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I can move Titan up to March if Ray is not ready.
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You mean a popularity contest. like ALL awards? I kid of course. All I can say about the actual shitstorm is that they knew it was a snake when they picked it up.
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(Quote) Anyone interested in Varley's Titan? A book I loved when it came out, but haven't read in a loooooong time... If not there are newer books I could be reading...
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Two words: Player Character. They see everything you don't want them to see, and nothing you want them to see....
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Yes, they are under social pressure to conform. Look at Amina's mother, or Salima and Dunya. But they are the fringes of society, and the further you go from the center, the less effective that pressure is.
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I am thinking seriously of a supplement for Outremer focused on the Indian Ocean, so I will pick up the Sinbad Voyage. Thank you for the recommendation, Richard!
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I own his Brendan Voyage, and it's excellent!
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Ah! Thanks! That was also brought up by google.
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The Sinbad Journey? I can find nothing but references to old movies, a game app, and a Disney attraction with a search in Google.
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(Quote) I did as well! Totally unexpected for me - though that is apparently a low hurdle! :D
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(Quote) That bothered me too. that is an immense amount of money for those days, and those few who HAD that kind of money would not have it in liquid form. It would be as Neil said. mostly deeds, leases, promissory notes, annuities, and that sort of…
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While poking around I found this on wikipedia: "Writing for the New York Times, author Tochi Onyebuchi noted ... that 'what is most refreshing about [the novel] is how concerned Amina is for the state of her soul.' Despite the fact that she of…
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Also, it was not a "complete lack of acknowledgement for religion". Amina was Muslim, although a fairly lax Muslim, and often explicitly prayed at the appointed times. Dalila was Christian, Nestorian I believe. Tinbu was a Hindu, which the…
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Amina's nephew was attending a school, IIRC. I don't remember what type. I may have assumed jurisprudence incorrectly, or without evidence.
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(Quote) Well OK then. In Outremer, I wanted to bring in the Red Sea, Aden and the Hadramout, Oman, Socotra... many things that she brought into The Adventures. I researched many of the same sources, and I kept recognizing bits of them throughout. Bu…
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I'm sorry if you feel I was criticizing you, but I think if you had different expectations - or like I did no expectations at all - coming in, your read might have been very different. Perhaps she used the real historical setting because the histori…
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Chakraborty made the decision to showcase objective magic. In doing so, she decisively moved from historical fiction to alt-historical fiction. She is obviously not interested in historical realism. I think you are reading the wrong book, one that y…
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(Quote) The Franks have taken Jerusalem and still keep it, so it is between 1100 and 1187
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It didn't detract. I will welcome more adventures with Amina al-Sirafi! It all seemed organic to me while I was experiencing it. Was the set up transparent? If so it was so transparent I didn't see it. I was too busy walking this glory road behind A…
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I found the setting utterly fascinating. I want to write an RPG set there, though my Outremer setting would be very close. I want other people to live there through their characters. This is like Dream Time Middle East. I am pretty familiar with thi…
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Everyone in this book is a person. I firmly believe that. The rest sounds analytical.
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hmmm. I read books like this experientially. There is no analysis until digested and ruminated upon. In the book these things seemed organic.
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I agree about the various types of family in the book. Blood families are put together through necessity. Some blood families are gigantic - I have sixty-six first cousins of the same generation - others are small. Found families are put together by…
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I was enchanted! For me, the 'cliche' was just the frame supporting and presenting the mad, teetering sequence of action and reaction. I watched this glorious novel as a film in my head, fully immersed, loving every moment! If I had a hundred millio…
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Actually, finished now.
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I'm almost done!
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(Quote) I got way behind because of one thing or another and it looked like I was just too far behind.
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I had to stop reading Amina al-Sirafi for a couple weeks. I was zooming through it! Back to it now.
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I'll get the kindle edition as soon as you say go.
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Ah! An historical artifact! Yes! ! https://www.ttrpbc.com/uploads/editor/x9/qv5nft5lala0.gif