Questions

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Rowana raised an interesting point below in that it seems that some readers "who were unsatisfied with The Thief love QoA, and perhaps vice versa." And although QoA and KoA have been described as being more similar in tone, I have seen that some people who were turned off by QoA were actually brought back into the fold by KoA. All of which brings me to the following questions:

1. Does anyone here have a preference (strong, slight or no preference at all) for one of the books in the series? If so, which book is your favorite?


2. Did you first discover the books as a young adult (teens) or as an adult reader?


3. Did you read the books in order?


4. Were you spoiled in any way prior to reading any of the books?


5. Have you read the books more than once?




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New member

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I've just joined this comm, even though I've been a fan of the books for years, because I didn't know there was a livejournal community until recently. I'm glad to see that there are so many people who have enjoyed the books as much as I have! Umm, I'm terrible at introductions, so I'm going to jump into a discussion point instead. XD

Not too long ago, there was a thread about Eugenides' age. After much re-reading of QoA, I think I've figured out how old he is, though it's not perfectly exact. If one considers the Disney Adventures short story, Thief!, to be canon, Eugenides would be ten when Eddis becomes queen. This is supported by MWT stating that Gen is ten in Thief! (at the beginning), and the line in QoA: "Her [Eddis'] two brothers had died of fever within the space of a few days and she had become the heir to Eddis. Within a few months, she had become queen..." (pg 39). Since the events in Thief! take place after Eddis' brothers have died, it makes sense to assume that Eugenides is ten at the time of her ascension to the throne.

His age when Eddis first becomes queen is also supported by the paragraph on page 38, where Eddis describes how she had to move him from the dormitories after his mother's death. Since Gen was ten when his mother died, it would make Eddis very young to be queen, considering that she is not much older than he is.

So how can one get Eugenides' age from that? On page 140 of QoA, the magus mention that: "Her [Eddis'] legal reforms have changed Eddis more in seven years than anyone would have thought possible when she took the throne." Thus, we know that Eddis has been ruling for at least seven years, possibly a little more than that since it would take time to implement her legal reforms. Therefore, Eugenides would be at least seventeen (probably closer to eighteen or nineteen) towards the end of QoA. This would make him around sixteen in the beginning of QoA and fifteen in The Thief.

What do you guys think? I'm going to try and figure out Attolia's age next.

Read Aloud?

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Have any of you guys ever heard of readalouds?

There's a Harry Potter one here: hpreadaloud. The basic premise is that members of the community sign up to record themselves reading a chapter of the Harry Potter books. Then the chapters are all uploaded onto the lj community and -voila!- we've got a fan-created audiobook.

Does anyone feel up to doing something similar for the QT series? I could get a signup started either here (Rowana? Your call?) or over at the Megaron.

I've already recorded the first two chapters of QoA (I've got way too much time on my hands) so even if you guys don't feel like/aren't able to record your own chapters, would you be interested in hearing other people (like me? lol) read the books.

Is this a good idea? Should I post my chapters so you can hear them? Let me know!