The sea beast was horrifying--I appreciated the grounded approach and stinkiness of living on a sea monster.
I have read the novella that kickstarted Murderbot! That style of sci-fi isn't usually my bag, part of what excited me about the Raksura books was this really organic, solarpunk-magical flavor of sci fi with all the mad diversity of Star Trek races everywhere with a Grand sense of the environments they live in. That, and the shadowy remains of the civilizations of the past!
The sea beast was horrifying--I appreciated the grounded approach and stinkiness of living on a sea monster.
I have read the novella that kickstarted Murderbot! That style of sci-fi isn't usually my bag, part of what excited me about the Raksura books was this really organic, solarpunk-magical flavor of sci fi with all the mad diversity of Star Trek races everywhere with a Grand sense of the environments they live in. That, and the shadowy remains of the civilizations of the past!
Most of the Ile Rien books are just… decent standard fantasy, somehow without her special touch. Still very readable, though.
Death of the Necromancer, though, can stand alone and is very worth a read.
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oh i love raksura!!! i actually made a moon fandragon :D
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oh i love raksura!!! i actually made a moon fandragon :D
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@ceiswyn ah that's good to know about the ile rien books! i'm glad they're still decent even if they aren't as special as her later books, but i will definitely check out death of the necromancer (i love gideon the ninth and the sabriel books too so necromancers are fun ^-^)
@TETRAHEDR0N i love your moon!!! aaah you gave him his consort gift!! and the scene is a tree home!!! and wildclaw is the perfect dgragon breed for raksura i think <3 <3 <3
@ceiswyn ah that's good to know about the ile rien books! i'm glad they're still decent even if they aren't as special as her later books, but i will definitely check out death of the necromancer (i love gideon the ninth and the sabriel books too so necromancers are fun ^-^)
@TETRAHEDR0N i love your moon!!! aaah you gave him his consort gift!! and the scene is a tree home!!! and wildclaw is the perfect dgragon breed for raksura i think <3 <3 <3
@Ashanimus oh yeah i loved how bad everything smelled XD my grandma lived by a marsh and when the tide was out it smelled so bad and that's what i thought of XD
and i can see why murderbot wouldn't necessarily be your thing given what you love about the books of raksura, i admit i was hesitant to try the cloud roads after reading murderbot because i wasn't sure it was my thing, but i'm definitely glad i did. i love your description of the world (or three worlds i guess i should say ^-^) of solarpunk-magical, that captures it perfectly
@Ashanimus oh yeah i loved how bad everything smelled XD my grandma lived by a marsh and when the tide was out it smelled so bad and that's what i thought of XD
and i can see why murderbot wouldn't necessarily be your thing given what you love about the books of raksura, i admit i was hesitant to try the cloud roads after reading murderbot because i wasn't sure it was my thing, but i'm definitely glad i did. i love your description of the world (or three worlds i guess i should say ^-^) of solarpunk-magical, that captures it perfectly
Oh yay! A Raksura fan thread! Does anyone have any fandragons?
@TETRAHEDR0N I love him!!!
@TagonDramer woo another fan!! i have dragons named after characters but they're not fan dragons, do you have any? also i can't wait for martha wells' next book, witch king, because it'll be a return to fantasy for her! even if it's not raksura i'm really excited ^-^
@TagonDramer woo another fan!! i have dragons named after characters but they're not fan dragons, do you have any? also i can't wait for martha wells' next book, witch king, because it'll be a return to fantasy for her! even if it's not raksura i'm really excited ^-^