#Spacepunk

[myecandy]

Frontier journals

[psiqueyin]

[aeontriad]

[infenza-dreams]

Hoverview Veil!

[ggeyser]

probably not

[spacetimesally]

When the Captain of a Generation Ship shuts down the life support systems of over half of those in hibernative stasis, Sally is sent to survey the damage and remove the Captain from his command, in 'The First Light of Proxima B'

Other Timelines, Other Lifetimes Series... Post-Aughts, A more modern take on this previous piece

[neuronerdo]

Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente is my all-time favorite book that no one has every heard of. It's about space, but it's also about grief, and it's about cinema, but it's also just a father and a daughter and everything that could possibly go wrong in that equation. It's a murder (?) mystery in that someone has died, but the characters make it so the concept of "murder" goes a little bit fuzzy around the edges.

It's also, for what it's worth, batshit insane. I love the worldbuilding because it reeks of someone having a baffling idea and devoting their entire novel to it. Valente commits to the bit at every turn, leaving no moment untouched by creative decisions that should logically fail and yet never do. I think it has to do with her tone-- the whole book is written in such a "duh" voice. Of course the moon is the modern Hollywood. Of course there are kangaroos on Mars and whales (?) on Venus. Of course Pluto and Charon are linked in a celestial dance by an organic bridge of tree limbs and flowers. Of course, of course, of course.

It's also the type of book where every character talks circles around what they actually mean. Every page is a treasure hunt, and trust me when I say that the hunt is entirely map-less for the first two thirds. But who likes their quests easy? It's only satisfying if you work for it.

I suppose my main point is that you should read it. It is a book that makes me happy and I would regret it forever if I didn't give you the chance to read it too.

[our-trans-punk-experience]

*points at you* mechanisms fan?

Shhhh ik it's not to the theme of the blog (except for the fact they're all punk. And edibly transgender) but yes yes ofc. Steam-punk-rock space pirates???? Naturally ya boy is a fan

[youare-number6]

Views of the Valley

[chunderbluck]

Hello, I hope your day is just fine. I just moved to a new town up in the mountains of central BC. I see trees around me, but spaceships in my brain.

TYVM for your sales, it means the Earth to me

[yourgayfroggiefriend]

Mmm, time for starmites angst!

So, we know how spacepunk and the mites escaped when they were little kids, and they’re the only ones left right?

Spacepunk on top of having to take care of the mites and keep everyone alive and well, also had the duty to carry on the starmites culture. They were the only ones left alive, and punk was the oldest so probably knew the most. If he forgot anything about their culture it was most likely gone forever.

I’m thinking that Shak Graa pulled something like a genocide, since there is no one else. So it’s not a stretch to say that he followed in the footsteps of many others and destroyed their places and culture and tried to erase them entirely.

Spacepunk was the only thing keeping his entire race of people and their history and culture and memory and from disappearing entirely. That has to be stressful, right? I’m just imagining him desperately trying to remember and preserve anything he can. Even as a little kid. He had to grow up so fast and pretend it was okay and give the mites hope. Spacepunk was fucking traumatized and holy fuck their backstory is horrifying.

Starmites angst has given me a serious brain worm.

[myecandy]

Ceres dusk

[psiqueyin]

By pino44io

[daweirdo-applhead]

started sketching this drawing of Spacepunk ages ago to bribe @yourgayfroggiefriend to take of his binder, finally went back to finish it lol

[infenza-dreams]

Sea of Stars 🌠

[sharkboy-starmites]

Doodle of these losers (affectionate)