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Emma Thompson | For Vanity Fair, Venice | Saskia Lawaks | September 2023

[whymaige]

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Andy Biersack on Instagram, 01/05/2024.

My earliest memory of being scared is hearing “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” from the original 1979 cast recording. I was both terrified and fascinated by Len Cariou’s portrayal. As a kid, I learned all the lyrics to songs like ‘Johanna’ and ‘My Friends’ and would sing them constantly. The 2007 film by Tim Burton only deepened my obsession and it became my dream to play Sweeney Todd in some capacity. The “Bleeders” music video fulfills this wish in so many ways. A huge thank you to @jensennoen and his incredible team for creating my favorite video we have ever done, to @erikron for helping us craft the song, to my BVB brothers for their passion, creativity and constant hard work, our label @spinefarmrecords for their full fledged support and belief in the concept, and to all of YOU for making it possible for us to do this in the first place. This project is a dream come true. All BTS photos by @anabeldflux Director: Jensen Noen Producers: Phoenix Vaughn + Ruth Devereaux + Ashley Haines Executive Producers: Frank Borin + Ivanna Borin Production Company: Blesscode Entertainment Production Designer: Albina Kim Director of Photography: Powell Robinson VFX: Alex Verenchyck + Tilt VFX Colorist: Joseph Bicknell at Company 3 Costume Designers: Orchid Satellite + Elias Martinez Art Directors: Arthur Guimares + Shoaib Shawl 1st AD: Tiffany Waxler Crane Op: Eli Franks Stunt Coordinator: Max Heavenrich Makeup Designer: Sheila Bond BVB Makeup Artist: Nikki Hernandez Hair Stylist: Phil Saunders BVB Jackets: Saints of the Undead Gaffer: Nate Thompson Key Grip: Adam Shambour CAST: Young Sweeney: Carl Eilers Policeman: Al Burke Priest: Robert Sisko Judge: Joseph Lopez Young Girl: Cali Kira Mother: Saskia Baurr

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More Girls on the Bus thoughts from 1x03 under the cut (this is very similar to my twitter thread if you already saw that, though this is a little longer):

I feel ROBBED that we didn't get more of this scene. Sadie eats half of a THC chocolate bar, and all we see is her talking to Hunter S. Thompson and being a bit dizzy?

I really wasn't expecting her to go out in public again - and when she did, I thought something hilarious was going to happen. Or she'd end up in her hotel room lying down on the floor handing on for dear life. Really wanted more in this scene!

THIS SHIP IS EVERYTHING!!! I love Lola and Josie 😭 They have decent chemistry, and I really just love seeing butches on TV, since it feels relatively rare to see that aspect of myself represented.

Really hoping Josie sticks around!

I love how Lola genuinely doesn't think helping Sadie is a big deal. They're competitors! In a very cutthroat field! But they're also forming this friendship - Sadie was helping Lola with terminology earlier - and Lola is happy for this sort of mutual help.

Women helping women 💪

Scott Foley had to have had a blast filming this 🤣

Sadie better not fucking sleep with him.

PLEASE SADIE.

PLEASE.

I know I know, we're all Sadie/Saskia shippers at heart now.

But Sadie/Malcolm is really growing on me! I wasn't sure how I felt about Malcolm in the first two episodes, but their chemistry is really cute, and I'm getting the same sort of vibes I got from Meredith/Derek back in my Grey's Anatomy days.

It feels almost like a modernized take on that (I already commented before that Sadie herself feels like "Kara if she were on Grey's Anatomy", so I guess I'm going with that). Like, Grey's Anatomy wouldn't work today - Derek's persistent pursuit would be (rightfully) considered sexual harassment rather than cute - but this specific vibe of "we slept together, we shouldn't have, but we didn't know it at the time, but we still want to" feels like a successor of that dynamic to me.

Given that Sadie doesn't seem like the type for a committed relationship, I'm not sure where this is going to go, guess we'll see!

DAMN YOU AND YOUR CLIFFHANGERS 😭

I'm not feeling great about Grace's plot and I'm feeling sort of meh about Kimberlyn's plot, so I haven't really talked about them here. Otherwise, though, I'm very much enjoying this show ❤️

Looking forward to learning exactly why all of them end up arrested!

[missperfectlyfinewrites]

Starter call! In particular, for the muses under the read more. I don’t have many/or any at all for some of these characters, so would love some more!

All muses are bi, open to any almost muses and are good for fluff, angst, 🔥 and more (I’ll have a look at your blog/wanted tags to see what you might like.

Like this post for a starter or two, comment if you have a muse preference 🩵

ALLIE JORDAN | early twenties | lifestyle & make up influencer | submissive | halle bailey fc ➡️ sweetheart but a bit of a bimbo

AVERY POWELL | mid twenties | professional dancer | submissive | maude apatow fc ➡️ talented and sweet, a little quiet and timid off stage.

BIRDIE BENNETT | late twenties-early thirties | toystore owner | submissive | melissa o'neil fc ➡️ kind, down to earth girl next door.

BRIA RADLEY | mid forties | animal shelter owner | switch | rose byrne fc ➡️ kindest soul, prefers animals over people, definitely adhd vibes.

DARCY RODRIGUIEZ | early twenties | college student & babysitter | younger half-sister to kaitlyn | switch | olivia rodrigo fc ➡️ sweet girl, some family issues, just wants to be appreciated? tries hard at life.

FLORA HARRIS | late twenties | maid / helps run her mother’s cleaning company - au or modern | switch | simone ashley fc ➡️ kind, quiet but doesn’t take any shit, works hard.

HAZEL WEST | late twenties | social worker | younger sister to harper| submissive | katherine mcnamara fc ➡️ ultimate sweetheart but sensitive and wears heart on her sleeve

HUDSON PHILLIPS | mid twenties | social media rep & daughter of famous football coach | switch | mimi keene fc ➡️ flirty, bratty, fun, daddy’s little girl, spoiled, doesn’t always care about consequences.

ISABELLA BAILEY | early twenties | pop star | switch | rachel zegler fc ➡️ America’s new sweetest popstar who is struggling a little with new level of fame

IVY WINTERS | mid-late twenties | teacher | submissive | taylor swift fc ➡️ sunshine angel teacher who has deals with ex boyfriend trauma & anxiety. happy to discuss her issues.

JEMIMA EDWARDS | mid twenties | pastor’s daughter & teacher’s assistant | older sister to tabitha | submissive | camilla morrone fc ➡️ kind hearted, wants to see more of the world, religious guilt - very much still a virgin.

JULIET HAWKE | late twenties-early thirties | founder of a non for profit | submissive | eiza gonzalez fc ➡️ kind, charitable, loving, super caring.

KAITLYN RODRIGUEZ | early forties | psychiatrist | older half-sister to darcy | submissive | melissa fumero fc ➡️ wants to fix other people but has her own issues happy to discuss

MADELINE LAWRENCE | mid twenties | princess - AU or modern | switch | taylor swift fc ➡️ kind but stubborn, loyal but a little bored of her life, a daydreamer.

PAISLEY THOMPSON | early twenties | dance teacher + sugar baby | switch | rain spencer fc. ➡️ fun, flirty, sweet, sometimes gets herself into unexpected situations.

SASKIA HART | early thirties | children’s tv presenter/entertainer | younger sister to yasmin | switch | taylor swift fc ➡️ talented, sweet, sunshine, black sheep of the family, struggles with people not taking her seriously sometimes

SAVANNAH COOPER | early twenties | lifeguard | submissive | madelyn cline fc ➡️ not the brightest but she’s very genuine and does her best. has some learning issues.

SIENNA TRAN | late thirties | lawyer | switch | gemma chan fc ➡️ work, work and more work? Sienna can be fun and likes to unwind but she’s bossy, work oriented and easily annoyed.

TALIA SINGH | early twenties | australian exchange student + casual babysitter | switch | ayesha madon fc ➡️ fun and friendly, misses home!

YASMIN HART | mid thirties | owner & ceo of Hart Cosemtics | older sister to Saskia | switch | brooklyn decker fc ➡️ mommy and daddy’s favourite, judgemental, bossy, work oriented.

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Here’s a list of the returning cast members:

Jessica Almasy as Lourna

January LaVoy (Teja in TR)

Jonathan Davis (Andrik Keller and Asgar Ro in TR)

Saskia Maarleveld (Parr and Avar in TR)

Soneela Nankani (Muglan and Keeve in TR)

Marc Thompson (Pan, Sskeer, and Marchion in TR)

Shannon Tyo (Quin and Nib Assek in TR)

Tempest Breaker cast dropped!!!

[thelonecalzone]

The Unaired Two-Page Conversation

I think we're past the point of possible spoilers, so as promised: the 2pg book conversation that was cut for time (and realism). Originally, I was experimenting with "unsent" books as part of the conversations, but I thought it would ultimately be too confusing and opted not to use that, so anything you see with a strikethrough is an "unsent" book.

(If this text formatting is ultra zany and hard to read, someone please tell me and I'll make it more regular. Allison is Blue, Patty is Red... for reasons... 🫠)

Allison: It’s Lonely at the Center of the Earth, by Zoe Thorogood

Patty: Not Here, by Hieu Minh Nguyen

Allison: Tell Me Everything, by Minka Kelly

Patty: Daily Rituals, by Phoebe Garnsworthy

Patty: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, ZZ Packer

Patty: Crime, by Irvine Welsh

Allison: Without Me? by Chelle Bliss

Allison: Exciting Times, by Naoise Dolan

Patty: Not Without You, by Harriet Evans

Patty: The Page Turner, by David Leavitt

Allison: I Got a Job and It Wasn’t That Bad, by Scott Dikkers

Patty: Really Moving On, by Pierre Jeanty

Patty: What Kind of Job Can a Monkey Do? by Sato Akira

Allison: Hey Rick! Don’t Be So Rude! by Alyssa Thompson

Patty: I Like Monkeys, by Peter Hansard

Allison: So You Like Me Too, by OPR

Patty: The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily M. Danforth

Allison: Just Say Yes, by Niobia Bryant

Patty: Yes, Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson

Patty: Get to the Point, by Joel Schwartzberg

Allison: I Miss You, by Pat Thomas

Allison: Without You, by Saskia Sarginson

Allison: You’re, by Keisha Ervin

Allison: I Got My Dream Job and So Can You, by Pete Leibman 

Patty: Super Spy, by Matt Kindt

Allison: The Librarian Spy, by Madeline Martin

Patty: For the Love of Books, by Graham Tarrant

Allison: Reminds Me of You, by Retno Handini

Allison: For the Thrill of It, by Simon Baatz

Patty: Run Towards the Danger, by Sarah Polley

Allison: Risking it All, by Tessa Bailey

Patty: Risk (With Me), by Sue Wilder

Patty: Ambitious Girl, by Meena Harris

Allison: Yeah, Right, by Jim and Helen Fox

Patty: The Follow-Through Factor: Getting from Doubt to Done, by Gene C. Hayden

Allison: A Stroke of Dumb Luck, by Shiloh Walker

Patty: Credit Where Credit is Due, by Frank Casey

Allison: Optimists Die First, by Susin Neilsen

Patty: The Price of Immortality, by Peter Ward

Allison: Death Visits the Hair Salon, by Amy Anderson

Patty: Murder in the Library, by Katie Gayle

Allison: Sounds Like Fun, by Bryan Moriarty

Patty: I Have More Fun With You Than Anybody, by Lige Clark

Patty: Certifiably Insane, by Arthur W. Bahr

Allison: Charming as a Verb, by Ben Philippe

Patty: How Do You Manage? by John Nicholson

Allison: Liquor, by Poppy Z. Brite

Patty: Hardly Know Her, by Laura Lippman

Allison: Don’t Be Gross, by Barbara Bakos

Patty: It’s Just Anatomy! by Ellen

Allison: Rough Transition, by Patrick Kelley

Patty: Some Girls Like it Rough, by Marlo Peterson

Allison: What Sort of Girls Were They? by Petrea Leslie

Patty: Girls with Bright Futures, by Tracy Dobmeier

Allison: I’m a Little Ghost and I Like the Dark, by Lynda Kimmel

Patty: Dark As the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid, by Malcolm Lowrey

Allison: Murder in the Dark, by Simon R. Green

Patty: My Job Was To Bring The Shovel, by Randall M. Rueff

Allison: The Complete Accomplice, by Steve Aylett

Patty: The Magician’s Assistant, by Ann Patchett

Allison: The Witch’s Familiar, by Raven Grimassi

Patty: Witch Minion, by Lissa Kasey

Allison: These Witches Don’t Burn, by Isabel Sterling

Patty: The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon

Allison: A Touch Morbid, by Leah Clifford

Patty: Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize, by Margo Rabb

Allison: I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight, by James Hold

Patty: Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel, by R. H. Sin

Allison: Sounds Perfect, by Ashley Boren

Patty: How I Made a Friend, Daniel Georges

Allison: Good For You (Between the Lines), by Tammara Webber

Patty: We’re Very Good Friends, by P.K. Hallinan

Allison: Sounds Fake, But Okay, by Sarah Costello

Patty: What If It’s True? by Charles Martin

Allison: What If It Wasn’t? by Ivan Itch

Patty: Why Do You Care? by Saju Skaria

Allison: I’m Fine and Neither Are You, by Camille Pagán

Allison: The Replacement Part, by Nora Wylde

Patty: Just a Friend, by Ashley Nicole

Allison: How to Kill Your Best Friend, by Lexie Elliott

Patty: You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, by Tom Gauld

Allison: Dead Jealous, by Sharon Jones

Patty: You’ve Got to Have Friends, by Delbert George Fitzpenfield Anthony

Allison: Everything I Need I Get From You, by Kaitlyn Tiffany

Allison: Among Other Things, by Robert Long Foreman

Allison: Truths I Learned from Sam, ​​by Kristin Butcher

Patty: The Idiot King, by Patty Jansen

Allison: He Helped Me Climb the Mountain, by Betty E. Wright

Patty: The Man Who Pushed His Wife off a Cliff, by Will D. Burn

Patty: Men are Trash, by Salman Faris 

Patty: And That’s Why I Think I Prefer A Rainbow Horse, by Tiarra Nazario

Patty: Sam Houston’s Wife, by William Seale

Allison: What About Her, by Emma Tharpe

Patty: Amelia Bedelia Sleeps Over, by Herman Parish

Patty: The Undead in my Bed, by Katie McAlister

Allison: Sleeping with the Enemy, by Nancy Price

Allison: How Could You Do That?! by Laura Schlessinger

Allison: How Could You Murder Us? by Charae Lewis

Allison: Why Her? by Nicki Koziarz

Allison: I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me, by Jerold J. Kreisman

Patty: I Was Joking, Of Course, by Paul Jennings

Allison: Liar, by Tate James

Patty: What if I Say the Wrong Thing? by Verna A Myers

Allison: Don’t Look Back, by Josh Lanyon

Patty: Come Back, by Sally Crosiar

Patty: SHIT, by Shahnon Ahmad

Patty: Barbie: It Takes Two, by Grace Baranowski

Allison: I Changed My Mind, by Jimmy Evans

Allison: Allison Hewitt Is Trapped, by Madeleine Roux

Patty: Are You Still There, by Sara Lynn Schreeger

Patty: Wait for Me, by Caroline Leech

Allison: Look Back, by Tatsuki Fujimoto

[saskiaelse]

&&. announcing her majesty, ( saskia van oranje-nassau ), the ( 61 ) year old ( queen ) of ( the netherlands ). she is often confused with ( susanna thompson ). some say that she is ( conforming & unforgiving ), he is actually ( humble & humorous ). ( OOC: NORA )

i wasn’t going to but then i got fomo

i used to have a full bio for her but i deleted her blog and now i regret it

but basically she comes from a middle class family

started dating the crown prince of the netherlands thinking it would not go anywhere but one thing lead to another and they found themselves in a situation where they needed to think about the future

she has a degree in sociology

eventually decided to commit to coenraad

a royal wedding & femke came shortly afterwards

she’s the strict parent, mainly because coenraad can’t see their privilege as easily

she was the one who named armani... i’ve thought about this a lot and came to the conclusion that it had to be because of some petty joke or something. something like coenraad teasing her about her lack of fashion knowledge and then she said fuck you and named a kid after a designer whose style she would not be able to recognize

will slap bastiaan and olivier in the backs of their heads if they misbehave

[whymaige]

🛡️ Discussing Party Mitigation 🛡️

🌷 My contribution as the WHM 🌷

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✿ All earnings from Patreon go straight to help with our rescue cats' vet bills and food. They totally need some right now so it you've spare to share, here's the kofi! ✿ . . . ✿SPECIAL SHOUTOUT✿

~to my h10ly! Patrons!~

Aqua Riversong (Excalibur) Awen Mol (Gilgamesh) Axel Blazeheart (Goblin) Chibi Dreamweaver (Midgardsormr) Des Astorias (Lamia) Durlin Riverbow (Zodiark) Flyna Windsteel (Leviathan) Hetteka Saskia (Omega) Italy Cresente (Cactuar) J'anza Mesoca (Lamia) Keaton Senpai (Ultros) Kiera Aschenbrenner (Mateus) Khit Amariyo (Leviathan) Kokowo Kowo (Louisoix) Lazarus Shade (Midgardsormr) Lillian Kyo (Leviathan) Marceline Persim (Sargatanas) Marina Thompson (Leviathan) Mismi Galei (Lamia) Neithen Sazumi (Mateus) Omega Mcbungus (Brynhildr) Pandasuki Neko (Hyperion) Rina Velverosa (Ultros) Sequoia Stardust (Behemoth) Seraphina Marielle (Ultros) Sheimi Windrider (Omega) Shuri Kenger (Ultros) Tyr Basisk (Faerie) Vitobrine (Cactuar) Yohshura Kuji (Ultros) Y'nara Kaisuri (Phoenix) Zeehart Xua (Valefor) Annamarie S. Anthony A. Cliffhangingonlife Crystallis Enzel GoldxGuns Idal E. Kage Suta Kam Mako Yin N. Hdz Ryuji Rakkan Tofu Tofuklops Seiran Song Shade S. Whit G. Zynro Sozoko

Thank You Thank You! m(_ _)m

[kolasihq]

Here are the random pairings for the event! Please remember that threads begin tomorrow at noon and can run through next week. You are able to pick the location and who brought/bid on the basket. If you muse is listed and they should not be, please contact the main as soon as possible!

Ramon Martinez & Lainey Washington

Aiden Parker & Hayley Huffred

Mia Reid & Calliope Hastings

Charlie Chae & Cherry Thompson

Imani Darbandi & Paige Whitaker

Winter Evans & Carter Penn

Rebecca Forbes & Nicholas Klee

Salomé De La Rose & Kiara Clark

Preston Burke & Hunter Huffred

Erin Bitfield & Amelie Brooks

Nijiko Kato & Ezra Rhee

Sienna Levesque & Salem Hwang

Nora Al Fasil & Alex Newman

Lysa Taylor & Maisie St. Clair

Sophia Martinez & Tracy Lance

Kodey Holloway & Chrysan Choi

Saskia Daly & Summer Evans

Esmée Dogan & Milena Lazaro

Wednesday Davenport & Jayden Pierce

Christian Mullins & Clémentine Fraser

Lydia Thomas & Cameron Correia

Jeremy Balfour & Jenna Brady

Chunhua ‘Spring’ Liang & Kiri Samuels

Harper Grant & Lucy Luck

Anna Carpenter & Joanne Hunt

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Reading de Nacht Reading 2019

                              my favourite books of the year

my overall favourite book of the year:

martin hägglund "this life why mortality makes us free" (2019)

postcyberpunkstompf:

01 ken liu (ed) "broken stars: contemporary chinese sf in translation" (2019)

02 cory doctorow "radicalized" (2019) 03 dave hutchinson "the return of the incredible exploding man" (2019)   + dave hutchinson "nomads" (2019)   + dave hutchinson "thumbprints" (1978)   + dave hutchinson "torn air" (1980)   + dave hutchinson "the push" (2009)   + dave hutchinson "the villages" (2002)   ... damn that elusive "paradise equation" (1981) ... 04 tade thompson "rosewater" (2016)   + tade thompson "rosewater insurrection" (2019)   + tade thompson "rosewater redemption" (2019) 05 desirina boskovich (ed) "lost transmissions: the secret history of sf & f" (2019)

06 hannu rajaniemi & jacob weisman (eds) "the new voices of science fiction" (2019) 07 gardner dozois (ed) "the very best of the best: 35 years of the year's best science fiction" (2019) 08 jonathan strahan (ed) "the best science fiction & fantasy of the year, volume thirteen" (2019) 09 robert markeley "kim stanley robinson modern masters of sf" (2019) 10 allan kaster (ed) "the year's top hard sf stories 3" (2019)

11 olivier girard (ed) "bifrost 96 la revue des mondes imaginaires: william gibson" (2019) 12 mario guglielminetti "web is over. parabola ed esplosione di ubuweb, l'antiprofilo" (2019) 13 bryan thomas schmidt (ed) "infinite stars: dark frontiers" (2019) 14 baoshu "the redemption of time" [2011] (2019) 15 cixin liu "the supernova era" [2003] (2019)

16 l. x. beckett "gamechanger" (2019) 17 gareth l powell "fleet of knives" (2019) 18 chen qiufan "waste tide" [2013] (2019) 19 derek künsken "the quantum garden" (2019) 20 gregory benford "rewrite: loops in the timescape" (2019)

21 james s.a. corey "tiamat's wrath" (2019)   + james s.a. corey "auberon" (2019) 22 jim al-khalili "sunfall" (2019) 23 peter f hamilton "salvation lost"  (2019) 24 neal asher "the warship" (2019) 25 jonathan strahan (ed) "mission critical" (2019)

26 jack mcdevitt "octavia gone" (2019) 27 elizabeth bear "ancestral night" (2019) 28 ian mcdonald "moon rising" (2019) 29 carmen maria machado (ed) "the best american sf & f 2019" (2019) 30 valerie valdes "chilling effect" (2019) 31 simon morden "bright morning star" (2019)      + s. j. morden "no way" (2019) 32 neil stephenson "fall or, dodge in hell" (2019) 33 graham edwards "string city" (2019)

klassikstompf:

01 arno schmidt "bottom's dream" [1970] (2016) ... & still reading ...

02 jorge luis borgès "borgès restored (the author's preferred translations)" (2016) 03 julie orringer "the flight portfolio" (2019)   + julie orringer "the invisible bridge" (2010) 04 pola oloixarac "savage theories" (2017)   + pola oloixarac "dark constellations" (2019) 05 simon critchley "memory theatre" (2014)

06 gabriel josipovici "hotel andromeda" (2014) 07 david keenan "for the good times" (2019) 08 wg sebald "vertigo" [1990] (1999)   + wg sebald "the emmigrants" [1992] (1996)   + wg sebald "the rings of saturn" [1995] (1998)   + wg sebald "austerlitz" (2001) 09 luis chitarroni "the no variations "diary of an unfinished novel" [2007] (2013) 10 julián ríos "larva: a midsummer night's babel" [1983] (1991)

11 césar aira "birthday" [2001] (2019)   + césar aira "three novels" [1990-2000-1997] (2018) 12 tom mole "the secret life of books" (2019) 13 lucy ives "loudermilk or the real poet or the origin of the world" (2019) 14 lászló krasznahorkai "baron wenckheim's homecoming" [2016] (2019) 15 lucy ellmann "ducks, newburyport" (2019)

16 lars iyer "nietzsche & the burbs" (2019) 17 d harlan wilson "the psychotic dr. schreber" (2019) 18 andrew gallix (ed) "we'll never have paris" (2019) 19 chris kelso (ed) "i transgress" (2019) 20 john crowley "the solitudes" [1987] (2007)   + john crowley "love & sleep" (1994)   + john crowley "daemonomania" (2000)   + john crowley "endless things" (2007) ... (the aegypt cycle)

polarstompf:

01 carlos ruiz zafón "the labyrinth of the spirits" [2017] (2018)

02 volker kutscher "the fatherland files" [2012] (2019) 03 andrea camilleri "the overnight kidnapper" [2015] (2019)   + andrea camilleri "the other end of the line" [2016] (2019) 04 mick herron "joe country" (2019)   + mick herron "this is what happened" (2018)   + mick herron "nobody walks" (2015) 05 john le carré "agent running the field" (2019)

06 guillaume musso "la vie secrète des écrivains" (2019) 07 luke mccallin "the man from berlin" (2013)   + luke mccallin "the pale house" (2014)   + luke mccallin "the divided city" (2016) 09 henry porter "brandenburg" [2005] (2019)   + henry porter "firefly" (2018)   + henry porter "white hot silence" (2019) 10 mitch silver "the bookworm" (2018)   + mitch silver "in secret service" (2007)

11 alan judd "the accidental agent" (2019) 12 philip kerr "metropolis" (2019) 13 ian rankin "westwind" (2019) 14 jo nesbø "the knife" (2019) 15 david hewson "devil's fjord" (2019)

16 barry forshaw "crime fiction: a reader's guide" (2019) 17 a.a. dhand "one way out" (2019) 18 martin holmén "clinch: the stockholm trilogy 01" (2016)   + martin holmén "down for te count: the stockholm trilogy 02" (2017)   + martin holmén "slugger: the stockholm trilogy 03" (2019) 19 michael kestemont "de zwarte koning" (2019) 20 soren sveistrup "the chestnut man" [2018] (2019)

21 tim mason "the darwin affair" (2019) 22 patrick conrad "good night, charlie" (2019) 23 chris pavone "the paris diversion" (2019) 24 dov aflon "a long night in paris" (2019) 25 arne dahl "hunted" [2017] (2019)

                                  RIP ANDREA CAMILLERI !

gedächtnisstompf:

01 martin hägglund "this life: why mortality makes us free" (2019) /                            "this life: secular faith & spiritual freedom" (2019)

02 derrida "la vie la mort: séminaire (1975-1976)" (2019) 03 jean-luc nancy "derrida, suppléments”  (2019) 04 jean-françois bouthors et jean-luc nancy "démocratie! hic et nunc" (2019) 05 hannah arendt "de vrijheid om vrij te zijn" (2019)      + hannah arendt "nous autres réfugiés" (2019)

06 mckenzie wark "capital is dead": is this something worse?" (2019) 07 johan schokker & tim schokker      "extimiteit: jacques lacan's terugkeer naar freud" (2000) 08 gerhard richter & ann schmock (eds) "give the word:      responses to werner hamacher's 95 theses on philology"    (2019) 09 ranja n gosh "philosophy & poetry: continental perspectives" (2019) 10 shoshana zuboff "the age of surveillance capitalism" (2019)

11 kate zambrano "screen tests: stories & other writing" (2019) 12 daniele carluccio "roland barthes lecteur" (2019) 13 jean-clet martin "la philosophie de gilles deleuze" (2019) 14 mitchell dean & daniel zamora  "le dernier homme et la fin de la révolution:          foucault après mai 68" (2019) 15 arnon grunberg "vriend & vijand: decadentie, ondergang & verlossing" (2019)

16 kwami anthony appiah      "de leugens die ons verbinden: een nieuwe kijk op identiteit" [2018] (2019) 17 quentin meillassoux "science fiction & extro-science fiction" (2015) 18 roberto calasso "het onbenoembare verleden" [2017] (2019) 19 lydia davis "essays" (2019) 20 denise riley "time lived, without its flow" (2019)

poesisstompf:

zoë skoulding "footnotes to water" (2019)

platterstompf:

01 rick moody "on celestial music, and other adventures in listening" (2012)

02 yann courtiau "frictions:   ce que la littérature a fait à la musique et ce que la musique a en a fait" (2019) 03 vivien goldman "revenge of the she-punks:      a feminist music history from poly styrene to pussy riot" (2019) 04 garrígos, triana & guerra "god save the queens: pioneras del punk" (2019) 05 jon savage "this searing light, the sun & everything else:      joy division the oral history" (2019)

06 richard beck "trains, jesus, and murder: the gospel according to johnny cash" 07 mark lanegan "sleevenotes" (2019) 08 jason williamson "jason williamson's house party: sleaford mods 2014-2019" (2019) 09 gallix, hill, & rose (eds) "love bites: fiction inspired by pete shelley" (2019) 10 greg laurie "johnny cash the redemption of an american icon" (2019)

11 marc vos & toon loenders "siglo xx:     opdat de dood ons levend vindt & het leven ons niet doodt" (2019) 12 david sandilands & david keenan "go ahead & drop the bomb      (memorial device pamflet)" (2019) 13 guillaume belhomme "pop fin de siècle" (2019) 14 chris bohn (ed) "the wire" (magazine) (2019) 15 sylvain sylvain "there's no bones in ice cream:      sylvain sylvain's story of the new york dolls" (2018)

16 debbie harry "face it" (2019) 17 jaime gonzalo "poder freak: una crónica de la contracultura vol III" (2014) 18 matthew bower & samantha davies "talisman angelical" (2017) 19 darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: an arcade of audio atrocity vol I" (2013)   + darryl w bullock "the world's worst records: another arcade of audio atrocity vol II" (2015) 20 steve zisson (ed) "a punk rock future" (2019) /      ivar muñoz-rojas "underground babilonia" (2019)

bilderstompf:

01 didier ottinger "bacon en toutes lettres" (2019)

02 antoni tàpies "cap braços cames cos" (2012)   + antoni tàpies "mahlerei und graphik" (2011) 03 laura oldfield ford "savage messiah" (2019) 04 fred vermorel "dead fashion girl: a situationist detective story" (2019) 05 françois schuiten & jaco van dormael "le dernier pharaon" (2019)

06 ken krimstein "the three escapes of hannah arendt: the tyranny of truth" (2018) 07 erik bindervoet & saskia pfaeltzer "aldus sprach nietzsche's zuster" (2019) 08 anthony n fragola & roch c smith "the erotic dream machine: interviews with alain robbe-grillet on his films" (2006)

cyclostompf:

01 bernard chambaz "petite philosophie du vélo" (2019)

02 filip osselaer "de man die doodging (vervolgens mosselen bestelde,      de rekening vroeg en verdween): el tarangu, josé manuel fuente" (2019) 03 peter schmink "de cultus van het lijden: een vrije oefening" (2006) 04 laurent willame "les lieux sacrés du cyclisme:     15 pélérinages à faire avant de crever" (2019) 05 jonas heyerick (ed) "bahamontes: uit liefde voor de stiel" [magazine] (2019)

06 johnny vansevenant "1969, het jaar van eddy merckx" (2019) 07 edwin winkels "la vuelta: heroïsche verhalen uit de ronde van spanje" (2019) 08 frederik baeckelandt "fausto coppi (les héros 04)" (2019) 09 harry pearson "the beast, the emperor & the milkman:      a bone-shaking tour through cycling’s flemish heartlands" (2019) 10 peter cossins "the yellow jersey / le maillot jaune" (2019)

11 thijs zonneveld "het panini album" (2019) 12 thijs zonneveld "de fiets, de fiets & nog veel meer sportverhalen" (2019) 13 willy vangenechten "hoe word je een wielerfan (en blijf je er een)?" (2019)

some wissenschaftstompf & autres divertissements ...:

01 robert macfarlane "underland: a deep time journey" (2019)

02 george van hal & ans hekkenberg "het kosmisch rariteitenkabinet" (2019) 03 josey waley-cohen "only connect: the difficult second quiz book" (2019)

… tsundoku !

may your home be safe from tigers, leroy, x HNY!

... the annual out of control TBR pile ...

postcyberpunkstompf

ada hoffmann "the outside" (2019) adrian tchaikovsky "children of ruin" (2019) alastair reynolds "shadow captain" (2019) + alastair reynolds "permafrost" (2019) annalee newitz "the future of another timeline" (2019) charlie jane anders "the city in the middle of the night" (2019) farah mendlesohn "the pleasant profession of robert a heinlein" (2019)gareth l powell "ragged alice" (2019) greg egan "perihelion summer" (2019) ian creasey "the shapes of strangers" (2019) jo walton "lent" (2019)

kameron hurley "the light brigade" (2019) karl schroeder "stealing words" (2019) megan o'keefe "velocity weapon" (2019) neil clarke (ed) "the eagle has landed: 50 years of lunar sf" (2019) nina allan "the silverwind" (2019) paul di filippo "aeota" (2019) peter swirski "stanislaw lem: philosopher of the future" (2019) + peter swirski & waclaw m osadnik (eds) "lemography: stanislaw lem in the eyes of the world" (2019) richard kadrey "the grand dark" (2019) rudy rucker "million mile road trip" (2019) simon ings "the smoke" (2019)

klassikstompf

alex landragin "crossings" (2019) enrique vila-matas "mac's problem" [2017] (2019) joseph scapellato "the made-up man" (2019) kevin breatnach "tunnelvision" (2019) michel houellebecq "serotonin" (2019) nell zink "doxology" (2019) roberto bolaño "the spirit of science fiction: a novel" (2019) samanta schweblin "mouthful of birds" (2019) sergio pitol "mephisto's waltz: selected short stories" (2019) will eaves "murmur" (2019)

polarstompf

johan op de beek "het complot van laken" (2019) jon steinhagen "the hanging artist" (2019) juli zeh "empty hearts" (2019) max hertzberg "operation oskar" (2019) + max hertzberg "berlin centre" (2019) peter robinson "many rivers to cross" (2019) tony belloto "bellini & the sphinx" [1995] (2019)

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[rgr-pop]

FUCK i read this and knew immediately that saskia thompson is heather ann thompson’s sister

[xtinadoesstarwars]

Dooku: Jedi Lost

I was really apprehensive about starting this book because I wasn’t entirely interested in knowing more about Dooku because what else is there to know? He’s got style, he’s got grace, and he’s a winner, he’s Count of Serenno. Anyway, I find that the books I think aren’t going to interest me are the ones I learn the most from. 

Spoilers below.

First off, this isn’t actually a book. You can buy the script on Amazon but it is primarily available as an audio play of sorts. The script was written by Cavan Scott who has authored several books in the Star Wars literature. The run time is a little over 6 hours, so it’s a lot shorter than other books I’ve listened to in Star Wars canon (Catalyst and Bloodlines - covering those both later). 

The basic plot summary is that Asajj Ventress learns about her master Count Dooku and his past from various sources, including his own recountings to her, communications between him and his sister, Jenza, as well as his holopad journal, while she is on a quest to find Jenza.

Notable things I learned about: 

1) The Lost Twenty - Jedi Masters who became disillusioned with the Jedi Order. I remember this being mentioned in an Episode II: AOTC deleted scene but didn’t give much thought to it. There are many components of the Jedi Order that have perpetually perplex me, especially in light of the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy. The only stories we hear of the Force are those at the opposing ends - the lightest and the darkest. It would be something to see a story of balance. It’s a lot to ask of people to give up familial ties, to take children away from their families, but I also see the importance of learning how to balance one’s power in the Force, lest one becomes a danger to oneself or others.

2)  Expanding upon the idea of balance in the Force, we get an ancient Jedi mantra for balance in Dooku: Jedi Lost:

We call upon the three—light, dark, and balance true. One is no greater than the others. Together, they unite, restore, center, and renew. We walk into the light, acknowledge the dark, and find balance within ourselves. The Force is strong.

3) This may or may not be a correct conclusion to draw from the book but it kiiiiiinda seems like mayyyybeeeee Dooku’s turn to the dark side miiiiiight have been related to the “legend” that Serenno was once part of the Sith empire (Me in my head: spicy peppers for spicy Siths). His sister Jenza recounts to him that once of their ancestors fought off the Sith and the other houses submitted to them. They have a funny little exchange about Jedi and Serennians, but I will leave y’all to read that.

Stuff that made me LOL:

- Dooku and Sifo-Dyas were so cute and shitty to each other, as preteens and teens are wont to do. They had NICKNAMES (Doo and Si), fabulous to see Dooku with a sense of humor not so mired in darkness, although you could argue he is pretty funny in The Clone Wars TV show.

- Asajj having lengthy conversations with Ky about whether or not he’s really in her head or if she’s just losing it, because their bickering was A+.

- Asajj threatening people.

- Dooku fighting with a fucking glass of wine and not spilling it like the bad bitch that he is. The man SIMPLY HAS STYLE!

Characters:

Orlagh Cassidy as Asajj Ventress

Euan Morton as Dooku

Pete Bradbury as Gretz Droom (new character, Padawan to Jor Aerith)

Jonathan Davis as Qui-Gon Jinn

Neil Hellegers as Ramil (New character, brother of Dooku)

Sean Kenin as Sifo-Dyas

January LaVoy as Jor Aerith (New character, Master to Gretz Droom)

Saskia Maarleveld as Jenza (New character, sister to Dooku)

Carol Monda as Lene Kostana (New character, Master to Sifo-Dyas, Dooku is greatly fascinated by her and her work to study and find Sith relics in order to prepare for what she believes is the impending Sith uprising)

Robert Petkoff as Ky Narec (Former Master to Asajj, serving as the voice of her consciousness--the way I heard it anyway)

Rebecca Soler as Yula Braylon (New character, a Seeker and Jedi who had a son Arath--unbeknownst to the Council--who was somewhat of an annoyance or rival to Dooku during their days as initiates)

Marc Thompson as Yoda (Master to Dooku)