rust & stardust

anna. i like books a lot. mainly sci-fi, fantasy, and stuff about wonder.

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Watership Down BY Rivensfell  

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Inktober Villains Day 31(grand finale!): Vicious

[pomponius]

Filipito

that moment on Callisto, sasa ke?

fanart by Jaxens <3  (made for  WTF Battle 2018)

[gahfa]

⇀ vicious, v. e. schwab

the absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequence.

[monstress]

VICIOUS re-imagined as an animated series

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books i read in 2019:

↪ abaddon’s gate, the expanse #3 (james s. a. corey)

Holden was starting to feel like they were all monkeys playing with a microwave. Push a button, a light comes on inside, so it’s a light. Push a different button and stick your hand inside, it burns you, so it’s a weapon. Learn to open and close the door, it’s a place to hide things. Never grasping what it actually did, and maybe not even having the framework necessary to figure it out. No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.

[saint-leibowitzing]

books i read in 2019: ↪caliban’s war, the expanse #2 (james s. a. corey)

She wasn’t used to fear or awe. Her life had been about control, talking and bullying and teasing whoever needed it until the world turned the direction she wanted it to. The few times the implacable universe had overwhelmed her haunted her: an earthquake in Bengal when she’d been a girl, a storm in Egypt that had trapped her and Arjun in their hotel room for four days as the food supplies failed, the death of her son. Each one had turned her constant pretense of certainty and pride against her, left her curled in her bed at night for weeks afterward, her fingers bent in claws, her dreams nightmares. This was worse. Before, she could comfort herself with the idea that the universe was empty of intent. That all the terrible things were just the accidental convergences of chance and mindless forces. The death of the Arboghast was something else. It was intentional and inhuman. It was like seeing the face of God and finding no compassion there.

[saint-leibowitzing]

books i read in 2019:

↪ leviathan wakes, the expanse #1 (james s. a. corey)

Miller had almost never been present to witness another man’s moment of absolution. It was such a rare thing, and so utterly private that it approached the spiritual. Decades ago, this man—younger, fitter, not as much gray in his hair—had taken a space station, wading up to his knees in the gore and death of Belters, and Miller saw the barely perceptible relaxation in his jaw, the opening of his chest that meant that burden had lifted. Maybe it wasn’t gone, but it was near enough. It was more than most people managed in a lifetime. He wondered what it would feel like if he ever got the chance.

[zandoarts]

Gunnery Sergeant Roberta “Bobbie” Draper - The Expanse: Caliban’s War

[rondanchan]

Just finished reading The Expanse, book two. I love Chrisjen and Bobbie SO MUCH

[romans-art]

“No one starts a war unless I say they can.” - Chrisjen Avasarala

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Enchanting Bookworm Inspired Digital Illustrations by Simini Blocker

NYC based illustrator Simini Blocker understands the enchanting world bookworms revel in. From Hogwarts to Neverland or King’s Landing, Blocker captures the spellbinding imaginative realms literature has introduced to us with vibrant colours, gorgeous brushstrokes and fitting quotes from our favourite authors. You can find her gorgeous illustrations on Society6 and Etsy.

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In celebration of seein Annihilation, here’s some unfinished art based off the Biologist (from the book ;^) ) 

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“what’s the southern reach trilogy about?”

[geekynerfherder]

Cover art by Piotr Cieśliński for the Polish edition of ‘Leviathan Wakes’, book 1 of 'The Expanse’ series by James SA Corey (aka Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), published by MAG Publishing

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My publisher, HarperCollins, commissioned art from the super talented Gabriel Picolo (Instagram) and Morgana Wallace (Instagram; Tumblr) for the three main characters of Carve the Mark, and it is gorgeous. The art was based on descriptions from the book (obvs), and I love seeing the different interpretations of the characters– who are all simultaneously a complete surprise and a lot like what I imagined.

Just five days until you can meet them for yourself!

From top to bottom (Morgana’s art is on the left, Gabriel’s is on the right):

Akos Kereseth, a Thuvhesit captive Cyra Noavek, Shotet royalty Ryzek Noavek, Cyra’s older brother, and the ruler of Shotet

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Introducing Cyra Noavek, Carve The Mark’s Bad-Ass Leading Lady 

Art by Gabriel Picolo and Morgana Wallace