Simone Heller

@herlizardness.bsky.social

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sff writer & translator curiosity in abundance | astray in worlds and words

Cover of John Brunner‘s Stand on Zanzibar, Morgenwelt in German, a paperback with a cover in a surreal style.
A young harbor seal looking up at the camera hopefully while on the ground, all her whiskers out)
Cover of the German version of “Avatar Fire and Ash - illustrated dictionary”. It’s black with various items and persons from the movie, a blue alien with a red feather headdress is prominently displayed in the Center.
The Seal Signal’s logo, showing a chunky Harbor seal silhouette in off-white projected into a circle with the text sealsignal.org on dark red ground.
Artwork from Jeff Smith’s Bone, showing a desert panorama with the three Bone brothers journeying through, and more characters of the series as silhouettes in the clouds above mountains.
Front cover of the box set with Murder by Death albums, styled like a weathered tombstone. It says “Murder by Death. 2000-2025”.
Stack of three books titled „Wie man sich nicht vom Eulenbär fressen lässt. Der Faerun-Survival-Guide“. Black Cover with golden foil text and an adult brown Owlbear jumping at the viewer.
Ad for a toilet seat with a goldfish in an owl on the lid and a cut-out of the same goldfish on the seat. Goldfish has exaggerated lips and red-eyed stare.
A longish silvery grey rock with a few glittery bits on a black mat
Photo of a woman in a black wetsuit standing in an enclosed seawater space, and a seal swimming in the front, looking back. The seal’s front flipper and claws are clearly visible.
Movie poster of „Mars Express“: dark background with a city at night, and a colourful spread of characters in the middle, mostly in action poses.
Two educational Kamio sticker sheets, the left one featuring typical food items in a convenience store, the right one a variety of sea slugs. There are short descriptions for each sticker.
A tabby cat resting on top of one in row of black garbage bins
A bunch of comics, most in English, some in German. If you’re interested, I’ll post the titles.
Highlighted quote from The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan: “Almost always, this is done to improve the hold that the powerful have on power, or to serve the narcissism or megalomania or paranoia of national leaders. It throws a monkey wrench into the error-correcting machinery. It works to erase public memory of profound political mistakes, and thus to guarantee their eventual repetition. In our time, with total fabrication of realistic stills, motion pictures, and videotapes technologically within reach, with television in every home, and with critical thinking in decline, restructuring societal memories even …”
Sticker with a Fly Agaric with eyes and a small moth on black fabric.
Red door on an old shack with color rivulets and scrawls and some writing.
Small fern growing between mosses on a stone
Big monitor lizard looking out through a cut hole in something like a trash bin. (Image text: me advertising my stuff)
My arm while getting a muddy looking intravenous drip of iron.
A very good photo of a hummingbird hawkmoth in flight to feed at a flower by Jerzy Strzelecki. Shows the proboscis and the little tail they’re named after in German.
Long plate with a screenprinted octopus.
View across a reservoir to Mount Buchstein (and its reflection on the water) on a very sunny day with a white cloud above the summit.
Street art: a stencil with a mountain silhouette. The letters read: “Xeis is nice”
Gif from the video game Loom, showing the stars, swans on a starry lake, a robed figure, a staff and a musical scale
Open spread from “Die Legende von Drizzt”, featuring the pictured entry for Jarlaxle Baenre.
Drawing of a lizard enjoying some rays of sun