Polly and the Pirates by Ted Naifeh. Win! Lovely illustrations, gorgeous tale. Polly is a young girl raised to believe her mother was everything a Proper Lady should be, when she is recruited by some pirates to be their queen it turns out that may not have been entirely accurate. I have ascetic_hedony 's copy and must get my own.
Midnight Days by Neil Gaiman. Compilation of works, all worth seeing.
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman. Marvel classic characters transferred to the Elizabethan period. This is a lovely work of fusion, you get familiar characters, lovely art and a 'save the world!' storyline.
Black Orchid by Dave McKean. Beautiful, dark and whimsical. Black Orchid awakens in a greenhouse with the memories of a murdered women, before she can learn of her origin, her creator also dies leaving her to seek self-knowledge.
The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Steven Barnes & Jerry Pournelle. I think I was having a weird nostalgia moment, I read this years ago and picked it up again second hand out of curiosity. Colonists on new planet think everything is going swimmingly except for designated military character who is, unsurprisingly, military. Bad things ensue, humanity conquers all. The whole 'humans as masters of the universe' vibe doesn't work for me as a plot device and the whole bad thing -> Bad Thing -> BAD THING escalation didn't ring true for me although to be fair, it is constantly emphasised that the decision making ability of almost all adults is impaired and they are making *bad* decisions.
Chronicles of Elantra (1, 2 & 3) Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight & Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara West. Quite different in tone to her Sun Sword books (which I am madly in love with) but solid and enjoyable. Kaylin is our disreputable heroine with a heart of gold working for local law enforcement. She has a gift for getting into trouble, complete disregard for authority and all sorts of fun and complex problems including being covered in the graffiti of a god. Keep her company as she grows up a little, learns some new things and makes unexpected friends.
What age range would you suggest Polly and the Pirates for? It looks charming and I'll be hunting down a copy of my own, but if it's something that's appropriate for, say, a first grader, I'll hunt a little faster.
I'd cheerfully inflict on quite young children - especially girls - they might not get some of it but they'll get the 'capable' 'makes decisions' 'is clearly cool' bit :)
Excellent--thank you. Possibly I shall start looking for that immediately, then, as it might be a suitable Christmas gift.
Also, it's occurred to me to ask if you are on GoodReads, at all. It's like Librarything, but more social, and more--well, and you see more of what your friends are doing without having to check it all of the time.
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ascetic_hedony 's copy and must get my own.
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Also, it's occurred to me to ask if you are on GoodReads, at all. It's like Librarything, but more social, and more--well, and you see more of what your friends are doing without having to check it all of the time.
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