Promote your favorite Sutcliff book(s)!

[isis]

We're going to post the Sutcliff Swap rules and schedule, and open for sign-ups, Real Soon Now! But while you're waiting, why not squee about your favorite Sutcliff book in the comments here? This is your chance to remind others of that book they'd almost forgotten they'd loved, and inspire them to request or offer fanfiction or fanart for it. And if a book you haven't read sounds good to you, you can read it this summer and enjoy the fanworks created for it - and maybe you'll want to request it for Yuletide or Yuletart, or for next year's Sutcliff Swap. (Because this is going to be so much fun we will want to do it again!)

We're doing this on Dreamwidth only, so that we can use comment subject lines to identify the books we're talking about. If you don't have a Dreamwidth login, you can use OpenID or comment anonymously. ETA: anonymous commenting is now enabled! OpenID works too, which will email you comment replies. Please join in and promote your favorite Sutcliff books (this post has a list of all the books), and start thinking about what you might want to request and offer for the Sutcliff Swap!

Also, if you are intrigued by the descriptions of books you haven't read yet, you should be sure to join, not just watch, the community (at either site) so you can see locked posts. *cough*

Comments

Re: Mark of the Horse Lord

[chantefable]

What, he kills his love/crush/affinity? That is very Greek tragedy. (Oh, well, I hear he's a little bit Greek?)

I don't mind spoilers. I often look in the end of the book before I even start reading. It's the journey from point A to point B that counts for me. :)

But A and C live happily ever after, right? At least, moderately happily? As much as it's possible given the weather conditions?

Really Frontier Wolf (was: Mark of the Horse Lord)

[isis]

Oh! No WONDER she made him part-Greek! *penny drops*

Yes, A and C run off to Belgica together and have many happy sexy adventures.

Really Frontier Wolf (but still a bit Mark of the Horse Lord)

[chantefable]

They go to Gallia Belgica for adventures? Really? All right, now I want that one, for all the fannish sequels. :)

Phaedrus is also a Greek name. Liadhan/Phaedrus/Murna FTW! She desires power, she desires him. His body craves one woman, his political advantage suggests another. She is an obedient daughter, she is an ambitious politician. OT3 all around. Are AUs allowed in this swap? :D

A little Frontier Wolf (and yet more Mark of the Horse Lord)

[isis]

Yes, all the fannish sequels. I am not sure why this one gets them and The Silver Branch doesn't, since Justin and Flavius also run off together.

Phaedrus has some Greek in him but I would not call his story a tragedy in the classical sense. Again, I'll spoiler-tag just in case someone who does not want to be spoiled is reading this thread: skip this is a Sacrificial King story, but getting there is immensely satisfying.

You are sure coming up with the AUs considering you haven't actually read the book yet! :-) (And yes, branching-canon AUs are allowed. But not 'the characters are in SPACE' type AUs.)

A little Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Mark of the Horse Lord

[chantefable]

Sutcliff is big on this sunset-sailing thing, I gather. :) But timewise FW and TSB do not cross, right? They could have journeyed together then...

I get the supernatural-spiritual-hero's journey-top of the hill-passing aspect of MHL now.

Oh, but what about Mars? They are Romans on Barsoom! :P

Re: A little Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Mark of the Horse Lord

[isis]

Well, Justin and Flavius run off to the north. And actually Flavius (TSB) is Alexios' (FW) ancestor - possibly his father? I think there are a few stories which explore this (and carmarthen has theories on this).

I think we are actually leaving Barsoom for the Eagle fandom, Fandom Of AUs. (Although even though I deride them, I'm sort of writing an Eagle Space AU....)

More Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Eot9 all of a sudden

[chantefable]

Yes, I remember the multiple theories, they're quite neat!

I think there's some Small Fandom Critical Mass. When you have a certain quantity of fic, AUs happen en masse, until that moment, it's canon and near-canon. :)

But if there are ghosts, it doesn't count as an unacceptable AU, does it? Valid question, I am very partial to ghosts.

AUs and the rules

[isis]

I think ghosts are a perfectly acceptable AU. Speaking as a mod. And as someone who is contemplating writing a ghost story. La la la.

Re: AUs and the rules

[chantefable]

Ghosts and space! \o/

Armed with this knowledge of the rules & books, I shall begin tracking down some Sutcliff. Thank you very much!

Re: More Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Eot9 all of a sudden

[carmarthen]

Speaking as a me, I think adding supernatural elements to canon settings should be fine if they're within the conceptualization of the canon-era people? So ghosts, for sure.

(IDK, Isis, how do we feel about gods/werewolves/etc.? I don't really have a problem with bringing in mythological/supernatural things, personally...)

Re: More Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Eot9 all of a sudden

[chantefable]

Seeing as, IF I sugn up, my ONLY desire for any fandom would be "a God!OC happens to get involved, now what?", this question is of vital interest to me. :) Speaking as a potential participant.

Re: More Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Eot9 all of a sudden

[isis]

I agree with carmarthen on this - mythological and/or supernatural elements are fine.

Re: A little Frontier Wolf & The Silver Branch & Mark of the Horse Lord

[carmarthen]

I think opalmatrix originated the theories! I'm just the one trying to write a story about Alexios' mother, because apparently I like having a million WIPs stuck between 3000-4000 words.

Re: Mark of the Horse Lord

[carmarthen]

It is something like Marcus and Cradoc in EOT9, only if Marcus and Cradoc had been really close friends with instant kinship and Marcus had a Really Obvious Crush (at the very least), rather than the hidden wariness Cradoc shows from the beginning because he already knows things about going to go south.

A & C have the potential to live happily ever after, certainly, and we know A must live long enough to produce descendants to pass the dolphin ring onto for later books.