Comments | leyna55: Happy 2009, and Long Overdue Thanks

leyna55

Happy 2009, and Long Overdue Thanks

Jan 02, 2009 15:37

Wishing you all a wonderful 2009!

I've been involved in 2 End-of-Year art or Art/Fic etc exchanges this year.

The Due South Seekrit Santa exchange is over here for lots of great fic, art and vids. hyperfocused wrote a very funny cracky Due South/Hitchhiker's Guide fic for me here . This is not a crossover I've ever considered, but it works (Fraser is ( Read more... )

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sgamadison January 2 2009, 11:41:51 UTC

The nominations are well deserved, but I have to do a little side squee here. I *love* the Lymond Chronicles, and until now, I thought I was one of three people who had read them. A fandom? Oh pretty please, share the details!! *blinks eyes like Puss-in-Boots*

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leyna55 January 2 2009, 12:46:02 UTC

You now know a few more *g* I love those books (and my anonymous artist does too!). I've also seen a few spontaneous Dunnett conversations around fandom so there are more of us ( ... )

sgamadison January 3 2009, 13:31:33 UTC

I passed your links on to a friend who's even a bigger Lymond fan than me. I thought the Chronicles ended with 'Checkmate' however. Are you telling me that there's another in the series? And is it worth reading??

leyna55 January 3 2009, 22:17:21 UTC

The Lymond Chronicles end with Checkmate, yes, but the lists cover Dunnett's other books, too (mostly concentrating on her historical books). Lymond and the Niccolo books are the most popular on the list.

King Hereafter is her standalone Macbeth book. It has all her usual intense sense of historical setting, and a couple of brilliant set-piece scenes, but I ultimately found it rather dull. YMMV. I liked the Niccolo books better than King Hereafter, but not as much as the Lymond books. On the other hand, I also like her quirky Dolly books (20th century detective series) but they are completely different than the rest of her work.

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