Notices by Sean Eric Fagan (kithrup@wandering.shop), page 2

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 6 copies of @nkjemisin's The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1), which didn't win nearly enough awards (even though it won all of them). To say it's powerful would be an understatement, a failing of my ability to articulate thoughts into words. Ironically, *not* a problem Jemisin has. There are 2 sequels to this, equally as good. If you haven't read it, you should; if you have read it, find someone who hasn't and get them to read it.

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There are still 6 UK/IE Kindle copies of M.R. Carey's INFINITY GATE available! Remember, you need to have an amazon.co.uk account for these. This is a *great* book, one of the best I read last year, it was recommended by @seananmcguire, and you just can't go wrong with it.
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Cached US Kindle giveaway: 6 copies of L.E. Modesitt's The Magic of Recluce, which I like a lot. Weirdly, the parts I liked the most were when Our Protagonist was working on carpentry, which went into details and, for some reason, was comforting. It's also got an unusual magic system, and Our Protagonist is not too bright, although part of that was people deliberately keeping him ignorant.

I didn't care for the sequels. But liked this one a lot.

Ok I've got some really old caches to give out. Unfortunately this one is the 2nd in a series. Oops. I don't know if I gave out the first one at some point; I do know I have it. Although I haven't read it yet. Oops again. Oh! It's Azura Ghost (The Graven Book 2), by Essa Hansen.
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@Antiqueight The one I think of as convenient is the setup we had in Beaverton, with an August smart lock controlling a deadbolt. The august attached to the inside meant that locking and unlocking was done by just turning a large circle, and it could lock automatically. And, of course, unlock using my iPhone.

I know I can get an inside knob for the locking, so I don't have to rely on a key to open the door, but I also want all the rest, including automatic locking.

@Antiqueight I just want ease and convenience, I know it's not the Irish way.

@steve My preferred lock back in the US was August, which was an add-on to existing deadbolts. Quite happy with them.

With the yale mortice ones, do you still have to do the lift-up-to-lock, or does it just take care of it all itself?

Anyone have any experience with smart (or "smart") mortise locks? (While I have some good uses for phone-controlled ones, I admit mostly I just want a keypad for cleaning people, the ability to auto-lock, and ideally not have to have a damned key to open from the inside.)

@Antiqueight @cstross A Bird in the Hand: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/a-bird-in-hand.html

@Antiqueight On weekends, I tend to be more occupied reading so it does tend to be later. :)

@Antiqueight I usually post book giveaways between 5 and 6 pm here, so between 8 and 9 am in the US West Coast...

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart, which got back into my thoughts a few years ago because of a hilarious story @cstross wrote (YES HE CAN DO HUMOR). It's got a bunch of neat things in it, including a story about the dangers of using machine learning and music. Maybe I should reread it, but I did like it the last time I did.

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Cached (barely) US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Guy Gavriel Kay's TIGANA. This was the first book of the author's after the Fionavar Tapestry that I read. I think it's midway between the pure fantasy of Fionavar and the historical fantasies he has made a career out of. I liked it a lot but it is ... really depressing in a lot of ways. Also one of the best magical curses I've ever seen.

It's a good time to say "FUCK YOU EVIL FASCIST INVADERS" I say.

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of @davidbrin's EARTH: A NOVEL, which I *have* and *have read* and *did like*. I might be in a minority there, but it is just chock-full of BIG IDEAS and characters. I'm still waiting for some of the stuff it predicted to come about (telepathic computers!). The actual end of the book caused me to not quite get the ending in Scalzi's REDSHIRTS.

This has a super-optimistic ending that we won't be getting in reality. Alas.

@edsuom Here: 6 US Kindle copies of Patricia Briggs' Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1), free for the taking.
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@cstross @hobs https://torpublishinggroup.com/season-of-skulls/

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of @matociquala's Ancestral Night (White Space Book 1) which I *have* and *have read* but can't remember much of. It's back on my Want to Read list, so I'll get to it.

Anyway, I'm sad, so claim one if you haven't read it, or tell other people about the giveaway if you have, or do both, and if you can, maybe try to do something kind for someone?

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