July 31st, 2007
Man, that was fast. I wish my regular mail came as quickly as this package from Canada. I guess you guys know what I’ll be doing for the next several days. (wg)
Right now I’m trying to decide whether to go to my local RWA meeting tonight. I haven’t been in a very long time. I know that I’ll have a good time if I go. It’s just working up the energy to sit in traffic for an hour. Never fun.
I do have an odd-ball question for you guys. What book have you wanted to read, but it hasn’t been written yet?
An alternate Regency where the ladies sat in parliment, were the rakes, and went to their clubs to smoke cigars and the gentlemen went around visiting for gossip, sipped tea all day, and planned the parties.
by Christina July 31st, 2007 at 2:11 pmThat’s been written. Dara Joy, Ritual of Proof. *ggg* I could list the books I want to read that haven’t been written, but that would be my whole To Be Written lineup.
by Charli July 31st, 2007 at 2:13 pmToo funny, Charli! I want a book set in an alternate world, where women rule and men drool…Oh, sorry, I meant, where women have multiple husbands. I’m not looking for a romance, erotic or otherwise. I want an exploration into how things would work.
by May July 31st, 2007 at 2:59 pmChristina, Charli is right. Dara Joy wrote that book and did a good job.
You need to pick it up.
by JOrdan July 31st, 2007 at 10:58 pmCharli, LOL! Good point.
by Jordan July 31st, 2007 at 10:59 pmMay, I’m sure it’s been done. Maybe someone out there reading this blog will be able to come up with a title for us.
by Jordan July 31st, 2007 at 10:59 pmHave fun editing!
I’d like to read more books with alternate history. Like Dara Joy’s “Ritual of Proof.” That’s a good example. 
by Tempest Knight August 1st, 2007 at 7:05 amMay, Jean M. Auel’s Earth’s Children novels have polygamous and polyandrous relationships in them. Likewise “A Home at the End of the World” by Michael Cunnigham, which features a polyandrous relationship.
Edmund Cooper wrote a SF novel titled “Five to Twelve” back in the 70’s that I thought was quite interesting. The title described the ratio of men to women in a future version of our world. The men were hunted, though, if I remember correctly, and the women had same-sex relationships while reproducing through cloning. The protagonist was a male whose genes had mutated and could only father boys, not girls (and I’m really stretching the boundaries of my memories on this one.)
The book I’d like to read that has yet to be written would be an epic fantasy set in a Byzantine world that does not involve magic, orcs, dragons, witches, demons, Tolkien- or Herbert-knockoffs, or any of the usual nonsense. Kushiel’s Dart came close, but no cigar.
by Lynn August 1st, 2007 at 10:48 amWhat book have you wanted to read, but it hasn’t been written yet?
by Gabriele August 1st, 2007 at 11:04 amWell, I’m just writing some of these. *grin*
Other, I’d like me some good steampunk. And exotic urban/paranormal stuff, with a setting in Rome or Memphis for a change. But please, well researched.
Charli,
Thanks for the heads up I will definitely look for it.
by Christina August 1st, 2007 at 12:01 pmI wish you well with the editing. As to your question, after reading the other comments, I think I’ll plead the Fifth. It’s kind of funny when you see romance books herald take charge guys with women swooning in their arms on the covers; but the fantasy is the opposite? Huh??
Seriously, if you want to read about a real life woman in a man’s world who won the respect of male leaders, Margaret Thatcher is the woman. I always go back to the quote concerning her philosophy on personal attacks:
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
Or, I might add, any other argument.
by BernardL August 1st, 2007 at 12:38 pmThanks Tempest! I’m actually surprised that someone hasn’t written one already.
by Jordan August 1st, 2007 at 1:05 pmLynn, That sci-fi book sounds interesting. I’m sure that someone will come up with the fantasy you’re looking for.
by Jordan August 1st, 2007 at 1:07 pmGabriele, *g*. My dh would love the steampunk book, too.
by Jordan August 1st, 2007 at 1:08 pmGabriele, I think the exotic locations are coming.
by Jordan August 1st, 2007 at 1:08 pmBernard, Thank you. Everyone is pleading the fifth. *ggg* Great quote by Thatcher.
And very true.
by Jordan August 1st, 2007 at 1:09 pm