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[oyceter]

Random thought of the day:

Whoa. I just realized Jean Ewing Ross' Illusion makes about ten times more sense now that I've read the Lymond Chronicles.

Wow. Talk about Dunnett influences.

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[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Heh. Heh. Heh.

Other notably Dunnett-influenced romance novelists include Jo Beverley and ... damn, I've forgotten. I used to have a list. I suspect Tracy Grant. And if you think Illusion shows it, you should read her final traditional Regency, which is so Lymond-lite.

Emma Bull also has a character who is clearly a Lymond-pastiche in Bone Dance.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I have a post somewhere. I'll dig it up. Tanith Lee's Cyrion, too.

[oyceter]

Ooo, would love to read it!

[oyceter]

Hrm, I've only read one Jo Beverley, but it wasn't quite to my taste. I'm starting to see Lymond everywhere now. I also just reread Perilous Gard and am dying to know if Pope was influenced by Dunnett as well. I'm even vaguely seeing it in Brust and Bull's Freedom and Necessity -_-;;.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's all vague in Freedom & Necessity.

I'm not sure the timing really works for Pope.

[oyceter]

Ok, good, so I'm not just seeing Dunnett everywhere I look out of sheer paranoia. Er, not sure if "paranoia" is the right word... new awareness? Heightened sensibilities?

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Now you'll see 'em all over the place--beginning with Guy Kay and Diana Gabaldon, Ellen Kushner, and a raft of others.

[oyceter]

They are definitely starting to come out of the woodworks.

I feel as if I've just read Tolkien or something for the first time after having been immersed in the fantasy genre for years.

[minnow1212.livejournal.com]

Mary Doria Russell's Emilio in The Sparrow, too.

[oyceter]

I need to read that sometime...

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Everybody's Lyyyyy-mond,
In his own wayyyy...
Like an angsty epicene
Or a control freak with dues to pay...

[oyceter]

Now you've done it and given me a fit of giggles ;).