#adam rex

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Nut Collector

"Come, come, my hungry little friends! There's plenty for everyone."

Artist: Adam Rex TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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I am 6 pages I to "The True Meaning of Smekday," which is the book the movie Home is based on, and it's already made me laugh out loud twice and it's SO immersive already!

I bought a copy because the YouTube channel Just Stop explained how the movie was totally emptied of everything that made the source material great for the sake of MaRkEtABiliTy.

[blacklotusmuseum]

"Igneous Golem"

MTG Mirage 1996 | Illus. Adam Rex

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Rootrunner

Artist: Adam Rex

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Wicked Pact

Adam Rex

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Kumano, Master Yamabushi by Adam Rex

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I've been reading "The True Meaning of Smekday" after seeing a post on the movie and how it compared unfavorably to the original book to find out for myself (and whoa, they were not kidding!)

But I got distracted when a stray mention of my favorite TV show, Babylon 5, appeared out of the blue :-)

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Totally Youthful Tuesday

Oh, this is so cute. And just really, really hilarious. Because, of course, all of us know that Darth Vader fears nothing…. right?

The art was fun, but, it was the little story that cracked me up. I mean, it’s definitely a good question of ‘Is this a joke’ when Darth is asked if he’s afraid of the dark. Heh…

You may like this book If you Liked: The Scariest Book Ever by Bob Shea, Search Your Feelings by Calliope Glass, or The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone

Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex

[bookaddict24-7]

New Young Adult Releases! (August 1st, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

I'll Tell You No Lies by Amanda McCrina

The Boy You Always Wanted by Michelle Quach

Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin

The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall

A Little Like Waking by Adam Rex

Zhara by S. Jae-Jones

Damned If You Do by Alex Brown

True True by Don P. Hooper

They Fade Away by Alex Armoredes

The Bewitching Hour by Ashley Poston

Omen of Ice by Jus Accardo

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Happy reading!

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gravespawn sovereign

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Windborn Muse

"Her voice is justice, clear and relentless." —Akroma, angelic avenger

Artist: Adam Rex TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[snail-cupcakes]

i love the sense of stakes in Smek for President! explanation (and spoilers for a book that's 10 years old) below:

at first it seems J.Lo is threatened with death, just like some moments in the first book, but then, Smek reveals, quite gleefully, that he has in mind a punishment that, to me, seems much worse: a removed voicebox. so that's: nonconsensual surgery (intrusive, scary), public humiliation for a fatal mistake he made, an obstacle to his self-expression( & harder to get his needs met), his loved ones never hear his voice again, plus he gets a prison sentence. i imagine losing his voice would strip him of a part of his identity too.

and he seems quite passionate about language learning. he's learned english speech and is learning to read and write- maybe there are more languages he wants to learn. like italian or something.

plus, as a reader, J.Lo's voice very much endears you to him, makes you attached to him, because of his way of speaking. oh and also Smek is implying he wants Gratuity not alive anymore too. so yeah there's a lot at stake here.

[dragoneyes613]

"Humans are bad at dealing with things they don't understand. So we tell stories. That's what humans do, is tell stories. I think it's what we do instead of magic."

- Unlucky Charms, Adam Rex, page 311

[siryl]

Now I know what that sketch was for.

Ever since I learned that githyanki swords cut silver chords, I wanted to know more about the astral plane. Thing is, no D&D supplement ever seemed to really know any more than I did. That changed when Monte Cook’s (no relation to Zeb) A Guide to the Astral Plane fell into my hands.

Cook is a pivotal figure in RPGs and I am not sure his approach to things really fits in my wheelhouse. That said, this is a masterpiece of imagination, charting the corners of a difficult-to-comprehend corner of the multiverse simply, concisely and with more adventure hooks than a tackle box.

The astral plane is less a plane itself than it is the space between planes. It’s a silvery void cluttered with the ductwork that connects the planes. Think of it as the hollow space inside your walls, except infinite and containing whales, dead gods and berbalangs. It was great fun to run a couple adventures here recently; despite buckling some swash against a githyanki warship, I think a brief encounter with an astral whale was the most memorable moment for the players.

This book contains my favorite DiTerlizzi art. He’s more refined here, tighter, with much more control over his watercolors and his choice of color palettes. Another artist named Adam Rex accompanies him. The two complement each other well (unlike, say, Brom and Baxa in the Dark Sun books). Love those astral dragons.

Did you get enough of the planes this week? We’re off to some D&D adjacent territory next week…

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Adam Rex - "Samsara"