Maks Ksenjak

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Cover of John Varley’s book “Titan” (part of his Gaean trilogy)

Cover of John Varley’s book “Wizard” (part of his Gaean trilogy)

Cover of John Varley’s book “Demon” (part of his Gaean trilogy)

Books #3-5:
John Varley’s “Gaean” trilogy. Discovered his works last year, with four books of the “Eight Worlds” series - enjoyed them tremendously, so decided to continue the journey. Gaea was a trip for certain!

Thank you, we hope so too! 🙏🏻

One of the neighbors did say that he may have seen him cross that road too some days back, promised to keep an eye out.

Girl cats (we have two) miss him as well - try to call out from the backyard and the youngest started bringing the fuzzy ball toy that Buddy loved to play with to bed

Been kind of crazy stressful past few weeks without the silly little guy.

Did find his collar (with AirTag) on the side of the road around the corner from where we live, but no other traces. Collar was of this variety that would open to avoid choking the animal.

HELP! Buddy is MISSING! Short-haired tabby with black spots on back, multicolored nose with white stripe

Mr Buddy disappeared last week sadly :(
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Cover of Octavia E Butler’s “Parable of the Talents” book

Book #2.
Octavia E Butler “Parable of the Talents”
Intense and at times uncomfortable read. Excellent.

Greetings! Several hundred protesters are currently at Pershing Square. They are protesting against recent fatal shootings in the US by ICE officers.

Excellent captures! Liking the third one a lot

Cover of Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”

Started my 2026 reading year strong: with Octavia E Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”. Excellent book. Too real.

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Thank you 🙏🏻

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Learned earlier today that my old school mate from Lviv had perished in action …

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Pretty much my lineup. Played all of them multiple times on different platforms. Would still enjoy a great deal

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3 Screenshots from the movie "RoboCop" (1987): First, a group of lab technicians in party hats wave enthusiastically, surrounded by New Year’s decorations, with the caption, "Hey, look, look! He's watching us!" Second, a close-up of a woman wearing oversized glasses and holding up a festive New Year’s hat, smiling warmly at the camera with the caption, "This is for you." Third, the same woman leans closer to the camera, delivering the caption, "Happy new year," with a cheerful expression.

Dec 31st - While the scientists working on it had a new years eve party, the in-production law enforcement cyborg "Robocop" woke up.

📽️📅 RoboCop (1987)

Some Japanese and French John Varley book cover art ([couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], David B Mattingly and Jeam Tag):

Here's some interior magazine art from the 1970s for John Varley stories (1st by Gregg Davidson, rest by Stephen Fabian). 1st for "A Choice of Enemies"; 3rd for "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank":

John Varley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/varley... was born on this day, so here are some of his book and magazine covers (Artist: Paul Lehr, Peter Jones, Tim White and Ron Walotsky):

Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025 - Reactor Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.

We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?

Really sad stuff. Discovered his works just earlier this year and enjoyed them a ton

Jólakötturinn is huge, as big as if not bigger than a house, and only comes around for Christmas. Some say Jólakötturr (as sometimes shortened) is the pet of the a family of trolls known as the Yule Lads who are Santa’s helpers in Iceland. It’s also said that he has a particular taste for ungrateful children. The legend of the Jólakötturinn was not written down for publishing until the early 19th century. At first a more obscure countryside myth, the lore of Yule Cat has only grown since and is now internationally known and celebrated. It is theorized the practical purpose of this myth may have been to aid in wool production in earlier seasons of the year which children took part in helping with. ❄️❄️ ❄️❄️❄️

In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!

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Illustration of scientific research being conducted to figure out how would Xenomorph wear the Santa hat, in 5 sample illustrations

Serious Xmas week question post: how would Xenomorph wear the Santa hat:

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A new documentary reveals how Ukraine became the only country to rescue all its women and children from Islamic State (ISIS) camps in Syria through a five-year covert intelligence operation.

www.kyivpost.com/post/66260

Holy shit. Not Rob Reiner please.

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Same, man! Texture and details always have me going