#John Hadfield

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A Chamber of Horrors ed. by John Hadfield - Fontana Books, 1970.

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In the Bleak Midwinter (A Midwinter's Tale) (1995) Kenneth Branagh

December 10th 2023

[thefugitivesaint]

''A Chamber of Horrors'' unlocked by John Hadfield, 1970 Source

[nota1eks]

all about me (aleks)!!

i've been wanting to do this for a while, so... who tf am i and wtf do i do?

TAGS YOU MIGHT SEE ON MY BLOG:

#aleks doodles -> my art

#aleks yaps -> my talking about nonfandom stuff

#aleks' ocs -> for my oc stuff, obv

#aleks has ants in its head -> threshold universe tag

#aleks tries to be organized -> stuff for organizing my blog, like this and my fic masterlist

HI, I'M ALEKS (PRONOUNCED JUST LIKE "ALEX")

i use all pronouns but prefer they/them or it/its i'm just a silly little guy surfing the interwebz. i enjoy writing, drawing, reading, and sparkling water. yes, the last one is just as important as the formers. i'm from nova scotia (that's in canada!!!!🍁🍁o7) as well! NS REPRESENT

MY FAVOURITE (for the lack of a better term) THINGS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir;

The Threshold Universe/Koturoverse by Peter Clines;

The Apollo Series by Chris Hadfield ;

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells;

The Bobiverse and Quantum Earth series(es) by Dennis E. Taylor;

The Phantom of the Opera (esp 2004 fight me) by Gaston Leroux/ALW;

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley;

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett;

The Sims 4 (it is a fandom i swear!!!);

The Beatles (by?? John, Paul, George, and Ringo);

i am also fascinated with english grammar and the Victorian Era (esp Victorian Medicine)

BLOGS I RUN:

@graceoutinspace -- a ryland grace character ask blog

@frankenstein-fridays -- a substack injecting Frankenstein (1818) right into your inbox every friday.

FANFICTION:

i write a lot of fanfiction and have a masterlist linked here, if you want to check that out! (it's mostly PHM fanfiction.) my ao3 account is linked here if you're interested :)

locally, i'll put my two most favourite works of mine (is that how you say that?):

The Elimination Project (Rocky's backstory and how his crew died, told from his perspective) AND 5x people thought Grace and Stratt were "engaged in sexual congress" + 1x they didn't! (exactly what it sounds like!)

thanks for reading and nice to meet you!!

if you want to know more about me, feel free to ask me something or DM me; i will respond very quickly because i am thirsty for social interaction and have no impulse control.

[eightysix-baby]

thank you everyone who tagged me : @dearscone , @santacarlahorrorshow , @oddbunny , @emmythespacecowgirl , @punkgeekcryptid , @libramooon , @liebgotts-lovergirl 💖

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Last song:  crocodile rock - elton john

Last show:  finally caught up on the boys 

Currently reading: I read several books at once just finished hollywood eden by joel selvin, also reading  sundown motel simone st james , before the coffee gets cold toshikazu kawaguchi , the unhoneymooners christina lauren , the apollo murders chris hadfield, my best friend's exorcism grady hendrix, jaws - peter benchley , and hide - Kiersten white 

Current obsession: I also have several at once ; Barbie,  The lost boys, Scream , The boys ,mission impossible , Indiana jones ,  the kinks, the beach  boys and other surf rock music ,  and a bunch of others 

tagging ( if you want ) @honey-im-hotdog @pleasedontlookatmeokay @mobanjaree @annuary , @almost-a-class-act , @wallywastaken , @canofpeaches , @kaaaaaaarf + anyone else who wants to do this !!! 💕

[masonhawth0rne]

What I read in September

A good variety this month, though a lot of sci-fi, which I am enjoying a lot!

Time to Orbit: Unknown, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*

The Invincible, Stanislaw Lem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Myrtha (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites (nf), Eric H Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Catching Teller Crow, Amberlin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Old Man's War, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Don't Hang Up, Benjamin Stevenson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Superluminal, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

World War Z, Max Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Flight of the Fantail, Steph Matuku ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cyteen, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Regenesis, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mindfulness for Stress Management (nf), Dr Robert Schacter ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Orange Eats Creeps, Grace Krilanovich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aye, and Gomorrah (ss), Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Carnage (nf), Mark Dapin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unknown, Jordan L Hawk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chocky, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sword of Empire: Praetorian, Richard Foreman ❌

Revival, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ss= short story

nf= non-fiction

*Time to Orbit: Unknown is hosted online [HERE] and is currently still updating twice a week

Lately I've been actively trying to read more older sci-fi, especially written by women. I found CJ Cherryh and Vonda N McIntyre by searching back through Hugo award lists from the 70s and 80s. There's a fantastic vibe to a lot of these books that I don't really find in a lot of more recent sci-fi, though I'd definitely like to find it.

If I ever pin down exactly what it is, I'll probably have more luck.

I finished Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy this month, I had been eking the series out over a few months to savour it. It really is a masterful hard sci-fi series, managing to dig deep into the scientific concepts, but also to carry a huge, gripping, and deeply human story.

The other notable read this month was Carnage, by Mark Dapin, which is a true crime book, doing a deep dive on Jack Karlson (of Succulent Chinese Meal fame). It's a really fascinating take on Australian crime from the 60s-2010s, and is also a really nuanced character portrait of someone who is largely known as a meme.

And that's September!

[yinyinggie]

23 books in 2023

thank you for the tag issy (@/shhitscoffeetime) !!

non fiction

simply tuesday / emily freeman

mindful manners (modern etiquette) / nancy mitchell

good vibes good life / vex king ( re-read )

missing each other / edward brodkin, ashley pallathra

an astronaut's guide to life on earth / chris hadfield

the only study guide you'll ever need / jade bowler

spark joy / marie kondo

the dating manifesto / lisa anderson

hiroshi's latte art and barista style / hiroshi sawada

the 5am club / robin sharma

healing is the new high / vex king

fiction

red queen / victoria aveyard ( re-read )

glass sword / victoria aveyard

king's cage / victoria aveyard

war storm / victoria aveyard

its not summer without you / jenny han

always and forever, lara jean / jenny han ( re-read )

will grayson, will grayson / john green ( re-read )

an abundance of katherines / john green

paper towns / john green ( re-read )

resist / elodie kyra

retaliate / elodie kyra

norwegian wood / haruki murakami

tagging ( no pressure to do this! ) : @lemonarcade @greyskystudies @studyviolette. ( ++ whoever else is interested in doing this!!)

[hplovecraftmuseum]

A very interesting book from 1965 published by Little, Brown and Company. 'A Chamber of Horrors unlocked by John Hadfield'. The volume contains important examples of grotesque literature and art from some of the greatest names in the field. Lovecraft's work does not appear, but several of the authors discussed in his, SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE, are featured. THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is included along with various illustrations and artworks representing macabre themes. Gilman of course was an important surname featured in several of HPL's tales. Gilman is a common and important name in New England history, so it is doubtful that Ms. Gilman's last name was particularly or primarily an inspiration for Lovecraft using it. I have no evidence that there were any Gilmans in HPL's family tree, or among the noted citizens of Providence, RI. (Exhibit 277)

[anamericanpsyco]

2022 Books

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Firestarter by Stephen King

Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Graveyard Shift by Stepen King

Alien by Allen Dean Foster

Out of Dark by David Weber

Vicious by V. E. Schwab

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

The Counselors by Jessica Goodman

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.29

Beer Birthdays

Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Charles H. Wacker (1856)

Rudolph J. Schaefer III (1930)

Brittany Evans; St. Pauli Girl 2006 (1975)

Jim Woods (1980)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Temple Grandin; animal welfare advocate (1947)

Lenny Henry; British comedian (1958)

Jean Auguste Ingres; artist (1780)

John Locke; English philosopher (1632)

Charlie Parker; jazz saxophonist (1920)

Famous Birthdays

Arthur Anderson; actor (1922)

Richard Attenborough; film director, actor (1923)

Lanny Barbie; porn actor (1981)

Bob Beamon; long jumper (1946)

Henry Bergh; ASPCA founder (1811)

Ingrid Bergman; actor (1915)

Richard "Mr." Blackwell; fashion critic (1922)

Aimé Bonpland; French botanist and explorer (1773)

Edward Carpenter; English anthologist and poet (1844)

Chris Copping; English singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945)

Rebecca DeMornay; actor (1959)

Todd English; chef (1960)

Werner Forssmann; German physician (1904)

William Friedkin; film director (1935)

James Glennon; cinematographer (1942)

Neil Gorsuch; judge (1967)

Elliot Gould; actor (1938)

Alex Griffin; English bass player (1971)

Carla Gugino; actor (1971)

Thom Gunn; English-American poet (1929)

Chris Hadfield; Canadian astronaut (1959)

Karen Hesse; author and poet (1952)

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.; writer, scientist (1809)

Michael Jackson; pop singer (1958)

Charles Kettering; inventor (1876)

Hiroki Kikuta; Japanese game designer (1962)

Robin Leach; television host (1941)

Betty Lynn; actress (1926)

Dave Malone; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1952)

John McCain; politician (1936)

Arthur B. McDonald; Canadian astrophysicist (1943)

Herbert Meier; Swiss author (1928)

Lea Michele, American actress and singer (1986)

Anton Newcombe; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1967)

Jimmy C. Newman; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1927)

Isabel Sanford; actress (1917)

Joel Schumacher; film director (1939)

Preston Sturges; film director (1898)

Barry Sullivan; actor (1912)

Wolfgang Suschitzky; Austrian-English cinematographer (1912)

Noah Syndergaard; baseball player (1992)

Dinah Washington; singer (1924)

Geoff Whitehorn; English singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951)

Stephen Wolfram; English-American physicist and mathematician (1959)

Steve Yarbrough; novelist (1956)

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The Duchess of Devonshire - Georgiana Spencer

Georgiana Spencer, also known as Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire was a socialite born in 1757, and was know as 'Gee' by many. At 17, she was married to the 5th Duke of Devonshire, William Cavendish, making Georgiana mistress of Chatsworth, Chiswick House, Hardwick Hall, estates at Bolton Abbey, and Lismore Castle. Since William Cavendish's Mother had died 20 years earlier, Georgiana was left with the responsibility of overlooking all houses, servants and residents living in the estate alone.

However, Georgiana became a big part of Society. She took part in many political gatherings, was an uncontrollable gambler, and invited many into her home, including royalty, actors, musicians, and other aristocrats. She was a big fashion icon of her time, setting trends and wearing extravagant clothing that everyone loved and talked about.

Georgiana was also a writer and poet, and when she was 19, she wrote a poem about the public's view on her and called it "to myself". The Duchess then became a mother, but her daughter was not her own, as the Duke (William Cavendish) had had a relationship before marrying Georgiana, which had led to Charlotte being born. Georgiana suddenly became a mother to Charlotte but loved her as her own.

The Duke's arrangement of Georgiana needed to provide a son was still not met after Georgiana gave birth to Georgiana in 1783, and Harriet in 1785. This added to the already rocky marriage between the Duke and Duchess. Although loved by society, Georgiana found herself to be alone, till she found Lady Elizabeth Foster who she became great friends with. Elizabeth, also known as Bess, was their for Georgiana however, she then became the Duke's mistress. Although Georgiana knew William didn't love her, she was still frustrated and saddened by William taking away Bess from her, and also felt betrayed by Bess herself. Not long afterwards, Georgiana gave birth to her first son, William Cavendish, who would became the 6th Duke of Devonshire.

The Duchess then had an affair with Charles Grey, a politician who she had admired for years, even before her marriage to the Duke. This had then lead to her becoming pregnant with Charles Grey's child. William Cavendish sent Georgiana away to the country, and Bess requested to join her, hopping to rebuild their friendship, which they did. When Eliza, Georgiana and Charles' daughter was born, William said that if Georgiana wanted to keep Eliza, she wouldn't be able to see her other children ever again. This lead Georgiana to give up Eliza to Charles Grey's parents and became Charles' "niece". However, Georgiana visited Eliza in secret as she grew up, and acted as her unofficial god-parent.

Georgiana, Elizabeth, and William lived together till Georgiana's death in 1806. Before her death, she traveled to many places including France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, and gave her blessing for William and Bess to marry, which they went on to do three years after Georgiana's death.

^ Thomas Gainsborough (1787) Portrait of Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire

^ Maria Hadfield Cosway. (1781-1782) Georgiana as Cynthia from Spencer's 'Faerie Queene'

^ A gaming table at Devonshire House. 1791. Thomas Rowlandson.

^ Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Foster. C. 1785. John Downman. Chatswoth. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/history-of-chatsworth/georgiana-cavendish-duchess-of-devonshire/ (website) (Accessed: February 2024).

^ Chatsworth. (no date) Georgiana Cavendish, duchess of devonshire (1757-1806). Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/history-of-chatsworth/georgiana-cavendish-duchess-of-devonshire/ (website) (Accessed: February 2024).

^ Sarahmurden (2023) What became of Charlotte Williams, the illegitimate daughter of the 5th duke of devonshire?, All Things Georgian. Available at: https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/what-became-of-charlotte-williams-the-illegitimate-daughter-of-the-5th-duke-of-devonshire/ (Accessed: February 2024).

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[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Hamlet

Rating: PG

Director: Gregory Doran

Cast: David Tennant, Patrick Stewart, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett, Peter de Jersey, Sam Alexander, Tom Davey, Mark Hadfield, John Woodvine, Ryan Gage, Jim Hooper, Samuel Dutton, David Ajala

Release year: 2009

Genres: drama

Blurb: A prince is visited by his father's ghost, with orders to avenge his murder by killing his usurper uncle.

[raedroid]

Star Covers Bios #12: Jenna Silverville

Age: 10 (beginning of series) 18 (current age)

Birthday: November 27 2004

Ethnicity: White/Asian Mixed (Mom: Indonesian/Indigenous Heritage [specifically Dayak] Dad: French Heritage)

Born: St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada

Hair Colour: Auburn

Skin Tone: Slightly Tanned

Eye Colour: Hazel

Colour Scheme: Dark Blue, Silver, Crystal Blue, White, Purple, Indigo, Black, Gold, and Lavender

Instruments: Vocals, Saxophone, Trumpet, Flute, Acoustic Guitar and Tambourine

Magic Element: Space

Non-Topic Ability: Glass Control

Weapon: Shooting Ninjastars

Hobbies: Studying, Doing Science, Reading Science Books, Studying Space, Singing, Inventing New Gadgets, Collecting Trains, Watching 60s Sitcoms, especially The Monkees, Repairing Cars and Interior Designing

Good Qualities: She is extremely intelligent and has a strong and big brain due to her constant research skills. She knows quite a lot about anything and is very enthusiastic about learning and sharing her knowledge. She has a bit of a geeky side to her with her love of sitcoms and action figures

Bad Qualities: She can come off as a know it all due to her constantly correcting people. She gets irritated easily by people touching her stuff when she’s working on something and tends to panic easily. She also comes off as weird and insane when talking about her research and work

Inspirations: Kiss, Bob Kulick, Micheal Jackson, Abba (specifically Björn Ulvaeus), Tecna from Winx Club, Entrapta and Scorpia from She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Corinne Clery, and Charles Hadfield

[4me4you]

4me4you visits Gillian Jason Gallery which featured the blurred space between utopia and dystopia, “UNIVERSE 25”.

ARTIST: Phoebe Evans, Bethany Hadfield, Yaya Yajie Liang, Serpil Mavi Üstün, Bi Rongrong, Joanna van Son, Caroline Zurmely.

A group of seven international artists explore the blurred space between utopia and dystopia that the 1968 study of mice by sociologist John Calhoun predicted for humanity.

In 1968, American ethologist John Calhoun began an experiment into the effects of overcrowding; Universe 25. He introduced four rodent couples into a specially designed and enclosed shelter. In only 600 days, despite never reaching the hypothetical maximum capacity of the shelter, the explosive population growth turned into a total collapse of the mice colony. Regardless of the rigorous maintenance of utopian living conditions such as abundant water, food, and perfect climate conditions, the mice became increasingly violent, developed cannibalism and were eventually unable to reproduce or rear their young.