ASHES OF HONOR open thread!

[seanan_mcguire]

To celebrate the release of Ashes of Honor, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, you've had time

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[liadan_m]

So worth it. Thank you. Working my through it more slowly this time - Why is it Dreamer's Glass? Shadowed Hills makes sense even in my middle-america brain, but I get the sense it should be obvious...

[amazon_syren]

For all of ALH, I thought Dreamer's Glass was Hollywood (now I gather that it's too far north to be Hollywood, but... my geography's pretty spotty). Tybalt's court is the Court of Dreaming Cats... maybe the Dreams thing has something to do with the Bay?

(I'm speculating, but have no idea).

[vixyish]

Are you asking why it's named that, or why events take place there?

[liadan_m]

why it's named that. I'm a bit of a naming geek.

[tibicina]

I believe the answer is that it's Silicon Valley, effectively. So silicon = sand = glass. And all of California has been held out as a land of hope and new starts for a very long time.

That said, this is just my surmise and could be wrong.

[capplor]

"I can take you to a world I made, out of dreams and a few grains of sand"

Yea, I can see it as Silicon Valley.

[seanan_mcguire]

Because you look into the glass of a computer screen, and you see such wonderful things...

It's a reference to scrying, prophecy, and the tech industry.

[hoppytoad79]

I love the way you think.