[identity profile] morlockiness.livejournal.com
I was given mod permission to pimp a comm called [livejournal.com profile] comment_fic. I've been leaving some Young Wizard Series prompts and thought it'd be nice having more of us over there.
[identity profile] pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com
I wonder what happened to the Alaalids during WaW. Like, did Druvah have a similar problem to the one that Tom experienced?

I hope that was unspoilery enough.

My brain tends to cast books without my active participation. I don't say, "I wonder who'd play . . .," I just sort of realize one day that whoever it is is the person I've been seeing in the role. I just realized today that Larisa Oleynik, circa 1994, is quite possibly who I've been seeing as Dairine.

And I've long known that Molly Hagan is who I see as the One's Champion (even when the One's Champion's supposed to be male). I'm working on a manip to that effect.

And I've been pondering the logistics of crossing over YW with Rick Riordan's Camp Half Blood series. I doubt you could make them the same timeline, since the cosmology is so radically different between the two, but with the Long Island thing and the blue food thing (plus certain similarities between certain fight scenes).

Maybe CHB is in a timeline where the Powers only ever had one identity on Earth? Like the Champion only ever was Athena. What the heck happened with the CHB Earth's Choice, though . . . .
[identity profile] readingredhead.livejournal.com
I just read this book for the first time after owning it for a couple of years, and as I'm in the habit of writing up my thoughts about books I read, I've posted some musings on my tumblr account. Figured I'd share and see if anyone else has something interesting to say about this book -- I don't hear much about it, but I really enjoyed it!
[identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
I finally got around to reading To Visit the Queen, and posted a few thoughts on it here. Does anyone know if [livejournal.com profile] dduane has said anything about more Feline Wizards books?
[identity profile] atrypical.livejournal.com
It's lucky I'm still in New York City tonight, or I might have missed this Young Wizards-related news story.

Cut for Deep Wizardry spoilers, I suppose? )
[identity profile] pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com
Superman has a facility with language. He speaks all human languages fluently, and writes for a living.

He also has proven, at least once, that he is willing to die in the line of duty.

Magic is also one of his weaknesses.

So, if he had been offered the Oath as a (pre-)teenager, and had taken it, could he kick his own butt?

And would he be able to convince kryptonite not to hurt him?

And I still need a YW icon.
[identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
I recently wrote up a rather long discussion on Wizard's Holiday and Duane's philosophy as it has been revealed in her Wizards and Trek books here. I would welcome the comments of other Wizards fans. ^_^
[identity profile] rare-fandom.livejournal.com
Here’s a story I thought you guys might appreciate.

A friend of my mom’s bought a tote bag at a charity auction, only to discover there were books inside (they hadn’t been listed with the bag). She didn’t have any interest in them, so offered them to mom knowing I’ll read almost anything. One of the books (Gregory Maguire’s Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister) came pretty badly damaged. As in, it looked like somebody broke the spine trying to make the top touch the bottom.

And my first thought, after what the hell happened to this poor thing was you know, if I knew Speech I could fix this right up. And I spent a few seconds figuring out exactly what would need to be fixed before I caught myself with a wistful sigh.

This probably just shows how eagerly I await the next book.
[identity profile] nakotaco.livejournal.com
So, a discussion topic for you guys:

I lent my copies of the first four books to my best friend recently, hoping to have someone irl to squee over them with. Turns out, she didn't like them, and when I asked her why, she said that she "Didn't like the message that children can and/or should play God."

Which was baffling to me, because not only is that something I've never ever thought of, when I did think about it... it seems to me to be the opposite of what she's doing.

I don't know if this is just because she's religious (Christian, specifically) and I'm not, but I do know I've never seen that idea suggested by anyone in fandom.

Input, guys? What do you think? Do the stories encourage children to "play God?" Discourage it? Not take a stance at all?

*pokes fandom, hopes for revival*
[identity profile] irisofisis.livejournal.com
Hi,

I have some news on the new book that you all might be interested in. I had heard that A Wizard of Mars was to be published in Spring of 2009. However,  none of the bookstores I looked at showed it being released or even existing. So I called Harcourt Trade Publishers and asked for the publishing date. They told me April 1st....2010.

I'm really mad about this. When the book was supposed to come out in August of 2008 and we hadn't heard anything, I called and they told me April 1st of this year. I know that it's the publisher's discretion as to when a book is published, but can anyone explain the process better to me?
Is the book not finished? If it is, I don't understand why we have to wait for close to two years to read it. Does anyone know a way to get in contact with Diane to ask her about it?

Thanks

Iris

[identity profile] starlady38.livejournal.com
I just re-read A Wizard Abroad the other day, and posted my thoughts about it in my personal journal here. I'd love to hear what other fans have to say about the book and/or my review, either in response to this post or to that one.
[identity profile] espreite.livejournal.com

I'm sort of a research nut, so I decided to go through all the books and collect all the information we know about Tom and Carl from them. In the end I made this sort of essay-encyclopedia-description of everything. Thought I'd post it here for anyone who wanted a reference, for your own interest or fanfic or whatever.

The Encyclopedia of Tom and Carl

Also, I went through the Errantry Concordance to find all of the words in the Speech DD has made up and listed them with vague meanings, just to have a list of it in one place. I'm almost certain I've forgotten some, and it's in pretty rough shape.

Dictionary of the Speech

If anyone has additions or corrections to either one, please let me know!

Hi People!

Jan. 30th, 2009 09:37 am
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[personal profile] ashoakandthorn
Not new to the fandom, but certainly new to this community.

I was just wondering if anyone could rec some YW fic with the less common pairings, doesn't matter what, if you think it's worth a try, I'll read it.

Also, I was wondering if there are any icons with the oath as part of it?

Thanks.

And sorry for not tagging this, I'm not sure which ones to use.
[identity profile] yukinoomoni.livejournal.com
I'm re-reading the series again (to my delight and in anticipation of the latest book out in Feb), and there's something I've come across that perhaps is my own misinterpretation.

In the first three books, Nita's father is called "Harry". However, in the fourth one, he's called "Ed".

Am I missing something?
ext_2569: text: "a straight account is difficult, so let me define seven wishes" image: man on steps. (girls with guns 2.0)
[identity profile] labellementeuse.livejournal.com
Just to let everyone know that I recently deleted a post that I categorised both as spam and offensive - offensive is subjective, spam is not, as the user in question had recently joined dozens if not hundreds of fannish communities and posted same there. Since there was a general feeling in the comments of said post that the entry should be deleted, and since I waited what I feel was a reasonable length of time to give the user in question the chance to defend the post (for the record, sie refused to engage on this or any other issue) after consulting with [livejournal.com profile] conuly I decided immediate deletion was appropriate.

This comm is not a democracy; however, I welcome discussion about this, as ideally it is a benevolent dictatorship rather than a tyranny. The user in question is not blocked, and YW-related promotion is still broadly permissable; comm rule broken was spamming.
[identity profile] natane.livejournal.com
new member, have loved these books for years. due to the restrictions of my public library, my personal funds, etc, i've only read the first four books. hopefully someday soon i'll be able to immerse myself in the others!

big dumb question... diane duane has never given us the symbols for the speech, has she? i don't think so, but i figured i might as well ask and be disappointed. *sigh*

second dumb question... why do i seem to think i'm finding two different versions of the wizard's oath? the first is like this...

ends in universe's end... )

in the other version, the 'until Universe's end" is replaced with...

this... )
[identity profile] rare-fandom.livejournal.com
1 Uptown Local
9 Book of Night With Moon/To Visit The Queen
11 Young Wizards series


Teasers: Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket

( More here. )
[identity profile] rare-fandom.livejournal.com
Having loved and enjoyed Book of Night With Moon (and debating starting fic for it, which I should not do because I have way to much school work to be doing), I decided to give To Visit the Queen a try.

And this is me having a lot to say again. Spoilers, obviously.


The Pros: )


The Cons: )


Both: )

All in all, I give the book an A-, because while parts seemed rushed or filler like the overall product was impressive and delightful.
[identity profile] rare-fandom.livejournal.com
The second installment of “having too much fun with textures.” On today’s episode, we have:

1 Kit/Nita
1 Book Of Night With Moon
1 Uptown Local
17 Young Wizards

Teasers:
Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket


( The rest here. )
[identity profile] casey-lin.livejournal.com

Hi)
if there're somebody from Russia, we'll be glad to see you in our community at vkontakte, divided to young wizards)
http://vkontakte.ru/club4756898
it's not very big, but... ) Have a look, maybe, you'll like it)

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