#catvalente

[sassinake]

There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist, by catvalente

#fascism #deSantis #evil is easy

[graywyvern]

( via / via )

The Moons of Darwin.

"losing your innocence is when you realize that Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol largely to dig himself out of a financial hole" --@SketchesbyBoze (via @catvalente)

Je garde le cosmos.

"arrowroot flowers lie trampled on the ground their colors fresh

someone has climbed ahead of me along this mountain path"

--Chōkū Shaku (tr Makoto Ueda)

Approaching the Great Pyramid.

"if robert lowell is a poet i dont want to be a poet if robert frost was a poet i dont want to be a poet if socrates was a poet i’ll consider it." --David Antin

Snow, antlers, sky.

[enterprisingindividualsus]

Season 7, Episode 6 "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" with Catherynne M. Valente

The Original Series crew goes out with a bang this week as @catvalente returns to the show to explore #StarTrek VI: The Undiscovered Country!

The Original Series crew goes out with a bang this week as we explore “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”! New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente returns to the show this week to discuss the triumphal exit of the TOS crew from the cinematic stage. When an ecological disaster threatens the existence of the Klingon empire, Kirk and the Enterprise are sent to ease…

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#Catherynne #Star Trek VI #Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country #Valente

[blog59-world]

[fanlit]

💜Comfort Me With Apples: We're in awe of @catvalente's craft in this disturbing story. https://t.co/vZGycxybTi @TorDotComPub https://t.co/bS1B0a6Adi #SFF (from the archive)

[marziesreads]

It’s @catvalente’s book birthday and time for the middle grade world to meet Osmo, Bonk, and Never! This book was pure delight. The audiobook is narrated by the ever wonderful @veryheathmiller! #audiobookstagram #bookstagram #childrensfantasy #eightpennywoods #osmounknown #margaretkelderrybooks #quidnunc #readersofinstagram #asurething https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccz-XaBLe7n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#audiobookstagram #bookstagram #childrensfantasy #eightpennywoods #osmounknown #margaretkelderrybooks #quidnunc #readersofinstagram #asurething

[panzertron]

#catvalente #twitter #catherynne m valente #environmental storytelling #coronavirus #novel coronavirus #COVID-19 #social distancing #quarantine #2020

[boxingcleverrr]

#catvalente #the fae #catherynne m. valente

[friday-tea]

Reading @catvalente’s new #SpaceOpera has me itching to reread all her other books too. Who wants to drink a bunch of #Fairyland tea in a pillow fort with a stack of damn good books? . . . #TeaSquad #ThirstyNerds #fridaytea #tastyteas #geekyteas #fandomblends #thegirlwhocircumnavigatedfairyland #september #athroughl #teaandfriendship #catvalente #catherynnemvalente #tea (at Friday Afternoon)

#september #athroughl #catherynnemvalente #catvalente #teasquad #geekyteas #thegirlwhocircumnavigatedfairyland #spaceopera #fandomblends #fridaytea #tastyteas #tea #fairyland #teaandfriendship #thirstynerds

[orlagartlands]

this is one of my favorite twitter threads ever, both for the imagery (an AMUSING MURDERDOME) and for the important wisdom it imparts

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[text ID: a series of tweets by @/seananmcguire

It’s wonderful that we’re talking about generosity in genre, but as someone who is often overwhelmed in public settings and is not inherently self-aware, I want to note that sometimes, the deepest friendships don’t start with that effortless kindness or instant connection.

I cannot overstate how much I love @/catvalente. She is one of my favorite people. I would give her a kidney. Trying to get her to leave her beloved island for my home state is a common party game around here. She is more my sister than some of my blood siblings.

And when we met, I HATED her.

Not dislike. Outright, WICKED-style, let’s have a musical number LOATHING. The universe had primed us to dislike each other. Like, effort was made to make sure we would not get along.

She’s a rabid fox and I’m a feral coyote, and we had both been put in boxes and shaken briskly before being tipped out into the same room for an AMUSING MURDERDOME.

I was just pre-debut, and she was struggling with a difficult book launch that she was afraid was going to sink her career. We were not in a good place to be kind to each other.

All the things we have in common were the things that threw sparks off one another, but here’s the thing: even as we were being unkind, we were not throwing intentional hits. We were not being CRUEL. We bit because we were in pain, not because we wanted to see each other bleed.

And we worked out way through the hurting for the sake of the people who loved us both, and we found each other in the process, and she’s mine now. I’ve peed a circle around her. All the other coyotes can back off.

Kindness and generosity are important. They help us to thrive. But if someone is not INSTANTLY kind, that doesn’t mean they aren’t someone who can matter to you. You should not tolerate cruelty. But don’t demand unthinking kindness. It’s not always realistic /end ID]

#seanan mcguire #idk even what to tag this #i just think about these tweets a lot #1k

[makemeacyborg]

A completely empty ferry terminal at night… And the only object in the room is an artfully placed full page newspaper explaining what happened. Because life is a video game. https://t.co/2Ne8tOSrKo – http://twitter.com/catvalente/status/1240788741674893312 – @catvalente

#@catvalente

[graywyvern]

( via / me )

Marie Antoinette.

"You know, for a long time I felt that we really didn’t necessarily need yet another film, book, or series whose only theme & message was 'Nazis are objectively evil.' Like, we all know that, nothing could be more obvious!

WELL APPARENTLY WE FUCKING NEEDED A LOT MORE." --@catvalente

One Line.

The Great Announcement

Twilight that renders everything beautiful, you confound both my making and my forsaking, engulfing at last the garden with the desert.

The Map Becomes the Territory.

"It's foolish to think you can see into stone." --The Crystal Text

The Japanese Communist Party is on a whole other level. (via @GalaxyKate)

#raps_clack_calcspar

[marlynnofmany]

Description: a tweet by @catvalente that says “Baby has figured out how to go down stairs by crawling backwards, unlocking new areas. Now, when he can’t get somewhere, he tries to crawl in backwards, just in case it works there too. He just tried to crawl back through a closed door. Quite shamanic, when you think about it.”

I’m imagining a child figuring out their magic abilities this way, and it’s amazing. Problematic, from a parenting standpoint! But amazing.

#writing prompts #magic #babies #child development #kid logic

[2plan22]

RT @catvalente: Between repealing Net Neutrality and passing the horrendous tax bill, the "populist" Republicans have taken both our bread and our circuses within the same week. 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/943614249858985984

Between repealing Net Neutrality and passing the horrendous tax bill, the "populist" Republicans have taken both our bread and our circuses within the same week.

— Catherynne Valente (@catvalente) December 20, 2017

#OLASC16 RT @catvalente: Between repealing Net Neutrality and passing the horrendous tax bill #the "

[marithlizard]

I mean, it tracks. (from https://twitter.com/catvalente/status/1442867105758531590?s=20)

[libraryinthecountry]

★ Do you have any favorite dark fantasy books? I would love to get recs in the comments! One of my absolute favorite dark fantasies is Deathless by @catvalente! The stories of Koschei and Marya Morevna are some of my favorites to read, and I about came out of my seat when I learned @illumicrate was including a Deathless inspired item in the March box! This photo features Illumicrate’s March book of the month, Gallant by @veschwab and the Deathless inspired pillowcase! Gallant features all exclusive: redesigned cover, foil embossing on the hardback, artwork endpapers by @rachelbostickillustration and digitally printed edges. I LOVE the pillowcase. It is designed by @chattnynora and features a quote from Deathless, as well as artwork on the opposite side, of Koschei and Marya by @afterblossom_art. 🖤 You can use my code LIBRARY5 to save on 3&6 month Illumicrate subscriptions! ★ HASHTAGS // #bookstagram #igreads #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #instareads #bookblogger #bookobsessed #readersofinstagram #bookish #beautifulbooks #booktag #prettybooks #goodreads #bookdragon #darkfantasy #shelfie #bookshelves #homelibrary #bookshelf #bookstack #illumicrate #illumicratemar2022 #deathless #veschwab https://www.instagram.com/p/CcWXFJzPAgD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bookstagram #igreads #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #bookaddict #instareads #bookblogger #bookobsessed #readersofinstagram #bookish #beautifulbooks #booktag #prettybooks #goodreads #bookdragon #darkfantasy #shelfie #bookshelves #homelibrary #bookshelf #bookstack #illumicrate #illumicratemar2022 #deathless #veschwab