Do you have an interest in archaeology? Do you love reading? Do you love book clubs or recommendation lists? If you said “yes” to at least one of these questions, we’d love for you to check out our book blurb videos, which are part of our Data Story, A Pun Goes Here: The AAI Reads Fiction Book Club!
Because the video blurbs for A Pun Goes Here are so short, we’re sharing them by theme instead of by video. Our second theme is “How do science fiction or fantasy novels utilize archaeological information?” As you might have guessed, each book in the series falls into the sci-fi or fantasy genre and highlights the cool ways archaeological knowledge and data appear in fiction. They’re a great chance to see how diverse, non-archaeologist, authors integrate archaeological influence into their work.
We’ve linked to each video in this blog, so check them out!
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7SQ8XJ4
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7J67F3S
Provenance by Ann Leckie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M74X55X0
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7RR1WD9
You can check out the rest of our book blurbs already on YouTube. More than that though, if you enjoy these videos, check back soon when we release A Pun Goes Here: The AAI Reads Fiction Book Club Data Story for open peer review. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the Data Literacy Program’s Paulina promoting these books. Happy Reading!
Image Credits: “A Pun Goes Here Educators Image” by Paulina F. Przystupa from the Data Literacy Program (DLP) licensed CC BY-SA and includes adaptations of “dark blue bookcase” by L. Meghan Dennis adapted from an Adobe stock image and “APunGoesHere_Hat” by L. Meghan Dennis with attribution and provenance information forthcoming.
