You're Pellew's braces, you're ambergris!

[erastes]

I have to pimp this: You're the Top by mylodon (Horatio/Archie) a disgustingly clever mix of anachronistic Filk and short story. And horribly well-researched. I hate her.

Progress:

Jobs applied for: 5
Writing done: a little. got the final edits for Hard and Fast, though, so that went to the top of the list.

And this comes as no surprise. I was actually slightly horrified of myself as I ticked the boxes....I AM THE BLOODY NINE!!!***

You Are 95% Evil

You're the most evil person you know. The devil is even a little scared of you!

How Evil Are You?

***I've just finished the "The First Law" Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie which I thoroughly enjoyed because it was engrossing and had good characters and it was bloody and people died (in their thousands) - it's not quite as good as GRRM but it's a nice substitute if, like me, you are desperate for some big hairy men fighting with swords.

If I have a couple of quibbles it's that :

1. THERE'S NO BLOODY MAP. What's with that? I'm a great believer in fantasy worlds that I don't know (e.g. ALL of them) should have a bloody map. I adore maps, anyway - I buy atlases at jumble sales- and I can't tell you the number of times I referred to the maps of GRRM, tracing the characters' journeys. It's very hard to get really involved in epic journeys if you can't look at the mountains and deserts and wastelands and OMG they've got such a long way to go!

2. Apart from Luthar's story, I really didn't feel that any of the characters had a productive arc, a journey to make, lessons to learn. Granted the books grind to an unsatisfying ending (leaving me screaming "no................................... I have to have MORE!!!" making it obvious that there's more to come, but everyone kind of ended their story in almost the same state of mind that they began it, (other than the dead ones) and that was a tad unsettling.

But hell, apart from that, I'm hooked and I'll certainly be buying more if he writes them.

Comments

[lovefromgirl.livejournal.com]

I think I love your subject line.

[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

I remember reading, many years ago, that publishers made authors pay the costs of including a map. If that is still the case, you can see why it may not always happen... Certainly if you look at maps that are included, the geographer often appears to have a close connection with the author rather than the publisher.

Yes, I love maps too. I can go nuts trying to work out where the characters are now, from just the text.

[fiona-glass.livejournal.com]

Another closet map-geek here - I quite like them even in non-fantasy books. *g* If there is one I find myself constantly flipping back and forth to it, and sometimes wish it was removeable, so I could have it in front of me all the way through the book.

I assume it's something that the author has to provide if he/she wants to, and perhaps not every author is skilled at drawing maps. If I tried I think they would look more like fried eggs than geography... :D

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It's part of the song that Mylodon wrote, which is positively hilarious!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Really? That's shocking!

And yes, that's exactly what I was doing - the characters travel a LOT. North and South and East and West and there are cities and deserts and gawd knows what and I just got confused.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Yes! Me too! Detachable maps would be a GOOD thing.

I've emailed the author (in line with my new year's resolution to always thank an author for a great read) so maybe he'll come back and let me know about the map thing.

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

*happy smile of the hated*

Do you know what's depressing? None of it was 'researched' as all the elements have been sucked up at some point and live in that great sink of trivia and tat that's my brain....