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In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
Holy gods. I'm supposed to choose one thing? HOOOOOOOOOOW?!!!!!
Sheesh. I think I'll cheat a little.
Books: Well, nothing and no one beats CJ Cherryh. I mean....this woman is so damn *good*. Her sci-fi is hard core, makes sense, and *works*. Her fantasy is incredibly detailed and draws a lot from our own myths and folklore (elvish, Russian spirits, ORCS, c'mon!!). Her humor is subtle and always in-character, her drama riveting, her characters so finely drawn....
She's one of the few sci-fi writers out there who puts same-sex couples into her work, and one of the few sci-fi writers who actually has *good* 'strong female characters' in her work.
I just can never get enough.
(Here is a review that really lays out, to me, why she is so amazing. Might be a little spoilery for this particular novel. Downbelow Station.)
Movies: Well, just now, the MCU movies, most particularly the Captain America movies. I love so much how Steve is not some quasi right-wing 'RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN' but a man who actually gives a damn about 'the other', and always, always, always, tries to do the 'right' thing (not the conveniently right thing, or the right right now thing, but the RIGHT thing). Plus, he's just so damn cute, and lost and sad and gorgeous and funny.....
And then, of course, we have BUCKY, who breaks my heart even when he's not being tortured, and who has seen the worst of humanity but is still striving, trying, *hoping*.
And SAM, oh Sam, who is not a superpowered human, but has an amazing heart. He because a pararescue, he dove into the jaws of death to *heal people*, and he is canny, and empathetic, and so brave....
I love my boys, so very much. :D
And - sekrit mention just for Snow: Bread and Circuses, bb. Bread and Circuses! :D (Hey, it's original.)
Holy gods. I'm supposed to choose one thing? HOOOOOOOOOOW?!!!!!
Sheesh. I think I'll cheat a little.
Books: Well, nothing and no one beats CJ Cherryh. I mean....this woman is so damn *good*. Her sci-fi is hard core, makes sense, and *works*. Her fantasy is incredibly detailed and draws a lot from our own myths and folklore (elvish, Russian spirits, ORCS, c'mon!!). Her humor is subtle and always in-character, her drama riveting, her characters so finely drawn....
She's one of the few sci-fi writers out there who puts same-sex couples into her work, and one of the few sci-fi writers who actually has *good* 'strong female characters' in her work.
I just can never get enough.
(Here is a review that really lays out, to me, why she is so amazing. Might be a little spoilery for this particular novel. Downbelow Station.)
Movies: Well, just now, the MCU movies, most particularly the Captain America movies. I love so much how Steve is not some quasi right-wing 'RIGHTEOUS AMERICAN' but a man who actually gives a damn about 'the other', and always, always, always, tries to do the 'right' thing (not the conveniently right thing, or the right right now thing, but the RIGHT thing). Plus, he's just so damn cute, and lost and sad and gorgeous and funny.....
And then, of course, we have BUCKY, who breaks my heart even when he's not being tortured, and who has seen the worst of humanity but is still striving, trying, *hoping*.
And SAM, oh Sam, who is not a superpowered human, but has an amazing heart. He because a pararescue, he dove into the jaws of death to *heal people*, and he is canny, and empathetic, and so brave....
I love my boys, so very much. :D
And - sekrit mention just for Snow: Bread and Circuses, bb. Bread and Circuses! :D (Hey, it's original.)
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I could watch The Sam Show all fucking day. I know at some point that there will be a new Captain America, and I really hope it's Sam. After Steve, I think he embodies the *goodness* of that icon.
And he's screamin' steamin' hot, too. :D
Man, i need more icons here at DW - i need a good Sam/Falcon one!!
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Holy Moly -trufax! That man is smokin'!
LOL I was thinking the same thing, as I used my Cap from *Avengers* icon.
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*high fives*
Hell yeah!
I found one I like, but i need moooooar.
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Excellent choice of the current icon though. His shoulders are almost too broad for 100 x 100 graphics!
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Thank you. :D
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I do love the whole Alliance-Union cycle--even Chanur fits into it somehow. I discovered Cherryh through her fantasy novels, and picked up Merchanter's Luck because of the author, not realizing the switch to SF. Luck remains one of my favorite stories. That book is written the way I read--DH can't stand it, the narrative isn't linear, the grammar is lacking, there are too many intuitive jumps from thought to thought and differing trains of thought plus fragments. I *love* it. I know now it's part my ADHD and part my ASD the way my mind works, but she gets it and she writes it and I hold Luck to my chest in gratitude and appreciation.
Not everybody loves Luck--it's spare, almost a draft, seems to be missing bits here and there, lost them in travel, in rough landings and squeaky takeoffs. But it's *my* book in a way none other is.
And then I go read Tree of Swords and Jewels or Rusalka...
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Oh, man. Merchanter's Luck is *so* good. It's just...it's such a classic kind of 'space opera' kind of thing, but it has so much more *to* it than that, and hints at a world, and people, that you really just want to know *more* about.
I love to hear your praise of it, that is awesome.
I love Heavy Time and Hellburner, too - i love those glimpses into how people who aren't space princesses and cowboys and dastardly villains live and work and *survive*.
Oooh, the fantasy stuff..... So amazing in a totally different way..... :D
It's so nice to know there are other fans out there! I have never in RL met anyone else who read and liked her stuff.
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I love reading fic where Steve says or does something that makes the conservative media get their panties in a twist. *g*
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Oh, me too. So fun.
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Are you mostly into sci-fi or do you like fantasy, as well?
The Dreamstone + The Tree of Swords and Jewels is a wonderful High Fantasy two-book series, with elves and pookas and magic.
The 'Fortress' series is also High Fantasy, but with a lot of realism tossed in (how *do* you get an army of thousands somewhere, and where does all that food come from?), something she does magnificently.
There's also The Paladin, which is Fantasy based on Chinese culture and mythology, though not named as such.
The Rider series (Rider at the Gate & Cloud's Rider) are sci-fi with alien species that have funky and sometimes really scary mind powers, and how space-faring humans who got stranded on the planet and they coexist. Very cool.
After Downbelow Station, my favorite of the Merchanter-Alliance books is Forty Thousand in Gehenna, Merchanter's Luck, and Tripoint, with Finity's End, Rimrunners, and Devil to the Belt (a two-book omnibus edition) coming in at a dead tie right after.
I'm gushing. I love them all. The Mri books! (Faded Sun). The pooka book! The short-story book! Just...yeah. Heh. Sorry. Overwhelmed you, didn't i!
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I do like both fantasy and Sci-Fi, so I appreciate the diversity!
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Several somethings.
And that 20-book series? Is *ongoing*, so...yeah. Not even done yet.