January Meme: Rivers and French Philosophers

[selenak]

mark one month til False Value is out...where do you see the a rivers of London series going?

To be honest, I have no idea. I think I'm already one book behind - the last one I've read was Lies Sleeping (novel) and The October Man (novella). Not that I've given up on the series, but I have so much else to read!

The only guess I have right now, which might already be out of date, is this: I suspect that Aaranovich is about to wrap up Peter's story - by which I don't mean kill him off, just wrap up his personal storyline - , though probably not the universe's, and will move on to different narrators in the main novels. Since The October Man amused me by briefly mentioning the Rhine Maidens, I'm hoping for another German outing (no matter whether as novella or in the main novels) and said maidens, but that's purely for frivolous local reasons and not for storytelling needs. I think that might have been one of the reasons for experimenting with different povs in the comics (haven't read them, have just heard about them) and novellas - to see whether he can tell stories in this universe without Peter Grant.

The Other Days


In other news, most of the 18th century historical content we've collected during the last half a year so is now uploaded on rheinsberg . Neatly tagged and ordered by subject, thus hopefully user friendly to people who aren't cahn, mildred_of_midgard or me.

To give you an example: interested in Voltaire? Check out Mildred's hilarious overview of the Voltaire and Frederick the Great relationship, my write-up on the Voltaire-Friedrich correspondance, and Mildred's review of the Émilie du Chatelet & Voltaire biography by David Bodanis.

Comments

[ratcreature]

Lies Sleeping is the latest novel, so you aren't behind.

[lilacsigil]

I want more Lesley May! And Sahra Guleed! The October Man was good and showed that the universe works with a different narrator and setting, so I would be perfectly happy with this. The comics often have different POVs but they're also very short, so it's difficult to tell how that would work for a novel.

[kore]

GULEED <333 I would LOVE a novel from her POV. Or Abigail's.

[kore]

I suspect that Aaranovich is about to wrap up Peter's story - by which I don't mean kill him off, just wrap up his personal storyline - , though probably not the universe's, and will move on to different narrators in the main novels

Yeah, October Man is the latest entry, I think, so you're not behind. I did enjoy it, altho the voice wasn't quite distinct enough from Peter's (vocal-wise, and culturally) and it was a bit of a jolt after Peter's diverse life and experience to go back to a white guy. The plot also seemed a little confused to me. But I did enjoy it.

There was a discussion, I can't remember where, basically about the difference in expectations -- like some people want Peter and Nightingale and an ever-expanding gang to stay in London (ME, lol) and have adventures, and Peter in book-reality has spent a whole lot of time building up his protocol? (I forget what he calls it) which essentially would add procedures and policy and bureaucracy to the Folly and is more than a little bit concerned with protecting the rights of the magically affected, rather than just imprisoning or killing them. He's even sort of on better terms with Ty! I never thought that would happen.

[msilverstar]

I liked the Germany one too!