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J.R.R. Tolkien created entire languages before writing The Lord of the Rings.
The world came after the words. Do you think that's why the books are so long?
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The word wizard originally meant ‘wise one.’
The earliest recorded use dates back to the 1400s.”
If you could ask a "wise one" any question, what would it be?
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Letters to publishers in the 18th and 19th centuries show readers complaining about unresolved plots, unhappy endings, and “what the author should have done.” Some traditions never die.
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🌊 #LiteraryFunFact:
The original Little Mermaid had no seashell bra, no singing crab, and no happily-ever-after.
Stories develop with every retelling — and that’s the magic. ✨
#FunFactWednesday #StoryMagic
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: The Oxford English Dictionary was built by volunteers—thousands mailed in word examples on slips of paper for decades.
The first edition took over 70 years to complete!
#BooksOnBsky #WordHistory #LiteraryFunFact #ReadersOfBsky
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: The word “robot” was coined in 1920 by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 𝘙.𝘜.𝘙., from robota meaning “forced labor.”
It didn’t take long for fiction to make them self-aware. 🤖
#BooksOnBsky #ScienceFiction #ReadersOfBsky #LiteraryFunFact
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: The first “cliffhanger” came from Thomas Hardy’s 𝘈 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 (1873), where the hero literally hangs from a cliff.
Some endings just grab you. 😉
#ThomasHardy #BooksOnBsky #ClassicLiterature #ReadersOfBsky
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: “The Raven” (1845) made Edgar Allan Poe famous overnight—yet he was paid only $9 to $15.
Fame came swiftly, fortune nevermore.
#Poe #TheRaven #BooksOnBsky #ClassicLiterature #WritersLife
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: Sense and Sensibility (1811) was published anonymously as “By a Lady.”
Jane Austen’s words introduced her long before her name did.
#JaneAusten #ClassicLiterature #BooksOnBsky #WomenWriters
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: Proust’s In Search of Lost Time holds the Guinness World Record for longest novel—over 1.2 million words in seven volumes. 🕰️
It’s the ultimate literary marathon.
#Proust #BooksOnBsky #ClassicLiterature #ReadersOfBsky #EpicReads
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📘 Fun fact: In 1935, Penguin Books launched sixpenny paperbacks—affordable, sturdy editions sold in places like train stations and Woolworths.
They put literature in everyone’s hands and changed publishing forever.
#BooksOnBsky #PenguinBooks #LiteraryFunFact #BookHistory #ReadersOfBsky
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📘 Fun fact: Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham using only 50 unique words—after a bet with his publisher.
That playful restriction gave us one of the best-selling children’s books of all time.
#BooksOnBsky #DrSeuss #GreenEggsAndHam #ChildrensBooks #LiteraryFunFact
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📘 #LiteraryFunFact: Shakespeare coined or popularized about 1,700 words in English.
Think of everyday gems like eyeball, cold-blooded, or in a pickle. His creativity expanded the language in ways we still feel today.
#Shakespeare #WordHistory #BooksOnBsky #LiteraryFunFact #ReadersOfBsky
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#LiteraryFunFact: Over 1,000 years ago, Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji, often considered the world’s 1st novel.
Though the original manuscript is gone, her story survives in many copies. In Japan, she’s revered as highly as Shakespeare is in the West.
#BooksOnBsky #ReadersOfBsky #Herstory
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💡 Literary Fun Fact: The first book printed on a typewriter was Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi — ironic, since he was famously impatient with “technology.” 📜➡️⌨️➡️🤖☕
#LiteraryFunFact #MarkTwain #BookTrivia #ClassicLit #WritersOnBsky #BookBsky #ReadersOfBluesky #Storytelling
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💡 Literary Fun Fact: At 18, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein after Lord Byron dared friends to write ghost stories. She didn’t just win — she invented a genre. 🖋️⚡#LiteraryFunFact #MaryShelley #Frankenstein #BookTrivia #WritersOnBsky #BookBsky #ClassicLit #ReadersOfBluesky
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#LiteraryFunFact:
Stephen King was hit by a car in 1999. He recovered, but the real twist? His lawyer bought the car and had it crushed—just to keep it off eBay. King’s only regret? *He* didn’t get to smash it.
(No pic of the car. Here’s a corgi instead.) 🐾
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#LiteraryFunFact: Writers are curious creatures. We call it research.
Jane Austen? Brewed her own beer—with molasses for sweetness.
How’s that for an intoxicating fact? (Sorry, had to!)
#BookFun #AustenTrivia #AuthorLife
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Today's #LiteraryFunFact:
Truth is often stranger than fiction. Arthur C. Clark, author of 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟭, 𝗔 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘆, predicted the internet. He is also said to have anticipated the invention of bendable computer screens, geostationary satellites, lip reading software, smart phones and more.
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#LiteraryFunFact:
Did you know that one of the most famous lines associated with Doyle's Sherlock Holmes does NOT appear in any of the books?
"Elementary, my dear Watson," comes from film and TV adaptations rather than the books themselves.
I'll bet Doyle wishes he'd thought of it though.
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