Parelle
Posts: 1084
11/17/2015
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...Which frankly sounds like it could be from here:
Http://subterraneanpress.com/news/announcing_soulless_by_gail_carriger
Haven't read, but amusing premise:
Alexia Tarabotti is a proper English miss—so long as you don’t count her spinsterhood, half-Italian heritage, or weaponized parasol against her. Oh, and there’s that little matter of her lacking a soul. But, honestly, isn’t being soulless and thus able to nullify the powers of vampires and werewolves and other supernatural beings a good thing in a London chockful of them?
Weaponized parasol please?
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Parelle, Lady Joseph Marlen. The Singular Librarian. A Midnighter, a Player of the Marvelous.
pages from a dusty bookshop: a badly updated FL changelog | Useful Guidance and Explanations
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malthaussen
Posts: 1060
11/17/2015
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Rather like a poisoned umbrella, I suspect.
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"Of two choices, I always take the third."
Will do all socials except Loitering or Private Evenings (all my Free Evenings are accounted for), and Affluent Photographer Betrayals only, please. I am not currently accepting calling cards.
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/malthaussen
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Pyrodinium
Posts: 639
11/17/2015
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She's even wearing an Elegant Emerald Gown.
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My profiles: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Pyrodinium
(A Monster hunter on the hunt of his twin brother's killer. Overprotective dad of his twin's daughter)
http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Rudolph~of~Taured
(an indeterminate person of potentially rubbery lineage)
* All social actions except photographers and loitering welcome!
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
11/17/2015
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Also: Parasol Protectorate. Excellent name for a vigilante Aunt society.
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Parelle, Lady Joseph Marlen. The Singular Librarian. A Midnighter, a Player of the Marvelous.
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Kittenpox
Posts: 869
11/17/2015
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Cannot like this enough. ^_^
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Current [Fabulous Diamond] count: Twenty-Five (of 50). Halfway there! ^_^
Metaphysical Caprice: 11.
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Currently: Returned to the Neath, and regaining my footing in this place. :-)
NO PLANT BATTLES PLEASE.
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Parelle
Posts: 1084
11/17/2015
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Pyrodinium wrote:
She's even wearing an Elegant Emerald Gown.
And on second look, that's a Sporing Bonnet.
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phryne
Posts: 1347
11/17/2015
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That series has now garnered repeated mentions on this forum, and always with high praise:
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic518-books-reminiscent-of-fallen-london.aspx#post6757
http://community.failbettergames.com/topic518-books-reminiscent-of-fallen-london.aspx?Page=3#post106516
It does sound really delightful, so I've put it up next on my read-list.
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patwalsh_2000
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11/17/2015
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I have read all of Miss Carriger's books, and found them quite fun. They are particularly enjoyable in audio book form, narrated by Emily Gray. The YA finishing school series is light fun in the same universe and has some of the same characters. Ms. Carriger also has a retro-fashion blog that is quite enjoyable.
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