a.) Talisman Ring! It is so adorable. I love Heyer best when she is basically sticking people in an inn and forcing them to turn into a wacky affectionate family, and Talisman Ring is really good for that.
b.) Man, you are absolutely right, I would love it if DWJ did something more pan-mythic - I doubt she ever will at this point, but it would be really cool. The closest she ever gets to playing with non-Western tropes is the Arabian Nights stuff she does with Goddess-Millie and Castle in the Air, and even then she's pretty blatantly working off of Western translations and perceptions of the stories (which is even lampshaded with Christopher reading The Arabian Nights in school.)
c.) I am glad you are liking the Twelve Kingdoms world, too! I am alwyas a little bit torn about recommending Sea of Shadows, because on the one hand I want to shove it into people's hands because I loved it passionately and clearly EVERYONE MUST READ IT NOW, and on the other hand I really don't expect anyone else to love it like I did because it was such a personal identification experience for me. But the world is so awesome, right? And I am so excited for the different stories to come together in later books!
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on 2009-11-03 03:08 pm (UTC)b.) Man, you are absolutely right, I would love it if DWJ did something more pan-mythic - I doubt she ever will at this point, but it would be really cool. The closest she ever gets to playing with non-Western tropes is the Arabian Nights stuff she does with Goddess-Millie and Castle in the Air, and even then she's pretty blatantly working off of Western translations and perceptions of the stories (which is even lampshaded with Christopher reading The Arabian Nights in school.)
c.) I am glad you are liking the Twelve Kingdoms world, too! I am alwyas a little bit torn about recommending Sea of Shadows, because on the one hand I want to shove it into people's hands because I loved it passionately and clearly EVERYONE MUST READ IT NOW, and on the other hand I really don't expect anyone else to love it like I did because it was such a personal identification experience for me. But the world is so awesome, right? And I am so excited for the different stories to come together in later books!