Scifi & such

Posts about things I find interesting, nowadays that seems to be the Cthulhu Mythos | Of course I dont own these images | Male | Heterosexual | Shia Muslim | Husband & Father | Left-wing on Economics | Socially Conservative

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Awaken, by Dedy Darsono (unded), via DeviantArt.

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Star Wars - Alien Archive: A Guide to the Species of the Galaxy

Deep in the stacks of the Graf Archive, an old traveller’s journal has been discovered and restored for public viewing. A long time ago this unknown traveller documented his stories about the many creatures found in each destination he explored, and includes famous movie locations such as the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine, Maz’s Castle and the holy city of Jedha. The archivist restored this journal and added facts and stats about the cultures, legends and famous members of over 200 species, including famous characters such as Chewbacca, Ahsoka, Wicket and many more. “Unable to authenticate the author, and therefore the accuracy of the stories within the journal, we have paired some of the content that has not been destroyed by age with data entries from our scientific records.  With details of over two hundred aliens from across galatic history, we are happy to restore this enigmatic journal for public viewing.  –Xoddam Lothipp, Deputy Director, Graf Archive” (aka, it’s an in-universe reference book, so it’s reasonably accurate, but some things may be added for artistic license or not wholly accurate, but from the POV of the “author” of the journal!  Which makes for a fascinating in-universe reference book!)

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If Star Wars were more about Aliens and less about Humans, it would be much, much better.

So much alien lore yet we're still stuck with following Humans characters for some reason.

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Heart of the Rebellion // Artist: Darren Tan / wraithdt @ ArtStation

Of all the immaculate art that’s been created for Star Wars Celebration 2019, this is my favourite - ma boy Raddus front and centre, Hera and Chewie flanking him, Ackbar, Maz, Zeb, Shriv, Nien et al…all the heart eyes and love heart emoticons, ALL OF THEM!

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Invocation, by Eric Lofgren, via ericlofgren.net.

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Reza Aliabadi, Bowtie Installation, 2011

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Mind Games, by Klim Novoseltsev (KlimN), via DeviantArt.

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Where Are You Going? By Yuri Averin (Yuri Hill), via ArtStation.

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FLOATING OCTOPUS 

by Ulysse Dautrême

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by Oleg Vdovenko AKA chuvabak.

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Limited cover art for Alias Nemo: La Cité de Cthulhu, by Gwendal Lemercier, via Facebook.

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Deep One by Entenn

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Shub-Niggurath, by Alexander Korepov, via ArtStation.

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Dan Henk

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Today I found this poem that one of Lovecraft’s author buddies wrote in his memory, sixteen days after HPL’s death

“Lover of hills and fields and towns antique, How hast thou wandered hence On ways not found before, Beyond the dawnward spires of Providence? Hast thou gone forth to seek Some older bourn than these— Some Arkham of the prime and central wizardries? Or, with familiar felidae, Dost now some new and secret wood explore, A little past the senses’ farther wall— Where spring and sunset charm the eternal path From Earth to ether in dimensions nemoral? Or has the Silver Key Opened perchance for thee Wonders and dreams and worlds ulterior? Hast thou gone home to Ulthar or to Pnath? Has the high king who reigns in dim Kadath Called back his courtly, sage ambassador? Or darkling Cthulhu sent The sign which makes thee now a councilor Within that foundered fortress of the deep Where the Old Ones stir in sleep Till mighty temblors shake their slumbering continent? Lo! in this little interim of days How far thy feet are sped Upon the fabulous and mooted ways Where walk the mythic dead! For us the grief, for us the mystery… . And yet thou art not gone Nor given wholly unto dream and dust: For, even upon This lonely western hill of Averoigne Thy flesh had never visited, I meet some wise and sentient wraith of thee, Some undeparting presence, gracious and august. More luminous for thee the vernal grass, More magically dark the Druid stone, And in the mind thou art forever shown As in a magic glass; And from the spirit’s page thy runes can never pass.“

-Clark Ashton Smith, “To Howard Philips Lovecraft”

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Azathoth, by Jason Engle, via DeviantArt.

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Shub-Niggurath, by Jason Engle, via DeviantArt.