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pegkerrI got a query from a friend of mine asking for a list of sf/fantasy novels set in the time of Elizabeth I. He thought of two, Pavane by Keith Roberts and Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon by Lisa Goldstein. I knew about the Goldstein already, and to those I'd add (at least partially, one story thread) Scholars of the Night, by John M. Ford. Anything else?
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Date: 2006-01-07 05:42 am (UTC)http://www.osmond-riba.org/lis/MarloweBks.htm
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Date: 2006-01-07 05:50 am (UTC)http://www.theblackcanary.com/
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Date: 2006-01-08 12:01 am (UTC)It's sort of like, what would The School Of Night be like if it was written for people that skim a lot.
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Date: 2006-02-07 02:34 am (UTC)Just since you think the boy's not getting enough love from modern writers. :)
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:15 am (UTC)[Searches your old posts for context]
Do they feel there's a market glut? Too many YA Elizabethans, or that sales of existing ones aren't high enough. If it's the latter, I might be able to help [OMG! A sudden rush on the YA Elizabethan market! We must have more books NOW!]
[We can also take this discussion to your journal and stop bothering
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Date: 2006-01-07 07:10 am (UTC)The Perilous Gard, a YA fantasy, is set in the time of Elizabeth I.
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Date: 2006-01-07 10:21 pm (UTC)It's set in the countryside, not London, but it does give a major role to Doctor Dee, which I thought was a very cool touch.
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Date: 2006-01-07 11:52 pm (UTC)I still remember overuse of the word "pink."
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Date: 2006-01-07 01:33 pm (UTC)Ooh, um...
Date: 2006-01-07 03:07 pm (UTC)Amusingly enough, I wouldn't count either Pavane or Scholars of the Night as Elizabethan fantasy. The former is an AU with an Elizabethan turning point, but otherwise set in the modern era. Scholars is espionage.
Stuff that's specifically fantasy, though?
In order of publication date:
- Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Perilous gard (YA)
- Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett's Armor of Light -- it's one of my favorites, and the one that got me into the genre
- A few issues in Neil Gaiman's Sandman were set in Elizabethan England
- Pat Wrede's Snow White and Rose Red
- In Susan Cooper's YA King of shadows, timetravel/bodyswap is the primary fantasy element, but it's an excellent book
- Lisa Goldstein's Strange Devices of the sun and moon
- Sarah A. Hoyt's series. Start's good but imo goes downhill. Plays a little too cutesy with the "Shakespeare In Love"-type nods.
- Harry Turtledove's Ruled Britannia is an AU where the Spanish won the Armada battle, but that's the only fantastic element
- Oh, and there's at least one other Elizabethan fantasy as yet unsold...
I've read all those and would recommend them. [And I'm sure the moment I post this comment, I'll think of at least three others, but I've got to stop sometime.]Sophie Masson has written some Elizabethan fantasies, though I haven't yet been able to find any of them locally to read.
Slightly outside the period, last night I saw I, Coriander in the bookstore, which is set in Cromwell's London. [Bad time to be consorting with faeries.]
For nonfiction reference, hie thee to a library and find Katherine Briggs' Anatomy of Puck: an examination of fairy beliefs among Shakespeare's contemporaries [For a different kind of fairy, I'm extremely fond of Michael Young's King James and the history of homosexuality :) ]
Outside the genre, there are several modern vampire stories that involve Elizabethan characters. Tanya Huff's Henry Fitzroy series is the one I'd recommend.
There are also a lot of excellent mystery series set in the Elizabethan era, if you're interested in that genre. Among the best, I'd recommend Edward Marston's Nicholas Bracewell series (a theatre company), Fiona Buckley's Ursula Blanchard series (more espionage) and Simon Hawke's Shakespeare & Smythe series.
And if you want other nongenre period fiction (or nonfiction about the period), let me know and I can make further recs. Certainly there are several in my Marlowe in Modern Fiction list, but there are also other good period fics that don't involve Kit as a character.
Finally, would you mind if I blogged this up in
Hey, it's a hobby...
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Date: 2006-01-07 05:53 pm (UTC)Re: Ooh, um...
Date: 2006-01-07 06:04 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2006-01-07 07:18 pm (UTC)Would you mind if I blogged this up in
Be my guest, thanks!
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Date: 2006-01-07 10:13 pm (UTC)Hey, like I said, it's a hobby. Glad it's come in handy.
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Date: 2006-01-07 04:05 pm (UTC)If you're in a historical mood, I would recommend almost any of Gellis' books. _Roselynde_ (a historical romance set in the time of Richard the Lionheart) was just rereleased, and I recommend buying it while it is still around.
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Date: 2006-01-07 09:32 pm (UTC)Elizabethan fantasy?
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Date: 2006-08-02 01:03 pm (UTC)I don't think you subscribe to my
Since this is inspired by your initial request, I was wondering if you'd take a look and tell me if you'd find this useful or if, when you're looking for such fics, you'd want something broader...
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