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[bookelfe]

Part of the idea in doing an Epic Diana Wynne Jones Roundup was to get a little bit of my DWJ love out of my system so I could talk about other things!

That, uh, kind of backfired, as what it mostly ended up doing was made me want to reread a whole bunch of DWJ books I hadn't read in a while. THIS WAS IN NO WAY A PREDICTABLE OUTCOME shut up.

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[bookelfe]

:D :D :D :D I'M GLAD YOU ASKED! *manic grin*

*deeeeeeeeeeep breath*

Okay, so if you liked Howl's Moving Castle, the thing that's probably closest to that in terms of adorably cranky OTPs and wacky magical hijinks is Deep Secret, which involves mages and ghosts and curses and computers and galactic empires and happens to take place at a sci-fi convention. (It is amazing, there is a scene where a wounded centaur is caught in an elevator, and everyone is just like "AWESOME COSTUME. *_*") Maree and Rupert are adorable - he thinks she is whiny and self-pitying, she thinks he is a tremendous buttoned-up prat, and together they save several worlds!

If you want more parody of fantasy conventions, you probably want to go with Dark Lord of Derkholm, which is the one where tourists come through and make everyone in fantasyland run around to create an Authentic Experience for them. Basically it is DWJ mocking everything you see in Epic Fantasy, and it is AMAZING and hilarious.

If you want hilarious fake Shakespeare, go with The Magicians of Caprona - it's a good introduction to the Chrestomanci series, and it's an adorable take on Romeo and Juliet, with warring Italian magician families who get into EPIC FOOD FIGHTS on the streets of Caprona and tragically separated lovers who are actually the most sane that I have ever seen a pair of tragically separated lovers, ever. Also extremely intelligent cats, also hilarious family wackiness, also super-creepy Punch and Judy!

Ummm maybe I should stop for now, but let me know if you need more recs and I will be MORE THAN HAPPY to provide. :D

[dramawench]

Yay! Those all sound fantastic - especially The Magicians of Caprona. I'm a sucker for a Shakespeare parody :)

[bookelfe]

If you read it let me know what you think! :D (Also, I forgot to say, I am so glad you liked Howl's Moving Castle. Sophie is one of my favorite heroines EVER. So cranky! So weed-killing!)

[dramawench]

Heee! I love how she's just like, okay, I'm old! I'm gonna have fun with this! And proceeds to poke people with her stick and clean everything :)

[bookelfe]

Yes! It's so awesome! I really, really like how being old isn't a bad thing for Sophie - how it's actually totally liberating to get in touch with her inner grouch. More books should embrace the awesomeness of old people!