This is a tag that has been making rounds last year (and we never picked it up, slightly overwhelmed by the task) – thankfully, it has also been suggested for this year’s Wyrd and Wonder. After some deliberations, and temptations from every side (yes, we’re looking particularly at you, Bookforager and Maddalena! :D) we decided to make our own rendition of the tag. Here it is!
Ola:
Brent Weeks, The Black Prism (2010)
“Rainbows everywhere! And female afflictions.”
Brian McClellan, The Powder Mage trilogy (2013 – 2015)
“Can You Shoot a God?”
Michail Bulhakov, The Master and Margarita (1967)
“Magic and mayhem in Moscow”, or “Dancing with Devils. Dangerous Delights!”
Joe Abercrombie, The First Law trilogy (2007 – 2009)
“Beware the Bad Bald Guy”
R.J. Barker, The Bone Ships (2019)
“Bones Float. Creepy but True”
Adrian Czajkowski, Shadows of the Apt (2008 – 2014)
“Invertebrate at WWII”
Piotrek:
Adrian Czajkowski, Guns of the Dawn (2015)
“Jane Austen Enlisted in Vietnam”
Tim Powers, The Drawing of the Dark (1979)
“Will Beer Save the West?”
Jean van Hamme, Grzegorz Rosinski, Thorgal (1977 – 2006)
“Sensitive Viking from Outer Space”
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (1992)
“Divine Tortoise’s Journey of Enlightment”
David Weber, Honorverse (1992 – 2018)
“Horatio Hornblower in Straw-Space”
We really enjoyed it – hope you did too! 😀
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Beware the Bald Guy is only 4 words.
And for female afflictions, you just wait if you thought it was bad in that book 😦
Isn’t a “sensitive viking” an oxymoron? 😉
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I’m efficient that way 😛 But I can change it to Beware the Bad Bald Guy! 😀
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My faith in the sect of Mahth has been restored! 😉
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Or “Beware the Bald Guy. Sorry.”
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LOL! Or that! 🤣
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And as for Weeks, I’m not really bothered by his fixation on female physiology, though I cannot help but notice he has one! 😂 I enjoyed The Black Prism a lot, and intend to write a post on it one of these days. I’ll definitely continue with the series, but I admit reading Black Prism had been quite exhausting – I felt I needed a break 😉
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Sounds like a good plan 🙂
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What a fun challenge. I do like, “Dancing with Devils. Dangerous Delights!”
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Yes, it was a lot of fun, Cath!
Maybe you’d like to try? 😀
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It is tempting…
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Go for it! 😁
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The Powder Mage trilogy was brilliant. Seeing those covers brings back fond reading memories. Have you read the Gods of Blood and Powder trilogy too? I haven’t read the final book yet but so far it’s been really good.
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The new trilogy is on my shelf, waiting for the perfect moment. Ola quite liked it, though 🙂
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Yes, I have read the first two books in the new trilogy – I’m still waiting for my copy of the final installment, and should get it fairly soon (depending on the timeline for opening the libraries! 😉)
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Eh eh… happy to have been of encouragement!
I particularly appreciate “Can you shoot a god?” 🙂
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Thank you! It’s been fun! 😄
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Wow i only have read two books in this whole list… i am so far behind on everything it seems
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Well, now you know all that’s really important about all of them 🙂
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No worries, Dave! We intentionally chose many less popular books to spread the love, so you can look at it as not being behind but having a lot to enjoy ahead! 😄
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Hurrah! 😁 I loved these! Loads here I haven’t read too.
Thank you for the nod! 😘
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Thanks 🙂 And, you’re welcome 😉
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Thank you for the nudge! We had a lot of fun with these 😁
And you’re very welcome!
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“Can you shoot a God?” is driving me insanely addicted with the idea of reading that trilogy ASAP hahaha
“Sensitive Viking from Outer Space” How on Earth did such an idea even come to life hahahah
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That’s the idea! And the spirit, Lashaan! Read it, read it, read it! (I’m chanting under my breath :P)
Thorgal is pretty cool and immensely readable, and beautifully drawn, IMO, and when you remember there was a time personages such as Erich von Daniken and their cranky ideas ruled the social imagination… everything was possible then! Just check Marvel Eternals – compared to them, Thorgal is the epitome of intellectual subtlety 😂😂😂
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This “Can You Shoot a God?” is making me move up McClellan on my TBR. I’m gonna get to those books soon.
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Yeah!! 😀 My work is done 😉
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“Jane Austen Enlisted in Vietnam” – Aye! Never heard of this one but this sounds awesome. I have been meaning to read more of this author’s work. Arrr!
x The Captain
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It’s a bit naive, but very nice, in my opinion…
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To this day I’ve still not tried anything by Brent Weeks 😦
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Well, look at the bright side – so much reading ahead! 😄 I think you’d enjoy the Lightbringer series, it’s a very good epic fantasy, well written, though not without its quirks. Worth trying!
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That’s a series of his that I’ve had recommended to me before 🙂
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Be prepared for a lengthy read – they’re all somewhere around 1000 pages 😉
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If it has a good narrator, Audible will lessen that issue 😉
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It may be a good solution to certain reading problems… It’s just that I usually listen to books in the car, and that needs to take into account the reading interests of others 😉
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Oh well played – I particularly liked “will beer save the west?” 😂
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Thanks 🙂 It’s an epic tale, everyone should learn the answer to this question!
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Reading this post was so much fun! “beware the bald guy” cracked me up! And I have Guns of the Dawn on my TBR, but after reading “Jane Austen Enlisted in Vietnam” I need it ASAP!!! 😂
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Thanks! That was the idea and I’m happy we delivered! 😀
Would you like to try this tag? It’s plenty of fun, though it looks quite daunting at first 😉
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I don’t know if I am able to do it, but I think I would give it a try!!
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👍 Go for it! 😁
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Love this! My favorite is “Beware the bad bald guy” LOL
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It’s a very universal one, I could use it to describe almost all Abercrombie’s books set in this universe 🤣🤣🤣
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Good lord ! I wanna read The Powder Mage trilogy and The first law trilogy so bad 😍
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Glad we could be of help! 😁
And maybe you’d like a try at this nifty little tag?? 😄
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