“I am of the opinion', Tharkay said, 'that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.”
― Naomi Novik
“I am of the opinion', Tharkay said, 'that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.”
― Naomi Novik
"Quels superbes pieds !"
https://my-place.social/display/e599373b-2068-e646-fe74-099169027729
Honk 🤡
#joktober 08 - #Reckless / #Téméraire
feat. #Mordudor / #Gimmighoul and #Gromago / #Gholdengo
#art #drawing #doodle #inktober #inktober2025 #joke #fanart #pokemon #mastoart
Naomi Novik: His Majesty's Dragon
And done. Book 2 is a-waiting.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0a7e7a5c-3c89-4ac4-bdf5-d61de48749da
Finally reading (listening to) Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. So far, enjoying His Majesty's Dragon, and not only because the narration is excellent.
Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of @naominovik's His Majesty's Dragon: Book One of Temeraire, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lthv3sw4z22f
#KindleBookGiveaway #NaomiNovik #HisMajestysDragon #Temeraire
[Article] 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗝𝗠𝗪 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱
Turner's painting depicts this once-mighty gladiator of the seas being towed down a burnished River Thames by a much more recently invented steam-powered tugboat.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250415-jmw-turner-at-250-why-his-greatest-painting-the-fighting-temeraire-is-so-misunderstood by Matt Wilson via #bbc
#Art #History #Turner #Temeraire #TheFightingTemeraire #NationalGallery #London