A RED-ROSE CHAIN open thread!

Sep 01, 2015 09:09

To celebrate the release of A Red-Rose Chain, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts ( Read more... )

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museclio September 1 2015, 16:46:02 UTC
So um I might have accidentally a done.

Thank you

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museclio September 1 2015, 16:46:41 UTC
And thank you *so* much for how you handled Walther. Not that I'd expect differently from you. But it was awesome.

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jenfullmoon September 3 2015, 15:26:36 UTC
I'm really amused that the transgender question came up RIGHT before this book!

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wendyzski September 4 2015, 21:24:22 UTC
me too! I was like "did she PLAN this?"

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Vast disappointment... ext_2950426 September 1 2015, 16:48:06 UTC
LOL. I just discovered that I only THOUGHT I'd preordered the actual book. I did preorder the audio version, but that doesn't do me any good today. Two more days to wait for me whilst avoiding certain forums and friends. I COULD go to a brick and mortar store or spring for next day...but I'm a lazy skinflint.

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wayne_borean September 1 2015, 17:53:47 UTC
Closes eyes quickly.

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morvoren September 1 2015, 18:40:50 UTC
Awesome! I finished my reread of the series on Saturday, and I was wondering where the false Queen had gotten off to. Makes much more sense now.

Also, wakey-wakey Rayseline? That should be very interesting to see (I hope we get to see?).

Now back to work. *sigh* How long until the next one?

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tylik September 1 2015, 20:43:37 UTC
...though the problem with technology is that it doesn't tend to stay under wraps particularly well.* Which, admittedly, isn't much of a surprise, because it seems unlikely that Eira would stay off the board forever, especially now that Toby is taking up a more active role in the handling of changelings.

* I realize that there's a long literary history of a singular spell being in a particular book, though, and arguably I don't know what rules we're playing under...

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morvoren September 1 2015, 20:55:21 UTC
Oof, tunnel vision indeed! I didn't even think about Eira, though she at least is slightly less accessible than Raysel at the moment.

And Simon was elf-shot too.... Hmm, this is getting more interesting by the minute. And another year yet to the next book. Augh.

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museclio September 1 2015, 21:01:59 UTC
And I'm still holding my breath for the next bit of Selkies

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bree_ramsey314 September 1 2015, 23:03:30 UTC
Oh bother, my computer did something funky and I lost the comment I was working on, so here I go again ( ... )

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lylassandra September 2 2015, 06:43:52 UTC
"I mean we all know Toby will come through"

Oh my God, please do not give Seanan any ideas.

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dragonsong September 2 2015, 21:33:50 UTC
I have my own theory on where August is - given the description of her hair as silvery red gold.

In Chimes at Midnight, the second time Toby goes back to Borderlands there's a customer in the store with hair "an odd shade of silvery-red, like red gold."

Then in the Winter Long, when Toby drinks from Simon, the little girl in his memory has "silvery braids that glimmered red, like the reddish gold I sometimes saw in wedding rings."

Now what on earth August would be doing at a bookstore down the street from Toby's house? No clue. But I am hella curious as to why we see such a similar description in two places.

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bree_ramsey314 September 2 2015, 21:42:40 UTC
Wow, I missed that entirely. I certainly agree that it's very interesting, and quite possibly significant. Maybe August -- if that was her -- has been keeping an eye on her baby half-sister? Of course, this being Faerie, that may not be a sign of affection.

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