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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2021-09-04 07:45 pm
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The Coalies Are Back In Town

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Coaltide Bar'n'Grill
The receipts will flow and wank will spill
And if the coalies wanna fight, you better let 'em
That jukebox in the corner blastin' out my favorite song
The nights are getting longer, it won't be long
Won't be long 'til Yuletide comes
Now that the coalies are here again

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Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-09-20 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I am a huge fan of Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s technically fantasy and there are some minor magical elements but it’s really more about this European-ish nation that gets into such extensive warfare in a vaguely mid-1800s time period that women (including the main character) are drafted. I think it’s so well written and has interesting character development.

The Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas is set in Victorian England and is a gender flipped Sherlock series (shocking, I know). There’s super slow burn romance and lots of mystery solving.

The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner is a historical fantasy series set in something like Turkey/Anatolia of the classical antiquity era. The main character is largely male but there are a good amount of very interesting female characters. Plenty of adventure.

Circe by Madeline Miller is a retelling of the legend of Circe (of The Odyssey fame). I really like Madeline Miller’s writing.

The Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher is a fantastic fantasy series! I love T. Kingfisher and this series does not disappoint—-I love the female characters in both books! Lots of adventure.

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-09-21 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks, coalie, these look great!

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-06 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Seconding the rec for the Saint of Steel books (titled Paladin's Grace and Paladin's Strength) – very fun!

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-11 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Does that first one have giant bugs?

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-11 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I do not remember any bugs in that book. There is a swamp discussed at some point, so there could potentially be a discussion of bugs pertaining to that, but if so, it was so minor I don't remember it and it would have been normal sized bugs.

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-11 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
The one with the giant bugs is a completely different series, afaik!

Re: Canon Recs - books?

(Anonymous) 2021-10-11 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
There are a few references to giant dragonflies, and a brief scene in which someone shoots a giant spider. Other than that, there are no giant bugs.
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