.3 million Gazans have been killed or forced to flee, probably mostly killed. And of that 1.3 […] [Original post on beige.party]

ABOLISH ISRAEL

No state which commits
OR ABETS Genocide
has any right to exist.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Pumpkin pancakes! My favorite kind, second only to cinnamon bun pancakes which are impossible to get these days.

Pumpkin pancakes on a plate, with crisp bacon on a second plate.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Twenty-One Balloons" (1947) by William Pène du Bois Age Range: 10 to adult Genre: Children, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction It's Thursday, so here's a great book for children–and adults. It's a […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"The Twenty-One Balloons"

"William Pène du Bois"

Image:

A man with a gray pointed mustache and beard in a white morning-coat and hat smiles at an enormous diamond that he's holding in his hand. Behind him is a large balloon; behind that in the distance is a volcano and mountains. A replicate of the Newberry Medal in foil is stamped on the cover.

Illustrations of the merry-go-round balloon. There are three sections: The Observation and Hydrogen Shack, a detail of the axle showing a threaded screw, and the balloon merry-go-round on the ground.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Write If You Get Work (and Hang By Your Thumbs): The Best of Bob & Ray" (1975) by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding Age Range: 11 to adult Genre: Humor, Radio When I was a kid I looked forward to being sick. Why? Because my […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"Write If You Get Work: The Best of Bob & Ray"

"And Hang By Your Thumbs"

Bob Elliott
Ray Goulding

Forward by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Image:

An old-fashioned radio with caricatures of Bob and Ray to each side.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Elric Saga, Part 1" (1972 - 1977) by Michael Moorcock Age Range: 16 to adult Genre: Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Dark Fantasy Michael Moorcock's "Eternal Champions" books are foundational to the modern field of fantasy […] [Original post on beige.party]

The albino sorcerer Prince Elric of Melnibone holding the demonic runesword Stormbringer: the Black Blade.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

The new giant military complex Arch de Trump with sniper stations and drone launching facilities all over the top will be approximately two miles from the giant new military complex Trump Ballroom with sniper stations and drone launching facilities all over the […] [Original post on beige.party]

Map of central Washington DC with White House Ballroom and Trump Arch sniper bases, along with red circles representing approximate range of sniper fire from each.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Swords and Deviltry" (1970) by Fritz Leiber Age Range: 17 to adult Genre: Fantasy Younger readers probably don't know what things were like for science fiction and fantasy fans in the 40s, 50s, 60s, and early 70s. That was […] [Original post on beige.party]

On the left a ghastly blue sorcerer with a purple cape gesticulates, white light forming in his clawed hands. Evil-looking black rats and some odd bestial creature stand with him. From the right he's approached by a huge fur-clad blond barbarian man with a long sword and a throwing dagger and a short gray-cloaked man with short blades. A battle is clearly in the offing!

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Tippy the Wonder Cat seems larger and larger every time I see him. I can't figure it out! #cats #CatsOfMastodon #photography

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Did you hear that Trump announced that his new triumphal Arch is also going to be a storage area for military weapons and sniper ammunition? And that it's going to have sniper stations and drone attack launch facilities on the top? According to him, the military […] [Original post on beige.party]

Barad Dur, with the Eye of Sauron on top.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Kiln People" (2002) by David Brin Age Range: Adult Genre: Science Fiction This is •different• science fiction, which is partly why I recommend it. In a medium-future Earth, technology has taken a bizarre turn; people copy […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"DAVID BRIN"
"KILN PEOPLE"

“Intricate plotting, unflagging inventiveness, and a judicious sprinkling of
puns and in-jokes: Brin keeps the pages feverishly turning.” Kirkus Reviews

A man in a blue trenchcoat stands amongst all-white hairless duplicates of himself with their eyes closed...mostly. Behind him are elevated large white domes.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Roundabout Train" (1958) by Betty Ren Wright Age Range: 2 to adult Genre: Children This is a classic book for •very• young children, particularly ones who like trains. It's extremely cute and sweet. I have an odd history […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover
"A Tell-A-Tale Book" "39₵"

"Roundabout Train"

Image: Two trains seem to be about to collide. On the left is a yellow-and-red diesel engine; on the right, a black steam locomotive. Both have eyes and mouths. A human in a blue uniform waves his arm to one side.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Songmaster" (1980) by Orson Scott Card Age Range: Adult Genre: Science Fiction I don't like Orson Scott Card. He's a homophobe and a religious bigot. Which is why I felt schadenfreude when his talent dried up and went […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover
"SONGMASTER"
"Orson Scott Card"

Image: A line of white-robed figures on a walkway that curves left toward a sand-colored building not unlike a cathedral. Beyond, a massive golden spaceship hovers.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Doctor Dolittle's Post Office" (1923) by Hugh Lofting Age Range: 6 to adult Genre: Fantasy, Children In this, the third book in the Doctor Dolittle series, the Doctor returns to Africa for a visit. Taking his usual animal […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover:
"Doctor
Dolittle's
Post Office"

"Hugh Lofting"

The Doctor and Jip the dog, paddling a long red boat with a prow like a duck's head on a marshy-looking body of water.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Schimmelhorn File: Memoirs of a Dirty Old Genius" (1979) by R. Bretnor Age Range: 16 to adult Genre: Science Fiction, Humor Ah, the •fun• days of science fiction. When a book like this could be published without fear of […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover:
"The Schimmelhorn File: Memoirs of A Dirty Old Genius"
"The life and works of the greatest octogenarian lecher ever to hit the annals of science •or• fiction"
"Reginald Bretnor"

Image:
The head of a laughing old white-haired, white-bearded man (Papa Schimmelhorn) with a giant set of ram's horns (presumably metaphorical ones), with a hand held to his lips. Below him is a small image of a speeding horse overlaid with large cogs.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Bluebeard, the Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916–1988)" (1987) by Kurt Vonnegut Age Range: Adult Genre: Fiction, Humor I assume that everyone who reads has read at least SOME books by Kurt Vonnegut. "Welcome to the […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover

"The National Best Seller

KURT VONNEGUT

BLUEBEARD

'Pure Vonnegut...pure pleasure!'
-Baltimore Sun"

Two gaudily-decorated cowboy boots on a red floor, with some of the decorations apparently flying off into the air.

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "MiracleMan" (1982 - 1984) by Alan Moore Age Range: Adult Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero, Science Fiction How have I made 142 recommendations without ANY Alan Moore? I don't know, but I'm not letting that go on any longer […] [Original post on beige.party]

Comic Book Cover
"MiracleMan No. 1 75¢"
"REBIRTH"
by Alan Moore
and Gary Leach

[MiracleMan stands amidst fire and lightning.]

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales" (1963) edited by Isaac Asimov and Groff Conklin Age Range: 15 to adult Genre: Science Fiction This is an anthology of short (or technically, "short-short" science fiction stories by many […] [Original post on beige.party]

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Quasit @quasit.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Sundiver" (1980) by David Brin Age Range: 17 to adult Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery I have mixed feelings about David Brin's work. His early career was stellar, but later on his work became obscure, confusing, and frankly […] [Original post on beige.party]

Book Cover:
WINNER OF THE HUGO AND NEBULA AWARDS
DAVID BRIN

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HEAVEN'S REACH

SUNDIVER

AN UPLIFT NOVEL

[Three humans and an ash-white alien inside a spaceship, surrounded by a massive screen. The Sun's corona shows around them on the screen, with large green toroids outside the ship. The alien has raised a spindly arm, apparently pointing at something.]

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