Friday Fannish Five

[lferion]

From gryphonrhi

What five character deaths affected you the most?

Deaths of Characters based in imagination and myth, in something resembling chronological order:

1. Aslan -- when I was five, and being read the story for the first time, I had no idea this was not a permanent death -- and it was far more immediate to me than the story of Christ (which I

Comments

[didjiman]

Qui Gon Jinn can be SOOOOOO MUCCCCH more, but first he needs a better name :-)

[kateorman]

One that sounds less like an exercise DVD. >:-)

[jblum]

I have _so_ much got to re-read the Chronicles of Prydain. I'm sure vast chunks of them have just fallen out of my memory...

[shrieking_ell]

The first three on this list! *sigh* Those guys shaped my childhood.

[green_grrl]

Gah! Khaireddin Crawford, oh god yes. What a painful scene. I love the Lymond Chronicles.

And in LOTR, I can't even count the deaths that make me bawl. Both the books and the movies are a weepfest for me, though sometimes at different places. Gandalf, Boromir, Theoden mourning Theodred, Haldir -- yes, Theoden himself, and the appendices -- Aragorn.

[klwilliams]

What are the Lymond Chronicles?

[lferion]

Oh! You have a treat in store.

The Lymond Chronicles are 6 books written by Dorothy Dunnett set in the mid-1500s about a character named Francis Crawford of Lymond. Exquisitely written, thoroughly researched, full of quotes and details -- wonderful, wonderful stuff. (There are also 8 Niccolo Chronicles that end up tying in at the very end, and so are prequels -- but read Lymond first.)

Hobbit carries them.

The Game of Kings
Queen's Play
Disorderly Knights
Pawn in Frankincense
Ringed Castle
Checkmate

Start at the beginning. Game of Kings works as a standalone. Queen's Play (while dependent on GoK) also ends at a stopping point. Disorderly Knights through Checkmate are one continuous story with cliffhangers in the pauses between books.

I need to read them all again...

[klwilliams]

Thanks. I'm looking forward to them.