*waving*

[ex-mommybir.livejournal.com]

I see that a bunch of people have joined the community without my noticing. Hi there, new people! glad to have you!

So, why isn't anyone posting? *g* Here are some suggestions:

--Give us a review of Wizard's Holiday (behind a cut, please, for the sake of those who haven't read it yet).
--Tell us which is your favorite of the YW books, or of Duane's books generally.
--Tell us who's your favorite character.
--Are Tom and Carl a gay couple or not? discuss.
--Discuss themes in the books (there are plenty of them, the Powers know).
--Tell us how you discovered the series or Duane's work.

I'll try to post on one of these topics myself in the very near future!

In response to prompting, a post on Wizard's Holiday

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

( Taking the easy way out and (mostly) reposting my excited babbling from another context here.... )

Right, back to the RNA. And forcefields.

Brief thought

[ex-mommybir.livejournal.com]

The thing about Duane's books is that all the different universes seem to be related. I haven't seen any clear references to the Middle Kingdoms in later books, although some of her core thematic ideas are already there, but one character in Wizard's Holiday is, I think, of a species introduced in Doctor's Orders; aliens first mentioned in some of her Trek fic, such as the Mizarthu, appear in the YW series. It makes me feel I am not so nuts when my own original fiction seems to be tending that way.

And may I just say that The Door into Fire contains one of my favorite exchanges in fiction (quoted from memory):

"'What are you doooing?'"
"'We're fuuucking!'"

*g*