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psocoptera) wrote2015-06-22 12:07 am
psocoptera) wrote2015-06-22 12:07 am
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book: Uprooted
Uprooted is a new standalone fantasy novel by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire books and a lot of fantastic fanfic. It's really good! Very fairy tale without being any one exact fairy tale. I always like to do the you-might-like-this-if thing, so:
- if you love Howl's Moving Castle.
- if you liked the parts about how different wizards cast spells differently in the classic HP fic "Transfigurations".
- if you have fond memories of Snape/Hermione stories like "The Fire and the Rose" or "Roman Holiday".
- if you like things like The Dark Crystal, So You Want To Be A Wizard, The Magician's Land, or, in general, the fantasy tradition that puts forth an act of imaginative healing rather than destruction/defeat as the climax of a fantasy story (and by the way I've had terrible tip-of-the-tongue over this list for the past couple days - there's something very obvious I'm missing that I want to put on it, please share your suggestions in the comments).
To the best of my knowledge, this book is a standalone - it certainly reads like a standalone, reaching a conclusion and stuff. A fine feature in a fantasy novel in itself. ::grin::
- if you love Howl's Moving Castle.
- if you liked the parts about how different wizards cast spells differently in the classic HP fic "Transfigurations".
- if you have fond memories of Snape/Hermione stories like "The Fire and the Rose" or "Roman Holiday".
- if you like things like The Dark Crystal, So You Want To Be A Wizard, The Magician's Land, or, in general, the fantasy tradition that puts forth an act of imaginative healing rather than destruction/defeat as the climax of a fantasy story (and by the way I've had terrible tip-of-the-tongue over this list for the past couple days - there's something very obvious I'm missing that I want to put on it, please share your suggestions in the comments).
To the best of my knowledge, this book is a standalone - it certainly reads like a standalone, reaching a conclusion and stuff. A fine feature in a fantasy novel in itself. ::grin::
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Neverending Story?
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The problem here is that if I share a suggestion that you *haven't* read, I'm pretty solidly spoiling it, so I'm unlikely to do so if it isn't completely obvious. Having said that, yes, this is a neat change run on the standard fantasy tropes.
(I've now thought of two books in this category I've liked, but I don't think are obvious enough to be your tip-of-the-tongue. Maybe something by Charles DeLint?)
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