#the meaning wars

[scifimagpie]

Queer, Found Family Space Opera!

I share a release day with CL Polk's "Even Though I Knew the End," which you can get *here* - https://www.amazon.com/Even-Though-I-Knew-End-

and you definitely should, because they're a phenomenal writer.

And if you want five books for the price of one, and a queer, found family space opera catches your interest, please check out my release! It's in hardcover as well as paperback and of course, ebook.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHXRZ8NP/

Summary:

Two best friends looking for love. An oppressive interstellar government. Adulthood has never been so stressful... For the first time, all five books in The Meaning Wars are united as a complete collection. In this queer space opera featuring a diverse cast, a found family navigates the politics of revolution and freedom. Join Crystal, a wormhole engineer, and Sarah, an English Literature graduate with a chip on her shoulder, as they try to find romance and friendship - while an oppressive interstellar government watches their every move. As Crystal deals with her faltering marriage, Sarah makes risky career decisions - by doing what's morally right. Running from the surveillance state of the Human Conglomerate, will the Interfederation's multi-species alliance prove their salvation? A crew of old friends and a union of renegade space pirates may be their way out. But first, they have to save rebel icon Patience Ngouabi from arrest and certain torture - and make sure they all get out alive. Fans of Ruthanna Emrys' A Half-Built Garden and Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series will love the cosy yet intense adventures of this crew of misfits fighting for political and social justice.

So if you want a distraction from the midterms, here it is! Read it, revitalize, and recharge. <3

[thecasualbookreviewer]

DNF The meaning wars the complete omnibus - Michelle Patricia Browne

I’m gonna be honest with y’all, I struggled my way through this book for almost two months and I only made it past the first two books (about 135 pages out of 467).

It just really wasn’t my thing, from the format and narration style to the way the author choose to present the information. It has a good premise and it’s full with great concepts and ideas, but most of the time they fell unconnected and fail to keep my attention enough to keep reading and find out if things worked out in the end or if any of the dropped plot points would make a return.

The voice of most of the narrators felt the same, even though we had a lot of POV changes and for me it felt too juvenile; the book is set in a future where different races are working all across the galaxy in different context and struggles; I read about space pirates and racism and religious trauma, and each concept on its own had so much potential but the way they were told just never managed to completely capture my full attention; and most of the time it felt like the romantic aspect of it overshadowed the rest of the plot and most relationships just didn’t make you care enough about them.

It felt a lot like the author had a lot of good ideas and scribbled them down in short stories but failed to develop their plot after that and just left it as it was.

I was going to try and finish it, the author was kind enough to send me the book in exchange of an honest review but I just couldn’t keep forcing myself to read it 😔 maybe in the future I’ll give it another try and change my mind!

[doccywhomst]

[bowelflies]

Splatoon Rainbow War (1985)

the full video doesn't seem to be available anywhere online so i uploaded it to a google drive here

[ellierenae]

write unpublishable things. it's good for you.

[starii-void]

going to chb must be crazy like imagine sharing a camp with

-one of the strongest demigods ever who's saved the world like at least 3 times, fought multiple gods & titans and WON (and is a tartarus survivor)

-the literal main architect of OLYMPUS who's also saved the world multiple times (also tartarus survivor)

-THE lord of the wild who's also close friends with the first two (and has helped save the world multiple times)

-an emo kid from the 1930s who again helped save the world and is also a tartarus survivor (TWICE)

-a son of apollo who survived tartarus with nothing but cargo shorts and sheer will (pun intended)

-the main designer and builder for the argo II, also the first hephaestus kid to have fire powers since hundreds of years ago (did i mention killed gaea? no? yeah he did that too)

-a girl who somehow charmspeak-ed gaea into falling back asleep (also side note daughter of super famous actor because why not)

-pretty much everybody is a two-time war veteran

-THE GOD APOLLO who just sometimes comes down to visit in the form of a teenage boy

-did i mention dionysus, god of wine madness and theatre

-also chiron, trainer of pretty much every greek hero ever

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[stevenrogered]

THE ACOLYTE 1x08

[miraluking-respectfully]

MEAN TO HIM!!!

[padmestrilogy]

darth maul and padme amidala: discarded pawns

iain mccraig on doing concept art for the phantom menace / wookieepedia / james dillon / star wars tales volume 6 / paul mcdonald

[backofthebookshelf]

I know I'm a week late but I do think people are misunderstanding the point of the Anthony Bourdain quote about Kissinger

The point was never "Anthony Bourdain has good politics and is an unproblematic fave," the point is that even someone with mainstream liberalish politics who goes to Cambodia for a food tour - a, let's be honest, very bougie type of trip to be part of your job - and has a basic understanding of history and a bare minimum of human decency can come away from that bougie food tour wanting to murder Henry Kissinger with their bare hands. The point is that Henry Kissinger fucked up this country so bad the only reason he wasn't lynched decades ago is because it's on the opposite side of the world and the people who were in proximity to him never really saw what it was. The point is that if we could see firsthand what our First World politics do to the Third World we would understand that monsters walk among us and it's a cultural failing that we let them die at home at 100 years old surrounded by their friends and family.

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Hot take: I actually think men and women are meant to work together and complement each other and not like,,, dislike each other and be divisive.

[cthulhum]

does anyone realize how crazy it is to have the actor of a mostly headcanoned queer ship say the fans were never crazy and they were right all along after 10+ years of everyone just absolutely going nuts over the said queerbaited ship

[stealingpotatoes]

Tbf she has, according to The Lore about Togruta headbands, killed a carnivorous giant predator that regularly decimates entire villages, at fourteen, as her coming of age hunt.

Granted, this is legends, but...

damn. or she found a loophole

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

[raphaerolo]

Get this man medical attention and a hug