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ellathemisfit · 6 months
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I’m reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman right now. I just found out the part where Aziraphale spoke in French about an aunt, a gardener, and a pen is a direct reference from this line in Stardust.
Or was this just a coincidence, @neil-gaiman?
Lots of love. X
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unhingedpirates · 3 months
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I’m reading Stardust right now, and I find it hilarious that both Tristran and Aziraphale know only enough French to say one very specific thing:
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(gif by @jameszmaguire)
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HE GOT ME BLUSHIN AND KICKIN MY FEET FRRRRRR😭😭💕💕💕
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balu8 · 8 months
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess
DC/Vertigo
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A digital portrait of one Tristan Thorn.
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I painted Tristan (or Tristran, depending on your perspective) because Stardust is both my favourite book and my favourite film of all time.
I swear I thought I was through with the concept of love, at least that of the romantic variety, but the way I feel about this story and these characters has genuinely made me feel like I might just believe again.
Aaaaaaaahhhh. Neil Gaiman, you legend. Thank you. Sincerely. Stardust is magic.
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spritelysprites · 1 year
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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Reading Stardust. Never wished I could jump into a story and punch someone as much as I wish I could punch Tristran. "I'm trusting on your honor as a star not to run away!" Her honour doesn't depend on pleasing her captor. Idiot. "I'm the most miserable person who ever lived!" Said in the tails of thinking about how the star must be cold and lonely and her broken leg must be hurting like her back from horse riding bareback. "If my hand wasn't burned you wouldn't be alive!" It also saved your life so you would've done it anyway. Also, it doesn't impress that you were just as willing to save her as you were to kidnap her. Let Victoria thank you 🖕. Also 70% of the way in and the main couple has not had any friendly interactions that weren't forced by Tristran, mostly to convince himself that he's still a good guy even though he's got Yvaine kidnapped.
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theliterarymess · 6 months
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Tristran has rizz
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Who should I draw next:
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neil-gaiman · 6 months
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Hey Neil, hope you're having a wonderful day!
"Stardust" has always been one of my all-time favourite films, and I finally got my hands on the book and read it! I loved it very much, although I do have a question...
While reading the bonus content at the back of the edition I bought, I came across this little snippet at the end of the preface:
"The other story set in the world of Stardust that I still intend to tell explains how and why Tristran Thorn went to Hell in a hot-air balloon."
Naturally, I am intrigued. Was this a joke? Is anything going to come of it? Did it end up becoming an abandoned project? Was it teasing a Good Omens crossover, as funny as that would be?
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It's not a joke. Actually Charles Vess did an illustration for it. One day I need to write it.
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skyedestiny · 1 year
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Quoth the Author: Our Next Book
Hello, everyone! I know I haven’t been here very much lately.  Well, in an effort to change that, I wanted to talk about a stream I’ve been running on Twitch (more recently live on my youtube channel) lately, called Quoth The Author.  I run it on Sundays at 5 PM EST, and it’s sort of a book club.
For the longest time, I’ve wanted to get back to reading books, but it was always so hard to find the time and motivation.  In talking to some friends, I found out that we were in a very similar place in regards to that.  And if there are some of us like this there are actually bound to be a lot of us.
In Quoth the Author, I let the audience know about a book we’ll be starting in advance so that you can procure your own copy, if you’d like.  But it isn’t necessary as, during the stream, I will read a section of the story aloud.  From there, the goal is to discuss, together, about what we’ve read.
If this interests you, please stop in, using the link above! And if you’d like to catch up on the progress of our current book (The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King), you can check out my youtube channel, where all previous episodes are posted.
But that’s not exactly what this post is about.  This post is about enlisting your help to pick the next book that we’ll cover! Below the cut, you’ll find the covers and blurbs of the four books we’re considering moving on to.  Please check them out and let me know in the replies (or the poll on facebook or twitter, depending on where you guys are coming from) which sounds the most intriguing to you.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher:
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“Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a—well, whatever. There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get interesting. Magic - it can get a guy killed.”
Lightning by Dean Koontz:
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“A storm struck on the night Laura Shane was born, and there was a strangeness about the weather that people would remember for years. But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere – the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery. Years later – another bolt of lightning – and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy. Was he the guardian angel he seemed? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond time and space?”
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson:
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“Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped on a planet that is constantly attacked by mysterious alien starfighters. Spensa, a teenage girl living among them, longs to be a pilot. When she discovers the wreckage of an ancient ship, she realizes this dream might be possible—assuming she can repair the ship, navigate flight school, and (perhaps most importantly) persuade the strange machine to help her. Because this ship, uniquely, appears to have a soul.”
Stardust by Neil Gaiman:
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“Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.“
Please make your selections, friends! I’m excited to be heading off on another literary journey with you!
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ihaveonlymydreams · 1 year
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Hi Maria!!!
I’m starting a new ask game, where AU give you the name of a movie/book, and you tell me who you think should be in a modern-day remake/adaptation of it, and I’ll share with you who I would cast!
After looking through your blog, I give you… Stardust!!!
Ooh interesting! The OG version is so firmly stuck in my head that I'm having a hard time picturing anyone else lol but let's see (I'm going off the book characters, not the movie)
Tristran Thorn - Will Poulter (he can play inexperienced and bumbling and also cool and competent)
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Yvaine - Zendaya (she just has the sass and the sweetness)
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The Witch Queen - Cate Blanchett (would love to see her tear it up as an evil witch)
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Dunstan Thorn - Keanu Reeves (sweet and perfectly likely to just wander into fairyland)
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Lady Una - Sandra Bullock (mostly so she can be reunited with Keanu but also because she can play anything)
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Ditchwater Sal - Meryl Streep (she can also do anything and I think she'd have fun)
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Victoria - Anya Taylor-Joy (she could pull off the "I'm beautiful and also slightly bored with you" no problem)
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Humphrey - Timothee Chalamet (I just think it would be funny to see him play the silly antagonist)
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Septimus - Jude Law (why not, I'm running out of ideas lol)
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STARDUST BY NEIL GAIMAN, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Read in July 2016, reread in January 2023
Stardust is about a young man called Tristran Thorn who is willing to do anything to win his love's hand in marriage, including crossing the Wall to catch a falling star. It includes lots of traditional fantasy elements and is probably best described as a fairytale for adults who haven't quite grown up yet. Definitely an enjoyable read! However (and this is probably because I've seen the film first), I felt the book was missing something the brilliant film had, notably relationship development and a certain captain...
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rockislandadultreads · 9 months
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More Historical Fantasy Recommendations
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even fetch her the star they watch fall from the night sky. But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands on the other side of the ancient wall that gives their tiny village its name. Beyond that old stone wall, Tristran learns, lies Faerie—where nothing not even a fallen star, is what he imagined.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell, whose displays of magic send a thrill through the country.
Proceeding to London, he raises a beautiful woman from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French. Yet the cautious, fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange.
Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrel. So begins a dangerous battle between these two great men which overwhelms that between England and France. And their own obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts are going to cause more trouble than they can imagine.
This is the first volume in the “Strange & Norrell” series.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his fall. From their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies, we follow these women and the diverse cast of characters that surrounds them as the great Arthurian epic unfolds stunningly before us. As Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar struggle for control over the fate of Arthur's kingdom, as the Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain, the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory, until the fissure between old and new worlds' and old and new religions' claims its most famous victim.
This is the first volume in the “Avalon” series.
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