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Right! That's it! This RP needs a shot in the arm! There will be a post tonight! Maybe even as soon as I get out of work!

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Room for one more.

The Orphan's Wedding

Ooooo, I love her reactions to it all! Equal measures of fear at his approach, attraction at the sight of him, horror for what was done to him, and concern for his well being! Nicely, nicely done!

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The Last Kings of Orion

You know, I have to say that this is another reason why I love this RP. It's not only full of people who are talented and imaginative writers, but who have great taste as well!

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I don't know much about graphic novels myself. I cut my teeth on ElfQuest and Heavy Metal back in the 80s, followed by V for Vendetta and then the Sandman Comics. Before all that? It was nothing but comics like Sgt. Rock, The Unknown Soldier, and Weird War Tales.

If you like folklore AND graphic novels, however, I do heartily recommend Charles Vess' The Book of Ballads. It's some of the Child Ballads scripted by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Emma Bull, and Charles de Lint, and illustrated by Vess.

For regular reading, I still can not push Terri Windling's Borderlands/Bordertown anthologies enough. "Where elves meet rock and roll..."

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You realize, of course, that now you have me curious about said project?

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Oh, and what would you like to know about Russian fairytales and folklore? I have an entire bookcase and a half dedicated to fairytales from around the world.

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The Sharpe series is by Bernard Cornwell. It centers around the exploits of a British Rifleman during the Napoleonic Wars, a man named Richard Sharpe who rose up from the ranks to become an officer. Such was a very uncommon occurrence in the British army at the time! The books are very accurate historically as far as what was happening when, and the first ten books in the series are very easy reads. More fun (but less historically accurate) are the BBC mini-series based on the books. They stare Sean Bean AND HE DOESN'T DIE IN ANY OF THEM, although admittedly he does get the stuffing kicked and shot out of him several times.

My parents introduced me to the Sharpe's series back in the late 80s, just after filling my head with Horatio Hornblower novels. In my opinion, the books are good for stimulating the imagination while the television movies are... bubblegum for the brain. Fun to chew over, but not very filling in the long run.

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Igraine - wait, you don't mean Richard Sharpe, do you?