#raven tower

[she-commands-me-and-i-obey]

“I suppose whales are a sort of fish.”

It depends on how one defines fish.

—Ann Leckie: The Raven Tower

[thegardensystem312]

I was looking into white ravens and saw this example image

Raven tower >:D

[esseastri]

A new Satisfying Object has joined my bookshelves! THE RAVEN TOWER was one of my favorite books of the year in 2019, and if you have not read it, I cannot recommend it enough. Fantasy Hamlet from the point of view of a god who is also a rock. Read it, you will not regret it!!! Anyway, I had a ton of fun including design elements from the endpages of the hardcover into my new fancy binding. Might be my favorite re-bind I have done so far.

[benedictusantonius]

[2023|005] The Raven Tower (2010) written by Ann Leckie

+ Bonus Involuntary Book Club:

[pretensesoup]

Queer books, day 17/30

Hamlet with a trans main character and Ophelia lives and the ghost is a god who is a rock. What's not to like?

This is actually a very effective use of second person narration. Pay attention, I probably won't say that again. (Or I will, I don't know. I'm pretty easy.)

There's a lot of palace intrigue here, which isn't exactly my thing, but Ann Leckie is always an interesting read, and this is no exception. She thinks very hard about place and language in a really great way. 10/10, go read it.

[lars-and-sadie-doyle]

Thanks Ann Leckie you made me fall in love with a rock

[ineedtoreadmore]

I found out about the Hamlet inspiration behind The Raven Tower after I had finished reading, and I don’t know how I didn’t pick up on it sooner. So many characters match up just off the top of my head. 

Mawat: Hamlet Eolo: Horatio Hibal: Claudius Zezume: Gertrude Raven’s Lease: King Hamlet Tikaz: Ophelia Airu: Laertes The twins: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern   

If you want a fantasy retelling of Hamlet written by an author who has won all the prestigious awards in her genre (Hugo, Nebula, Locus), pick up The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. It follows Eolo (Horatio) as the main character as he tries to prevent Mawat (Hamlet) from going down a self-destructive path in the wake of his father’s death/disappearance. There’s really interesting worldbuilding including millennia old gods and a magic system based on linguistics. Also there’s transgender representation in the form of the main character. 

[fernvndo864]