FANDOM NAME: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss (book series) WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: So, these two books mash up classic Gothic Victorian literature and give a voice to the neglected/absent/silenced women of texts like Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. The daughters of literature's mad scientists and monster-makers fight monsters, are monsters, solve mysteries, eat cake, and discuss 19th century women's politics. It's like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Penny Dreadful but done much better IMO and with a feminist focus on women telling their own stories and supporting each other. I cannot recommend these books highly enough, and would frankly like to see anything else in this world, 'pastiching' the author's pastiche of Victorian Gothic. WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): Amazon, Kindle, or your local library, probably.
I'd have to change one existing nomination (was scared no one else but me has heard of these books) to add this before the 20th. Please let me know if there's any interest!
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FANDOM NAME: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club by Theodora Goss (book series)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: So, these two books mash up classic Gothic Victorian literature and give a voice to the neglected/absent/silenced women of texts like Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. The daughters of literature's mad scientists and monster-makers fight monsters, are monsters, solve mysteries, eat cake, and discuss 19th century women's politics. It's like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Penny Dreadful but done much better IMO and with a feminist focus on women telling their own stories and supporting each other. I cannot recommend these books highly enough, and would frankly like to see anything else in this world, 'pastiching' the author's pastiche of Victorian Gothic.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): Amazon, Kindle, or your local library, probably.
I'd have to change one existing nomination (was scared no one else but me has heard of these books) to add this before the 20th. Please let me know if there's any interest!