Nominations

[luzula]

So, Yuletide. I am determined not to miss nominations this time. I have four things I know I want to nominate, but I'm pretty sure others will be nominating some of them.

Aubrey/Maturin series - Patrick O'Brian.
I want moar Diana fic, so I'm just going to recycle a request here. Anyone going to be nominating this fandom anyway who could squeeze in a nom for Diana as a character? (Also, I hope the fandom is still eligible; I haven't checked.)

Mars trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson
Unexpectedly, I had lots of ideas for further stories I wanted to read when I reread these. Funny, I don't remember having fannish feelings for them the last time? Anyway, probably I would want to nom Sax, Ann, Nadia and Arkady.

The Dark Is Rising series - Susan Cooper
This always gets nominated, right? Anyway, I'd like to explore the Arthurian bits of it. Like, how were they different in this world, compared to the ordinary Arthurian mythos? That probably means I'd nom Merriman, Arthur and Guinevere. Also, is this still eligible? Must check.

The Paksenarrion trilogy - Elizabeth Moon
This is an old recycled nomination, but I reread the books this year and it rekindled my interest. I'd probably just nom Paks, unless someone wanted me to include more characters.

Comments

[nonesensed]

Smart move! Are you going to be writing "promotions" for these nominations? I'm only familiar with Aubrey/Maturin series, but I'm always curious about new interesting fandoms :)

Hoping for more Diana fic, too! Sadly too foggy on A/M canon to write her well myself. I really should prep my own nominations. So excited for Yuletide!

[luzula]

Oops, sorry, I was too lazy to promote them.

The Mars books are an SF trilogy of brick-like books about the colonization of Mars, which have very interesting politics and science, and also characters I love.

The Dark Is Rising are beloved YA fantasy classics, which do hold up for me still as an adult, although I can't guarantee the experience would be the same reading them for the first time as an adult.

The Paksenarrion trilogy is fantasy, about an asexual female soldier and her coming of age and finding her purpose in the world--I think they're inspired by medieval saint's legends. They're comfort reading for me; there's just something restful about the total lack of romance.

[nonesensed]

Thank you for the explanations! What I meant with my question was "will you be promoting them in the promotion thread at the yuletide community", but I don't at all mind getting these lovely summaries :)

Add all of them to my to-read list over on Goodreads - especially looking forward to the Paksenarrion books! More ace representation is always great (need to find more to rec to my sister), and being aro myself I can definitely appreciate there being no romance for once. Though checking out Elizabeth Moon's page on Goodreads there seems to be one trilogy with the Paksenarrion name (The Deeds of Paksenarrion) and a series of 10 books simply called Paksenarrion - which one is it you were referring to?

[luzula]

Paks is both asexual and aromantic (not in those words, but it's obvious in the books). I meant the trilogy, which is where you should start, though there are both prequels and sequels that came later. There's an edition where the whole trilogy came out in one book, which is probably why it has its own entry on Goodreads.

[nonesensed]

Ah, that explains it! Thank you very much, it's been added to my list and shall be read once I've made it over the mountain of unread books I have lying around my flat (I'm still working through the Temeraire series, shame on me!)

[luzula]

Ha ha, yes, the ever-growing list--I have one as well...