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dancing_crowI can't write a book report. I failed it repeatedly in school. I am not terribly good at reviewing books either, which is a bummer because I read a lot, and I read fast and I have strong opinions.
I just finished Jo Walton's King's Peace and King's Name, and I am so glad I read them. I don't think it is spoilery to say they are Arthurian without being too close. I think I can say that I adored the characters, and cried any time any one dies (with two notable exceptions) and her view of many worlds made me extremely happy, and her society is the first that made me think wistfully of living in the past (which I don't normally do because really as a female with health issues there is no better time than now with the possible exception of the future) but only that particular past. The foreword to the second cracked me up. I am deeply grateful to her for writing them, because they show me how it is possible to wrest something different from the usual Arthurian tragedy, and it is something that looks very important.
And on beyond that, a happy Thanksgiving to the Americans among us.
I just finished Jo Walton's King's Peace and King's Name, and I am so glad I read them. I don't think it is spoilery to say they are Arthurian without being too close. I think I can say that I adored the characters, and cried any time any one dies (with two notable exceptions) and her view of many worlds made me extremely happy, and her society is the first that made me think wistfully of living in the past (which I don't normally do because really as a female with health issues there is no better time than now with the possible exception of the future) but only that particular past. The foreword to the second cracked me up. I am deeply grateful to her for writing them, because they show me how it is possible to wrest something different from the usual Arthurian tragedy, and it is something that looks very important.
And on beyond that, a happy Thanksgiving to the Americans among us.
