#estep

[roughridingrednecks]

Estep

[lobaznyuk]

[incorrectoldgodsquotes]

Ginny: Got my train ticket, got my boys, my work here is done Jack: Uh, we are not her boys Tommy: Yeah we are Jack: Yeah we are

[housebaylor]

2023 Books. ⋙ Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

“Once again, I was in a situation where I had only bad options. Sometimes I thought that was the sad story of my life. No good, easy, simple choices, only those that ranged from bad to worse to catastrophic.”

[jtfieldsiii]

Sketch book pages dedicated to figuring out what I was doing with the other two art pieces I was working on. Featuring lots of creatures.

[casualist-tendency]

Ryan Estep (American, b. 1980), Sterilized Dirt B4, 2014, 213.3 x 152.4 cm

[solradguy]

I needed to kill some time while my test prints ran today so I went into the "for you" tab on Twitter and discovered the most dystopian hellscape known to man. The only post there that didn't do tick damage to my wellbeing was a drawing of some buff anime guy with tasteful dickroot showing. Awful, awful website

[mallouca]

Às vezes, sentava-me, morto de cansaço, num banco, na borda de uma fonte, à beira da calçada; ouvia bater meu coração, limpava o suor da face, continuava meu trajeto, cheio de angústias mortais, cheio de vacilantes ânsias de viver.

[jampiethrow]

I need more Ginny, Tommy, and Jack

[smashpages]

This is a preview of “Purim Spiel” by Katherine Locke and Joanna Estep featuring Web-Weaver from Marvel’s Voices: Pride (Marvel, June 2023).

[roughridingrednecks]

Estep in Florida

[sandythereadingcafe]

REVIEW

SPIDER AND FROST by Jennifer Estep at The Reading Cafe:

'a quick read, fast paced short story: captivating and engaging'

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/spider-and-frost-elemental-assassin-by-jennifer-estep-dual-review/

[incorrectoldgodsquotes]

*Jack quickly pulls the truck up to the curb where Ginny is standing, Tommy is in the passenger seat*

Tommy, flirtatiously: Going my way?

Ginny, as she gets in: Road-trip!

Jack: We’re literally on the run from the Lockes

[wearethekat]

May Book Reviews: Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

Picked this one up on recommendation by Ilona Andrews as a particularly fun space opera. When lab tech Vesper Quill discovers a deliberate flaw in the newest design of spaceships, she inadvertently sets off a manhunt-- and puts herself on a collision path with the dangerous Kyrion Caldaren, the emperor's own assassin.

This is a fun read, if a bit silly (psy powers strike again). I would say it's a level or two pulpier than Winter's Orbit, for reference. Estep also writes a surprisingly nuanced take on mandatory psychic bonds-- in her worldbuilding, it's not "fate", it's two people's psychic powers involuntarily latching on to work together, essentially. It's not inherently romantic and it doesn't mean that the two people are well matched personality-wise, although it does force a level of emotional closeness. Still not my favorite trope, but acceptable. The inevitable romance was played very slow-burn, with no real resolution in the book, which I like.

However. after reading through around two hundred pages about Mr. Kyrion Caldaren. yeah yeah, he wears all black, he stabs people with his glowing laser sword. he killed his father and serves the evil space empire as a personal attack dog. his psychic space powers bond with protagonist woman, his long floppy dark hair, striking eyes, and slightly large nose-- WAITAMINUTE. to make matters worse he's literally Kyrion CaldaREN. if a resemblance to a certain star wars man is a problem for you, rest assured that he's just doing a little situational cosplay, more or less. Once you mess up the setting and context that much, you have a functionally completely different guy.

If these tropes sound like fun, you'd probably enjoy it, if they make you wince, better to steer clear. Light, pulpy fun.

[graphicpolicy]

Get a first look at Marvel's Voices: Pride #1

Get a first look at Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 #comics #comicbooks #lgbt #lgbtq

Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1, the annual one-shot that celebrates LGBTQIA+ characters and creators, returns this June! The groundbreaking anthology will continue its tradition of bringing the spirit of Pride Month to your local comic shop with a dazzling and diverse collection of tales, all brought together by an incredible lineup of new and established talent. Now in its third year, Marvel’s…

[pensamentosecafe]

“Em vez de ter sua personalidade destruída, ele conseguiu aprender somente a odiar a si mesmo. Contra si próprio, contra esse objeto nobre e inocente, dirigiu a vida inteira toda a genialidade de sua fantasia, toda a força de seu poderoso pensamento. Foi precisamente através do Cristo e dos mártires que aprendeu a lançar contra si próprio, antes de mais nada, cada severidade, cada censura, cada maldade, cada ódio de que era capaz. No que respeitava aos outros, ao mundo em redor, sempre estava fazendo os esforços mais heroicos e sérios para amá-los, para ser justo com eles, para não fazê-los sofrer, pois o “Amarás teu próximo!” estava tão entranhado em sua alma como o odiar-se a si mesmo; assim, toda a sua vida era um exemplo do impossível que é amar o próximo sem amar a si mesmo, de que o desprezo a si mesmo é em tudo semelhante ao acirrado egoísmo e produz afinal o mesmo desespero e horrível isolamento.”

Livro O lobo da Estepe de Hermann Hesse