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primus ab oris
Jan. 22nd, 2010 06:20 pmI finished reading The Farthest Shore! I think this one was my favorite the first time 'round, and I still like it a lot.
( Well, now it's time to say hello to Ged's sidekick Arren / As they find a hole in death with all the magic droppin' in / Ged makes sacrifices when he heals reality / And Arren gets the crown 'cause he accepts mortality / He's King, that is, shiny sword, fetching bracelet )
In keeping with the "What's dead should stay dead" (AND "still not king") theme of the book, your rec today is Sabriel, by Garth Nix! (The sequels, Lirael and Abhorsen, are also quite good.) Our titular heroine, armed with kickass necromantic handbells,* shakes down zombies like they owe her dough as she tries to save both the deteriorating magical Old Kingdom and early 20th century British Empire-ish Ancelstierre from the evil Dead.
* Which definitely HAVE to be magic, as you could only carry down to about a C5 comfortably (that's middle C to all you non-handbell-playing plebes) on a bandolier, and yet there are several bells that presumably sound much deeper shut up my esoteric skills are awesome
In conclusion: "The Firelord, who sough to undo the darkness and stop the sun at noon, was a great mage; even Erreth-Akbe could scarcely defeat him" (47).
Yeah, that was totally next on Ozai's to-do list.
Y'all come back now, hear?
( Well, now it's time to say hello to Ged's sidekick Arren / As they find a hole in death with all the magic droppin' in / Ged makes sacrifices when he heals reality / And Arren gets the crown 'cause he accepts mortality / He's King, that is, shiny sword, fetching bracelet )
In keeping with the "What's dead should stay dead" (AND "still not king") theme of the book, your rec today is Sabriel, by Garth Nix! (The sequels, Lirael and Abhorsen, are also quite good.) Our titular heroine, armed with kickass necromantic handbells,* shakes down zombies like they owe her dough as she tries to save both the deteriorating magical Old Kingdom and early 20th century British Empire-ish Ancelstierre from the evil Dead.
* Which definitely HAVE to be magic, as you could only carry down to about a C5 comfortably (that's middle C to all you non-handbell-playing plebes) on a bandolier, and yet there are several bells that presumably sound much deeper shut up my esoteric skills are awesome
In conclusion: "The Firelord, who sough to undo the darkness and stop the sun at noon, was a great mage; even Erreth-Akbe could scarcely defeat him" (47).
Yeah, that was totally next on Ozai's to-do list.
Y'all come back now, hear?