Arrowstormen

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Computer Science graduate, movie/anime/tabletop enthusiast. He/Him/They

Cover of Mariana Enríquez's short story collection Things We Lost in the Fire. There's an interesting background with a chaotic mess of drawn plants, thorns, and fires. There's some quotes on the right side: "Demands to be read." - Dave Eggers. "Unforgettably brings horror and the macabre to life." Buzzfeed. "Pulse-racingly superb." - Laura van Ben Berg. "Propulsive, mesmerizing." - The New York Times Book Review. "Read these stories!" - Kelly Link.
The Chartwell Classics cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. It is mostly purple with a faded out floral motif. In the middle is the silhouette of a Victorian "gentleman" in front of a blank portrait.
A cover of the Shirley Jackson's book "We Have Always Lived in the Castle." The cover is black and white and features some real creepy-looking folks. In the front stands a blond woman with another, older blond woman standing behind her, peering nervously. The first blond woman is looking directly at the reader, and is holding a black cat.
Cover of T. Kingfisher's book Nettle & Bone. Features a woman with her back turned, with nettles and bones in her green clothing. At the bottom there is a quote from BookPage: "Kingfisher is an inventive fantasy powerhouse."
A cover of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic. It is almost entirely yellow, save for the blue Gollanz (the publisher) SF logo, the title at the top, the authors at the bottom, and a quote from Theodore Sturgeon that reads "Deft and supple... a truly superb tale."
A cover of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Other Wind, the final book of the Earthsea Cycle. It has orange sky, and is dominated by a red fog/mist with a dragon in it. At the bottom there is some ships in the sea(?). There is a quote from Neil Gaiman (boo!) that reads: "Real mythmaking, done by a master of the craft."
A cover of Ursula K. Le Guin's Tales from Earthsea book. This one features a green hill underneath a yellow-red sky with grey-dark clouds at the top, and the silhoutte of a flying dragon in between.
A cover of Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin, the fourth book in the Earthsea Cycle. This one features a small green plant in the middle, with its deep roots visible in the ground underneath, and a cloudy sky above. At the bottom of the plant there are flames.
A cover of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Farthest Shore, the third book in the Earthsea Cycle. This one features a reddish eye of a dragon.
A cover of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan, the second book in the Earthsea Cycle. This one has the two main characters on it.
One of the many covers of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea. This one has a hawk(?) above the sea.
Cover of China Miéville's The Scar. Some ships on the water can be seen on the bottom, with the upper part of the book featuring a strange, ocean-like sky.
Cover of China Miéville's book Perdido Street Station. Shows a moth on top of a "browned out," fading cityscape of decrepit(?) buildings. At the top of the cover is a quote from Kirkus Reviews: "Flawlessly plotted and relentlessly, stunningly inventive: a conceptual breakthrough of the highest order."
Cover of "A Desolation Called Peace" by Arkady Martine. Shows a person standing on the bridge of a spaceship, looking out a large window at a funky three-ringed ship with debris flying off it into space.
BG Stats 2024 Plays: 522 H-index: 12 Games: 76 New: 28 Players: 70 Locations: 18 Hours: 727 Days: 162 Frosthaven: 152.5h Arkham Horror: The Card Game: 129.4h Blood on the Clocktower: 67.4h Great Western Trail: New Zealand: 32.9h Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition): 23.5h Shikoku 1889: 18.1h Dune: Imperium – Uprising: 16.9h Arcs: 16.2h 18Ireland: 16.1h 90 designers: Reiner Knizia: 7% Alexander Pfister: 5% Martin Wallace: 3% Steven Aramini: 3% Uwe Rosenberg: 3%.
Meme about "the Roman god Apollo," in the form of a girl, throwing "the gift of prophecy," in the form of a red ball, at "random internet users just trying to be comedic," in the of three other kids
Image shows the distribution of what people would have voted in the US election across different European countries. Based on available polls from October onwards.