Fandom Promo!

[crantz]

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:

Comments

[thegirlwiththemouseyhair]

One I'm considering using my third slot for...

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!

[(Anonymous)]

I had nominated this last year, and then unfortunately didn't have any request slots left to request it as a fic! I haven't had a chance to read the second book yet - saving it for an upcoming flight - but I'd be interested! What characters were you thinking of nominating?

[thegirlwiththemouseyhair]

Oh man, I'm sorry I didn't see it in the tag set last year (although I may have read it in later October i.e. just a few weeks too late for Yuletide...) Frankly, my favourite characters are Mary, Diana, and Catherine, but one of Mrs. Poole or Alice would be amazing to include. Really, the characters are all so great it's hard to narrow it down; I'd probably say in my letter something like 'Anyone in the text and if you want to mash them up with other characters from Victorian Gothic/speculative literature, go ahead'.

[kore]

WOW, this sounds amazing (sadly I'm not signing up tho).