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Cover art by Michael Whelan, see signature at bottom right.
I guess this is a preliminary painting for The Enchanted Planet (DAW 1975)
Sunny and some of my Tanith Lee novels. She takes up about 3 shelves and has been my favorite author since I was 15.
My friends Sinthia, Tanith, & I were out wandering around shopping last night, and we ended up at the Paradisis mainstore. They had a lot of neat stuff, but up on the third floor was a bunch of really great futuristic catsuits and armor suits. I decided to pick up the Green hologram suit to see what kind of outfit I could put together with it.
My first stop for accessories was the Cyberbunker to see what neat Sci-Fi accessories they had. I ended up grabbing the Oralune Jetpack and Armor set in black. I had the older version of the jetpack by itself, but in the pack it was cheaper to by the new version with the armor parts then to buy them all in pieces. =)
Since any good space explorer needs some protection, I headed to Fairlight Industries. I knew that they had some guns from when I have been there shopping for boots, eyes, and wings. I took a peek at what they had and bought the flash rifle. the details and bullets can be changed to Red, Green, or Blue and I always like colorchange stuff so it can fit more than one outfit.
Catsuit:Paradisis Hologram Green
Catsuit2:Hugo's Designs Cat2 Black 10% Sheer
Corset:Hugo's Designs Luxon Sheer
Stockings:Hugo's Designs Viktoria
Armor, Helmet, & Belt:Oralune Jet Pack and Armor Black
Boots:Oralune Cyberbunker Boots Black
Rifle:Fairlight XLB-88 Flash Rifle
Cuffs:Mesmerize Dungeon Rubber Cuffs
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
Edited by Ellen Datlow
Night Shade Books, 2011
361 pages
Cover art by Allen Williams
Cover design by Amy Popovich
Contents:
Summation 2010 - Ellen Datlow
"At the Riding School" - Cody Goodfellow
"Mr. Pigsny" - Reggie Oliver
"City of the Dog" - John Langan
"Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls" - Brian Hodge
"Lesser Demons" - Norman Partridge
"When the Zombies Win" - Karina Sumner-Smith
"--30--" - Laird Barron
"Fallen Boys" - Mark Morris
"Was She Wicked? Was She Good?" - M. Rickert
"The Fear" - Richard Harland
"Till the Morning Comes" - Stephen Graham Jones
"Shomer" - Glen Hirshberg
"Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside" - Christopher Fowler
"The Obscure Bird" - Nicholas Royle
"Transfiguration" - Richard Christian Matheson
"The Days of Flaming Motorcycles" - Catherynne M. Valente
"The Folding Man" - Joe R. Lansdale
"Just Another Desert Night With Blood" - Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
"Black and White Sky" - Tanith Lee
"At Night, When the Demons Come" - Ray Cluley
"The Revel" - John Langan
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Ghosts of Central New York -- "New York s heartland is rife with ghosts and tales of hauntings. Spirits skulk about burial grounds, supernatural strains of piano music resound and some specters strike out in a bowling hall. Such are the haunted happenings in the central region of New York State. Populated with phantoms of those who helped shape the landscape, Cooperstown, Herkimer, Oriskany, Rome and Syracuse are a few of the places where influential and heroic spirits still reside. Experience an unearthly journey through eerie forts, spirited inns and possessed museums. Uncover the buried secrets of battlefields and B & Bs. Bear witness to long-gone eras by visiting with the Ghosts of Central New York." -- from www.amazon.com
I'm always interested to hear about new haunted historical sites, especially if they're close to where I live. But frankly, this book felt like an incomplete history report written by a ten year old. Misspellings, run-on sentences, and bad grammar abounded. Most of the stories were riddled with random facts that were never followed up on and/or the stories ended abruptly without really finishing what had been started. It read like someone started writing down an episode of "Ghost Hunters" and then got bored in the middle and just scribbled a random ending.
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Wizards -- "In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were.
Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen." -- from www.amazon.com
A good book...there were some really great stories in the book -- especially Orson Scott Card's story -- and there were some not so good ones. Nothing really terrible, just a few stories that felt incomplete or were just plain boring.
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Ash -- "Deep in the countryside, ghost hunter David Ash is investigating a mysterious, secluded stately home. Reports from locals regarding strange goings-on make him think the house is haunted... But not even David Ash's long professional history of warding off evil spirits can prepare him for the shocking discovery that awaits." -- from www.amazon.com
I really liked this book...it was an interesting story and I liked the main characters. There were a few times when it felt a little rushed -- a plotline would pick up only to be wrapped up quickly a few pages later and never mentioned again -- which was a bit disatisflying. There were a few great creepy scenes including one with some very horrifying spiders. All in all, I liked it.
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The Lost Years -- "Just weeks after discovering a letter that may have been written by Jesus Christ himself, biblical scholar Jonathan Lyons is found shot to death in his study. Police suspect his wife, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, murdered him in a jealous rage. But the priceless parchment is missing, and Jonathan had recently confided to a family friend his suspicions that someone he once trusted had designs on the ancient document. It is up to his daughter, Mariah, to clear her mother of murder charges and unravel the real mystery behind her father’s death—before her own revelations become her last." -- from www.barnesandnoble.com
A decent murder mystery...it was less about the parchment than I thought it would be when I picked it up which was disappointing, but just as a mystery novel, it was pretty good.
Ghosts Of Central New York -- Started: Apr. 12, 2013 Finished: Apr. 23, 2013
Wizards -- Started: Apr. 17, 2013 Finished: May 1, 2013
Ash -- Started: Apr. 23, 2013 Finished: Apr. 25, 2013
The Lost Years -- Started: Apr. 24, 2013 Finished: Apr. 26, 2013
25 Book Challenge 2013 Books #25, #26, #27 & #28
I stood taking photographs of this spider and her friends for about five minutes which I think was decidedly brave of me considering she and all her friends are probably poisonous.
After a couple of minutes with my big lens they started to look a bit too close for comfort and I went to put my kit away in the backpack. Imagine my terror when reaching for the strap I came eye to eye with a fat furry face. I screamed. Like a girl. It turned out that it was only a beetle but boy was I scared.
I also scared my boyfriend who thought that I had been bitten by one of the scary buggers I had just been taking pictures of.
With hindsight at least it is funny.
Publication: The DAW Science Fiction Reader ISFDB Publication Record # 38042
Editors: Donald A. Wollheim
Year: 1976-07-00
Catalog ID: #UW1242
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 200
Price: $1.50
Pages: 207
Binding: pb
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Title Reference: The DAW Science Fiction Reader
Cover: One Plus One Studio
Notes:
"First Printing, July 1976|123456789"
Cover design is credited on the copyright page
DAW Books No. 200
The table of contents lists Fur Magic on page vii, though there are no Roman numbered pages
Printed in the US
OCLC 2723473
[1] • Introduction (The DAW Science Fiction Reader) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
[7] • Fur Magic • [Magic (Andre Norton) • 3] • (1968) • novel by Andre Norton
[8] • Author's Introduction to This Edition of Fur Magic • essay by Andre Norton
118 • Warrior • [Childe Cycle] • (1965) • shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
141 • The Truce • (1976) • shortstory by Tanith Lee
148 • Wizard of Scorpio • [Dray Prescot] • novelette by Kenneth Bulmer [as by Alan Burt Akers ]
172 • The Martian El Dorado of Parker Wintley • shortstory by Lin Carter
183 • The Day of the Butterflies • (1976) • shortstory by Marion Zimmer Bradley
195 • Captain Fagan Died Alone • [Challenge Chaos] • shortstory by Brian Stableford [as by Brian M. Stableford ]
Planning out a minifig scale dreadnought in Lego Digital Designer. Eventually (assuming I can figure out the minor details and make it suitably evil looking) this will be Karess - one of the nine assassins sent to take out Saint Sabbat in Sabbat Martyr.
The weapons are meant to be a plasma cannon and a heavy bolter. The bolter should have a dangling ammo feed, but I haven't figured out a decent way to model one at this scale yet.
Later: View the improved version!
I'm currently engaged in an extremely nerdy project to make Lego models of the Tanith First and Only from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series. Yeah, this is gonna end well ;)
“She did not shut it properly because she knew that it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe, even if it is not a magic one.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Finally got the pieces to build a stand for the Ghosts. Here's all the completed figs so far.
I'm currently engaged in an extremely nerdy project to make Lego models of the Tanith First and Only from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series. Yeah, this is gonna end well ;)
Photo is 100% from SL. No edits. Just pure natural SL beauty.
(Details on outfit below poem.)
"The Magician's Assistant"
A Defining Poem
Eyes:
With the spherical glow of fantasy consolidated
The dream of a surreality within reality.
Svelte Lips:
From forth music flows and words, perchance
The verbalization of beauty permeating the sound spectrum,
The essence of the curiosity of quintessential youth,
For a girl to devote her entire life to legerdemain--
The love of the hand to touch the passion of her smile,
The faintest of a curve of expression on her Poker face.
Tightrope thin eyebrows:
To create the illusion of a painless slice
Straight through her core, sever her in half;
To shade the drought in her heart
When Her Magician Savior
Takes a Member of the Crowd
To her place...
After rendering his saw deep through her--
She, unable to move,
Her body in two dichotomous halves.
Her Assistant's Red Cape:
A mere shadow of his that she carries on her back.
With her always, this crimson cloth as if bleeding
Against the darkness that highlights the existence of
Celestial bodies that would otherwise be too petty
For another's sight to see, to forget, to erase.
The Intricate Lace Of Outfit:
Too soon a victim of fatal entropy
Brought about to full rose bloom
In less than a spring's galvanization:
The pattern of the lace survives not the tear--
He leaves her there:
Sliced in half,
Unable to move,
Unable to forget,
Forever frozen, her body, the two halves of her,
Once one, forever divorced.
Ina Centaur 7/4/2008
Outfit:
Skin: _AR Gaeae 10 by IC-Skins Another Realism
Eyes: IC-Eyes Iata Rust
Hair: Truth
Earrings: CDC
Cape: Bare Rose
Clothing: Ornate Catsuit by Tanith (no longer on SL)
For best results in avatar photography: Use face-light included with any IC-Skins purchase. Turn off atmospheric shaders in edit > preferences > graphics > custom or use the old pre-Windlight viewer. Be sure local-lighting is turned on.
Commissar Viktor Hark and Junior Commissar Nahum Ludd. Of course no sooner do I print out their detailing than I discover Junior Commissars have blue sashes...
I'm currently engaged in an extremely nerdy project to make Lego models of the Tanith First and Only from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series. Yeah, this is gonna end well ;)
When Mr. P was a student, Sarah was his flatmate. He called her 'Sloth', after Sloth in The Goonies... he had his reasons. Obviously not aesthetic!
This picture of her is from a night out some months ago and is taken with a Lomo Colorsplash, on Fuji 200 film. Scanned via Epson V330.
They may have a bad time of things picking rubbish and making bracelets for fat tourists but they're happy.
Publication: The White Serpent ISFDB Publication Record # 49935
Authors: Tanith Lee
Year: 1988-04-00
ISBN: 0-88677-267-2 [978-0-88677-267-3]
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 740
Price: $3.95
Pages: 396
Binding: pb
Type: NOVEL
Title Reference: The White Serpent
Cover: Sanjulian
Notes:
"First Printing, April 1988/123456789"
"Cover art by Sanjulian" on copyright page, only the 'S' of the signature is on the cover [bottom right]
A map on page [7] is not credited or signed
DAW Book Collectors No. 740; DAW catalog #UE2267
$4.95 in Canada
Printed in the US
OCLC 17746168
Kim Yu-na of South Korea (L), Tanith Belbin (C), and Michelle Kwan rehearse for the "2010 All That Skate LA" ice show in Los Angeles, California, October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING ENTERTAINMENT)
Irina Slutskaya, Shizuka Arakawa, Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Evan Lysacek, Miki Ando, Fumie Suguri, Rena Inoue, John Baldwin,Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto.
Publication: The Birthgrave ISFDB Publication Record # 36001
Authors: Tanith Lee
Year: 1975-06-00
Catalog ID: #UW1177
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 154
Price: $1.50
Pages: 408
Binding: pb
Type: NOVEL
Title Reference: The Birthgrave
Cover: George Barr
Hiking up enormous mountains in Cambodia is sometimes not as easy as one would think. This gentleman accompanied us in the capacity of 'Ranger', his gun for the purpose of dispatching errant tigers. well, lets face it, with his mild expression and flip flops he was hardly going to intimidate bandits.
Ban Daur and Gol Kolea.
I may eventually do a version of Ban in his Vervunhive uniform, and Gol as a mine worker.
I'm currently engaged in an extremely nerdy project to make Lego models of the Tanith First and Only from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series. Yeah, this is gonna end well ;)
In one of my other fandoms, we were asked to take a photo of things we can't live without. I naturally had to include Kylie, Hannah and Emma. I love all my girls, but those three - I've always had a special connection to them. Also included....
MY FIVE FAVORITE STUFFED ANIMALS: from left to right, Midnight Jr., Hippo, Isabel, Bunny and Midnight. I've slept with Bunny and Isabel since I was little. I got Midnight when I was ten and Midnight Jr. the first time I went away to camp. I got Hippo for Christmas 2008 from my brother, because I love the song "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas." I always sleep with them, and can't without them.
MY FANFICS: (the stack of binders) My Glee fanfiction gives me the feeling that I AM special and I always love reading the comments I get. I love Glee and I love Finchel and I always will. My reviewers make me feel so good about myself.
CERTIFICATE FROM THE BOE: I got honored by the BOE at my last meeting ever. Whenever I see that certificate, I remember all the good times I had with them and all the support they gave me.
SWIM TEAM SPIRIT AWARD: Won my 9th grade year. Reminds me of the best year on the swim team.
AUTOGRAPHED MAGAZINES FROM STARS ON ICE: Met and got autographs from Evan Lysacek, Tanith Belbin, Ben Agosto and Alissa Czisny at Stars On Ice 2010. Best show I've ever been to, and such a happy night. They were all so nice to me.
PROGRAM FROM GLEE LIVE: One of the best nights ever. I love Glee so much, especially Finchel.
CAMP JOURNAL: Helps me remember all the good times I had at camp :)
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNAL: All my high school memories.
POLITICAL MEMORABILIA: I've always loved politics, and I was involved with Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and it was such a great experience. These are just a few pieces of political memorabilia I own!
NECKLACE: I got this from my aunt who died in September 2011. She and I were very close, so this necklace has a special significance to me. There are charms on it from my high school graduation, middle school graduation, and First Communion.
GRADUATION CAP: Reminds me of high school, the best years of my life.
CAMP STAFF PHOTOS: Reminds me of all the great people I've met at camp.
PROGRAM FROM MY AUNT'S SERVICE: I lost my favorite aunt to cancer in September 2011, and I was very close to her. I miss her every day of my life and I'll always remember her.
CURRENT JOURNAL: The journal I've been writing in since December 2008. There are so many memories in there.
Vox Operator Dughan Beltayn, and Dohor 'Shoggy' Domor with his mine sweeping kit.
Both need changes to their heads. Beltayn is wearing the original Shoggy head which has some glue damage. Shoggy of course needs a set of augmetic eyes.
I'm currently engaged in an extremely nerdy project to make Lego models of the Tanith First and Only from Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series. Yeah, this is gonna end well ;)
Publication: Day by Night ISFDB Publication Record # 9274
Authors: Tanith Lee
Year: 1980-11-00
ISBN: 0-87997-576-8 [978-0-87997-576-0]
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 408
Price: $2.25
Pages: 316
Binding: pb
Type: NOVEL
Title Reference: Day by Night
Cover: Don Maitz
Notes:
"First Printing, November 1980" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".
Catalog number "UE1576" and "No. 408" printed on the front cover.
ISBN printed only on the spine.
"Frontispiece by the author" stated on the copyright page.
OCLC 6904580
Gaunt's Ghosts minifigs in development.
Jessi Banda - Needs a cape
Shoggy Domor - Needs a cape, and I'm not happy with his head
Saint Sabbat - Waiting on a decals
Blood Pact (x3) - Waiting on decals
Tolin Dorden - Waiting on a torso, and decal.
Ana Curth - Waiting on a decal
Major Gizhaum Danver de Banzi Haight Gilbear - Not exactly sure what I'm going to do with him. He needs to be taller for a start...
Live shot from the Etrois Dance Comapny's production of A Grimm Tale of a Wayward Girl.
Trixie Blue was stunning, and in this she is turning from Red Riding Hood into the Big Bad Wolf. Very funny, and the fake fur in the cleavage was a moment of genius on behalf of whoever conceived of that!
You can see more pictures from this shoot on my blog.
Marvelously entertaining vaudeville routines with burlesque dancers, magicians, music and comedy. Highly recommended.
Publication: Death's Master ISFDB Publication Record # 9573
Authors: Tanith Lee
Year: 1979-02-00
ISBN: 0-87997-441-9 [978-0-87997-441-1]
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 324
Price: $1.95
Pages: 348
Binding: pb
Type: NOVEL
Title Reference: Death's Master
Cover: David Schleinkofer
Notes:
1st printing, both stated and by the number line.
DAW# 324. Catalog #UJ1441.
Interior art credit is from artist's signature which he signed as "Jack Gaughan".
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Publication: Drinking Sapphire Wine ISFDB Publication Record # 11506
Authors: Tanith Lee
Year: 1977-01-00
ISBN: 0-87997-277-7 [978-0-87997-277-6]
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 226
Price: $1.25
Pages: 175
Binding: pb
Type: NOVEL
Title Reference: Drinking Sapphire Wine
Cover: Don Maitz
A taller prototype of Major Gilbear, and a prototype of Brin Milo with his pipes.
Gilbear's uniform is based on the illustration in The Sabbat Worlds Crusade
Johnny Weir, who will star in his own reality show detailing his training for the 2010 Winter Olympics on the Sundance Channel, performs for Disson Skating’s "Skate for the Heart" benefit at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The ice show, featuring vocal performances by Jordin Sparks and Charice, was taped on September 19, 2009, and will air on NBC on Sunday, January 31, 2010, from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. EST, less than two weeks before the Winter Games kick off in Vancouver, Canada.
Women's Pro Wrestling Federation - Shows every Sat at 6pm slt! maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Careers/172/224/33
Photographer - Me / Set - Natalie Sonnen / Poster Design - Lyra Phoenix
Company drunk who narrowly avoided execution when his sneaking of a bottle of sacra on a covert mission led to almost his entire unit being wiped out.
He cleaned up his act for a while after that, but eventually fell back into bad habits (and company).
Once I actually find the piece I know I have he'll be holding a bottle.