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Alaya Dawn Johnson called Dorothy Dunnett "the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground": not many people read her, but everyone who did wrote a book. A painter, researcher, and opera lover, she wrote what she wanted to read: epic historical drama. Come learn what our panelists and many other writers learned from Dunnett.
Alex Jablokow, Nisi Shawl, Lila Garrott, Kate Nepveu (mod), Victoria Janssen
This was a loose, engaged panel that was a great deal of fun. I made notes immediately after, but I was very very tired, so take with a grain of salt.
( cut for length, indiscriminate spoilers for everything but KING HEREAFTER, discussion of racism and consent issues )
Honestly I kind of want to reread Lymond now, but there's no way I could reasonably piecemeal them in the time available to me. Especially since someone after the panel convinced me to give Elizabeth Wein's Arthurian books another shot after I was so mad at The Winter Prince, so now that's a whole 'nother series on to the to-be-read list . . .
skygiants notes on this panel. Description:
Alaya Dawn Johnson called Dorothy Dunnett "the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground": not many people read her, but everyone who did wrote a book. A painter, researcher, and opera lover, she wrote what she wanted to read: epic historical drama. Come learn what our panelists and many other writers learned from Dunnett.
Alex Jablokow, Nisi Shawl, Lila Garrott, Kate Nepveu (mod), Victoria Janssen
This was a loose, engaged panel that was a great deal of fun. I made notes immediately after, but I was very very tired, so take with a grain of salt.
( cut for length, indiscriminate spoilers for everything but KING HEREAFTER, discussion of racism and consent issues )
Honestly I kind of want to reread Lymond now, but there's no way I could reasonably piecemeal them in the time available to me. Especially since someone after the panel convinced me to give Elizabeth Wein's Arthurian books another shot after I was so mad at The Winter Prince, so now that's a whole 'nother series on to the to-be-read list . . .
