Literature Science Alliance | Predicting Nominations for Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy Category @LiteratureScienceAlliance | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 minutes ago.
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For those who are spoiler sensitive like me I have listed down when we discuss world building and themes that could be considered spoilery for the Dandelion Dynasty in the time stamps below for you to make your own judgement calls.
Should you read video - https://youtu.be/Bh4mDZOwubM
00:00 Introduction
04:09 Discussions on stories in The Hidden Girl
14:58 Discussions on stories in The Paper Menagerie
25:24 Begin Discussion on Dandelion Dynasty
27:42 What didnt you get to create for Dandelion Dynasty?
In this section we vaguely refer to ending events. Although no characters are named or specific events discussed, you will get the tone of how the series ends
36:45 Geeking out about the logogram reader
This machine is invented in Speaking Bones but we do not discuss the context of it within the series, just how cool it is
37:39 Examples of logograms
38:55 What machine was difficult to model.
We talk about a device that appears in Speaking Bones but not how it was used
40:43 Start of discussion on animals and sentience
44:10 Start of discussion of fantastical creature that we do not encounter till Wall of Storms
48:02 How Ken Liu creates cultures for books
We do reference a culture that is not introduced till Wall of Storms
54:53 No spoiler discussion on genre boxes and the Dandelion Dynasty
58:49 Ken Lius take on science-fiction as a genre
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Creator@sims_books - https://youtu.be/_nwqM6EX-NQ
@BeautifullyBookishBethany - https://youtu.be/va6pOf8Cu2g
@ReadswithRachel - https://youtu.be/Vuj1Wkqxyy0
Reviews Playlist (since I might have standalone reviews for almost every book on this list lol) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zV8MK-YQVUfioF-4cHSJJ-jM-nwMODP
Books Mentioned:
Ninefox Gambit and Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee (he/him)
The Unbroken and The Faithless by C.L. Clark (they/she/sir)
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro (they/them)
Just Like Home and The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (they/them)
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (she/her)
Sorrowland and The Deep by Rivers Solomon (fae/faer and they/them)
Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (any pronouns)
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick (Alyc Helm uses they/them)
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