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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #7
Fandom Snowflake Challenge — January 13th
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Wishlist!
I had to go look at other people's wishlists to see what kind of thing people were asking for, because I've not done one of these casual fandom wishlists before. Only exchanges, lol, which are very different. So!
- Music recommendations, and a reason why you're recommending it. And what I mean is...
- Your favorite song!
- The new song you just heard on the radio that you had to go look up immediately.
- A song that makes you think of a particular character, and who that character is.
- A song that would TOTALLY be the theme song of your life.
- The 14th random song in your library.
- A song in a genre you literally never listen to, except for this one.
- The song that flings you back to middle school/hs/a different period of your life.
- Any other song that you think would be awesome for me to know about...
- Basically, The Algorithm can only introduce me to so much new music at a time, and Boil The Frog is finicky. I love hearing about why a song is significant, too. That's the best part (beyond introducing me to new music.)
Wish Granted!
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true.
Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two.
This was a terrible plan.
A Terrible Fall of Angels (A Zaniel Havelock Novel) Hardcover – Big Book, August 17, 2021 by Laurell K. Hamilton
Meet Detective Zaniel Havelock, a man with the special ability to communicate directly with angels. A former trained Angel speaker, he devoted his life to serving both the celestial beings and his fellow humans with his gift, but a terrible betrayal compelled him to leave that life behind. Now he’s a cop who is still working on the side of angels. But where there are angels, there are also demons.
Crowbones
(World of the Others, The) Hardcover – March 8, 2022
by Anne Bishop (Author)
Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others.
>>TIME TRAVEL RECS!!! What books or movies or TV shows have you watched that feature Time Travel that you would rec? I've...watched a bunch of stuff, but I'm always hunting more.<<
One of the most memorable nonsequential novels I've ever read is Imzadi.
If you love time travel, I highly recommend the card game Chrononauts. The cards create a timeline and you play a time traveler. There are multiple ways to win and one for everyone to lose, so try not to blow up the universe.
I also enjoy writing time travel.
"Uptime Girl" is about a television show called "Stitchin' Time."
The Bear Tunnels is essentially a fixit for America's messed-up history.
Tripping into the Future uses time travel as a weapon.
The Time Towers posits time travel as a game of Jenga.
Re: Wish Granted!
I'd vaguely heard of River of Teeth, but I hadn't heard of either of the other books until you mentioned them. Which is wild because I've read almost everything Anne Bishop wrote before about 2019. I shall put them on my to-read list. :D
Also, these links to your writing/other's fanworks/new original media that I've not heard of before are all fantastic. Every one of them is so interestingly unique, even being wrapped around the same central concept. o_O I'm fascinated by the Bear Tunnels' time-refugees. Gosh, these are all very cool!
Thank you so much. I'm going to be enjoying your recs for quite some time. :) :)
Re: Wish Granted!
*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.
>> I'd vaguely heard of River of Teeth, <<
It was the description that sold me on it -- here's a terrible idea that is obviously terrible that these people did, followed by the obviously bad consequences.
>> but I hadn't heard of either of the other books until you mentioned them. Which is wild because I've read almost everything Anne Bishop wrote before about 2019. I shall put them on my to-read list. :D <<
I like a lot of Anne Bishop's work, although the later Black Jewels stuff isn't near as good as the earlier. Most of the Others novels have been excellent.
>> Also, these links to your writing/other's fanworks/new original media that I've not heard of before are all fantastic. Every one of them is so interestingly unique, even being wrapped around the same central concept. o_O
Well, the stuff in the bookstories is very samey this point. I also like looking on Kickstarter. I'm still waiting on my copy of the Dalit science fiction anthology.
>> I'm fascinated by the Bear Tunnels' time-refugees.
Gosh, these are all very cool!
Thank you so much. I'm going to be enjoying your recs for quite some time. :) :)
I love turning people on to fun new things. If you decide that you like my writing, you can ask for more in any relevant prompt call. Next up will be February 4 with a theme of "I believe in dragons, good men, and other fantasy creatures."
Re: Wish Granted!
True, true. I know the USian publishers/distributors play it weirdly safe in their hunt for bestsellers, imho. My one friend reads ARCs and she's always telling me about these weird microgenres that she keeps running across, where there will be four or five books of an Incredibly Specific premise all coming out within an year or two of each other. I'm intrigued by hunting Kickstarter, though. I clean forgot that people published books/anthologies through it, even though I have absolutely backed a couple.
I will keep an eye out for your prompt calls! That's such an intriguing February theme. :)