Yuletide 2009
Jan. 18th, 2010 02:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goseawardSo I thought I should post something about Yuletide, maybe?
First of all I got a COMPLETELY AWESOME FIC ABOUT THESSALY FROM THE SANDMAN COMICS! A Lesson in Manners byklinche. That was great because my parents gave me the first Absolute Sandman volume for Hanukkah (general rule of intra-Goosey's-family holiday giftgiving on the years we travel is, "Here, this was too heavy for me to pack, have it before we leave"). ANYWAY YOU SHOULD ALL READ IT BECAUSE IT IS WONDERFUL AND PERFECT.
I wrote Five Times Missing the Orangerie, set in Lloyd Alexander's Westmark trilogy (warning for major character death). If you don't know about Westmark, it's a trilogy of books that is sort of...a loose retelling of the French Revolution? Only not really? It's set in a secondary world, and it's written by a fantasy author, but it has no magic. It is aimed at early teenagers. The first book is the simplest and lacks some complexity or nuance I would have liked, though it is a fun little trip (with a few unexpectedly meaty portions relating to the policies of the tyrannical chief minister who runs the country). Starting with the second book (The Kestrel), however, the books take a sharp turn into examining how good people turn to extreme violence in war, and the third book (The Beggar Queen) discusses the sometimes violent political changeover from monarchy to democracy. If you've read Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, the characters will seem familiar to you, especially in book 1. The turn towards darker subject matter also affects the characters, however, and the journey of Theo and especially Mickle goes a lot farther than the journey of their counterparts Taran and Eilonwy, although aspects of Theo's development is somewhat foreshadowed in Taran Wanderer. Unlike a lot of books about war centering on men and aimed at this age group, some consideration is given to the roles that women have in warfare, which I also appreciate. If you Google around there's a lot of interesting meta on these books for those who are interested.
First of all I got a COMPLETELY AWESOME FIC ABOUT THESSALY FROM THE SANDMAN COMICS! A Lesson in Manners by
klinche. That was great because my parents gave me the first Absolute Sandman volume for Hanukkah (general rule of intra-Goosey's-family holiday giftgiving on the years we travel is, "Here, this was too heavy for me to pack, have it before we leave"). ANYWAY YOU SHOULD ALL READ IT BECAUSE IT IS WONDERFUL AND PERFECT.I wrote Five Times Missing the Orangerie, set in Lloyd Alexander's Westmark trilogy (warning for major character death). If you don't know about Westmark, it's a trilogy of books that is sort of...a loose retelling of the French Revolution? Only not really? It's set in a secondary world, and it's written by a fantasy author, but it has no magic. It is aimed at early teenagers. The first book is the simplest and lacks some complexity or nuance I would have liked, though it is a fun little trip (with a few unexpectedly meaty portions relating to the policies of the tyrannical chief minister who runs the country). Starting with the second book (The Kestrel), however, the books take a sharp turn into examining how good people turn to extreme violence in war, and the third book (The Beggar Queen) discusses the sometimes violent political changeover from monarchy to democracy. If you've read Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, the characters will seem familiar to you, especially in book 1. The turn towards darker subject matter also affects the characters, however, and the journey of Theo and especially Mickle goes a lot farther than the journey of their counterparts Taran and Eilonwy, although aspects of Theo's development is somewhat foreshadowed in Taran Wanderer. Unlike a lot of books about war centering on men and aimed at this age group, some consideration is given to the roles that women have in warfare, which I also appreciate. If you Google around there's a lot of interesting meta on these books for those who are interested.