"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

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John William Waterhouse, The Danaides – 1904
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Return from the Stars

Though I think I get what Lem was trying to do with this novel, I also understand the many people whose reaction has been “what the fuck did I just read?” The novel is about alienation, social estrangement, post-traumatic stress and culture shock, which are

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman — A Discovered Pearl

“Wonder what’s goin’ on in the church?” Gilman Marlow stopped and stared slowly over at the church. It was a little white building with five pointed windows on each side. The windows were all streaming with light now, and the bright light showed from the

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Sabine Baring-Gould — Glámr

The following story is found in the Gretla, an Icelandic Saga, composed in the thirteenth century, or that comes to us in the form then given to it; but it is a redaction of a Saga of much earlier date. Most of it is thoroughly

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6 Comments
  • impbianco
    Posted at 12:04h, 21 November Reply

    Avrei preferito qualcosa di Land XD

    X-Bye

  • Damiani
    Posted at 12:38h, 21 November Reply

    grandioso Waterhouse.

    Starei ORE a fissare i suoi quadri.

    le sirene, i miti classici e quelli romanzi.

    Tutto incredibilmente stupendo.

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 19:14h, 21 November Reply

    Imp, ora non esageriamo! :p

    Damiani, l’avrò detto almeno un milione di volte, ma Waterhouse è probabilmente il mio pittore preferito. Non esiste nemmeno un suo quadro che io non adori…

  • Njord
    Posted at 09:19h, 22 November Reply

    BRAVA, questo si che vuol dire pensare agli amici.

    Sei troppo buona…

    ;->

  • heraclitus
    Posted at 10:27h, 22 November Reply

    decisamente un’ottima scelta. io in camera ho un bel poster di la belle dame sans merci…

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:22h, 29 November Reply

    Figuratevi. Your satisfaction is our first priority.

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