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jedimomma

Meme-age!

May 06, 2009 18:23

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peskyaura May 7 2009, 00:45:15 UTC

Elsewhere and Neverwhere are two of my all time favorites. I'm reading Shetterly's "The Gospel of the Knife"right now, which is outstanding, but is a sequel and I haven't read the first (Dogtown?) yet. So it's weird. Weird but good. Like me. :D

jedimomma May 7 2009, 01:09:40 UTC

Elsewhere? Never read it. Sounds promising--who's it by?

peskyaura May 7 2009, 01:45:18 UTC

Oh, bugger. I got my titles screwed up. I was talking about Will Shetterly's "Elsewhere" and "Nevernever", and you were talking about "Neverwhere"? I got all confused.

Anyway, both of mine are by Shetterly. Who wrote yours? I don't think I've read it?

jedimomma May 7 2009, 01:58:48 UTC

"Neverwhere" is from Neil Gaiman. Strangely enchanting book. Love it. Hm... gonna go read it again soon here.

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jedimomma May 7 2009, 02:05:07 UTC

Ack! Oh, that is tempting now...

peskyaura May 7 2009, 01:55:52 UTC

And who wrote Emberverse? What are they about?

jedimomma May 7 2009, 02:04:43 UTC

Emberverse is the name of the series (for reasons I honestly cannot fathom) by SM Stirling. The lead book in the world is "Dies the Fire". It's pretty awesome-fascinating to me. This gives just a teensy bit away, but nothing you don't find out in the first 30 pages anyway: on March 15th (IIRC), 1998, at 6:15 (again, IIRC), all electricity, gas/combustion engines and gunpowder simply stop working. Completely. No explanation, no backstory, just boom. Obviously, chaos ensues. The books are then stories about the people who survive The Change, and how, and the ways in which various groups/societies adapt (e.g., warlord, pagan group, mideval, etc.). Well-written, too, even if it is a little bit on the "how the SCA will take over the world someday" side.

peskyaura May 7 2009, 02:06:31 UTC

That sounds great - will get it from library post-haste.

If you have a chance, you should look into Shetterly. His books are based in the Borderlands. Some authors - Emma Bull, Charles deLint, Ellen Datlow and some others created a world together. Pretty neat stuff.

jedimomma May 7 2009, 11:51:59 UTC

Sounds good. You know, I really need to read some deLint. I know he's good, and he writes modern fantasy, which is probably my favorite genre, I just haven't gotten round to him yet. Maybe after grades are in...

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jedimomma May 7 2009, 14:34:15 UTC

I think I might've gotten that word originally from you. =)

jedimomma May 7 2009, 11:50:58 UTC

It's the super-special mint only grown under the moss on the north side of the fairy trees. Gosh, I thought everyone knew that! ;-)