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50's Music

2012.05.14 19:47 50's Music

Music from the 1950's
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2015.06.01 02:37 Tiny Moving Parts

the official UNOFFICIAL subreddit for the math rock/punk/emo band Tiny Moving Parts. >>www.tinymovingparts.com <<
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2019.01.03 07:15 greatyellowshark music of the 2020's

Music of the 2020's. Welcome to the new decade of music!
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2024.06.09 13:07 Danimoshi Dublagens da Discovery parte 4

Dublagens da Discovery parte 4
Oi galera, eu decidi postar as lost mídias do canal Discovery Kids, mas eu decidi falar delas em diferentes fases do canal (que até o momento que estou escrevendo este post, o canal está na sétima fase). Hoje, irei falar da 4ª fase do canal, que foi ao ar entre 2009 a 2013, ao todo teve 44 programas exibidos durante essa fase.
Sem mais delongas, bora pro post(e sim, esse vai ser um dos post dos grandes):
  1. 3, 2, 1 Vamos
3, 2, 1 Vamos (3, 2, 1 Let's Go) foi uma série live-action com fantoches americana-mexicana criada por Sesame Workshop, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 22 de junho de 2009 a 3 de agosto de 2012, contou com 1 temporada de 52 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1oVTriYLQF5qDxRTkuQy5GMr_xsQhrppn?usp=drive_link
  1. Angelina Bailarina: Os Seguintes Passos
Angelina Bailarina: Os Seguintes Passos (Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps) foi uma série animada americana-britânica criada por Katharine Holabird e Helen Craig, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 5 de setembro de 2009 a 13 de novembro de 2010, contou com 2 temporadas e 40 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estavam disponíveis no drive.
  1. As Aventuras de Chuck e Amigos
As Aventuras de Chuck e Amigos (The Adventures of Chuck and Friends) foi uma série animada canadense-americana produzida por Nelvana, Pipeline Studios Inc. e Hasbro Studios, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 16 de outubro de 2010 a 14 de janeiro de 2012, contou com 2 temporadas e 39 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids em 23 de abril de 2012 e no canal TV Cultura em 2019.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estarão disponíveis no drive.
  1. Aventuras Com os Kratts
Aventuras Com os Kratts (Wild Kratts) foi uma série animada americana criada por Martin Kratt e Chris Kratt, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 3 de janeiro de 2011, contou com 7 temporadas e 158 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids, Disney Channel em 17 se julho de 2011 e no Canal Futura em 13 de outubro de 2014.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no YouTube.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgOjXvWKc8LHee8ZJo0n5QOJonMPH2h36
  1. Babar e As Aventuras de Badou
Babar e As Aventuras de Badou (Babar and the Adventures of Badou) foi uma série animada canadense-francesa criada por Michael Stokes, baseada nos livros:"Babar the Elephant" criados por Jean de Brunhoff e Laurent de Brunhoff, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 6 de setembro de 2010 a 2 de janeiro de 2015, contou com 3 temporadas e 65 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: As duas primeiras temporadas dubladas estão disponíveis no drive, faltando alguns episódios.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1GKw82iD-LPs6hTlH4aeIFeyu8_vdrd1J
  1. Bananas de Pijamas (2011)
Bananas de Pijamas (2011) (Bananas in Pyjamas) foi uma série animada australiana criada por Helen Harris, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 6 de janeiro de 2012, contou com 2 temporadas e 156 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no YouTube.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no YouTube: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DUOZrUvQIEYk%26list%3DPLaerdHbAdrDKbQN2Sgb-yjbYgWCjtTJbn&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1717856230951005&usg=AOvVaw2TMgaRgxAAYv5lXZAf7k53
  1. Dino Trem
Dino Trem (Dinossaur Train) foi uma série animada americana-canadense-singapurense criada por Craig Bartlett, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 7 de setembro de 2009, contou com 5 temporadas e 100 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1Nv39YP52xnaPAGXyn5SDo262k0M2vER0?usp=drive_link
  1. Esquadrão dos Monstros
Esquadrão dos Monstros (Monster Math Squad) foi uma série animada canadense, indo ao ar originalmente em 2011, contou com 1 temporada. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids e SBT.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1vRdPrxOmqYonoMNHJjyM_eK0rIHTlgAm?usp=drive_link
  1. Fizzy, o Mestre Cuca
Fizzy, o Mestre Cuca (Fizzy's Lunch Lab) foi uma série animada, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 20 de novembro de 2009. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/13uPdUSPzcej7sMtm4P-a5R1Z984tybaI
  1. Garota Supersabia
Garota Supersabia (Word Girl) foi uma série animada americana criada por Dorothea Gillim, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 8 de setembro de 2007 a 10 de outubro de 2015, contou com 8 temporadas e 130 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids em 2009.
Disponibilidade: Apenas 3 episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos 3 episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1YZTJOzGJy8jv9qT1SgvIWcFlEv-fMZUW?usp=drive_link
  1. Gaspard e Lisa
Gaspard e Lisa (Gaspard et Lisa) foi uma série animada francesa-britânica criada por Anne Gutman, baseada nos livros de mesmo nome criados por Anne Gutman e Georg Hallensleben, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 1 de maio de 2011 a 13 de junho de 2013, contou com 2 temporadas e 51 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estavam disponíveis no drive.
  1. General Caneca: Treinamento Básico
Não tem informações do show na internet, e isso inclui sua dublagem que é perdida.
  1. Jack e o Show de Música
Jack e o Show de Música (Jack's Big Music Show) foi uma série live-action com fantoches americana criada por David Rudman, Todd Hannert e Adam Rudman, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 12 de setembro de 2005 a 13 de outubro de 2007, contou com 2 temporadas e 26 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids, Rede Globo e Nick Jr.
Disponibilidade: Não há registros de sua dublagem.
  1. LazyTown Extra
LazyTown Extra (LazyTown: Action Time!) foi uma série live-action britânica-islandesa criada por Magnús Scheving, sendo um spin-off de LazyTown, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 15 de setembro de 2008 a 28 de outubro de 2008, contou com 1 temporada de 26 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas 1 episódio dublado está disponível no drive.
Links: Link do episódio dublado no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1Ktl9GBMh1Kb7nY4IwcI702HELtyotsd6?usp=drive_link
  1. Leão
Não tem informações sobre o show na internet, e esse show não possui dublagem, pois é mudo.
  1. Martha Fala
Martha Fala (Martha Speaks) foi uma série animada americana-canadense-filipesa criada por Susan Meddaugh, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 1 de setembro de 2008 a 18 de novembro de 2014, contou com 6 temporadas e 96 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids e TV Cultura em 4 de janeiro de 2010 a 5 de janeiro de 2013.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estavam disponíveis no drive.
  1. Mike, o Cavaleiro
Mike, o Cavaleiro (Mike the Knight) foi uma série animada canadense-britânica criada por Alexander Bar, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 8 de setembro de 2011 a 13 de janeiro de 2017, contou com 3 temporadas e 100 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids em 2013, na TV Cultura, no programa Quintal da Cultura, na TV Brasil, no programa Hora da Criança e na RedeTV!, no programa TV Kids.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estavam disponíveis no drive.
  1. Milly e Molly
Milly e Molly (Milly, Molly) foi uma série animada neozelandesa-singapurense dirigida por David Evans, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 1 de setembro de 2008 a 2010, contou com 2 temporadas e 52 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Alguns episódios dublados estavam disponíveis no drive.
  1. My Little Pony: A Amizade é Mágica
My Little Pony: A Amidade é Mágica (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) foi uma série animada americana-canadense criada por Lauren Faust, baseada nos brinquedos e séries de mesmo nome criado por Bonnie Zacherle, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 10 de outubro de 2010 a 12 de outubro de 2019, contou com 9 temporadas e 221 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids entre 21 de novembro de 2011 a 19 de agosto de 2020 e no canal TV Cultura em 17 de dezembro de 2018 a janeiro de 2020 e esteve no catálogo do streaming Globoplay.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no YouTube.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@MyLittlePonyPortuguesOficial/playlists
  1. Noddy no País dos Brinquedos (2009)
Noddy no País dos Brinquedos (2009) (Noddy in Toyland) foi uma série animada britânica dirigida por David McCamley, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 30 de abril de 2009 a 6 de dezembro de 2009, contou com 1 temporada de 52 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids entre 2011 a 2012.
Disponibilidade: Apenas 1 episódio dublado está disponível no drive.
Links: Link do episódio dublado no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1m5ftFxoDN5PXP250kRP5cGf537-Mx3bR
  1. O Esconderijo Secreto
Não tem informações sobre o show na internet, mas alguns episódios estarão disponíveis no drive.
  1. O Gatola da Cartola tem de Tudo na Cachola!
O Gatola da Cartola tem de Tudo na Cachola (The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!) foi uma série animada canadense-britânica-americana dirigida por Tony Collingwood, baseada no livro:"The Cat in the Hat" criados por Dr. Seuss, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 6 de setembro de 2010 a 21 de janeiro de 2018, contou com 3 temporadas e 80 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1lDSMBWNaDTBpZmoq9Pwg6SZNXRh4cRbG?usp=drive_link
  1. Os Piratas e suas Aventuras Coloridas
Os Piratas e suas Aventuras Coloridas (Pirates: Adventures in Art) foi uma série animada canadense dirigida por William Gordon, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 18 de dezembro de 2010 a 15 de outubro de 2011, contou com 2 temporadas e 44 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids em 2 de abril de 2012
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1-YRiT98xTFZUBFLB14MPN-VzcOBJaiwb
  1. Os Tesouros da Franny
Não tem informações sobre o show na internet, mas alguns episódios estarão disponíveis no drive.
  1. Qual É A Resposta
Não tem informações sobre o show na internet, mas um episódio dublado está disponível no drive.
Links Link do episódio dublado disponível no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1wlDfNFZZjJfCdu-_Y9sFZ7ZzUXfPhJjJ
  1. Rob, O Robô
Rob, O Robô (Rob, the Robot) foi uma série animada canadense-simgapurense criada por Manuel Rosen, baseada nos livros de mesmo nome criados por John Magart, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 6 de setembro de 2010 a 25 de fevereiro de 2013, contou com 2 temporadas e 104 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids, Rede Bandeirantes, ZooMoo Kids, TV Cultura, SBT e Rede Globo.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1RRyRzy5VFsvb0xzQTYtFrGFpvyLEYOVR?usp=sharing
  1. Sid, O Cientista
Sid, O Cientista (Sid the Science Kid) foi uma série animada americana criada por The Jim Henson Company, indo ao ar originalmente no dia 1 de setembro de 2008 a 25 de março de 2013, contou com 2 temporadas e 68 episódios. No Brasil, foi exibido nos canais Discovery Kids em maio de 2009 e no canal TV Cultura em 18 de abril de 2011.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1LXvEFSR0sd46sRgVyn_ew8DN3flWGPzJ?usp=sharing
  1. VelozMente (Versão Argentina de BrainSurge)
VelozMente (BrainSurge) foi um programa live-action argentino, indo ao ar originalmente em 7 de novembro de 2011 a 2015, contou com 3 temporadas. No Brasil, foi exibido no canal Discovery Kids.
Disponibilidade: Apenas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links: Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1c2X2k4U7RRRewLUztGFTjicRaB2GXdf2?usp=drive_link
  1. Yummy Toonies
Não tem informações sobre o show na internet, mas alguns episódios dublados estão disponíveis no drive.
Links Link dos episódios dublados no drive: https://drive.google.com/drive0/mobile/folders/1RSnsiEBcM32DTr4p0587PK9JgxCKCYA0
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2024.06.08 15:42 Inception_025 Movie of the Year 1997 Survivor Round 4 of 9

You all did your part. Starship Troopers was squashed like a bug.
Movie of the Year 1997 Nominees
VOTE HERE
Rank Title Votes Against Runner-Up
10th As Good As It Gets (LS) 19/59 (32.2%) 10/59 (16.9%) - The Fifth Element
9th The Fifth Element 17/60 (28.3%) 13/60 (21.7%) - Starship Troopers
8th Starship Troopers (LS) 23/62 (37.1%) 19/62 (30.6%)
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Nominations Results
Round of 32 Results
Round of 16 Results
Lifesaver Round Results
Pregame Polls
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS (click to view full event)
1998: The Truman Show (d. Peter Weir)
1999: Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2000s: In the Mood for Love (d. Wong Kar-Wai)
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (d. Ang Lee)
2001: Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch)
2002: Spirited Away (d. Hayao Miyazaki)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry)
2005: Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee)
2006: Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuarón)
2007: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2008: WALL-E (d. Andrew Stanton)
2009: Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2010s: It's Such a Beautiful Day (d. Don Hertzfeldt)
2010: The Social Network (d. David Fincher)
2011: A Separation (d. Asghar Farhadi)
2012: Moonrise Kingdom (d. Wes Anderson)
2013: Her (d. Spike Jonze)
2014: Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)
2016: Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve)
2017: Get Out (d. Jordan Peele)
2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (d. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman)
2019: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
2020: The Father (d. Florian Zeller)
2021: The Worst Person in the World (d. Joachim Trier)
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh)
2023: Oppenheimer (d. Christopher Nolan)
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE DECADE WINNERS (click to view full event)
2000s: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2010s: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
Letterboxd List of All Past Nominees
Letterboxd Master List of All Past Top 32s
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2024.06.08 03:48 Isaachwells 2024 Hugo and Nebula Nominees, Ranked

This years Nebulas are being awarded tomorrow night, so I thought I’d give my rankings of the Hugo and Nebula nominees. The Hugos are awarded on August 11th. Obligatory mention of how the Hugos appear to have been fixed last year, but that has been thoroughly discussed elsewhere, so I don’t really want to rehash it. And this year appears to be completely transparent, and I’m guessing and hoping will include efforts to prevent any similar corruption again.
For those who don’t like the Nebulas or Hugos, or don’t find them useful ways to find things you like to read, that’s certainly understandable. I’d love to hear your thoughts on any nominees you did read, or on works from 2023 that you enjoyed and feel are award worthy!
Notable things from this year: Martha Wells declined Murderbot nominations, a classy move for an already well awarded series. Lot’s of our usual nominees, while the only notable absence I caught was Seanan Mcguire’s Wayward Children novella, which is a bit of a shame as #8 is easily the best of the series, and it functions as a stand alone like all of the even numbered ones. But also, once you’re 8 books in, it does seem past due to start nominating other things. I’ll be curious to see if it was the Chinese works that edged it out.
A couple last things. Fantasy is doing their Hugo read, and it has some great commentary. u/brent_323 put out his rankings and comments on the Nebula novel nominees, and they differ from my somewhat if you want a different perspective. Lstly, I’ve added Goodreads ratings (out of 5 stars) for novels and novellas to give some context on how generally liked and how widely read each book is.

Best Novel

9: (Nebula Nominee) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW, Gollancz)
Stars: 3.70
Number of ratings: 633
Thematically, Shigidi is pretty similar to American Gods but with an emphasis on the Yoruba religion. My apologies in advance for any potential inaccuracies, my knowledge of Yoruba is based on this book, and some cursory Wikipedia reading. Different creators or gods have their own corporate structure, with minor sub-deities as employees. Olorun is the creator in Yoruba, with Orisha’s being lower level gods. One of these, Shigidi (a nightmare god in the book, although Wikipedia lists him as Guardian of Home and Environment), is trying to split from the Yoruba corporation and be an independent entity, along with his lover, the succubus Nneoma (based on Naamah, a demon from Jewish mysticism). To pay off his debt to the company, Shigidi has one last job.
It’s an interesting world, but despite the thematic American Gods comparisons, it feels nothing like that and has little else in common, and its structure ultimately makes it a much less successful book. Approximately a third of the book is the present day story, but most of that is in the second half of the book. The first half is brief tastes of the present in between longer chapters of background events. Those events are telling a single secondary story, just filling in the info you need to understand how we got to the present situation. Everytime we finally had some momentum, that thread would be done and I’d have to ‘get into’ the book all over again. If it wasn’t so broken up, I think I would have really enjoyed it, but as it is I was pretty done with the book by the time I got to where the bulk of the present day heist story was, and ended up skimming the last 50 to 100 pages.
8: (Nebula Nominee) The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
Stars: 3.38
Number of ratings: 5,213
I loved The Future of Another Timeline, and on that alone will read any future Newitz novels, but so far nothing else of hers has come close to the same heights. The Terraformers is a set of 3 novellas set around 500 years apart, watching the terraforming of a planet over time through the eyes of the workers owned by the corporation terraforming the planet. Most of the plot is focused on terraforming, the corporation’s shenanigans, civil engineering, and civil rights, as the populace works to win the freedom to enjoy their home.
Very interesting, but it definitely drags at times. I loved the themes explored, although the civil engineering could be a bit much at times (said as a Kim Stanley Robinson fan). I did love the sentient buses, naked mole rats, and the cat reporter! Ultimately, more interesting than it was enjoyable.
7: (Hugo Nominee) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor, Tor UK)
Stars: 4.18
Number of ratings: 43,367
I really enjoyed Starter Villain! There was some criticism of The Kaiju Preservation Society for being ‘light’, and that seems somewhat fair, although I likewise enjoyed it. People have leveled similar criticism at Starter Villain, but that seems less true. It’s quippy, a bit light hearted, but so are the other Scalzi books I’ve read (Redshirts, The Android’s Dream) it’s not exactly dealing with light topics despite that. It’s a critique of capitalism, and how wealth can become entrenched to both oppose what’s good for society, and oppose innovation. That said, I found the ‘villain’ idea pretty silly, as it’s essentially being used as a shorthand for disruptive technology, not for anything actually villainous or bad. I probably wouldn’t vote for it for a major award, but it was a fun and thoughtful novel.
6: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.71
Number of ratings: 16,432
While Martha Wells declined nominations for Murderbot, she did accept them for Witch King! It’s really imaginative and interesting world, and I’m hoping we get more of it (I hear she’s working on another book in the setting, so I trust we will). It has two narrative threads, the present day, where the main character Kai has been held prisoner during a pivotal political moment. The story focuses on his escape and the efforts to figure out what’s going on. The second thread tells the backstory of Kai’s life, and how the world came to the current situation.
I loved the world, and really enjoyed the book! It seems like quite a few of the people who didn’t disliked it because they thought the back story was a lot more interesting than the present day story, which I have to agree with, honestly. I wish they were told as two separate books, or in a way where splitting them contributed to the story. For example, a historian character that wheedled Kai about what has actually happened in the past could have been a vehicle for exploring the past events. Regardless of these qualms, I still enjoyed the book and look forward to more.
5: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
Stars: 4.11
Number of ratings: 9,848
Translation State is yet another book set in Leckie’s Raadchai universe. It’s not necessary to read the Ancillary books first, although I think it would help (and they’re awesome). Not sure how much Provenance relates, as I didn’t enjoy it and DNFed. Translation State is really good though, looking at the life and society of the Presger translators (as you might imagine), and giving some glimpses of what’s going on in the broader setting. I have enjoyed the books giving hints of that bigger picture, but would love one like Ancillary Justice where that’s more of a primary focus. I’d say this book is award worthy (as are all the ones I ranked higher), but I also feel like it’s linked enough to the setting that it’s fair to treat it more like a sequel, and I’m less inclined to award sequels major awards.
4: (Nebula Nominee) The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
Stars: 3.82
Number of ratings: 2,326
The Water Outlaws is a queer, gender bent retelling of the Chinese classic Water Margin. And by classic, I mean in the sense that Don Quixote or Middlemarch is classic. It’s (probably) a 14th century novel, set around 1120 and following the rebellion of the outlaws at Mount Liang against the Northern Song dynasty. It is one of the 6 classics of pre-modern Chinese literature. At least, that’s what Wikipedia says, and it sounds like retellings and adaptations are pretty common.
I really enjoyed The Water Outlaws, and it’s the first that I would actually be happy to see win. It was fast paced and fun, but also had quite a bit of interesting insight into gender. It was also interesting to see how more Eastern values played into the story. I’m not necessarily very attuned to that, although it sounds like other readers can attest that it felt both like a Western and an Eastern novel. But I definitely noticed that the outlaws weren’t rebelling against the Emperor or the Empire really, just the corrupt people just under the top who were managing it. To me at least, it seemed to reflect the Eastern collectivism over Western individualism. S. L. Huang also has a great AMA on Fantasy from a month ago that’s worth checking out. This and the following novels are the ones I’m really hoping win.
3: (Hugo Nominee) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager, Harper Voyager UK)
Stars: 4.28
Number of ratings: 44,645
A 12th century century Muslim lady pirate comes out of retirement for one last job. It’s fantastic! It’s also apparently set in the same world as Chakraborty’s Daevabad Trilogy, albeit some centuries earlier. I appreciated the obvious effort that went into research and world building, and writing that made it a lot of fun even when it was dealing with heavy subjects. And I loved when things finally got on the weird side, and supernatural entities took over the story. I also thought that it was pretty interesting to see how Chakraborty was able to incorporate quite a lot of diversity and modern ideals in a way that genuinely felt authentic and believable. Related, but perhaps a bit different, it was interesting to see Amina as a devout Muslim, despite not always being a great person (she is a pirate after all). So often, religion is portrayed in pretty uncompelling ways, either as bad or dumb (sometimes in ways that feel accurate and sometimes in ways that feel like caricatures), or in ways that are very pro-religion such that some big bias is showing. In Amina, it was a significant part of her life, but didn’t feel in your face. It felt lived in, if that makes sense, but well balanced with the other aspects of her life.
I’m very much looking forward to the next two books!
2: (Hugo Nominee) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
Stars: 4.06
Number of ratings: 7,957
This book appears to be pretty well regarded, but also a bit divisive. The main character, Kyr, lives on Gaia Station, the last outpost of (real) humanity in the fight with the broader galactic society of aliens and their reality warping AI, the Wisdom. Despite losing the war and most other humans moving on and integrating with galactic society, Gaia Station is still fighting. The book is ultimately an exploration of indoctrination, how your upbringing and surroundings shape your worldview, and what can later shake you into new perspectives. It reminds me of a scene from the book, Touching Spirit Bear, where a counselor demonstrates that people change from slow, steady pressure that pushes them off the course they’re on, or by a single big push that jolts them out of their path. Some Desperate Glory is several of those large pushes. In some ways, that does make it feel a little less authentic, as we don’t see Kyr really change over time, just have some pretty abrupt shifts (the first of which very much was unexpected, although the second not so much), but it also makes those changes much more accessible, since that time could be pretty hard to show. Despite that, it’s a really interesting look at indoctrination and deprogramming. As someone who grew up in and subsequently left what could be called a ‘high demand religion’, albeit one that is much, much milder than Gaia in the book or Jonestown in real life on the cult-o-meter, there’s a lot of resonance.
It seems like the main reason people didn’t like the book is that Kyr is a pretty unlikeable character. To be honest, that isn’t a thing that normally affects me, at least not for main characters. I tend to be in their headspace, as that’s what’s presented, so I’m usually not seeing them as unlikeable. Some obvious exceptions if they’re really annoying, and of course it became pretty clear over time that Kyr wasn’t exactly a considerate or kind person, but Kyr’s growth throughout the book is pretty specifically the point, so that wouldn’t really bother me either, honestly. The other issue is a scene towards the end where Kyr is touching (with consent) an alien’s feathers as a show of acceptance that he’s a person too, but some people have felt it comes off racially coded and offensive. I feel like that is pretty clearly not the author’s intent, and it’s a bit overblown, but I’m also not from a group where that would be triggering. Someone on the publishing team definitely should have seen that this would come off wrong, and changed it to something else that got the idea across in a way that wouldn’t be offensive.
I do hope that we get more of the world. It’s an interesting setting, and I would love a book exploring how the Gaians integrate into society. And also looking at Kyr’s dynamics with her group now that she has a broader perspective, and isn’t always a well meaning asshole, as we didn’t get a whole lot of that once she had grown out of it.
1: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.71
Number of ratings: 2,056
My wife bought this for me as a birthday present, thinking I’d like it based on the description. And I did! He is now on my must read list, and I’m pretty excited for Rakesfall, which comes out this month. I had never heard of The Saint of Bright Doors, or Chandrasekera, but I absolutely loved it. Then I was surprised to see people periodically mentioning it on reddit, and then I was thrilled when it was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula. This is easily the most daring and innovative book on this list, mostly because it’s pretty atypical. Honestly, the closest thing I can think of to it is Some Desperate Glory due to reality warping, but they’re mostly nothing alike. The Saint of Bright Doors follows Fetter, with a brief bit of his childhood, and then a jump to his 20’s or so. Fetter appears to be based on Rāhula, the son of Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), with Rāhula meaning fetter, as he was a fetter on Gautama’s path to enlightenment. The book also appears to engage quite a bit with Sri Lankan politics, particularly surrounding Buddhism. I’m not super familiar with any of that, although some Wikipedia reading gives some clear parallels. Even without that added depth, the story was fascinating. The world is complicated and at times pretty opaque, and it has a tendency to shift and change as the story progresses. There’s a pretty deep sense of mystery with the bright doors, but they ultimately end up becoming just another part of the world for most people in the setting. Fetter ends up being part of a support group for ‘Unchosen Ones’ from different religions that, for whatever reason, were meant to be ‘Chosen’ but ultimately weren’t. Interestingly, each of the religions appears to be true. We don’t get nearly as much of the other members of the group as I would have liked, but maybe some day we’ll hear about their stories. I hope so.
The primary complaint I see is that the story meanders a lot and is quite aimless, and that’s mostly because Fetter doesn’t really act. He has little agency, and instead things just happen to him. When he does make choices, it’s pretty unclear why. That’s a pretty fair assessment, but again, not something that bothered me at all. I loved how I never knew where the book was going. I’d get comfortable with where it was at and what was happening, and then it’d shift pretty quickly. I can see why that could bother some, but it worked for me in this book, and kept me interested. The other aspect of that is how the story is told. There’s a big reveal towards the end that I won’t spoil here. We get a few hints of it along the way, some that if you catch it you definitely know something is going on, even though you don’t know what. But it goes a long way towards explaining why the story has jumps in time, why we don’t get much view into Fetter’s mind and decisions, and just how the story is told. The one downside is that the story ends a bit abruptly, and while it makes sense in context, it’s also less satisfying. But it makes me think about what I want from a story, and the place the storyteller has in it. Sometimes things being unsatisfying can stir more thought, and maybe that’s worth it. Should a storyteller always give us everything? It makes me think of a song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The End of the Movie (some spoilers for that show). It captures some of the ambiguities in Bright Doors, but that ends up just adding to why I like it, whereas for some it definitely seemed to detract.

Best Novella

9. (Hugo Nominee) Rose/House by Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
Stars: 3.76
Number of ratings: 1,850
I really didn’t care for this story. I admittedly listened to it as an audiobook, rather than read it, and that isn’t usually as good an experience for close readings for me. Plus the only place I could find it was Hoopla, my least preferred app for audiobooks, because it’s pretty glitchy on the audio. My library has it on order, so I’ll give it another shot when I can do so in print, but all of that speaks to the larger issue that this novella was really hard to get a hold of, which is maybe not ideal if people are going to vote for it.
Anyways, on the story itself, it seemed a bit ambiguous. I couldn’t always tell what was going on, and on looking at reviews, that wasn’t just my listening experience, that was other people’s experiences as well. I didn’t feel like it added much to the AI discussion, although I did enjoy the house being convinced that a police detective was not in fact a person, but rather a police precinct. The story wasn’t all that interesting. All around, not a great read, with the above caveat on the listening experience, which is a shame since I loved the Teixcalaan books.
8. (Hugo Nominee) “Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 2010)
This was a bit of a frustrating story. Some of the setting was interesting, but the insistence on both modifying humans to adapt them to other worlds, and that those modifications can’t be too much not human, because then they’re aliens, and humans can’t cultivate alien intelligences because they may at some point turn on us. The story is a bit more complicated than that, but it has quite a few things that just don’t make a lot of sense.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Tor, Titan UK)
Stars: 4.01
Number of ratings: 25,644
I loved What Moves the Dead and Nettle and Bone! As did many others, given the nominations they received. It’s starting to look like Kingfisher might join the ranks of the usually nominated at this point. And I definitely look forward to more of her work, with What Feasts at Night one of my next several reads. That said, Thornhedge was not my favorite. I loved Toadling, pretty much everything about her and her life, and the twist on Sleeping Beauty was interesting, but the story just doesn’t shine the way the others of hers that I’ve read do.
6. (Nebula Nominee) “Linghun,” Ai Jiang (Linghun)
Stars: 4.00
Number of ratings: 1,594
A thoughtful meditation on grief, and what it looks like if we could be haunted by those we’ve lost. In some ways it feels a little unrealistic, as people are more or less fighting to the death to get access to the houses where said hauntings can actually happen, but I can see how society might not have the will to ban such obviously harmful things if they also offered the chance to see your loved one again. The one and only reason this isn’t one of my top picks is because it falls apart in the last third. There’s a second story element that is introduced early on, but doesn’t take on much prominence until towards the end, and it doesn’t really fit. It’s another character whose story is relevant, and does add nuance to the themes, but it just feels like an insertion that distracts from the rest of what’s going on in the story. Linghun would ultimately work better if that character was stripped out.
5. (Nebula Nominee) The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.89
Number of ratings: 6,326
This is an odd book, to say the least. It's a retelling/subversion of the Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife. The main character is a 15 year old girl telling us the story years later. The setting is a pretty normal, slightly dystopian near future, with elements of magical realism when the girl's mother brings home a crane to be her new husband, and horror as that relationship turns (more) bizarre and abusive. It’s a symbolic exploration of both abuse and generational trauma, and it’s pretty interesting, but I’m still not sure how I feel about it. It definitely feels like the most ‘out there’ of the novella nominees, but this is the first I’d be happy to see win.
4. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.64
Number of ratings: 5,689
I rather liked this story, and I'm pretty excited for when I get around to reading the sequel! While I've seen complaints about the language and style, that's a large part of what I like. More than almost any book I've read, besides ones by Gene Wolfe, every word Older uses feels specifically considered and used intentionally. And unlike in academic texts, the other main place that writing feels like this, this doesn't makes the meaning confusing or hard to sort through. Older uses complex, nuanced sentences with quite a bit of clauses and qualifiers, but it illuminates rather than obscures. It feels like the way I think (or at least the way I think I think), so I appreciate that. There's also a story and characters and such, and those are pretty nifty. One of the things I love on that front is how deftly words are used; without explicitly telling us things, the setting, characters, and world really come clear. While there is a story, the driving force really is the interactions between the two main characters, particularly as the viewpoint character deduces that thoughts and intents of the other main character through subtle signs. Anyways, more than any other element, the writing for this story really worked for me!
3. (Nebula Nominee) Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.90
Number of ratings: 8,153
Another book about birds, where the main character is a ruhker, someone who trains with rocs so they can be used to fight manticores. The book feels quiet, with the primary relationship being two humans who are both quiet introverts, and their birds who of course don’t talk. There’s action and violence and terror , but on the whole, it feels like a quiet meditation. This book is one of the reasons I’ve grown to love novellas. It could easily be a novel, but instead it just tells its story and is done. There’s a power in limiting your scope like that, a purity, and I feel like this book has that more so than any other novella on this list.
2. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
Stars: 4.25
Number of ratings: 4,478
My comment from the Fantasy Hugo discussion of Mammoths at the Gates:
Each of the 4 books to date have Chih take on a greater role in the story.
In the 1st, they mostly seem like the context of the frame narrative, and not really a main character.
In the 2nd, the framing has its own story with the tigers that's as significant as the story being told by Chih and the tigers.
In the 3rd, the story told merges with the framing story, and they become one at the end.
In the 4th (Mammoths at the Gate), the framing story is the story, dealing with the grief of Cleric Thien passing, with the other smaller stories about him within adding or illuminating but never really being separate from the framing.
It seems that over time, it's shifting from Chih and Almost Brilliant being a means of telling different stories to Chih and Almost Brilliant being the story. It makes me curious what book 5 and beyond will be, because I can only imagine one more book of following that trend before I'm out of ideas on how they could be more of the story.
At the same time, it shifts the focus from what a story is and how we tell it, how we know what the 'right' version is, and makes it more and more personal. Book 1, the historical figures had different understandings of what was happening, to the detriment of the overthrown kingdom. Book 2, Chih and the tigers had different understandings, and together told a fuller story by sharing that. Book 3, the story becomes much more complicated when you actually meet the characters. Book 4, a person you know becomes more complicated and nuanced when you learn from others their experience with the person. There's more to the story of who a person is than your personal experience of them.
All that's super interesting to me. Each of the books really does function fine as a stand alone, and I'm not sure that there's a clear overarching storyline outside of Almost Brilliant's having a kid, but there's a thematic evolution that seems to be following a specific path. I'm pretty curious to see where it's headed. (In the Fantasy Hugo read along, u/tarvolon confirmed that book 5 is thoroughly The Adventures of Chih, so I guess that trend is accurate, and u/Nineteen_Adze thought that perhaps later books could have Chih hear stories where he featured as a main character, an idea I really like).
1. (Hugo Nominee) “Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 2002)
This was ultimately my favorite of the stories. It’s about secretly seeding life on Mercury. Sometimes the language is clumsy, and I’m not sure if that’s the original writing or the translation, but ultimately it’s not too much of an issue. I loved the look at the alien life and their society!

Best Novelette

10. (Nebula Nominee) “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” Angela Liu (Clarkesworld 6/23)
This is a weird story, and one I really didn’t care for. It deals with memory and how that shapes who we are, and quite a bit with people being used. Oh, and purpose haired girls. But if it was trying to say something in particular, I missed it.
9. (Nebula Nominee) “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair,” Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
The story of a chair, as you might guess from the title, but just as much it’s the story of the family that owns the chair. It has an interesting family secret that’s eventually revealed and which hinges on the chair, but ultimately, this was a more interesting idea than story.
8. (Nebula Nominee) “Saturday’s Song,” Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/23)
This is the sequel to Wednesday’s Story. Like Talabi’s novel nominee this year, Saturday's Song features Shigidi as a nightmare god again, but also Hausa spirits. Both stories feature a frame narrative, with a story within a story similar to Vo’s Singing Hills noellas. I enjoyed it, and Saturday’s Song does tell you what you need to know from Wednesday’s Story, but it works better if you read them in order, as it functions more as a resolution than anything.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) I AM AI by Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
This is a decent story, looking at capitalistic dystopias. Specifically, the pressure to be better while competing against AI, to the point where the main character is slowly morphing into a machine to catch up but in doing so loses what makes them unique and human. I don’t know that it adds a lot to the conversation exactly, but it makes some good points and summarizes some common concerns pretty well. I would have likely ranked it higher, but there were quite a bit of plausibility issues in the setting that I couldn’t really get past, and which made it much more dystopian than it would otherwise be.
6. (Hugo Nominee) “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023)
This is a sequel to St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid. And it was pretty good! I wouldn’t say there’s anything super special about it, but I enjoyed it. The lead of the previous story has grown up and taken on her role keeping her area of the city safe through small magics, but trouble is stirring. This story onwards are ones I’d feel comfortable voting for.
5. (Hugo Nominee) “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
Our only Pinsker nominee this year! And while it’s pretty good, it doesn’t seem like a top contender to me. It reminds me of Wiswell's DIY from last year, thematically. It’s about several garbage collectors who remove magical items once a month, and the rich people who don’t particularly care about basic safety. Like DIY, it focuses on finding common person solutions since the rich don't care, something I can sympathize with. It’s a well told and interesting story, but that’s hardly a surprise from Pinsker.
4. (Nebula Nominee) “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge,” Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 9-10/23)
This is a story about the bargains and sacrifices we make for grief, and how they can further harm and traumatize us. Also, it’s about how the devil exploits our grief and trauma to mess with us. It turns out when you go under the Devil’s bridge, you really ought not to make deals. This story and the following are the ones that I actually hope win.
3. (Hugo Nominee) “On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 October 2023)
This story was pretty light on magical or sf elements, at least until the end, much like Vo’s other early to mid 1900s books (The Chosen and Beautiful, Siren Queen). This one is about finding yourself, and how relationships with others can help you do it. Even when those others start as complete strangers. Oh, and it’s about heists. I really enjoyed this one, and the ambiance Vo summons with her more real world settings.
2. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)
On the Fox Roads was pretty light on the magical elements, but they were there, and they were integral to the story. The Year Without Sunshine could pass as non-genre fiction just as well as it could as SF. The only element is an unspecified calamity that temporarily put a bunch of ash in to the air. THe story itself focuses on community working together when social safety nets are only semi functional, and resources become pretty scarce. I really enjoyed the the characters and how people worked together. It felt genuine and realistic, if optimistic, and seems much more helpful for real world disasters where things start to break down but aren’t post-apocalyptic. I would say it’s a very inspiring story.
1. (Hugo Nominee) “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适 translated by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, February 2023)(Originally published in 2020)
This is science fiction is the most classic sense, and done well, in that it looks at a technology (cryosleep) and extrapolates what kind of impact it would have on society. The closest comparison I can think of to it would be Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke’s The Light of Other Days. But of course, this is completely different in that it’s written as an introduction to a fictional nonfiction book, which gives Gu Shi a lot of freedom to tell the story in a unique way, with fictional quotes with commentary from fictional people who are important to the history of cryosleep. Towards the end, it gets into the personal story behind that history, the creator of the book, and the person writing the introduction, and that allows the technical and sociology exploration to add a really touching emotional component. While I don’t agree with all of the extrapolations (hardly a surprise for a story like this), this is easily the best of the translated nominees this year, and one of my absolute favorites overall from this year.

Best Short Story:

(Hugo Nominee) 美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), 宝树 / Baoshu (银河边缘013:黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to read this story. It appears to have only been translated into English for the Hugo voter packet. Since I’m not actually a member of the Hugos (maybe one day, if I can attend the actual convention), I don’t have the packet.
9. (Hugo Nominee) “Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 1995)
Easily the worst of the translated fiction this year, or really just the worst nominee. The writing is stiff and clumsy, and it’s not just the translator as we have 2 other nominees to compare it with that were also translated by Alex Woodend. Minimal plot. The main character, who is human, is called ‘Creature’, presumably because amnesia has made him forget his name. It just doesn’t make a ton of sense all around.
8. (Hugo Nominee) “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2023)
This feels like an interesting story, except I can’t really tell what's going on. The setting isn't particularly clear, despite seeming pretty interesting. The story was ok outside of that, but not amazing, and it’s hard to come back from not really getting what’s happening.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare Magazine, October 2023)
This piece has some insightful comments on gun violence, but those make up approximately 2 or 3 paragraphs. It goes from a somewhat generalized description of a shooting to a specific one to a portal fantasy to a world with evil mice. Interesting, but it doesn't make a ton of sense and doesn't really all fit together.
6. (Nebula Nominee) “Bad Doors,” John Wiswell (Uncanny 1-2/23)
I didn’t care much for Wiswell on first reading him, with The House on Haunted Hill. I mean, I liked that and thought it was a cute story, but it wasn’t something I’d vote for. But his writing has grown on me, with each year getting better and better. Bad Doors breaks that trend though. It’s not a bad story, it just wasn’t that interesting to me. Not much happens besides a family falling out over political drama, and honestly that is a bit too much like real life to be worth reading unless it’s going to give some good insight or be really good.
5. (Nebula Nominee) “Window Boy,” Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 8/23)
A strange story about the anxieties around the other, set mostly in post apocalyptic underground bunkers. It looks a lot at the relationship between the haves and the have nots, and the imbalance around friendships in that context. Are have nots always only friends to take advantage of the haves? Is that actually unreasonable if it is the case? But also maybe they have nots are actually weird 20 foot grackle bird things. The reality filters on the cameras to see outside the bunkers make it hard to tell.
4. (Hugo Nominee) “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
This is where I’d really start voting for the nominees. How to Raise a Kraken is a funny story about an ambitious idiot who gets a newspaper ad kraken, one that is actually real, and the fall out from doing so. It addresses colonialism and hubris in a pretty amusing and satisfying way.
3. (Nebula Nominee) “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
This is a thoughtful story about time. It’s set in an apartment building with tenants from different points in time going about their normal lives. Because of that, there are lots of rules to prevent info being transmitted to the past and to stop any harm from foreknowledge. The story centers on a lady from the present in a relationship with a man from the 1940's. It’s one of the more interesting ways of playing with time that I’ve seen.
2. (Nebula Nominee) “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200,” R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
This is set in Tobago, with the local vernacular, and tells of a robotic farmhand trying to take care of an old lady's goat, and gaining further intelligence in the process. It’s a powerful, moving story. It’s occasionally a little unconvincing, in that the old lady used emojis in her youth but seems unfamiliar with what would be basic tech from her childhood, but also old people do frequently tend to struggle with technological things, so perhaps that’s unfair of me. It does a really good job looking at the social isolation of the elderly though. Tantie Merle and the following story are both the ones that I’d really hope win.
1. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
The second Naomi Kritzer story, this one is about an AI app that directs people on what to do to make them happy. It’s a nifty idea, well executed, and something I could actually see lots of people being interested in in real life if it worked as described. It also has well written, interesting, and relatable characters. I’ve only read the CatNet books by Kritzer, and while I liked them, it didn’t have me searching her out. After Better Living and The Year Without Sunshine though, I’ll have to check out the rest of her work.
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2024.06.08 03:47 Isaachwells 2024 Hugo and Nebula Nominees, Ranked

This years Nebulas are being awarded tomorrow night, so I thought I’d give my rankings of the Hugo and Nebula nominees. The Hugos are awarded on August 11th. Obligatory mention of how the Hugos appear to have been fixed last year, but that has been thoroughly discussed elsewhere, so I don’t really want to rehash it. And this year appears to be completely transparent, and I’m guessing and hoping will include efforts to prevent any similar corruption again.
For those who don’t like the Nebulas or Hugos, or don’t find them useful ways to find things you like to read, that’s certainly understandable. I’d love to hear your thoughts on any nominees you did read, or on works from 2023 that you enjoyed and feel are award worthy!
Notable things from this year: Martha Wells declined Murderbot nominations, a classy move for an already well awarded series. Lot’s of our usual nominees, while the only notable absence I caught was Seanan Mcguire’s Wayward Children novella, which is a bit of a shame as #8 is easily the best of the series, and it functions as a stand alone like all of the even numbered ones. But also, once you’re 8 books in, it does seem past due to start nominating other things. I’ll be curious to see if it was the Chinese works that edged it out.
A couple last things. Fantasy is doing their Hugo read, and it has some great commentary. u/brent_323 put out his rankings and comments on the Nebula novel nominees, and they differ from my somewhat if you want a different perspective. Lstly, I’ve added Goodreads ratings (out of 5 stars) for novels and novellas to give some context on how generally liked and how widely read each book is.

Best Novel

9: (Nebula Nominee) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi (DAW, Gollancz)
Stars: 3.70
Number of ratings: 633
Thematically, Shigidi is pretty similar to American Gods but with an emphasis on the Yoruba religion. My apologies in advance for any potential inaccuracies, my knowledge of Yoruba is based on this book, and some cursory Wikipedia reading. Different creators or gods have their own corporate structure, with minor sub-deities as employees. Olorun is the creator in Yoruba, with Orisha’s being lower level gods. One of these, Shigidi (a nightmare god in the book, although Wikipedia lists him as Guardian of Home and Environment), is trying to split from the Yoruba corporation and be an independent entity, along with his lover, the succubus Nneoma (based on Naamah, a demon from Jewish mysticism). To pay off his debt to the company, Shigidi has one last job.
It’s an interesting world, but despite the thematic American Gods comparisons, it feels nothing like that and has little else in common, and its structure ultimately makes it a much less successful book. Approximately a third of the book is the present day story, but most of that is in the second half of the book. The first half is brief tastes of the present in between longer chapters of background events. Those events are telling a single secondary story, just filling in the info you need to understand how we got to the present situation. Everytime we finally had some momentum, that thread would be done and I’d have to ‘get into’ the book all over again. If it wasn’t so broken up, I think I would have really enjoyed it, but as it is I was pretty done with the book by the time I got to where the bulk of the present day heist story was, and ended up skimming the last 50 to 100 pages.
8: (Nebula Nominee) The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz (Tor; Orbit UK)
Stars: 3.38
Number of ratings: 5,213
I loved The Future of Another Timeline, and on that alone will read any future Newitz novels, but so far nothing else of hers has come close to the same heights. The Terraformers is a set of 3 novellas set around 500 years apart, watching the terraforming of a planet over time through the eyes of the workers owned by the corporation terraforming the planet. Most of the plot is focused on terraforming, the corporation’s shenanigans, civil engineering, and civil rights, as the populace works to win the freedom to enjoy their home.
Very interesting, but it definitely drags at times. I loved the themes explored, although the civil engineering could be a bit much at times (said as a Kim Stanley Robinson fan). I did love the sentient buses, naked mole rats, and the cat reporter! Ultimately, more interesting than it was enjoyable.
7: (Hugo Nominee) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor, Tor UK)
Stars: 4.18
Number of ratings: 43,367
I really enjoyed Starter Villain! There was some criticism of The Kaiju Preservation Society for being ‘light’, and that seems somewhat fair, although I likewise enjoyed it. People have leveled similar criticism at Starter Villain, but that seems less true. It’s quippy, a bit light hearted, but so are the other Scalzi books I’ve read (Redshirts, The Android’s Dream) it’s not exactly dealing with light topics despite that. It’s a critique of capitalism, and how wealth can become entrenched to both oppose what’s good for society, and oppose innovation. That said, I found the ‘villain’ idea pretty silly, as it’s essentially being used as a shorthand for disruptive technology, not for anything actually villainous or bad. I probably wouldn’t vote for it for a major award, but it was a fun and thoughtful novel.
6: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.71
Number of ratings: 16,432
While Martha Wells declined nominations for Murderbot, she did accept them for Witch King! It’s really imaginative and interesting world, and I’m hoping we get more of it (I hear she’s working on another book in the setting, so I trust we will). It has two narrative threads, the present day, where the main character Kai has been held prisoner during a pivotal political moment. The story focuses on his escape and the efforts to figure out what’s going on. The second thread tells the backstory of Kai’s life, and how the world came to the current situation.
I loved the world, and really enjoyed the book! It seems like quite a few of the people who didn’t disliked it because they thought the back story was a lot more interesting than the present day story, which I have to agree with, honestly. I wish they were told as two separate books, or in a way where splitting them contributed to the story. For example, a historian character that wheedled Kai about what has actually happened in the past could have been a vehicle for exploring the past events. Regardless of these qualms, I still enjoyed the book and look forward to more.
5: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
Stars: 4.11
Number of ratings: 9,848
Translation State is yet another book set in Leckie’s Raadchai universe. It’s not necessary to read the Ancillary books first, although I think it would help (and they’re awesome). Not sure how much Provenance relates, as I didn’t enjoy it and DNFed. Translation State is really good though, looking at the life and society of the Presger translators (as you might imagine), and giving some glimpses of what’s going on in the broader setting. I have enjoyed the books giving hints of that bigger picture, but would love one like Ancillary Justice where that’s more of a primary focus. I’d say this book is award worthy (as are all the ones I ranked higher), but I also feel like it’s linked enough to the setting that it’s fair to treat it more like a sequel, and I’m less inclined to award sequels major awards.
4: (Nebula Nominee) The Water Outlaws, S.L. Huang (Tordotcom; Solaris UK)
Stars: 3.82
Number of ratings: 2,326
The Water Outlaws is a queer, gender bent retelling of the Chinese classic Water Margin. And by classic, I mean in the sense that Don Quixote or Middlemarch is classic. It’s (probably) a 14th century novel, set around 1120 and following the rebellion of the outlaws at Mount Liang against the Northern Song dynasty. It is one of the 6 classics of pre-modern Chinese literature. At least, that’s what Wikipedia says, and it sounds like retellings and adaptations are pretty common.
I really enjoyed The Water Outlaws, and it’s the first that I would actually be happy to see win. It was fast paced and fun, but also had quite a bit of interesting insight into gender. It was also interesting to see how more Eastern values played into the story. I’m not necessarily very attuned to that, although it sounds like other readers can attest that it felt both like a Western and an Eastern novel. But I definitely noticed that the outlaws weren’t rebelling against the Emperor or the Empire really, just the corrupt people just under the top who were managing it. To me at least, it seemed to reflect the Eastern collectivism over Western individualism. S. L. Huang also has a great AMA on Fantasy from a month ago that’s worth checking out. This and the following novels are the ones I’m really hoping win.
3: (Hugo Nominee) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager, Harper Voyager UK)
Stars: 4.28
Number of ratings: 44,645
A 12th century century Muslim lady pirate comes out of retirement for one last job. It’s fantastic! It’s also apparently set in the same world as Chakraborty’s Daevabad Trilogy, albeit some centuries earlier. I appreciated the obvious effort that went into research and world building, and writing that made it a lot of fun even when it was dealing with heavy subjects. And I loved when things finally got on the weird side, and supernatural entities took over the story. I also thought that it was pretty interesting to see how Chakraborty was able to incorporate quite a lot of diversity and modern ideals in a way that genuinely felt authentic and believable. Related, but perhaps a bit different, it was interesting to see Amina as a devout Muslim, despite not always being a great person (she is a pirate after all). So often, religion is portrayed in pretty uncompelling ways, either as bad or dumb (sometimes in ways that feel accurate and sometimes in ways that feel like caricatures), or in ways that are very pro-religion such that some big bias is showing. In Amina, it was a significant part of her life, but didn’t feel in your face. It felt lived in, if that makes sense, but well balanced with the other aspects of her life.
I’m very much looking forward to the next two books!
2: (Hugo Nominee) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
Stars: 4.06
Number of ratings: 7,957
This book appears to be pretty well regarded, but also a bit divisive. The main character, Kyr, lives on Gaia Station, the last outpost of (real) humanity in the fight with the broader galactic society of aliens and their reality warping AI, the Wisdom. Despite losing the war and most other humans moving on and integrating with galactic society, Gaia Station is still fighting. The book is ultimately an exploration of indoctrination, how your upbringing and surroundings shape your worldview, and what can later shake you into new perspectives. It reminds me of a scene from the book, Touching Spirit Bear, where a counselor demonstrates that people change from slow, steady pressure that pushes them off the course they’re on, or by a single big push that jolts them out of their path. Some Desperate Glory is several of those large pushes. In some ways, that does make it feel a little less authentic, as we don’t see Kyr really change over time, just have some pretty abrupt shifts (the first of which very much was unexpected, although the second not so much), but it also makes those changes much more accessible, since that time could be pretty hard to show. Despite that, it’s a really interesting look at indoctrination and deprogramming. As someone who grew up in and subsequently left what could be called a ‘high demand religion’, albeit one that is much, much milder than Gaia in the book or Jonestown in real life on the cult-o-meter, there’s a lot of resonance.
It seems like the main reason people didn’t like the book is that Kyr is a pretty unlikeable character. To be honest, that isn’t a thing that normally affects me, at least not for main characters. I tend to be in their headspace, as that’s what’s presented, so I’m usually not seeing them as unlikeable. Some obvious exceptions if they’re really annoying, and of course it became pretty clear over time that Kyr wasn’t exactly a considerate or kind person, but Kyr’s growth throughout the book is pretty specifically the point, so that wouldn’t really bother me either, honestly. The other issue is a scene towards the end where Kyr is touching (with consent) an alien’s feathers as a show of acceptance that he’s a person too, but some people have felt it comes off racially coded and offensive. I feel like that is pretty clearly not the author’s intent, and it’s a bit overblown, but I’m also not from a group where that would be triggering. Someone on the publishing team definitely should have seen that this would come off wrong, and changed it to something else that got the idea across in a way that wouldn’t be offensive.
I do hope that we get more of the world. It’s an interesting setting, and I would love a book exploring how the Gaians integrate into society. And also looking at Kyr’s dynamics with her group now that she has a broader perspective, and isn’t always a well meaning asshole, as we didn’t get a whole lot of that once she had grown out of it.
1: (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.71
Number of ratings: 2,056
My wife bought this for me as a birthday present, thinking I’d like it based on the description. And I did! He is now on my must read list, and I’m pretty excited for Rakesfall, which comes out this month. I had never heard of The Saint of Bright Doors, or Chandrasekera, but I absolutely loved it. Then I was surprised to see people periodically mentioning it on reddit, and then I was thrilled when it was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula. This is easily the most daring and innovative book on this list, mostly because it’s pretty atypical. Honestly, the closest thing I can think of to it is Some Desperate Glory due to reality warping, but they’re mostly nothing alike. The Saint of Bright Doors follows Fetter, with a brief bit of his childhood, and then a jump to his 20’s or so. Fetter appears to be based on Rāhula, the son of Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha), with Rāhula meaning fetter, as he was a fetter on Gautama’s path to enlightenment. The book also appears to engage quite a bit with Sri Lankan politics, particularly surrounding Buddhism. I’m not super familiar with any of that, although some Wikipedia reading gives some clear parallels. Even without that added depth, the story was fascinating. The world is complicated and at times pretty opaque, and it has a tendency to shift and change as the story progresses. There’s a pretty deep sense of mystery with the bright doors, but they ultimately end up becoming just another part of the world for most people in the setting. Fetter ends up being part of a support group for ‘Unchosen Ones’ from different religions that, for whatever reason, were meant to be ‘Chosen’ but ultimately weren’t. Interestingly, each of the religions appears to be true. We don’t get nearly as much of the other members of the group as I would have liked, but maybe some day we’ll hear about their stories. I hope so.
The primary complaint I see is that the story meanders a lot and is quite aimless, and that’s mostly because Fetter doesn’t really act. He has little agency, and instead things just happen to him. When he does make choices, it’s pretty unclear why. That’s a pretty fair assessment, but again, not something that bothered me at all. I loved how I never knew where the book was going. I’d get comfortable with where it was at and what was happening, and then it’d shift pretty quickly. I can see why that could bother some, but it worked for me in this book, and kept me interested. The other aspect of that is how the story is told. There’s a big reveal towards the end that I won’t spoil here. We get a few hints of it along the way, some that if you catch it you definitely know something is going on, even though you don’t know what. But it goes a long way towards explaining why the story has jumps in time, why we don’t get much view into Fetter’s mind and decisions, and just how the story is told. The one downside is that the story ends a bit abruptly, and while it makes sense in context, it’s also less satisfying. But it makes me think about what I want from a story, and the place the storyteller has in it. Sometimes things being unsatisfying can stir more thought, and maybe that’s worth it. Should a storyteller always give us everything? It makes me think of a song from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The End of the Movie (some spoilers for that show). It captures some of the ambiguities in Bright Doors, but that ends up just adding to why I like it, whereas for some it definitely seemed to detract.

Best Novella

9. (Hugo Nominee) Rose/House by Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
Stars: 3.76
Number of ratings: 1,850
I really didn’t care for this story. I admittedly listened to it as an audiobook, rather than read it, and that isn’t usually as good an experience for close readings for me. Plus the only place I could find it was Hoopla, my least preferred app for audiobooks, because it’s pretty glitchy on the audio. My library has it on order, so I’ll give it another shot when I can do so in print, but all of that speaks to the larger issue that this novella was really hard to get a hold of, which is maybe not ideal if people are going to vote for it.
Anyways, on the story itself, it seemed a bit ambiguous. I couldn’t always tell what was going on, and on looking at reviews, that wasn’t just my listening experience, that was other people’s experiences as well. I didn’t feel like it added much to the AI discussion, although I did enjoy the house being convinced that a police detective was not in fact a person, but rather a police precinct. The story wasn’t all that interesting. All around, not a great read, with the above caveat on the listening experience, which is a shame since I loved the Teixcalaan books.
8. (Hugo Nominee) “Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 2010)
This was a bit of a frustrating story. Some of the setting was interesting, but the insistence on both modifying humans to adapt them to other worlds, and that those modifications can’t be too much not human, because then they’re aliens, and humans can’t cultivate alien intelligences because they may at some point turn on us. The story is a bit more complicated than that, but it has quite a few things that just don’t make a lot of sense.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Tor, Titan UK)
Stars: 4.01
Number of ratings: 25,644
I loved What Moves the Dead and Nettle and Bone! As did many others, given the nominations they received. It’s starting to look like Kingfisher might join the ranks of the usually nominated at this point. And I definitely look forward to more of her work, with What Feasts at Night one of my next several reads. That said, Thornhedge was not my favorite. I loved Toadling, pretty much everything about her and her life, and the twist on Sleeping Beauty was interesting, but the story just doesn’t shine the way the others of hers that I’ve read do.
6. (Nebula Nominee) “Linghun,” Ai Jiang (Linghun)
Stars: 4.00
Number of ratings: 1,594
A thoughtful meditation on grief, and what it looks like if we could be haunted by those we’ve lost. In some ways it feels a little unrealistic, as people are more or less fighting to the death to get access to the houses where said hauntings can actually happen, but I can see how society might not have the will to ban such obviously harmful things if they also offered the chance to see your loved one again. The one and only reason this isn’t one of my top picks is because it falls apart in the last third. There’s a second story element that is introduced early on, but doesn’t take on much prominence until towards the end, and it doesn’t really fit. It’s another character whose story is relevant, and does add nuance to the themes, but it just feels like an insertion that distracts from the rest of what’s going on in the story. Linghun would ultimately work better if that character was stripped out.
5. (Nebula Nominee) The Crane Husband, Kelly Barnhill (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.89
Number of ratings: 6,326
This is an odd book, to say the least. It's a retelling/subversion of the Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife. The main character is a 15 year old girl telling us the story years later. The setting is a pretty normal, slightly dystopian near future, with elements of magical realism when the girl's mother brings home a crane to be her new husband, and horror as that relationship turns (more) bizarre and abusive. It’s a symbolic exploration of both abuse and generational trauma, and it’s pretty interesting, but I’m still not sure how I feel about it. It definitely feels like the most ‘out there’ of the novella nominees, but this is the first I’d be happy to see win.
4. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.64
Number of ratings: 5,689
I rather liked this story, and I'm pretty excited for when I get around to reading the sequel! While I've seen complaints about the language and style, that's a large part of what I like. More than almost any book I've read, besides ones by Gene Wolfe, every word Older uses feels specifically considered and used intentionally. And unlike in academic texts, the other main place that writing feels like this, this doesn't makes the meaning confusing or hard to sort through. Older uses complex, nuanced sentences with quite a bit of clauses and qualifiers, but it illuminates rather than obscures. It feels like the way I think (or at least the way I think I think), so I appreciate that. There's also a story and characters and such, and those are pretty nifty. One of the things I love on that front is how deftly words are used; without explicitly telling us things, the setting, characters, and world really come clear. While there is a story, the driving force really is the interactions between the two main characters, particularly as the viewpoint character deduces that thoughts and intents of the other main character through subtle signs. Anyways, more than any other element, the writing for this story really worked for me!
3. (Nebula Nominee) Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee (Tordotcom)
Stars: 3.90
Number of ratings: 8,153
Another book about birds, where the main character is a ruhker, someone who trains with rocs so they can be used to fight manticores. The book feels quiet, with the primary relationship being two humans who are both quiet introverts, and their birds who of course don’t talk. There’s action and violence and terror , but on the whole, it feels like a quiet meditation. This book is one of the reasons I’ve grown to love novellas. It could easily be a novel, but instead it just tells its story and is done. There’s a power in limiting your scope like that, a purity, and I feel like this book has that more so than any other novella on this list.
2. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
Stars: 4.25
Number of ratings: 4,478
My comment from the Fantasy Hugo discussion of Mammoths at the Gates:
Each of the 4 books to date have Chih take on a greater role in the story.
In the 1st, they mostly seem like the context of the frame narrative, and not really a main character.
In the 2nd, the framing has its own story with the tigers that's as significant as the story being told by Chih and the tigers.
In the 3rd, the story told merges with the framing story, and they become one at the end.
In the 4th (Mammoths at the Gate), the framing story is the story, dealing with the grief of Cleric Thien passing, with the other smaller stories about him within adding or illuminating but never really being separate from the framing.
It seems that over time, it's shifting from Chih and Almost Brilliant being a means of telling different stories to Chih and Almost Brilliant being the story. It makes me curious what book 5 and beyond will be, because I can only imagine one more book of following that trend before I'm out of ideas on how they could be more of the story.
At the same time, it shifts the focus from what a story is and how we tell it, how we know what the 'right' version is, and makes it more and more personal. Book 1, the historical figures had different understandings of what was happening, to the detriment of the overthrown kingdom. Book 2, Chih and the tigers had different understandings, and together told a fuller story by sharing that. Book 3, the story becomes much more complicated when you actually meet the characters. Book 4, a person you know becomes more complicated and nuanced when you learn from others their experience with the person. There's more to the story of who a person is than your personal experience of them.
All that's super interesting to me. Each of the books really does function fine as a stand alone, and I'm not sure that there's a clear overarching storyline outside of Almost Brilliant's having a kid, but there's a thematic evolution that seems to be following a specific path. I'm pretty curious to see where it's headed. (In the Fantasy Hugo read along, u/tarvolon confirmed that book 5 is thoroughly The Adventures of Chih, so I guess that trend is accurate, and u/Nineteen_Adze thought that perhaps later books could have Chih hear stories where he featured as a main character, an idea I really like).
1. (Hugo Nominee) “Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 2002)
This was ultimately my favorite of the stories. It’s about secretly seeding life on Mercury. Sometimes the language is clumsy, and I’m not sure if that’s the original writing or the translation, but ultimately it’s not too much of an issue. I loved the look at the alien life and their society!

Best Novelette

10. (Nebula Nominee) “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” Angela Liu (Clarkesworld 6/23)
This is a weird story, and one I really didn’t care for. It deals with memory and how that shapes who we are, and quite a bit with people being used. Oh, and purpose haired girls. But if it was trying to say something in particular, I missed it.
9. (Nebula Nominee) “A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair,” Renan Bernardo (Samovar 2/23)
The story of a chair, as you might guess from the title, but just as much it’s the story of the family that owns the chair. It has an interesting family secret that’s eventually revealed and which hinges on the chair, but ultimately, this was a more interesting idea than story.
8. (Nebula Nominee) “Saturday’s Song,” Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/23)
This is the sequel to Wednesday’s Story. Like Talabi’s novel nominee this year, Saturday's Song features Shigidi as a nightmare god again, but also Hausa spirits. Both stories feature a frame narrative, with a story within a story similar to Vo’s Singing Hills noellas. I enjoyed it, and Saturday’s Song does tell you what you need to know from Wednesday’s Story, but it works better if you read them in order, as it functions more as a resolution than anything.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) I AM AI by Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
This is a decent story, looking at capitalistic dystopias. Specifically, the pressure to be better while competing against AI, to the point where the main character is slowly morphing into a machine to catch up but in doing so loses what makes them unique and human. I don’t know that it adds a lot to the conversation exactly, but it makes some good points and summarizes some common concerns pretty well. I would have likely ranked it higher, but there were quite a bit of plausibility issues in the setting that I couldn’t really get past, and which made it much more dystopian than it would otherwise be.
6. (Hugo Nominee) “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023)
This is a sequel to St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid. And it was pretty good! I wouldn’t say there’s anything super special about it, but I enjoyed it. The lead of the previous story has grown up and taken on her role keeping her area of the city safe through small magics, but trouble is stirring. This story onwards are ones I’d feel comfortable voting for.
5. (Hugo Nominee) “One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
Our only Pinsker nominee this year! And while it’s pretty good, it doesn’t seem like a top contender to me. It reminds me of Wiswell's DIY from last year, thematically. It’s about several garbage collectors who remove magical items once a month, and the rich people who don’t particularly care about basic safety. Like DIY, it focuses on finding common person solutions since the rich don't care, something I can sympathize with. It’s a well told and interesting story, but that’s hardly a surprise from Pinsker.
4. (Nebula Nominee) “Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge,” Eugenia Triantafyllou (Uncanny 9-10/23)
This is a story about the bargains and sacrifices we make for grief, and how they can further harm and traumatize us. Also, it’s about how the devil exploits our grief and trauma to mess with us. It turns out when you go under the Devil’s bridge, you really ought not to make deals. This story and the following are the ones that I actually hope win.
3. (Hugo Nominee) “On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 October 2023)
This story was pretty light on magical or sf elements, at least until the end, much like Vo’s other early to mid 1900s books (The Chosen and Beautiful, Siren Queen). This one is about finding yourself, and how relationships with others can help you do it. Even when those others start as complete strangers. Oh, and it’s about heists. I really enjoyed this one, and the ambiance Vo summons with her more real world settings.
2. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)
On the Fox Roads was pretty light on the magical elements, but they were there, and they were integral to the story. The Year Without Sunshine could pass as non-genre fiction just as well as it could as SF. The only element is an unspecified calamity that temporarily put a bunch of ash in to the air. THe story itself focuses on community working together when social safety nets are only semi functional, and resources become pretty scarce. I really enjoyed the the characters and how people worked together. It felt genuine and realistic, if optimistic, and seems much more helpful for real world disasters where things start to break down but aren’t post-apocalyptic. I would say it’s a very inspiring story.
1. (Hugo Nominee) “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适 translated by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, February 2023)(Originally published in 2020)
This is science fiction is the most classic sense, and done well, in that it looks at a technology (cryosleep) and extrapolates what kind of impact it would have on society. The closest comparison I can think of to it would be Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke’s The Light of Other Days. But of course, this is completely different in that it’s written as an introduction to a fictional nonfiction book, which gives Gu Shi a lot of freedom to tell the story in a unique way, with fictional quotes with commentary from fictional people who are important to the history of cryosleep. Towards the end, it gets into the personal story behind that history, the creator of the book, and the person writing the introduction, and that allows the technical and sociology exploration to add a really touching emotional component. While I don’t agree with all of the extrapolations (hardly a surprise for a story like this), this is easily the best of the translated nominees this year, and one of my absolute favorites overall from this year.

Best Short Story:

(Hugo Nominee) 美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), 宝树 / Baoshu (银河边缘013:黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to read this story. It appears to have only been translated into English for the Hugo voter packet. Since I’m not actually a member of the Hugos (maybe one day, if I can attend the actual convention), I don’t have the packet.
9. (Hugo Nominee) “Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)(Originally published in 1995)
Easily the worst of the translated fiction this year, or really just the worst nominee. The writing is stiff and clumsy, and it’s not just the translator as we have 2 other nominees to compare it with that were also translated by Alex Woodend. Minimal plot. The main character, who is human, is called ‘Creature’, presumably because amnesia has made him forget his name. It just doesn’t make a ton of sense all around.
8. (Hugo Nominee) “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2023)
This feels like an interesting story, except I can’t really tell what's going on. The setting isn't particularly clear, despite seeming pretty interesting. The story was ok outside of that, but not amazing, and it’s hard to come back from not really getting what’s happening.
7. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare Magazine, October 2023)
This piece has some insightful comments on gun violence, but those make up approximately 2 or 3 paragraphs. It goes from a somewhat generalized description of a shooting to a specific one to a portal fantasy to a world with evil mice. Interesting, but it doesn't make a ton of sense and doesn't really all fit together.
6. (Nebula Nominee) “Bad Doors,” John Wiswell (Uncanny 1-2/23)
I didn’t care much for Wiswell on first reading him, with The House on Haunted Hill. I mean, I liked that and thought it was a cute story, but it wasn’t something I’d vote for. But his writing has grown on me, with each year getting better and better. Bad Doors breaks that trend though. It’s not a bad story, it just wasn’t that interesting to me. Not much happens besides a family falling out over political drama, and honestly that is a bit too much like real life to be worth reading unless it’s going to give some good insight or be really good.
5. (Nebula Nominee) “Window Boy,” Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 8/23)
A strange story about the anxieties around the other, set mostly in post apocalyptic underground bunkers. It looks a lot at the relationship between the haves and the have nots, and the imbalance around friendships in that context. Are have nots always only friends to take advantage of the haves? Is that actually unreasonable if it is the case? But also maybe they have nots are actually weird 20 foot grackle bird things. The reality filters on the cameras to see outside the bunkers make it hard to tell.
4. (Hugo Nominee) “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
This is where I’d really start voting for the nominees. How to Raise a Kraken is a funny story about an ambitious idiot who gets a newspaper ad kraken, one that is actually real, and the fall out from doing so. It addresses colonialism and hubris in a pretty amusing and satisfying way.
3. (Nebula Nominee) “Once Upon a Time at The Oakmont,” P.A. Cornell (Fantasy 10/23)
This is a thoughtful story about time. It’s set in an apartment building with tenants from different points in time going about their normal lives. Because of that, there are lots of rules to prevent info being transmitted to the past and to stop any harm from foreknowledge. The story centers on a lady from the present in a relationship with a man from the 1940's. It’s one of the more interesting ways of playing with time that I’ve seen.
2. (Nebula Nominee) “Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200,” R.S.A Garcia (Uncanny 7-8/23)
This is set in Tobago, with the local vernacular, and tells of a robotic farmhand trying to take care of an old lady's goat, and gaining further intelligence in the process. It’s a powerful, moving story. It’s occasionally a little unconvincing, in that the old lady used emojis in her youth but seems unfamiliar with what would be basic tech from her childhood, but also old people do frequently tend to struggle with technological things, so perhaps that’s unfair of me. It does a really good job looking at the social isolation of the elderly though. Tantie Merle and the following story are both the ones that I’d really hope win.
1. (Hugo & Nebula Nominee) “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
The second Naomi Kritzer story, this one is about an AI app that directs people on what to do to make them happy. It’s a nifty idea, well executed, and something I could actually see lots of people being interested in in real life if it worked as described. It also has well written, interesting, and relatable characters. I’ve only read the CatNet books by Kritzer, and while I liked them, it didn’t have me searching her out. After Better Living and The Year Without Sunshine though, I’ll have to check out the rest of her work.
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2024.06.08 03:37 NoirPochette Roland Garros Roll of Honor - Wooden Spoon Winners since 1990

Who will join this illustrious roll of honor in 2024!
Men's - Mattia Bellucci (ITA) or Botic van de Zandschulp (NED)
Women's - Yuan Yue (CHN) or Eva Lys (GER)
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2024.06.08 03:35 Just_Perception_7965 Ori Spado - Implications to Artists (Frank Sinatra Naomi Campbell Socialites) - Accidental Hollywood Fixer Debt - READ HIGHLIGHTS - Book Pg10

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2024.06.08 02:20 HRJafael Central Maintenance established as new Greenfield department

Central Maintenance established as new Greenfield department
The Central Maintenance Department, formerly a division of the city’s Department of Public Works that handles the maintenance and construction of city-owned properties, will now operate independently as a new department.
Facilities Director Joe Pugliese, who oversees central maintenance of city-owned facilities, will serve on the department alongside Christopher Philips, Dan Cleary, Monique Rice, Steven Chevalier, Ed Reniewicz, Tyson Spenser and Dylan Otto.
Pugliese, who started in his position in June 2023, said Central Maintenance has been an integral presence in various city projects, including completion of the new Greenfield Public Library and Fire Station. Mayor Ginny Desorgher noted in a statement that Central Maintenance has played a key role in several City Hall repairs and the ongoing servicing of the new Portland Loo standalone restroom at the southeast corner of the parking lot between Chapman and Davis streets.
By separating Central Maintenance, which mainly repairs city-operated facilities, from the Department of Public Works, which directly maintains public infrastructure such as roads and bridges, Pugliese said the city will streamline the planning and decision-making processes associated with taking on larger-scale projects.
“As a subset of the DPW, there was an additional step in the process of getting funds, advising on new projects and deciding where best to allocate city resources,” Pugliese explained. “My hope and my expectation is that with Central Maintenance functioning independently we will be able to streamline these processes and more effectively communicate inter-departmentally with the directors of each individual department so that we can meet their needs and expectations in a more timely manner.”
Pugliese said he could not name any large-scale projects slated for the near future, but that the new city department will start its role in an “evaluative phase,” to ensure it functions in a way that best serves the city and its taxpayers. He thanked DPW Director Marlo Warner II for his years of service.
“During the last several years, Central Maintenance existed under the direction of the DPW Director Marlo Warner,” Pugliese said.
“He has done a fantastic job thus far, and hopefully the streamlining of this process will not only make his position a little easier, but also a little more effective toward the goals of working together inter-departmentally.” Greenfield’s existing Central Maintenance system began in 2010 under Mayor William Martin’s administration. According to Pugliese, Central Maintenance had started out as a city department, and will be returning to its original status.
“The Central Maintenance Department is a critical fixture in our city operations,” Desorgher wrote in a statement. “I have full confidence in Facilities Director Joe Pugliese and his terrific staff to continue carrying out the upkeep of our facilities.”
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2024.06.07 21:21 jravitz [WTS] 295+ Bottles - USA SELLER - Niche, Designer, Hard to Find, Discontinued and Vintage - New Cartier Cartier Les Heures Voyageuses (Bottle)

Post here and/or PM me with any questions. Shipping is $5. International is available, please discuss. Free samples with every purchase! Payment is by Venmo, CashApp or Zelle, PayPal must inquire.
Only swapping for 200mL Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait and Louis Vuitton Symphony at this time.
All of my contact info as well as all of my bottles for sale, are available in my spreadsheet which you should bookmark and look at for a more updated inventory
Spreadsheet
HOUSE FRAGRANCE SIZE REMAINING Notes/Condition Price Type
1 Amouage Amber Sogara 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $335 Niche
2 Amouage Incense Rori Attar 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $299 Niche
3 Amouage Orris Wakan Attar 12mL 99% Full Full Presentation $299 Niche
4 Amouage Rose Aqor Attar 12mL 99% Full Full Presentation $299 Niche
5 Amouage Rose Incense 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $179 Niche
6 Amouage Saffron Hamra Attar 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $299 Niche
7 Andy Tauer Cologne du Maghreb 50mL 99% Full First Release, Rectangular Clear Bottle; With box $95 Niche
8 Bond No. 9 Central Park West 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
9 Bond No. 9 Dubai Jade 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $200 Niche
10 Bond No. 9 Hamptons 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
11 Bond No. 9 Madison Square Park 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
12 Bond No. 9 NOMAD 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $149 Niche
13 Bond No. 9 Riverside Drive 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
14 Bond No. 9 So New York 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
15 Bond No. 9 Sutton Place 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
16 Bond No. 9 Wall Street 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
17 By Kilian Bamboo Harmony 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
18 By Kilian Black Phantom 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
19 By Kilian Can't Stop Loving You 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $185 Niche
20 By Kilian Forbidden Games 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $125 Niche
21 By Kilian Gold Knight 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
22 By Kilian Gold Knight 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $145 Niche
23 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad 250mL 99% Full Decanter; No Box $650 Niche
24 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $135 Niche
25 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad Eau Fraiche 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
26 By Kilian Intoxicated 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
27 By Kilian L'Heure Verte 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
28 By Kilian Moonlight In Heaven 100mL 99% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
29 By Kilian Roses on Ice 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
30 Byredo Eyes Closed 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
31 Byredo Infloresence 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
32 Byredo Lil Fleur 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
33 Byredo Sunday Cologne 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
34 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Absolu 45mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
35 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Ambre 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
36 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Menthe 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
37 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Musc 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
38 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Oud 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
39 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Pink 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
40 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Radeux 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
41 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Santal 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
42 Cartier LES HEURES VOYAGEUSES - Oud Vanille 75mL 100% Full Tester, New, No Box $180 Niche
43 Chanel / Chanel Exclusif Misia EdT 200mL 90% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $325 Niche
44 Chanel / Chanel Exclusif No. 22 EdT 200mL 95% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $325 Niche
45 Christian Dior / Dior Privee 7 Mini Set as Pictured 7x 5mL 100% Full 7 Official Minis from 2010-2011... Mitzah, Milly-A-La-Foret, Granville, Cologne Royale, Eau Noire, New Look 1947 $180 Niche
46 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Bois D'Argent 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0V01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
47 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Cologne Royale 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1X01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
48 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Diorissima 7.5mL 100% Full Official Mini; No Cannister - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
49 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Eau Noire 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1R01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
50 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Eden Roc 7.5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
51 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Granville 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0V01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
52 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Milly-La-Foret 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0W01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
53 Christian Dior / Dior Privee New Look 1947 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1R01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
54 Clive Christian C for Men 50mL 95% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
55 Clive Christian I Pour Femme (Woody Floral with Vintage Rose) 50mL 99% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
56 Clive Christian Rock Rose 50mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $229 Niche
57 Clive Christian X Pour Femme 50mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
58 Creed Aventus - 19P21 (Decant) 50mL 100% Full Magnetic Cap Decant $169 Niche
59 Creed Aventus - F Batch 100mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $235 Niche
60 Creed Aventus - F1396 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $209 Niche
61 Creed Aventus Cologne 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $209 Niche
62 Creed Aventus for Her - F Batch 75mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
63 Creed Bois du Portugal 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
64 Creed Carmina - F1449 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Cap or Box) $179 Niche
65 Creed Erolfa 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
66 Creed Green Irish Tweed 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $185 Niche
67 Creed Himalaya - F Batch 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
68 Creed Millesime Imperial 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
69 Creed Original Santal 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
70 Creed Original Vetiver 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
71 Creed Queen of Silk 75mL 100% Full Tester with Metal Cap (No Box) $225 Niche
72 Creed Refillable Atomizer (5mL Leather Wrapped) Blue 5mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $85 Niche
73 Creed Refillable Atomizer (5mL Leather Wrapped) Grey 5mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $85 Niche
74 Creed Royal Oud - F Batch 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $250 Niche
75 Creed Royal Water - F238 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $170 Niche
76 Creed Silver Mountain Water 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $170 Niche
77 Creed Spice and Wood 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Cap, No Box) $219 Niche
78 Creed Tabarome Millesime 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap $180 Niche
79 Creed Viking - F BATCH 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $185 Niche
80 Creed Viking Cologne 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $180 Niche
81 Creed Virgin Island Water 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $195 Niche
82 Creed White Amber - 17R01 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $155 Niche
83 Diptyque Doson EdP 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $125 Niche
84 Diptyque Eau de Nabati EdP 75mL 100% Full Tester with Cap $125 Niche
85 Diptyque Eau de Papier EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $125 Niche
86 Diptyque Ombre Dans L'eau EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $100 Niche
87 Fragrance Du Bois Brume du Matin 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
88 Fragrance Du Bois Cannabis Blue 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
89 Fragrance Du Bois Cannabis Intense 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
90 Fragrance Du Bois HERITAGE 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $330 Niche
91 Fragrance Du Bois Lovers 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $325 Niche
92 Fragrance Du Bois New York Fifth Avenue 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
93 Fragrance Du Bois SAHRAA 100mL 99% Full Full presentation with Box $399 Niche
94 Fragrance Du Bois Siberian Rose 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
95 Frederic Malle Cologne Indellible 100mL 85% Full Full presentation with Box $175 Niche
96 Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia 10mL 100% Full Official Travel Spray $55 Niche
97 Frederic Malle Heaven Can Wait 100mL 100% Full Brand New In Box $255 Niche
98 Frederic Malle Monsieur 10mL 95% Full Official Travel Spray $55 Niche
99 Frederic Malle Promise 100mL 100% Full Brand New (Not Sealed) $315 Niche
100 Gallagher Bergamot Silk 100mL 99% Full No Box $79 Niche
101 Giorgio Armani / Armani Prive Pierre de Lune 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $155 Niche
102 Giorgio Armani / Armani Prive Rose Alexandrie 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $155 Niche
103 Guerlain Angelique Noire 30mL 100% Full Mini Bee Bottle Decant $215 Niche
104 Guerlain Angelique Noire 10mL 100% Full Tall Glass Decant $55 Niche
105 Guerlain Feve Gourmand 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $330 Niche
106 Guerlain French Kiss 75mL 98% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $450 Niche
107 Guerlain Frenchy Lavende 200mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $399 Niche
108 Guerlain Herbes Troublantes 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $339 Niche
109 Guerlain Jasmin Bonheur 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $369 Niche
110 Hermes / Hermessence Agar Ebene 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $150 Niche
111 Hermes / Hermessence Cedre Sambac 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $165 Niche
112 Hermes / Hermessence Epice Marine 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
113 Hermes / Hermessence Myrrhe Eglantine 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $185 Niche
114 Hermes / Hermessence Poivre Samarcade 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
115 Hermes / Hermessence Santal Massoia 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
116 Hermes / Hermessence Vetiver Tonka 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $175 Niche
117 House of Sillage Nouez Moi 75mL 99% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $120 Niche
118 I Profumi di Firenze Caterina De Medici 50mL 99% Full No Box $35 Niche
119 Initio High Frequency 90mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $180 Niche
120 Initio Oud for Happiness 90mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $189 Niche
121 Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia 30mL 100% Full No Box $50 Niche
122 Le Labo Bigarade 18 - Hong Kong Exclusive 50mL 100% Full Full Bottle, Retail Label $299 Niche
123 Le Labo Mousse de Chene 30 - Amsterdam City Exclusive 50mL 99% Full Sprayed Once to Test / Brand New; No Box $259 Niche
124 Le Labo Oud 27 50mL 99% Full Full presentation with Box $169 Niche
125 Le Labo Santal 33 50mL 100% Full Full Bottle, Retail Label $135 Niche
126 Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
127 Liquides Imaginaires Desert Sauve 100mL 99% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
128 Liquides Imaginaires Fleur de Sable 100mL 99% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
129 Liquides Imaginaires Fleuve Tendre 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
130 Liquides Imaginaires Sancti 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
131 Loewe 7 EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $90 Niche
132 Loewe Aire Anthesis 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $100 Niche
133 Loewe Esencia EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $120 Niche
134 Loewe Esencia Elixir 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $200 Niche
135 Loewe Man 001 EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $120 Niche
136 Louis Vuitton Au Hasard 100mL 95% Full No Cap, No Box $199 Niche
137 Louis Vuitton Contre Moi 100mL 99% Full Tester (Bottle may show some damage, Cap has no paint/is peeling) $385 Niche
138 Louis Vuitton Fleur du Desert 100mL 90% Full No Cap, No Box $225 Niche
139 Louis Vuitton Nuit de Feu 100mL 95% Full No Cap, No Box $245 Niche
140 Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade 100mL 99% Full Engraved "BOLO", No Cap $285 Niche
141 Louis Vuitton Sun Song 100mL 98% Full Tester (Bottle is scratched, may have an engraving, and Cap has no paint/is peeling) $425 Niche
142 Maison Crivelli Bois Datchai 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $169 Niche
143 Maison Francis Kurkdjian 724 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $365 Niche
144 Maison Francis Kurkdjian A la Rose 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $315 Niche
145 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Femme Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
146 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Homme EdT 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
147 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
148 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $145 Niche
149 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
150 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
151 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $125 Niche
152 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $225 Niche
153 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $90 Niche
154 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $160 Niche
155 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $215 Niche
156 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
157 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $125 Niche
158 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $215 Niche
159 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
160 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 EdP 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $399 Niche
161 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $199 Niche
162 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Feminine Pluriel 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $335 Niche
163 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Feminine Pluriel Special Edition Extrait 70mL 100% Full Full Presentation With Mirror Display $499 Niche
164 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Gold 200mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $365 Niche
165 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Gold 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $165 Niche
166 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Silver 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
167 Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'eau a La Rose 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $90 Niche
168 Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'Homme a la Rose 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $150 Niche
169 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Masculin Pluriel (Clear) 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $170 Niche
170 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
171 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $185 Niche
172 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Silk Mood EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
173 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Silk Mood Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $190 Niche
174 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Petit Matin 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $145 Niche
175 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Petit Matin 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $80 Niche
176 Maison Lancome Orange Bigarades 100mL 100% Full Full presentation with Box $229 Niche
177 Mark Birley Charles Street 75mL 97% Full Travel Version $90 Niche
178 Memo Paris French Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
179 Memo Paris Italian Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
180 Memo Paris Lailabella 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
181 Memo Paris Marfa 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
182 Memo Paris Moon Fever 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
183 Memo Paris Oriental Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
184 Mind Games As-Suli's Diamond 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
185 Mind Games Gardez 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
186 Mind Games Vieri 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
187 Mizensir Bois de Mysore 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
188 Mizensir Cologne de Matte 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
189 Mizensir Ideal Oud 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
190 Mizensir Rose Exaltante 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
191 Mizensir Vert Empire 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
192 Oh Mon Dieu! L'objet 100mL 100% Full Full presentation with Box $125 Niche
193 Oliver and Co. M.O.U.S.S.E. 50mL 99% Full Limited Edition 87/133 $110 Niche
194 Parfums de Marley Haltane 125mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $165 Niche
195 Parfums de Marley Layton 125mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $199 Niche
196 Parfums de Marley Valaya 75mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
197 Penhaligon's Elixir 100mL 90% Full No Box $250 Niche
198 Penhaligon's Petra 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $200 Niche
199 Penhaligon's Cairo 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $220 Niche
200 Pomare's Stolen Perfume Angel's Share 9mL 70% Full No Box $40 Niche
201 Precious Liquid Iced Juniper 75mL 95% Full Full presentation with Box (Limited Edition) $135 Niche
202 Roja Dove Creation-E Essence de Parfum 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $165 Niche
203 Roja Dove Danger Pour Femme 50mL 100% Full 99% Full with Box $275 Niche
204 Roja Dove Elixir 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $175 Niche
205 Roja Dove Elixir Essence Pour Femme 100mL 100% Full No Box $175 Niche
206 Roja Dove Qatar 50mL 99% Full Full Presentation $339 Niche
207 Roja Dove Scandal Essence de Parfum 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $165 Niche
208 Roja Dove United Arab Emirates (UAE) 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $300 Niche
209 Roman Monegal L'eau de Rose 50mL 97% Full $70 Niche
210 Santa Maria Novella Sandalo 100mL 95% Full No Box $80 Niche
211 Sospiro Deep Amber Ocean 100mL 100% Full Brand New, No Box $170 Niche
212 Sospiro Deep Amber Ocean 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
213 Spirit of Dubai Bahar 50mL 100% Full Tester with Cap and Travel Case $175 Niche
214 Spirit of Dubai Rimal 50mL 100% Full Tester with Cap and Travel Case $175 Niche
215 Tiziana Terenzi Attar Cas 13mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $225 Niche
216 Tiziana Terenzi Chiron 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $165 Niche
217 Tiziana Terenzi Draconis 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $135 Niche
218 Tom Ford Azure Lime - A71 50mL 99% Full Original Formula $349 Niche
219 Tom Ford Beau de Jour 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
220 Tom Ford Fleur de Portofino 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
221 Tom Ford Fougere Platine 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
222 Tom Ford Neroli Portofino 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $140 Niche
223 Tom Ford Noir de Noir 100mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $185 Niche
224 Tom Ford Plum Japonais 50mL 100% Full Decant (No Box) $215 Niche
225 Tom Ford Rive Ambre - A63 50mL 99% Full Original Formula $225 Niche
226 Tom Ford Rose de Amalfi 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
227 Tom Ford Santal Blush 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $140 Niche
228 Tom Ford Soleil Neige 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
229 Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille 100mL 100% Full Opened, Sprayed twice $225 Niche
230 Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue 50mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $125 Niche
231 Tom Ford Vanilla Sex 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed in Box $265 Niche
232 Tom Ford Vanille Fatale 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
233 Tom Ford White Suede 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
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2024.06.07 19:15 LiveinTroyNY RPI Business Incubator is Back! RPI's vision to energize Troy starts with downtown hub

From the business review:
RPI's vision to energize Troy starts with downtown hub
Sam Raudins Jun 6 2024 The Elevate Albany series is focused this year on opportunities that cross borders. Up next: The college-city connection.
It’s 40 years from now and Troy is a different city.
Downtown buildings are teeming with entrepreneurship, part of an ecosystem of companies that have spun out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University at Albany and other area institutions, and stuck around.
Those company’s founders probably went through downtown’s incubator program, which helps startups become full-fledged companies. Their continued presence leads to more venture capital moving into the area, which in turn lures other innovative companies to Troy.
The workers cultivate an even more vibrant urban environment — more restaurants and shops — and more people want to live downtown than ever before to be near the heartbeat of innovation.
That’s the vision RPI President Martin Schmidt and Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency CEO Robert Pasinella have for the city. And to make it happen, the work needs to start today.
“Now is the time. We can’t allow a regression of losing the workers, losing the students that are graduating, the entrepreneurial students who say, ‘We want a vibrant downtown in order to locate our business,’” Pasinella said. “Catalyzing that is stepping up when there’s a void, and the void was these real estate properties are vacant or becoming vacant or being foreclosed on.”
Pasinella and Schmidt see the potential to turn Troy (and eventually the region) into an innovation powerhouse, creating jobs and redefining the area’s culture. The pieces are here: the real estate, the research institutions and some innovative companies, such as the video game cluster in downtown Troy.
The plan is inspired by Schmidt’s 40 years spent at MIT, including as provost, and his experience helping to build the legendary Kendall Square in Cambridge, which is now hailed as “the most innovative square mile on the planet.” The life sciences and tech hub is a collection of academia, companies, startups and accelerators/incubators that have transformed what was formerly a parking lot district into a shining example of what collaboration and vision can accomplish.
The first step toward that vision for Troy is the creation of a downtown startup incubator – a move Schmidt knows can work based on his MIT experience.
“If you go back and you look at [Kendall Square], one of the first things that happened in support of entrepreneurship in the region was the creation of the Cambridge Innovation Center,” Schmidt said.
Located in the Quackenbush Building at the corner of Broadway and Third Street, the Troy incubator would be a place for area startups to access the region’s academic resources. Schmidt and Pasinella are working to make it a reality.
The goal, aside from spinning out more innovation from the universities, is to reconnect the city with RPI.
“Many of our students leave the Capital Region right now – RPI students – but I don’t see why they wouldn’t stay if the right opportunities were here,” Schmidt said.
Though a physical space designed for innovation is on the horizon, that’s just the more apparent milestone that Schmidt, his team at the university and other stakeholders have been working toward behind the scenes.
Schmidt said it’s important for RPI and its people to be where innovation is happening – whether that’s on its Troy campus or elsewhere. For example, the university recently signed a lease at the Albany Nanotech Complex for 6,000 square feet in the semiconductor research facility.
“We’ve been hunting for areas where this region can collaborate, to create growth. Chips is kind of a no-brainer,” he said. “It’s the watercooler. Everybody that wants to do anything has to come to Albany and has to go through that building.”
RPI has also created RPI Ventures, a new office that includes the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship — the university’s entrepreneurship program — as well as a $10 million early-stage startup fund and a brain trust of advisers/coaches, industry experts and professional services firms for students and faculty to access.
Part of that office includes new startup incubators, one on campus and one off.
The off-campus incubator hinged on the right real estate opportunity. That’s when the Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency came into play.
The IDA closed on the purchase of the Quackenbush Building in April, which is home to the Tech Valley Center of Gravity makerspace and a group of tech companies. Pasinella, CEO of the IDA, wants to solidify the building’s status as a landing spot for tech companies, making it an ideal location for RPI’s incubator.
“We finally put our stake in the ground,” he said. “The pandemic and the post-pandemic real estate issues created an opportunity to say, ‘We’ve got the ability to acquire the building, we’ve got the ability to partner with Marty and company, and now we can start to execute the vision’ … It will help revive downtown and bring downtown to at least the partnership that RPI and downtown Troy had at least 30, 40, 50 years ago.”
The planned incubator would occupy the entire fourth floor of the building.
Schmidt said the center would be inspired by The Engine at MIT, an accelerator program, and the Cambridge Innovation Center, a startup-centered coworking space. To make that work, Schmidt plans to make it a collaboration between UAlbany, Hudson Valley Community College and other local institutions to pool the region’s resources.
The idea is to create blanket agreements with the other institutions to give startups access to resources for only a usage fee.
“The point is to take the friction out,” Schmidt said. “What you don’t want to do is have a startup say, ‘Oh, I need RPI’s scanning electron microscope, I need UAlbany’s cell culture facility. And oh, GE Vernova has some really amazing imaging capability, right? And then I’ve got to go find who I need to talk to, negotiate for years.’ We just want to smooth those paths.”
It wouldn’t be the first time the university had an incubator space. A previous on-campus incubator was a key resource for an earlier wave of the area’s blockbuster companies, said Guha Bala, co-founder and president of Troy-based video game company Velan Studios.
Those companies included the likes of MapInfo, Etransmedia, GlobalSpec and Ecovative, to name a few.
“The reality is entrepreneurs just need other people that are going through the same experience, that they sit next to, to convince them they’re not crazy turning away that lucrative job, that it’s OK to be a little insane and take some risks … the simple factors like that – it’s not all the capital,” Bala said.
The incubator was key in launching Vicarious Visions, the first video game company Bala and his brother, Karthik, started. The connections there introduced the brothers to their first angel investors.
Vicarious Visions, which worked on such games as Guitar Hero and Skylanders, was later sold to industry giant Activision in 2005.
The incubator closed in 2010 after three decades of operation. The loss was noticeable, Bala said.
“The flow of companies just stopped out of RPI. It was like a faucet shut off. And yes, there have been others that have come out since then. But the pipeline has been just drips,” he said.
Now, the opportunity is different. Bala said RPI has better transportation into downtown and the city has developed into a place students want to hang out.
“Doing [an incubator] downtown is a big deal. I think that that will be amazing for games. That will be amazing for multiple industries as well,” he said.
To get this idea off the ground, the next hurdle is funding for both facilities upgrades at the Quackenbush Building and an investment fund, Schmidt said.
The facility itself needs dollars behind it until it can be self-sustaining. And planning is still underway for what it might actually look like.
Because the incubator has a regional focus, the money for the investment fund needs to come from the right stakeholders – people and organizations in the area that could benefit from having successful companies come out of it.
Take Kendall Square, for example.
“If you look at people that are involved with The Engine, one of the things you’ll notice is Bob Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. If you’re the owner of the New England Patriots, you’d like to make sure there’s more Patriots fans,” Schmidt said. “I think the question really is, who cares about downtown Troy, having something like this, and who’s willing to support it?”
Schmidt said that includes companies that would spin out startups. Rather than keep innovative ideas in house, they could set up spin-offs to grow on their own in the incubator.
It’ll also require buy-in from existing area startups. Sean Austin, co-founder and CEO of Markets EQ, has been working to build his artificial intelligence-focused startup in the region, and as an RPI alumnus, he heard about the legendary incubator that shut down before he was in school.
Markets EQ just joined the UAlbany incubator to be closer to other companies and have better access to resources. Austin said convincing the next generation of founders who are used to remote work could be another challenge in getting the Troy incubator off the ground.
To him, the plan is better than doing nothing, which he described as a “detrimental” alternative.
“I think it just has to be talked about and champion the wins and keep showing it and having cool stories. That’s what I heard from Guha [Bala] and them as I was the young one coming in with these mythical stories of, like, MapInfo,” he said. “I think that’s what gets especially younger kids really interested in not so much making a billion dollars but making really cool companies and cool technologies and knowing that it’s possible.”
The vision for downtown Troy and the region is more than the incubator – that is just the beginning. It took Kendall Square four decades to evolve into what it is today, even when all the factors and stakeholders aligned.
Schmidt’s hope is that the incubator creates “stickiness” and encourages new companies to stay in the area. If they do, that would lead to more venture capital, which would create a domino effect of incentivizing more businesses to relocate or open offices here.
Pasinella said the incubator creates potential opportunities for more collaboration with local companies, like Regeneron and GE.
“These guys create technologies that if the company doesn’t want to move into that [product area], then entrepreneurs should be able to pick [it] up. That’s when you get that vibrancy,” he said.
Pasinella’s already thinking beyond the Quackenbush Building. He sees the IDA driving the real estate for this vision and thinks the chance to reshape the future of downtown Troy is here now.
“You can’t just blindly, say, ‘Here, somebody else do it.’ You have to be active and that’s what Marty’s doing — rolling up your sleeves and digging in and saying, ‘This is what we need to do,’” he said. “The 4,000 or whatever initial square foot at the Quackenbush, if we fill that up fairly quickly, what’s next? Where’s the next building? And I’ve got my eye on the next piece of property that we can move the growth toward.”
Schmidt sees this project as the start of a larger economic journey for the region. He’s a subscriber to the theory outlined in “Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream” by Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson: That the U.S. economy cannot survive on a handful of superstar metros alone and midsize cities are positioned to grow.
That book included a study that ranked the Capital Region 16th out of 100 areas with the capacity to take off. Schmidt thinks it should be ranked higher.
“[The idea is] institutions that are deeply committed to the region that can think long term coming together, which is the story of Kendall Square,” Schmidt said.
To him that means thinking about the long-term impacts of these innovation plans. In other words, what if this idea actually works?
So, he’s having conversations with organizations such as Unity House and the Albany International Airport to think bigger – meeting with institutions that are by definition committed to the region and have to think about the future to operate.
These are organizations that Schmidt said are interested in the successful future of the region – no matter what it looks like.
“If things really catch on fire in 40 years, do we have the right transportation infrastructure? Do we have the right housing infrastructure? Do we have the right child care facilities that work? You don’t build it now for 40 years from now, but you plan it,” Schmidt said. “In my mind, focus on what are the technology plays that get us there, that we should think about and work on the next five years, and then things will start to become obvious. But it’s when we’re successful, is this region designed and built for that future?”
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2024.06.07 16:37 Inception_025 Movie of the Year 1997 Survivor Round 3 of 9

The Fifth Element sweetheart, what was that? It was BAD! It had no fire, no energy, no nothing! Y'know I got a show to run here, and it must pop POP POP!
Movie of the Year 1997 Nominees
VOTE HERE
Rank Title Votes Against Runner-Up
10th As Good As It Gets (LS) 19/59 (32.2%) 10/59 (16.9%) - The Fifth Element
9th The Fifth Element 17/60 (28.3%) 13/60 (21.7%)
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Nominations Results
Round of 32 Results
Round of 16 Results
Lifesaver Round Results
Pregame Polls
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS (click to view full event)
1998: The Truman Show (d. Peter Weir)
1999: Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2000s: In the Mood for Love (d. Wong Kar-Wai)
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (d. Ang Lee)
2001: Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch)
2002: Spirited Away (d. Hayao Miyazaki)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry)
2005: Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee)
2006: Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuarón)
2007: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2008: WALL-E (d. Andrew Stanton)
2009: Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2010s: It's Such a Beautiful Day (d. Don Hertzfeldt)
2010: The Social Network (d. David Fincher)
2011: A Separation (d. Asghar Farhadi)
2012: Moonrise Kingdom (d. Wes Anderson)
2013: Her (d. Spike Jonze)
2014: Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)
2016: Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve)
2017: Get Out (d. Jordan Peele)
2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (d. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman)
2019: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
2020: The Father (d. Florian Zeller)
2021: The Worst Person in the World (d. Joachim Trier)
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh)
2023: Oppenheimer (d. Christopher Nolan)
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE DECADE WINNERS (click to view full event)
2000s: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2010s: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
Letterboxd List of All Past Nominees
Letterboxd Master List of All Past Top 32s
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2024.06.07 07:40 finobenoob Martin Johnson after getting attacked in Glasgow, Scotland (2010)

Martin Johnson after getting attacked in Glasgow, Scotland (2010)
apparently there was another image of him with blood down his face but i guess only one image remains… yowch… (band played at G2 venue earlier that night, Friday, Febuary 19th)
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2024.06.06 22:57 Sea-Celebration-7565 Female genital mutilation/cutting and orgasm before and after surgical repair - References

Female genital mutilation/cutting and orgasm before
and after surgical repair

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2024.06.06 21:01 Dovah1 [US-GA] [H] High Republic, Batman, Marvel, DC, Image Floppies/TPBs/HCs, Original Art [W] Paypal

Hello everyone! I've got some more books I'm hoping to sell. I'm open to offers and willing to make some deals if you're interested in multiple books. If you want pictures of anything let me know! All of the original art I commissioned myself directly from the artists at various conventions. If you want to know the show and year I can certainly figure it out for ya.
Shipping is not included in prices, its $6 for Media Mail and $8 for Priority. I can ship media mail for the TPBS and HCs, but have to ship Floppies Priority :( Since shipping/packaging prices are so high, all orders must be above $20. Some items are crossposted. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks!
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(2022) Star Wars Obi-Wan 1-5 $12
Taskmaster 1-5 (3 is Second Printing) $15
Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man 1-5 $25
Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow 1-5 $20
Marvel Universe vs The Punisher 1-4 $10
The Incredible Hercules 126 $3
Marvels 1 $4
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(2020) Iron Man 1-6 (3 is Veregge Cover, 6 is Brown Cover) $20
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The Punisher Meets Archie 1 $5
Avengers AI 1-12 (Full Run of a Fun Underrated Series) $15
(2022) Hulk 1-14 $25
Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect 1-2 (First Maestro) $25
Sensational She Hulk 1-2 $20
(2014) She Hulk 1 $5
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Fantastic Four 323 (Kang!) $5
Fantastic Four: Life Story 1-6 $15
Thor 283 $5
(1979) Man-Thing 1 $12
Marvel Super-Heroes Presents 17 $15
Star Wars Age of Republic Special (First Ahsoka in Canon) $10
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(2014) Punisher 1-5 $5
Punisher: No Escape Prestige $5
(2017) Iron Fist 1-7, 73-80 (Full Brisson Run) (1 is Fried Pie Variant) $25
(2014) Secret Avengers 1-4 (1-3 are signed by Tradd Moore) $12
(2013) Morbius the Living Vampire 1-5 $20
Original Sin 0-8+Annual (8 is Wraparound Variant, Annual is Francavilla Variant) $12
(2013) Nova 1-20, 23 (1 is signed by Dexter Vines) $35
Spider-Man Deadpool #1 Fried Pie Variant $8
Deadpool Versus X-Force 1-4 $15
Deadpool 49.1 (The Musical!) $5
Deadpool: Suicide Kings 1-5 (3 is 2nd Printing Variant) $18
Deadpool’s Art of War 1-4 $20
(2014) Silver Surfer 1-15 $35
(2016) Silver Surfer 1-5 $12
Superior Iron Man 1-8 (1: Young Variant, 6: Wu Variant, 7: Shannon Variant) $25
Captain Britain and MI13 1-15 (Issue One is Damaged) $20 (FULL RUN)
Daredevil Yellow 1-6 $20
(2005) The Sentry 1-8+1 Rough Cut $18
MAX Born 1-4 (Great Punisher Story) $12
The New Mutants 19 $5
1991 X Force 2 (2nd Deadpool appearance) $5
X Factor 19 (1st Horseman of Apocalypse) $5
The X-Men vs. The Avengers 1-4 $12
Wolverine Origins 1 $5
Wolverine Origins 28 $5
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine 1-6 $15
TBPs/HCs:
Marvel Zombies: Battleworld TPB $5
Weirdworld: Warzones TPB $5
Poe Dameron Vol 1-5 (Full Run) $35
Doctor Strange: Season One HC $10
Iron Fist: Phantom Limb TPB $5
The Incredible Hercules: Against the World TPB $5
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe TPB $10
Rocket: The Blue River Score TPB $10 (Great Story!)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man TPB Vol 1-2 $22
(2015/Gillen) Star Wars: Darth Vader OHC Vol 1-2 $50
(2015/Aaron) Star Wars OHC Vol 1-3 $50
Black Panther OHC Vol 1-2 (Vol 1-2 Signed by Brian Stelfreeze, Vol 2 Signed by Wilfredo Torres) $20
Thor God of Thunder Hardcover Volume One (OOP-Light Dust Jacket Damage) $15
(2011) Ghost Rider by Daniel Way Ultimate Collection (Some Bending on Back Cover) $25
The Vision Complete Collection TPB $20
(2020) Black Bolt Hardcover $70 (OOP)
Ireedemable Ant Man TPB $25
DC:
Infinite Frontier 0-6 $15
Justice League Incarnate 1-5 $10
War for Earth-Three Lot: $50
I was hoping to sell this as a lot since the stories overlap some, but if you're interested in single runs let me know and can work something out.
Gotham City: Year One 1-6 $18
Batman 124-135 $25
Shazam 3 (Cho Variant) $3
Batman Catwoman: Follow the Money $5
Full Tynion Detective Comics Run: 53 Books $120
934-981 (All Albuquerque Variants other than 963, 968)
994-1009 (Minus 997) Beginning of Tomasi Run 14 Books $30

Multiversity 1-2, Society of Super-Heroes, The Just, Pax Americana, Thunderworld, Guidebook, MasterMen, Ultra Comics (Full Run of Morrison’s Story!) $20
Flash Forward 1-6 $8
DC Future State: $40 for the Lot!
Titans United 1-7 $15
Titans United Bloodpact 1 (Molina Variant) $10
(2015) Doctor Fate 1 $5 (First Khalid Nassour)
(2010) Batman: The Dark Knight 1-5 $10
N52 Detective Comics 27 $5
Batman: Europa 1-4 $10
DC First: Batgirl/Joker $5
Batman: The Detective 1-6 $12
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters 1-8 $10
Wonder Woman 770-780 (Full Afterworlds Storyline) $20
Human Target 1,3,5,6 $15
Flashpoint Beyond 0-6 $15
Black Adam: The Dark Age 1 $5
Forever Evil 1 NYCC Variant $5
Green Lantern 116 $8
Green Lantern 80 $15
Green Lantern 78 $12
Green Lantern 79 $12
(2011) Batgirl 1 $5
Flashpoint 1 $5
New Titans 99 (First Roy Harper as Arsenal) $10
(1982) Swamp Thing 21 (See Condition) $12
JSA All-Stars 4 (First Courtney Whitmore as Star Girl) $5
(2006) Blue Beetle 1 $10
Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters 1-3 $12
DC Vs Vampires Lot: $50
TPBs/HCs:
Buy Joker, Harleen, and Hellblazer for $25
N52 Dial H for Hero Deluxe Edition $15
Aquaman Unspoken Water HC $5
Gotham Central Vol 1 TPB $5
Joker HC $5
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes Volume 1 TPB $5
N52 Shazam Vol 1 HC $8
N52 Batman Volume 1-5 TPBs $30
Batman Year One TPB (1988 First Printing) $10
Batman: Earth One HC Vol 1-3 $25
Teen Titans Earth One HC Vol 1 $5
Wonder Woman Earth One HC Vol 1-2 $10
Batman: Broken City TPB $12
Batman: Arkham Asylum 15th Anniversary Edition TPB $10
(2012) Green Lantern/Green Arrow TPB $18
Gotham Central Vol 1 TPB $5
Birds of Prey: Murder and Mystery TPB $10
John Constantine Hellblazer: City of Demons TPB $12
Superman: Birthright TPB $10
Justice League: Last Ride TPB $10
Superman: Reign of Doomsday TPB $20 (OOP)
Superman: Unchained HC $5
Superman Smashes the Klan TPB $8
Suicide Squad: Bad Blood HC $12
DC Archive Edition: Brave and the Bold Team-Up Volume One HC $15
Power Girl: A New Beginning TPB $12
Grant Morrison Batman Lot: $60 (Good Start to Collecting the Full Run!)
Batman R.I.P. TPB $10
Batman: The Ressurection of Ra’s Al Ghul TPB $15
(2014) Batman and Son Expanded Edition TPB $15
(2012) Batman Incorporated Deluxe Edition HC $15
New 52 Batman Incorporated HC Vol 1-2 $30
Cosmic Odyssey Deluxe Edition HC $20 (OOP!) (Small Cut on the Cover, Pics Attached)
IMAGE/DARK HORSE/OTHER:
Crossover 1-13 $28 (Full Run)
Rogues Gallery 1-4 $15
BANG! Variant 1B (Signed by Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres) $20
(2002) Star Wars Jango Fett $5
Star Wars Hyperspace Stories 1-3 $5
Star Wars Han Solo and Chewbacca 1-6 $10
Tokyo Ghost 1-7, 10 (1B Variant Cover) $35
What’s the Furthest Place From Here? 1-5 (1 is Martin Variant) $20
Primordial 1-6 $15
Irredeemable 1 $25
Promethea 1 $5
Geiger 1-6+80 Page Giant $15
Judge Dredd: Toxic 1-4 $12
Manifest Destiny 1-8 (1,2 Signed by Matthew Roberts) $15
(2014) Rumble 1-14 (1, 2, 11 Signed by James Harren) $20
Zero 1-18 (Full Run of a Fun Series with Great Art!) $20
Night of the Ghoul 1-3 $10
We Have Demons 1-3 (All Foil Variants) $12
TPBS/HCs:
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time TPB Vol 1-3 $12
Maniac of New York Vol 1 (Signed by Andrea Mutti) $10
Injection OHC $20
Dracula, motherfucker! HC $10
Irredeemable Omnibus $30
The Black Hood Vol 1-3 $15 (Full Run!) $12
(Dynamite 2009) Zorro Vol 1-2 TPB $10
John Wick HC $25
Super Crooks TPB $5
Incognito Vol 1 TPB $5
Black Road Vol 1-2 (Full Run!) $12
Fables Vol 1 HC $8
LOW Deluxe Edition Vol 1-2 $60
Divinity HC $15
Astro City Metrobook Vol 1-2 TPB $35
Madman Atomic Comics Vol 1 $12
God Hates Astronauts Vol 1 (Signed by Ryan Browne) $8
The New World TPB (Signed by Tradd Moore) $20
Homesick Pilots Vol 1 (Signed by Caspar Wijngaard) $10
(Dynamite) The Shadow Vol 1 $6
The End of Summer TPB $15 (2nd Edition)
2 Dollar (Each) Comics:
DC
Action Comics 1031 (Variant)
Action Comics 1032
The Flash 768
The Flash 769 (Variant)
The Joker 1
Suicide Squad: King Shark 1
Mister Miracle: Source of Freedom 1
Stargirl: Spring Break Special
DC The Doomed and the Damned
Are You Afraid of Darkseid?
Mysteries of Love in Space
(2021) Shazam 1-4
Sinestro 1
Camelot 3000 1
(2015) The Omega Men 1
(2003) Batman Adventures 11
Batman 652
Batman Rebirth 1 (A and B Cover)
Batman 21, 22
N52 DC 3D Lenticular Black Adam Cover (JLA 7.4)
N52 DC 3D Lenticular Scarecrow Cover (Detective Comics 23.3)
N52 DC 3D Lenticular Two Face Cover (Batman and Robin 23.1)
N52 DC 3D Lenticular Ocean Master Cover (Aquaman 23.2)
MARVEL:
She Hulk 159-163 (Jen Walters Must Die full story)
(2020) Cable 1-4
(2011) The Defenders 1
Secret Invasion: Who do you Trust One Shot
(1988) Silver Surfer 2
Fantastic Four Road Trip
MODOK Head Games 1
X-Men Legacy 9 (Iron Man Variant)
(2002) Ultimates 12
(2021) Venom 8
(2018) Amazing Spiderman 61-62
(2012) Uncanny Avengers 1-2
Fantomex Max 1
2012) Fantastic Four 1
(2014) Fantastic Four 1
(2015 Series 1) Howard the Duck 1
(2015 Series 2) Howard the Duck 11
(2016) Moon Knight 11
Deadpool and Cable: Split Second 1 (Fried Pie Variant)
(2019) X Force 1
New Mutants 86, 90-92, 96, 97, 99, 100, Summer Special
(1992) X Force 6
X Factor 71
OTHER:
Newburn 1-3
Silver Coin 1-2, 10
(2007) Lone Ranger and Tonto 1-4
Adventureman 1
X Ray Robot 1
Fox and Hare 1
(2019) FCBD My Hero Academia
ORIGINAL ART:
(9x12) The Flash by George Perez $200
(9x12) Deadpool by Domo Stanton $30
(8.5x6) Galactus by Darryl Banks $50
(4x6) Doctor Doom by Dave Wachter $40
(8.5x11) Jon Snow by Dan Panosian $60
(11x14) Spider-Man by Nick Pitarra $50
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2024.06.06 13:35 Relative-Advice-570 Help Me Find Car Sounds

I am trying to make WD1 cars modernized for WD2 in Automation but I need the right sounds & I use Audacity to make it feel like a true WD2 car.
the cars are
Budget
Muscle
Sport
Trucks
Performance
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2024.06.05 16:21 Inception_025 Movie of the Year 1997 Survivor Round 2 of 9

Getting the lifesaver vote was really as good as it got for As Good As It Gets, as it was swiftly booted from the game.
Movie of the Year 1997 Nominees
VOTE HERE
Rank Title Votes Against Runner-Up
10th As Good As It Gets (LS) 19/59 (32.2%) 10/59 (16.9%)
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Nominations Results
Round of 32 Results
Round of 16 Results
Lifesaver Round Results
Pregame Polls
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS (click to view full event)
1998: The Truman Show (d. Peter Weir)
1999: Magnolia (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2000s: In the Mood for Love (d. Wong Kar-Wai)
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (d. Ang Lee)
2001: Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch)
2002: Spirited Away (d. Hayao Miyazaki)
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (d. Peter Jackson)
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry)
2005: Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee)
2006: Children of Men (d. Alfonso Cuarón)
2007: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2008: WALL-E (d. Andrew Stanton)
2009: Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino)
Oscar Ineligible of the 2010s: It's Such a Beautiful Day (d. Don Hertzfeldt)
2010: The Social Network (d. David Fincher)
2011: A Separation (d. Asghar Farhadi)
2012: Moonrise Kingdom (d. Wes Anderson)
2013: Her (d. Spike Jonze)
2014: Whiplash (d. Damien Chazelle)
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road (d. George Miller)
2016: Arrival (d. Denis Villeneuve)
2017: Get Out (d. Jordan Peele)
2018: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (d. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti & Rodney Rothman)
2019: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
2020: The Father (d. Florian Zeller)
2021: The Worst Person in the World (d. Joachim Trier)
2022: The Banshees of Inisherin (d. Martin McDonagh)
2023: Oppenheimer (d. Christopher Nolan)
PREVIOUS MOVIE OF THE DECADE WINNERS (click to view full event)
2000s: There Will Be Blood (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2010s: Parasite (d. Bong Joon-Ho)
Letterboxd List of All Past Nominees
Letterboxd Master List of All Past Top 32s
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2024.06.04 19:59 King-Owl-House Medical Doctors Nurses TV Shows / Series

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2024.06.04 18:17 jravitz [WTS] 280+ Bottles - USA SELLER - Niche, Designer, Vintage, Hard to Find and Discontinued - New Lowered Prices (Bottle)

HOUSE FRAGRANCE SIZE REMAINING Notes/Condition Price Type
1 Amouage Amber Sogara 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $335 Niche
2 Amouage Incense Rori Attar 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $299 Niche
3 Amouage Orris Wakan Attar 12mL 99% Full Full Presentation $299 Niche
4 Amouage Rose Aqor Attar 12mL 99% Full Full Presentation $299 Niche
5 Amouage Saffron Hamra Attar 12mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $299 Niche
6 Andy Tauer Cologne du Maghreb 50mL 99% Full First Release, Rectangular Clear Bottle; With box $95 Niche
7 Bond No. 9 Central Park West 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
8 Bond No. 9 Dubai Jade 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $200 Niche
9 Bond No. 9 Hamptons 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
10 Bond No. 9 Madison Square Park 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
11 Bond No. 9 NOMAD 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $149 Niche
12 Bond No. 9 Riverside Drive 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
13 Bond No. 9 So New York 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
14 Bond No. 9 Sutton Place 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
15 Bond No. 9 Wall Street 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $125 Niche
16 By Kilian Bamboo Harmony 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
17 By Kilian Black Phantom 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
18 By Kilian Can't Stop Loving You 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $185 Niche
19 By Kilian Forbidden Games 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $125 Niche
20 By Kilian Gold Knight 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
21 By Kilian Gold Knight 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $145 Niche
22 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad 250mL 99% Full Decanter; No Box $650 Niche
23 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad 50mL 98% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $135 Niche
24 By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad Eau Fraiche 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
25 By Kilian Intoxicated 100mL 100% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
26 By Kilian L'Heure Verte 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
27 By Kilian Moonlight In Heaven 100mL 99% Full Tester Refill (No Spray, No Box) $199 Niche
28 By Kilian Roses on Ice 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
29 Byredo Eyes Closed 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
30 Byredo Infloresence 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
31 Byredo Lil Fleur 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
32 Byredo Sunday Cologne 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Niche
33 Chanel / Chanel Exclusif Misia EdT 200mL 90% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $325 Niche
34 Chanel / Chanel Exclusif No. 22 EdT 200mL 95% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $325 Niche
35 Christian Dior / Dior Privee 7 Mini Set as Pictured 7x 5mL 100% Full 7 Official Minis from 2010-2011... Mitzah, Milly-A-La-Foret, Granville, Cologne Royale, Eau Noire, New Look 1947 $180 Niche
36 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Bois D'Argent 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0V01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
37 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Cologne Royale 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1X01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
38 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Diorissima 7.5mL 100% Full Official Mini; No Cannister - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
39 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Eau Noire 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1R01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
40 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Eden Roc 7.5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
41 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Granville 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0V01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $35 Niche
42 Christian Dior / Dior Privee Milly-La-Foret 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 0W01 (2010 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
43 Christian Dior / Dior Privee New Look 1947 5mL 100% Full Official Mini - Batch Code 1R01 (2011 Production Date) - Price includes shipping $30 Niche
44 Clive Christian C for Men 50mL 95% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
45 Clive Christian I Pour Femme (Woody Floral with Vintage Rose) 50mL 99% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
46 Clive Christian Rock Rose 50mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $229 Niche
47 Clive Christian X Pour Femme 50mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $169 Niche
48 Creed Aventus - 19P21 (Decant) 50mL 100% Full Magnetic Cap Decant $169 Niche
49 Creed Aventus - F Batch 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap $219 Niche
50 Creed Aventus - F Batch 100mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $235 Niche
51 Creed Aventus for Her - F Batch 75mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
52 Creed Bois du Portugal 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $179 Niche
53 Creed Carmina - F1449 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Cap or Box) $179 Niche
54 Creed Erolfa 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
55 Creed Green Irish Tweed 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $185 Niche
56 Creed Himalaya - F Batch 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
57 Creed Millesime Imperial 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
58 Creed Original Santal 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
59 Creed Original Vetiver 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $179 Niche
60 Creed Queen of Silk 75mL 100% Full Tester with Metal Cap $225 Niche
61 Creed Refillable Atomizer (5mL Leather Wrapped) Blue 5mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $85 Niche
62 Creed Refillable Atomizer (5mL Leather Wrapped) Grey 5mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $85 Niche
63 Creed Royal Oud - F Batch 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $250 Niche
64 Creed Royal Water - F238 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $170 Niche
65 Creed Silver Mountain Water - 21V01A 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $180 Niche
66 Creed Spice and Wood 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Cap, No Box) $219 Niche
67 Creed Tabarome Millesime 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap $180 Niche
68 Creed Viking - F BATCH 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap (No Box) $185 Niche
69 Creed Viking Cologne 100mL 100% Full Tester with Plastic Cap $179 Niche
70 Creed White Amber - 17R01 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $155 Niche
71 Diptyque Eau de Nabati EdP 75mL 100% Full Tester with Cap $125 Niche
72 Diptyque Ombre Dans L'eau EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $100 Niche
73 Diptyque Oyedo EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $100 Niche
74 Fragrance Du Bois Brume du Matin 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
75 Fragrance Du Bois Cannabis Blue 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
76 Fragrance Du Bois Cannabis Intense 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
77 Fragrance Du Bois HERITAGE 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $330 Niche
78 Fragrance Du Bois Lovers 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $325 Niche
79 Fragrance Du Bois New York Fifth Avenue 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
80 Fragrance Du Bois SAHRAA 100mL 99% Full Full presentation with Box $399 Niche
81 Fragrance Du Bois Siberian Rose 100mL 100% Full New, No Box $180 Niche
82 Frederic Malle Cologne Indellible 100mL 85% Full Full presentation with Box $175 Niche
83 Frederic Malle Eau de Magnolia 10mL 100% Full Official Travel Spray $55 Niche
84 Frederic Malle Heaven Can Wait 100mL 100% Full Brand New In Box $255 Niche
85 Frederic Malle Monsieur 10mL 95% Full Official Travel Spray $55 Niche
86 Frederic Malle Promise 100mL 100% Full Brand New (Not Sealed) $315 Niche
87 Gallagher Bergamot Silk 100mL 99% Full No Box $79 Niche
88 Giorgio Armani / Armani Prive Pierre de Lune 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $155 Niche
89 Giorgio Armani / Armani Prive Rose Alexandrie 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $155 Niche
90 Guerlain Angelique Noire 30mL 100% Full Mini Bee Bottle Decant $215 Niche
91 Guerlain Angelique Noire 10mL 100% Full Tall Glass Decant $55 Niche
92 Guerlain French Kiss 75mL 98% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $450 Niche
93 Guerlain Frenchy Lavende 200mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $399 Niche
94 Guerlain Herbes Troublantes 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $339 Niche
95 Guerlain Jasmin Bonheur 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $369 Niche
96 Hermes / Hermessence Agar Ebene 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $150 Niche
97 Hermes / Hermessence Cedre Sambac 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $165 Niche
98 Hermes / Hermessence Epice Marine 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
99 Hermes / Hermessence Myrrhe Eglantine 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $185 Niche
100 Hermes / Hermessence Poivre Samarcade 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
101 Hermes / Hermessence Santal Massoia 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $170 Niche
102 Hermes / Hermessence Vetiver Tonka 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $175 Niche
103 House of Sillage Nouez Moi 75mL 99% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $120 Niche
104 I Profumi di Firenze Caterina De Medici 50mL 99% Full No Box $35 Niche
105 Initio High Frequency 90mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $180 Niche
106 Initio Oud for Happiness 90mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $189 Niche
107 Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia 30mL 100% Full No Box $50 Niche
108 Le Labo Bigarade 18 - Hong Kong Exclusive 50mL 100% Full Full Bottle, Retail Label $299 Niche
109 Le Labo Mousse de Chene 30 - Amsterdam City Exclusive 50mL 99% Full Sprayed Once to Test / Brand New; No Box $259 Niche
110 Le Labo Oud 27 50mL 99% Full Full presentation with Box $169 Niche
111 Le Labo Santal 33 50mL 100% Full Full Bottle, Retail Label $135 Niche
112 Liquides Imaginaires Bloody Wood 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
113 Liquides Imaginaires Desert Sauve 100mL 99% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
114 Liquides Imaginaires Fleur de Sable 100mL 99% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
115 Liquides Imaginaires Fleuve Tendre 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
116 Liquides Imaginaires Sancti 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box, No Cap $85 Niche
117 Loewe 7 EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $90 Niche
118 Loewe Aire Anthesis 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $100 Niche
119 Loewe Esencia EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $120 Niche
120 Loewe Esencia Elixir 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $200 Niche
121 Loewe Man 001 EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $120 Niche
122 Louis Vuitton Attrape-Reves 100mL 99% Full No Cap, No Box $199 Niche
123 Louis Vuitton Au Hasard 100mL 95% Full No Cap, No Box $199 Niche
124 Louis Vuitton Contre Moi 100mL 99% Full Tester (Bottle may show some damage, Cap has no paint/is peeling) $385 Niche
125 Louis Vuitton Fleur du Desert 100mL 90% Full No Cap, No Box $225 Niche
126 Louis Vuitton Nuit de Feu 100mL 95% Full No Cap, No Box $245 Niche
127 Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade 100mL 99% Full Engraved "BOLO", No Cap $285 Niche
128 Louis Vuitton Sun Song 100mL 98% Full Tester (Bottle is scratched, may have an engraving, and Cap has no paint/is peeling) $425 Niche
129 Maison Crivelli Bois Datchai 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $169 Niche
130 Maison Francis Kurkdjian 724 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $365 Niche
131 Maison Francis Kurkdjian A la Rose 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $315 Niche
132 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Femme Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
133 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Homme EdT 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
134 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
135 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $145 Niche
136 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Celestia Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
137 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
138 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $125 Niche
139 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $225 Niche
140 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Cologne Forte 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $90 Niche
141 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $160 Niche
142 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $215 Niche
143 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $135 Niche
144 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $125 Niche
145 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Cologne Forte 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $215 Niche
146 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Vitae Forte 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $160 Niche
147 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 EdP 200mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $399 Niche
148 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $199 Niche
149 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Feminine Pluriel 200mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $335 Niche
150 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Feminine Pluriel Special Edition Extrait 70mL 100% Full Full Presentation With Mirror Display $499 Niche
151 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Gold 200mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $365 Niche
152 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Gold 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $165 Niche
153 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Gentle Fluidity Silver 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
154 Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'eau a La Rose 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $90 Niche
155 Maison Francis Kurkdjian L'Homme a la Rose 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $150 Niche
156 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Masculin Pluriel (Clear) 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $170 Niche
157 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
158 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $185 Niche
159 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Silk Mood EdP 70mL 100% Full Tester (No Box, Has Cap) $165 Niche
160 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Silk Mood Extrait 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $190 Niche
161 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Petit Matin 70mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $145 Niche
162 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Petit Matin 35mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $80 Niche
163 Maison Lancome Orange Bigarades 100mL 100% Full Full presentation with Box $229 Niche
164 Mark Birley Charles Street 75mL 97% Full Travel Version $90 Niche
165 Memo Paris French Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
166 Memo Paris Italian Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
167 Memo Paris Lailabella 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
168 Memo Paris Marfa 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
169 Memo Paris Moon Fever 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
170 Memo Paris Oriental Leather 75mL 100% Full Tester (No Box or Cap) $115 Niche
171 Mind Games As-Suli's Diamond 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
172 Mind Games Gardez 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
173 Mind Games Vieri 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $249 Niche
174 Mizensir Bois de Mysore 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
175 Mizensir Cologne de Matte 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
176 Mizensir Ideal Oud 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
177 Mizensir Rose Exaltante 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
178 Mizensir Vert Empire 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $155 Niche
179 Oh Mon Dieu! L'objet 100mL 100% Full Full presentation with Box $125 Niche
180 Oliver and Co. M.O.U.S.S.E. 50mL 99% Full Limited Edition 87/133 $110 Niche
181 Parfums de Marley Layton 125mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $199 Niche
182 Parfums de Marley Valaya 75mL 100% Full Tester with Cap (No Box) $175 Niche
183 Penhaligon's Elixir 100mL 90% Full No Box $250 Niche
184 Penhaligon's Petra 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $200 Niche
185 Penhaligon's Cairo 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $220 Niche
186 Pomare's Stolen Perfume Angel's Share 9mL 70% Full No Box $40 Niche
187 Precious Liquid Iced Juniper 75mL 95% Full Full presentation with Box (Limited Edition) $135 Niche
188 Roja Dove Creation-E Essence de Parfum 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $165 Niche
189 Roja Dove Danger Pour Femme 50mL 100% Full 99% Full with Box $275 Niche
190 Roja Dove Elixir 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $175 Niche
191 Roja Dove Elixir Essence Pour Femme 100mL 100% Full No Box $175 Niche
192 Roja Dove Qatar 50mL 99% Full Full Presentation $339 Niche
193 Roja Dove Scandal Essence de Parfum 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $165 Niche
194 Roja Dove United Arab Emirates (UAE) 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $300 Niche
195 Roman Monegal L'eau de Rose 50mL 97% Full $70 Niche
196 Santa Maria Novella Sandalo 100mL 95% Full No Box $80 Niche
197 Sospiro Deep Amber Ocean 100mL 100% Full Brand New, No Box $170 Niche
198 Sospiro Deep Amber Ocean 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
199 Spirit of Dubai Bahar 50mL 100% Full Tester with Cap and Travel Case $175 Niche
200 Spirit of Dubai Rimal 50mL 100% Full Tester with Cap and Travel Case $175 Niche
201 Tiziana Terenzi Attar Cas 13mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $225 Niche
202 Tiziana Terenzi Chiron 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $165 Niche
203 Tiziana Terenzi Draconis 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $135 Niche
204 Tom Ford Azure Lime - A71 50mL 99% Full Original Formula $349 Niche
205 Tom Ford Beau de Jour 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
206 Tom Ford Fleur de Portofino 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
207 Tom Ford Fougere Platine 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
208 Tom Ford Neroli Portofino 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $140 Niche
209 Tom Ford Noir de Noir 100mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $185 Niche
210 Tom Ford Plum Japonais 50mL 100% Full Decant (No Box) $215 Niche
211 Tom Ford Rive Ambre - A63 50mL 99% Full Original Formula $225 Niche
212 Tom Ford Rose de Amalfi 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $135 Niche
213 Tom Ford Santal Blush 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $140 Niche
214 Tom Ford Soleil Neige 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
215 Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $245 Niche
216 Tom Ford Tubereuse Nue 50mL 100% Full BNIB, Sealed $125 Niche
217 Tom Ford Vanilla Sex 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed in Box $265 Niche
218 Tom Ford Vanille Fatale 50mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $180 Niche
219 Tom Ford White Suede 1000mL 100% Full Sealed Dramming Bottle $700 Niche
220 Washington Tremlett Black Tie 100mL 95% Full $125 Niche
221 Widian II Black 50mL 99% Full Tester (No Box) $149 Niche
222 Yves Saint Laurent Babycat 125mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $300 Niche
223 Acqua di Parma Magnolia Nobile 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $95 Designer
224 Brunello Cucinelli Pour Homme 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $90 Designer
225 Caron Pour un Homme de Caron Le Matin 125mL 100% Full Opened to test, sprayed once $69 Designer
226 Caron Pour un Homme de Caron Le Soir 125mL 100% Full Opened to test, sprayed once $69 Designer
227 Caron Pour Un Homme Impact Parfum 75mL 97% Full No Box $175 Designer
228 Chanel Allure Pour Femme EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $65 Designer
229 Chanel Bleu de Chanel - Aftershave Balm 100mL 99% Full No Box, Minor Cosmetic Damage $55 Designer
230 Chanel Bleu de Chanel - Aftershave Lotion 100mL 99% Full No Box, Minor Cosmetic Damage $55 Designer
231 Chanel Coco EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $85 Designer
232 Chanel Coco Mademoiselle - Moisturizing Body Lotion 200mL 99% Full No Box $55 Designer
233 Chanel Cristalle Eau Vert EdT Concentree 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $135 Designer
234 Chanel Cristalle EdP 50mL 95% Full Tester; No Box $135 Designer
235 Chanel Gabrielle Essence 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $100 Designer
236 Chanel No. 19 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $115 Designer
237 Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $85 Designer
238 Chanel No. 5 EdP 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $95 Designer
239 Chanel Platinum Egoiste 75mL 99% Full SPLASH, NOT SPRAY Older Formulation $125 Designer
240 Christian Dior Dior Homme Parfum 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed (Packaging may be slightly damaged) $175 Designer
241 Christian Dior J'adore in Joy EdT 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap, No Box $60 Designer
242 Floris Cefiro 100mL 100% Full Tester with Cap, No Box $59 Designer
243 Gucci Gucci Guilty Absolute 90mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $70 Designer
244 Guerlain Habit Rouge Parfum 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $130 Designer
245 Guerlain L'Homme Ideal Parfum 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $130 Designer
246 Guerlain L'instant de Guerlain Pour Homme EXTREME 10mL 100% Full VINTAGE BLACK RIM - DECANT $50 Designer
247 Guerlain Vetiver Parfum 100mL 100% Full Brand New, Sealed $130 Designer
248 Hermes Twilly 80mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $65 Designer
249 Jo Malone Amber & Lavender 30mL 90% Full No Box $52 Designer
250 Jo Malone English Oak & Redcurrant 30mL 80% Full No Box $49 Designer
251 Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia 100mL 100% Full Brand New with Gift Box and Gift Set (Body Wash, Body Lotion) $180 Designer
252 Jo Malone Rose & White Musk Absolu 100mL 100% Full No Box $180 Designer
253 Jo Malone Scarlett Poppy Cologne Intense 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Box $130 Designer
254 Lalique Ombre Noire 100mL 100% Full Sealed $100 Designer
255 Maison Martin Margiela Replica - Jazz Club 100mL 100% Full Tester (No Box) $80 Designer
256 Thierry Mugler A*MEN 100mL 99% Full Rubber Flask; No Box $75 Designer
257 Amouage Cristal and Gold Ladies 50mL 95% Full Vintage, Incredibly hard to find. Full presentation in nice condition $399 Vintage
258 Cartier Santos EdT 100mL 100% Full Spray; Refill. $299 Vintage
259 Chanel Gardenia EdT 100mL 100% Full Vintage; Sealed $350 Vintage
260 Crabtree & Evelyn Crabtree & Evelyn Extract of West Indian and Sicilian Limes 125mL 100% Full Full presentation with Box $209 Vintage
261 Dunhill Cologne 125mL 99% Full Vintage; Splash $100 Vintage
262 Ermenegildo Zegna Haitian Vetiver 125mL 99% Full No Box $300 Vintage
263 Escada Pour Homme Aftershave 75mL 100% Full BNIB Sealed $165 Vintage
264 Escada Pour Homme Aftershave 125mL 100% Full BNIB Sealed $240 Vintage
265 Floris Special 127 100mL 98% Full Vintage; Dark Blue Box., 2 Royal Warrants, Vintage Version $70 Vintage
266 Fragonard Zizanie 240mL 80% Full Shaker bottle (Splash, not spray) no box. At least 80% Full. $240 Vintage
267 Geo F Trumper Ajaccio Violets 100mL 99% Full $40 Vintage
268 Gucci Envy Aftershave 50mL 100% Full BNIB Sealed $140 Vintage
269 Gucci Envy Aftershave 100mL 100% Full BNIB Sealed $215 Vintage
270 Gucci Rush for Men 50mL 100% Full Full Presentation; These do not come fully filled $190 Vintage
271 Gucci Rush for Men Aftershave 100mL 100% Full BNIB Sealed $140 Vintage
272 Guerlain Heritage EdT 200mL 100% Full New; Vintage; Splash. 1991 Bottle. $225 Vintage
273 Guerlain Samrasa EdP 50mL 100% Full No Box $109 Vintage
274 Guerlain Samsara EdT 1992-1993 Formulation 100mL 100% Full Tester; No Cap; No Box $109 Vintage
275 Jean Desprez Bal a Versailles 9 Oz 70% Full Vintage; Splash; No Box Open to offers on this enormous bottle. $135 Vintage
276 Lacoste Eau de Sport Vivifiante 100mL 99% Full No Box $110 Vintage
277 Lacoste Land 100mL 99% Full $130 Vintage
278 Nino Cerruti Fair Play Pour Homme 100mL 99% Full Full presentation with Box $275 Vintage
279 Paco Rabanne Eau de Metal 20mL 100% Full Vintage; Mini $15 Vintage
280 Revillon Pour Homme Eau de Toilette Super Concentrate 60mL 99% Full Atomizer $190 Vintage
281 Revillon Pour Homme Eau de Toilette Super Concentrate 90mL 99% Full Atomizer $290 Vintage​
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2024.06.04 17:04 MVPete90210 BEST MAIN EVENT WINNER - Round of 32 - Match 11 - Joe Cada vs Jonathan Duhamel

Annoucement thread Round of 32 Draw

Place your vote NOW - winner progresses to Round of 16!

Joe Cada: Joe Cada (born 1987) holds a unique distinction in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) record books. At the young age of 21, he conquered the 2009 Main Event, becoming the youngest champion ever. This remarkable victory, against a field of over 6,400 players, propelled him to poker stardom and secured him a life-changing $8.5 million windfall.
Cada's passion for poker began early. He honed his skills online under the username "jcada99," amassing over $500,000 before his Main Event triumph. Despite his online prowess, the live tournament scene presented a new challenge. However, Cada's strategic mind and ability to navigate a grueling tournament proved to be winning assets.
Beyond his historic Main Event win, Cada has continued to find success in the live poker circuit. He has collected four WSOP bracelets across various games, showcasing his versatility. He even returned to the Main Event final table in 2018, displaying his consistency and skill at the highest level.
Jonathan Duhamel: Jonathan Duhamel (born 1987) holds a special place in Canadian poker history. This Quebec native achieved international fame by becoming the first-ever Canadian World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion in 2010. His victory, against a massive field of over 7,000 players, propelled him to poker superstardom and secured him a staggering $8.9 million prize.
Duhamel's love for poker began with friendly games with friends. While details about his pre-championship career are limited, it's known that he pursued a college education before diving headfirst into professional poker. Known for his calm demeanor and strategic approach, Duhamel outlasted a field of seasoned players to claim the coveted champion's title.
This Main Event win wasn't the end of Duhamel's poker journey. He has proven his skills beyond the bright lights of the Main Event. Duhamel has collected three WSOP bracelets across various games, showcasing his versatility as a player. His hunger for competition was evident when he returned to the WSOP winner's circle in 2015, securing a high roller title.
Jonathan Duhamel remains a prominent figure in the poker world. He continues to inspire aspiring Canadian poker players, demonstrating the power of dedication and perseverance on the biggest stage.
The winning player will play either Huck Seed or Martin Jacobson in the Round of 16.
In the event of a tie, I will cast the deciding vote.
View Poll
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2024.06.04 15:40 Ziglet_mir Two Pats legends top the AFC East's last 1,500 yard rushing list, followed by a CFL player and a Murderer

Two Pats legends top the AFC East's last 1,500 yard rushing list, followed by a CFL player and a Murderer submitted by Ziglet_mir to AFCEastMemeWar [link] [comments]


2024.06.04 03:48 SOO4R3R-217 My Personal Street View Challenge: Random Wheel Spinner - Japan Edition Part 14

Random Spinner 1 - Iwate + Shops/Malls
  1. BMW M3 E30 (Miyako, 2013) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.6434978,141.9480357,3a,16.4y,33.32h,86.38t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHJ8b1q4_2le-cnopK9_4uA!2e0!5s20140501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  2. Mercedes Benz C63 AMG W204 Coupe (Miyako, 2013) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.638632,141.9500634,3a,15y,26.82h,86.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sW1ZZNRYzZwrZZOg0DBFEsg!2e0!5s20130701T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  3. Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R (Kunohe, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@40.221588,141.4182163,3a,17.2y,242.44h,83.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjdNYqzznvdPzEsAHNggoug!2e0!5s20140501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  4. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Kitakami, 2011) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.2932677,141.105397,3a,15y,297.71h,83.8t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-ZwIx_AnSiQEKuCY58yWzQ!2e0!5s20111101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  5. Nissan Stagea 260RS Autech (Kitakami, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.2868437,141.1214402,3a,15y,275.44h,85.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKPEehY9bKHjwqJ8ZjWVVOw!2e0!5s20140501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  6. Lancia Delta Integrale HF Evoluzione Edizione Finale (Kitakami, 2011) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.2922858,141.1300119,3a,17y,76.6h,80.99t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFOYSX50R3bgG5eVXENDgWQ!2e0!5s20111101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
  7. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (Hanamaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.4048589,141.1241174,3a,15y,95.71h,86.08t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sj694BmKjj3Co_ZyYZKc90w!2e0!5s20220601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
  8. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Morioka, 2021) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.6538899,141.1639219,3a,15y,239.73h,87.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1xkgMpBrYOjxOaWtlMGB_g!2e0!5s20210501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
  9. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Morioka, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.6732496,141.1351278,3a,15y,234.51h,86.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sv8tgXWJ7y2vO90q0obVldw!2e0!5s20230501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
  10. Maserati GranTurismo (Morioka, 2021) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7097545,141.0976056,3a,15y,36.96h,86.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGGZ4zEWQxC8s7JRSzBvnVQ!2e0!5s20210901T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu
  11. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition (Morioka, 2017) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7103727,141.1010215,3a,15y,120.81h,87.63t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s54zH2FClxMGZi0A1J7iORQ!2e0!5s20170801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu
Random Spinner 2 - Kanagawa + School/University/Learning CenteLibrary
  1. Aston Martin Rapide S (Yokohama, 2021) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5560673,139.6485432,3a,15y,243.81h,87.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sa_K2LoeSGF7tGUpPuDC6VQ!2e0!5s20210301T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Porsche Macan Turbo (Yokohama, 2017) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5540558,139.647472,3a,15y,148.26h,82.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUUjzkNKZ9z080IyK2IDEGA!2e0!5s20170701T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. BMW M3 F80 (Kanagawa, 2020) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5513633,139.6464112,3a,30.4y,320.47h,74.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shrvSrBX7P-Va3_dVxW1VdQ!2e0!5s20201001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  4. BMW M4 F82 (Kawasaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5787883,139.6638718,3a,15y,24.07h,85.15t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sX3ck-lKOc7Aij9Yk-cFPdA!2e0!5s20221101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  5. 2011 Nissan GTR R35 (Kawasaki, 2017) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5784851,139.6644316,3a,15y,346.73h,86.12t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssPzyKWVgDnDGXMAV5nqqxg!2e0!5s20170901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  6. BMW M4 G82 (Yokosuka, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.2824045,139.6743961,3a,15y,19.98h,87.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVgkuZOL0OXTBctUHq2nG9g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  7. Nissan Skyline GTR BCNR33 (Yokosuka, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.2676817,139.684587,3a,18.4y,104.11h,83.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQV_UUAPGDnLuWP--PkTVPQ!2e0!5s20140301T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  8. Porsche 996 Turbo (Yamato, 2021) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4691757,139.4660096,3a,34.3y,85.34h,77.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGR_7tdZvlt208ot0IBRuig!2e0!5s20210501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  9. Maserati Quattroporte M156 (Yamato, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4692612,139.4660003,3a,15y,138.44h,83.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suFI0CajZQi3X5H3AJHtSYw!2e0!5s20220401T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  10. Bentley Continental GT III (Hiratsuka, 2024) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.334977,139.3581134,3a,17.2y,147.45h,86.29t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXNZtiVME1ieyGNODz5o5DQ!2e0!5s20240301T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  11. Lexus RCF Carbon Edition (Atsugi, 2018) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4439597,139.3608969,3a,17.7y,192.04h,85.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3t-TEDxcP9f7kta4SRvgnQ!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  12. Tuned Nissan Skyline GTR BNR32 (Atsugi, 2024) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4906369,139.3640951,3a,15y,155.97h,87.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP5HsW_Mhx83aWQMoWVWkhQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  13. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR32 (Atsugi, 2018) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4914743,139.3640864,3a,15y,60.1h,84.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOGO6rPpb7yYe3e_1WYWvpw!2e0!5s20180701T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  14. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR34 (Sagamihara, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.5518894,139.3514857,3a,15y,332.53h,85.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIhylmhvls7uAnq-U-_31RQ!2e0!5s20220501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Random Spinner 3 - Iwate + Residential Houses
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Takizawa, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7477472,141.1055622,3a,17.2y,313.89h,82.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5OBclo0r0pNX49JYc-QIxg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Takizawa, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7469857,141.1120942,3a,30.4y,116.5h,71.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snyd_hNzaWsxDUPjDQF-r8w!2e0!5s20231001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. Tuned Toyota Supra A80 (Takizawa, 2011) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7441499,141.1037713,3a,15y,303.48h,81.83t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGJLDI5xknVEAvySlxUySww!2e0!5s20111101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  4. Tuned Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX (Takizawa, 2015) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7432137,141.1016176,3a,18.7y,65.47h,79.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPfnWeX9CsdtKjNiOEZ1D_w!2e0!5s20150701T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  5. Tuned Nissan Skyline GTR BNR32 GReddy G-Racer (Takizawa, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7399376,141.0985217,3a,30.9y,247.44h,76.45t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMKVNL_GYS0WIYomROeW6aQ!2e0!5s20231001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  6. 2017 Nissan GTR R35 (Morioka, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.7001829,141.1187671,3a,15y,10.03h,79.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9OKiZBRr_xEltBTiGBKyag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  7. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV (Morioka, 2011) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.6826673,141.1259877,3a,22.2y,224.78h,83.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sM2K41YOkvTE4fnCRjl76bA!2e0!5s20111001T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  8. Covered Ferrari 360 Modena (Morioka, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@39.6741067,141.1315101,3a,29y,55.05h,77.81t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sns14qkKd9A0T7RRVhAepxA!2e0!5s20230701T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Random Spinner 4 - Yamanashi + Miscellaneous (Office, Hall, Religion, Bridges, Police, Landmarks, etc)
  1. Alfa Romeo 4C (Kofu, 2017) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.6689759,138.5671274,3a,15y,105.6h,84.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdujAre6D63jrWThYhWxEOA!2e0!5s20171101T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Fuefuki, 2012) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.6306293,138.6385831,3a,16.2y,36.06h,85.28t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sW3p9soHG55TI6dpKeY2ASQ!2e0!5s20120501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR34 (Yamanashi, 2012) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.6913242,138.4715021,3a,15y,122.75h,86.2t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdFDzkQrNxvzN_Er9r82Mcw!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  4. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Nirasaki, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.695267,138.4647336,3a,15y,341.77h,82.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVWbxJj1FhoaiSr8CQFWTrA!2e0!5s20230501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  5. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR32 (Nirasaki, 2017) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.7013162,138.4595743,3a,15y,204.88h,80.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqH5vsDlYxYCWsssv0YkOtQ!2e0!5s20171201T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  6. Nissan Skyline GTR BCNR33 (Oshino, 2009) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@35.4597125,138.8483812,3a,15y,57.58h,86.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXABXpVxG9BH5fyoSOeH6kg!2e0!5s20090901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Random Spinner 5 - Nagasaki + Residential Houses
  1. Mercedes Benz CLA45 S AMG (Nagasaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.7716686,129.8661787,3a,15y,82.86h,81.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s6WFPvjF6k8UGBOdwWTxhHQ!2e0!5s20220101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Nissan Skyline GTR BCNR33 (Nagasaki, 2010) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.7789034,129.8799899,3a,26.8y,340.34h,74.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqMCbv8pgUi0_C0FSfyxuMQ!2e0!5s20100401T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. Lexus IS-F (Nagasaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.7700506,129.8388033,3a,26.8y,230.62h,75.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKxNgbcPLfnXcCoWtQcJVRA!2e0!5s20220101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  4. Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R (Nagasaki, 2015) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.7146429,129.8656328,3a,19.2y,201.69h,79.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sm4sWGBPx67Z1ThhajIUiWQ!2e0!5s20150201T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  5. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII (Nagasaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.7082634,129.8618564,3a,32.8y,74.23h,72.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scM51F4AToh49AtnlH0BLnA!2e0!5s20220101T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  6. 2x Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X (Nagasaki, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@32.706856,129.8548888,3a,75y,196.53h,70.9t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sRxb-2e2QBVi3mKKi17DSgQ!2e0!5s20180401T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Random Spinner 6 - Hokkaido + Hospital/Clinic/Pharmacy
  1. 2012 Mercedes Benz G63 AMG (Sapporo, 2018) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.0422141,141.4729861,3a,16.2y,325.59h,83.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stE7gBjjA7HTWUXtzDnKxjg!2e0!5s20180501T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Maserati Levante (Sapporo, 2019) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.0490909,141.3983518,3a,16.2y,259.59h,84.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1stMxco65PwynWyGpri5zjsg!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR34 V-Spec in Midnight Purple (Sapporo, 2021) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.0716316,141.3362075,3a,15y,237.13h,89.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sSI42DvaOX7A8QPcDvdUdGQ!2e0!5s20211001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
4, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MR (Sapporo, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.0763002,141.3467646,3a,25.1y,21.68h,79.11t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sV37tsgtwOx1edXZkNhDO6Q!2e0!5s20140801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR (Sapporo, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.0906195,141.4024985,3a,27.6y,350.24h,80.24t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4ZdqYR0UaaQc1sCmqjDRQA!2e0!5s20140801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (Sapporo, 2014) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.1008913,141.3759252,3a,37.6y,22.08h,77.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZiqSyKMUNBLmBXPc1CE8jA!2e0!5s20140801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII (Sapporo, 2016) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.1008995,141.3759432,3a,28.4y,10.77h,72.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLVSBzPSYRm5-ZaySlNN_0w!2e0!5s20160801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  4. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Wagon (Otaru, 2019) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.18558,141.0061998,3a,15y,142.49h,87.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sApiNe7q5BvUUfpcfcMbAlg!2e0!5s20190601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  5. BMW M2 F87 (Sapporo, 2018) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@43.1005743,141.2567263,3a,29.4y,323.1h,80.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scYzL073egb8h2rmy7nGHUg!2e0!5s20180601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  6. Audi RS3 Sportback (Eniwa, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@42.8831955,141.5889146,3a,15y,324.62h,83.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVW0n54XHa6Oa6_050vBPFw!2e0!5s20230601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  7. 2017 Nissan GTR R35 (Chitose, 2019) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@42.8326326,141.6370773,3a,15y,50.2h,86.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQkA2veykXsAY6yifqpR6Yg!2e0!5s20190601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  8. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Wagon (Hakodate, 2015) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@41.785925,140.741357,3a,15y,227.8h,86.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNvTTczC2mAl65Gwzh2yhwg!2e0!5s20150701T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  9. Nissan Skyline GTR BNR34 (Hakodate, 2019) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@41.7851386,140.7704351,3a,15y,73.88h,86.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssO97t1o-6sVZPAFoc6qHCQ!2e0!5s20190901T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  10. Porsche Macan GTS (Hakodate, 2022) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@41.7920819,140.7565128,3a,15y,238.66h,83.22t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYaO0RdvZ1G1qBU25V7Kq3Q!2e0!5s20221001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
  11. 2013 Mini JCW GP (Hakodate, 2023) https://www.google.com.ph/maps/@41.8067634,140.7519218,3a,15y,191.81h,85t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5BXL8hGr-1B-Mx7I4WioQg!2e0!5s20230501T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
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2024.06.03 23:30 Cephalomagus 2024 Season 3 Release Notes [Pre-Release Edition]

iRacing has posted the Pre-Release Edition of the 2024 Season 3 Release Notes!
Find them below, or on the iRacing Forums here: https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/62937/2024-season-3-release-notes-pre-release-edition#latest

2024 Season 3 Release Notes [2024.06.03.01]

The iRacing 2024 Season 3 Release Build is here! This release includes new content, upgrades, and fixes for 2024 Season 3, which officially starts on June 10th at 0000 UTC! iRacing adds two new GT3 cars, the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and the Ford Mustang GT3. We’ve also added a two-for-one deal with the new Street Stock - Casino & Eagle - two cars included in the same package! The iRacing map expands with three new pins: Circuito de Navarra (3 configs), Oswego Speedway (2 configs, Dirt Oval coming soon!), and Sachsenring. We’ve also added a new track configuration to Indianapolis Motor Speedway that matches how the circuit is raced in NASCAR.
As for features, we have BIG NEWS! This release will fully implement the New Damage Model on ALL VEHICLES in the entire service! That’s right, every single car will now benefit from the improved physics and visual experience brought by using the New Damage Model. A few vehicles have received special attention with this release, including the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) and the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks. The Porsche has been updated to the latest available technical specifications, while the NASCAR Trucks Series Trucks have received significant updates and improvements based on research performed in partnership with NASCAR, as well as extensive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.
The iRacing application is also becoming fully featured with this release, with the addition of some long-awaited Stats and Results improvements: the Driver Leaderboard and Lap Charts & Lap Graphs. We are also rounding out the New Racer Onboarding experience by adding Sports Car as an option.
If you haven’t had enough to drink yet, you’re in luck - TEN additional vehicles are rain-ready, including the entire GT4 Class! And finally, all new content arrives AI-enabled. Get in gear and prepare for iRacing 2024 Season 3!
Season highlights include:
Visit our 2024 Season 3 features page here: https://www.iracing.com/seasons/2024-s3/
Full 2024 Season 3 Release details are below.

iRACING:

Legacy Membersite

  • The Legacy Membersite (the classic and original members.iracing.com) has received an overhaul with the 2024 Season 3 Release. Functionality has been updated to focus entirely on Account Management and Support. From here, you can also launch iRacing WEB, the iRacing interface that operates within a Web Browser window and has extensive functionality.
  • The Login page now authenticates using the same method used by the iRacing application for improved consistency.
  • You can still download the iRacing software from this page.
  • Any bookmarks saved for the existing Legacy Membersite will automatically launch iRacing WEB and take you to the same place.

iRacing WEB

  • While using iRacing WEB, the URL displayed for the page now dynamically updates. For example, you can copy and paste Race Results or Series Info to a friend.

New Racer Onboarding

  • A new third path, Sports Car, has been added to the New Racer Onboarding!
  • - - Members may now select from any asphalt racing disciplines for their intro to iRacing.
  • - - As part of this change, the Global Mazda MX-5 Cup is now REQUIRED content to download.
  • As an existing Member, you can re-run the New Racer Onboarding by resetting the option in your Settings.

General

  • Colors and height of the window title bar have been updated.

Local Service

  • The “_useipv6.txt” and “_usesteam.txt” files have been moved to the Member’s AppCache directory (%LOCALAPPDATA%\).
  • - - We have also updated the process for searching your file structure to find a few important files, including: the “/update” folder, the “_useipv6.txt” file, and the “_useSteam.txt” file. This should improve consistency when launching iRacing.

Time Attack

  • Fixed an issue where Time Attack would not launch because another SIM process was already running. Now, only one instance of iRacing will be launched.

AI Racing

  • The AI Racing Series page is now divided into a top and bottom section. The top section displays AI Series that you are currently running (My Seasons), while the bottom section displays an array of Official iRacing AI Season Templates. You can select to copy and start running in any of these Official Templates or make adjustments to make it your own. Once you begin running an Official Template, it will appear in the My Seasons section.
  • - - The Official iRacing AI Season Templates will always remain at the bottom as a resource for you, and we have plans to expand these offerings. With 2024 Season 3, there are six Official iRacing AI Season Templates.
  • Fixed an issue where attempting to Create or Delete an AI Season does not apply the selected action.

Stats

  • The Stats page now includes a new third tab, Driver Leaderboard.
  • Driver Leaderboard is a searchable database of ALL Drivers on iRacing.
  • - - You can search by Driver Name and see a wealth of knowledge about drivers.
  • - - You can take related actions with the drivers displayed, such as adding them as a Friend.
  • Team Series Stats are now available!

Results

  • Three long-requested features have finally arrived in the Results screen for events: the iRacing Event Log, Lap Graph, and Lap Chart!
  • - - The iRacing Event Log displays a detailed table of all race control events that occurred during the event.
  • - - The Lap Graph displays the event’s progression and key data in a graphical form.
  • - - The Lap Chart displays the event's progression and key data in a highly detailed chart.
  • - - - - Events longer than 100 Laps must be downloaded as a .CSV file - they will not appear in a user-friendly state.

Store

  • A new “First Purchase” discount of 10% is now automatically applied to a Member’s very first full-price content purchase.
  • - - Content purchases include car(s) and/or track(s). If a Member’s first purchase earns a greater discount, then the greater discount amount is used instead of this one-time-only 10% discount.

Car Classes

  • The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R and Ford Mustang GT3 have been added to the IMSA23 and GT3 car classes. The Ford GT GT3 car has been removed from the GT3 class.

Paint Shop

  • Heusinkveld sponsor logo updated.
  • Fixed an issue where lighting could sometimes not appear in the Paint Shop.

SIMULATION:

Race Servers

  • Fixed a Race Server crash that could occur when a vehicle’s physics parameters reach unrealistic values (zippy).

iRacing Weather System

  • New rain-ready vehicles:
  • - - GT4 Class Cars are now rain-ready! These cars now have a rain tire compound available for selection and use. This includes the following vehicles:
  • - - - - Aston Martin Vantage GT4
  • - - - - BMW M4 GT4
  • - - - - McLaren 570S GT4
  • - - - - Mercedes-AMG GT4
  • - - - - Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR
  • - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
  • - - Ford Mustang GT3
  • - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
  • - - Ligier JS P320
  • - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
  • Race Control Related Improvements & Adjustments:
  • - - The algorithm that determines if the track is wet or dry has been updated to better account for the current and trend in rainfall rate. This helps Race Control call the track dry faster once the rain has stopped and the track has dried out enough, and also call the Session wet a bit later if the rainfall is light, or sooner if it is raining hard.
  • - - The threshold for transitioning from “wet” to “dry” session has been reduced. This change governs rain rules and the usage of rain lights - the system should also err on the side of caution and not make the call too early.
  • Tire Related Improvements & Adjustments::
  • - - Adjusted how wet gravel and sand operate with tires to reduce the hopping effect that can occur at speed.
  • - - Water spray displacement has been updated to match visual particles better.
  • - - The algorithm for car tires clearing water from their paths has been updated slightly.
  • Rain Calculation Related Improvements & Adjustments:
  • - - The maximum allowable rainfall rate for all weather types (Static, Realistic, and Timeline) has been marginally reduced. This will be the new maximum rainfall rate. This change is in accordance with tire development to improve the overall rain racing experience.
  • - - Some algorithms for updating the dynamic track state based on weather conditions have been updated.
  • Wet Track Related Improvements & Adjustments:
  • - - Calculations for determining water content off of the racing surface have been improved, which will particularly improve tire interaction on drying tracks.
  • - - Adjusted the code which manages the track surface parameter changes between Sessions (such as Qual to Race) to better account for the time change and weather changes over that time.
  • Graphics Related Improvements & Adjustments:
  • - - Rain spray particle counts have been optimized for various viewing distances.
  • - - Increased the maximum angle for rainfall based on camera velocity.
  • - - Windshield rain particle effects and textures have been updated.
  • - - Windshield condensation textures have been updated.
  • - - Raindrop textures have been updated.
  • - - Improved the rendering code for mapping rain particles.
  • - - Improved the rendering process for water spray and tire puffs.
  • Audio Related Improvements & Adjustments:
  • - - Ambient rain sounds have been added for rainfall on pit crew canopies.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • - - Fixed an issue where some cars could end up with a mix of rain tires and dry tires due to poorly timed pit commands by the driver.
  • - - Fixed an issue where the wind direction could have loaded incorrectly in Replays.
  • - - Fixed some inconsistencies that could occur when weather parameters were transitioned across Sessions within the same event.
  • - - Rainfall is now appropriately blocked from falling onto surfaces underneath bridges and overpasses.

Tires

  • The method by which tires detect the wetness of off-track surfaces has been adjusted to fix an issue where tires dipped in gravel or sand were producing unrealistic spikes in tire pressure.
  • Reduced the effects differences in tire pressure and temperature have on how tires react to entering gravel and sand surfaces.
  • For opponent cars, an issue was fixed where sometimes the tire compound in use was displayed incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue where wheelspin on wet and soft surfaces raised tire temperatures dramatically.

Oval Racing

  • As part of the Oval Refresh Project, some asphalt oval track surface parameters have been tuned.
  • Some extremely minor heat and grip adjustments have been made to oval racing track surfaces.

Dirt Racing

  • The tire wear rate for dirt tires has been reduced by about 25%.

AI Racing

  • AI Racing is now available with the following four additional vehicles:
  • - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
  • - - Ford Mustang GT3
  • - - Street Stock - Casino
  • - - Street Stock - Eagle
  • AI Racing is now available with the following additional seven tracks and configurations:
  • - - Circuito de Navarra - Speed Circuit, Speed Circuit Medium, & Speed Circuit Short
  • - - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Oval
  • - - Oswego Speedway - Oval & Mini Oval
  • - - Sachsenring
  • AI Drivers have passed their swimming tests and are ready to captain the following vessels in rainy weather:
  • - - GT4 Class Cars (Aston Martin Vantage GT4, BMW M4 GT4, McLaren 570S GT4, Mercedes-AMG GT4, & Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR)
  • - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
  • - - Ford Mustang GT3
  • - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
  • - - Ligier JS P320
  • - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
  • AI Drivers have received additional specialized training for driving the following vehicles:
  • - - GT4 Class Cars
  • - - GTP Class Cars
  • - - NASCAR Truck Series Class Trucks
  • - - TCR Class Cars
  • - - Global Mazda MX-5 Cup
  • - - Ligier JS P320
  • - - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992)
  • - - SRX
  • - - Super Formula Lights
  • AI Drivers have received additional racing training at the following tracks and configurations:
  • - - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (ALL Configs)
  • AI Drivers have received additional specialized wet driving training at the following tracks and configurations:
    • - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (ALL Configs)
    • - Daytona International Speedway - Road Course
    • - Lime Rock Park - Classic, and Grand Prix
    • - Mount Panorama Circuit
    • - Okayama International Circuit - Full Course
    • - Oulton Park Circuit - International
    • - Road Atlanta - Full Course
    • - Sebring International Raceway - International
    • - Virginia International Raceway - Full Course
    • - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
  • AI Drivers have completed their quarterly educational courses for the 2024 Season 3 Release. This session’s curriculum included the following classes and research materials:
    • - Balancing Understeer, Throttle Backoff, and Juggling Pins
    • - OVAL-300: Superior Superspeedway Racing Lines
    • - Blow the Man Down & 49 Other Sea Shanties for Rain Racing
    • - 360 Degrees of Perfection - A Guide to Steering (Updated for 2024!)
    • - Racing with Umbrellas and Other Top Secret Rain Racing Techniques
    • - Commitment in Relationships and Push-to-Pass
  • Several bug fixes have been made for AI Vehicles, including:
    • - Fixed an issue where AI Vehicles were not always throwing dust and marbles correctly.
    • - Fixed an issue where skidding AI Vehicles generated far greater amounts of tire smoke than appropriate while on wet surfaces.
    • - Fixed an issue where AI Vehicles’ engine oil temperatures could reach atomic levels when racing with damage disabled, which could cause the Simulation to crash.

Heat Racing

  • Fixed a bug in Heat Racing that could cause problems if the entire field was selected to advance to the Feature from Qualifying, thus eliminating all Heat races.

Physics

  • Rolling drag parameters for off-track surfaces have been tuned for improved realism.
  • Some additional protections for unrealistic physics values for friction torque, wheel and rim velocities, and spring rates have been added to prevent “zippy” events.

New Damage Model

  • The long-awaited day has finally come - The New Damage Model is now available and enabled on ALL vehicles in the entire iRacing catalog! The New Damage Model is now the only damage model!
  • The New Damage Model has been enabled on the following additional vehicles:
  • - - Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R
  • - - Ford Mustang GT3
  • - - Street Stock - Casino
  • - - Street Stock - Eagle
  • - - Rallycross Cars (Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Subaru WRX STI, VW Beetle GRC, and VW Beetle GRC Lite)
  • - - Stock Car Pro Series Class Cars (Chevrolet Cruze, and Toyota Corolla)
  • - - V8 Supercars - 2019 (Supercars Ford Mustang GT, Supercars Holden ZB Commodore)
  • - - [Legacy] NASCAR Xfinity Series Cars (Chevrolet Camaro - 2014, Ford Mustang - 2016, and Toyota Camry - 2015)
  • - - [Legacy] V8 Supercars - 2014 (Ford FG Falcon, and Holden VF Commodore)
  • - - Audi 90 GTO
  • - - Chevrolet Corvette C7 Daytona Prototype
  • - - Formula Renault 3.5
  • - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe
  • - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe - Dirt
  • - - Legends Ford '34 Coupe - Rookie
  • - - McLaren MP4-30
  • - - Nissan GTP ZXT
  • - - Pontiac Solstice
  • - - Pontiac Solstice - Rookie
  • - - Radical SR8
  • - - Ruf RT 12R (AWD, C-Spec, RWD, and Track)
  • - - Silver Crown
  • - - Sprint Car
  • - - Williams FW31
  • - - [Legacy] BMW Z4 GT3
  • - - [Legacy] Ferrari 488 GT3
  • - - [Legacy] Mazda MX-5 Cup & Roadster - 2010
  • - - [Legacy] Mercedes-AMG GT3
  • - - [Legacy] NASCAR Nationwide Chevrolet Impala - 2012
  • - - [Legacy] Pro Mazda
  • - - [Legacy] Riley MkXX Daytona Prototype - 2008
  • - - [Legacy] V8 Supercar Ford Falcon - 2009
  • Going forward, The New Damage Model will simply be referred to as the Damage Model.
  • The “Original/Old Damage Model” is now completely unavailable.

Graphics

  • Regarding the frequent 20xx Series GPU crashes introduced with the 2024 Season 2 Release:
  • - - iRacing remains committed to finding and implementing a solution. We are working directly with Nvidia engineers who have been able to reproduce the issue. This has provided them with leads internally, and they remain under active investigation. We plan to take any actions necessary once we have a clear plan of action with their support.
  • GPU particles are now enabled by default and may not be disabled via the “renderer.ini” files options.
  • The ability to disable Soft Particles has been removed as an option. Other features are already using this rendering process, so there is no benefit to turning them off.
  • The shader processing for tires has been updated to better utilize the environment around the car for elements such as reflections and lighting.
  • All vehicle glass shaders have been recompiled to improve the darkening effects.
  • Windshield darkening shaders for weather have been updated.
  • Updated wiper effects parameters on various cars.
  • Refactored a method of sampling normals.
  • Driver head and face textures have been optimized.
  • Improved driver model and texture level of detail.
  • Updated some PopcornFX code parameters for stability.
  • Fixed an issue with SSAO processing at long distances, causing swimming shadow artifacts on distant scene objects.
  • Fixed an issue where some environment textures could appear splotchy.
  • Fixed an issue where dirt and rubber particle effects could appear at the wrong size for non-rain-ready cars.
  • Fixed an issue with fireworks’ smoke colors.
  • Fixed an issue where trackside camera-people could become demonically possessed, causing them to contort while trying to look in several directions at the same time. Be gone, Pazuzu!

Audio

  • Fixed a crash issue when the XAudio device fails.
  • Fixed an issue where the Simulation could crash if the audio device selected for use was a PS4 Headset.

Spotter

  • The Portuguese-Guto_Colvara Spotter Pack has been updated.
  • - - Obrigado, Guto!
  • The Spanish-Ari_Cejas Spotter Pack has been updated.
    • - Gracias, Ari!
  • The Spotter Pack validation process has been updated.
    • - This process runs to verify if spotter calls are missing from a loaded Spotter Pack and fills them in with the default spotter if it finds any.

Controls

  • The latest Fanatec FullForce API has been enabled.
  • The Logitech TrueForce API has been updated.
  • Support for Simagic 360 Hz mode has been added.
  • - - This feature requires SimPro Manager 2.0.338 or newer.

Chat

  • Some chat macros with quotes from Mister T of the A-Team have been replaced with more polite and universal phrases.
  • - - We pity the fool who never used these!

Cameras

  • Fixed a potentially world-ending event that could occur whenever an opponent car left the world if your active camera was still inside it.

Options

  • Changed the method used to write “.ini” files to disk. The Simulation will now write the new data to a “.tmp” file. If this is successful, it will remove the previously existing “.ini” file, and then change the file-type of the “.tmp” file to an “.ini” file.
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