Secondary Canon
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queensthiefWhat with the ACoK ARCs going around, if we keep talking about it it seems like everyone will be trying to either avoid spoilers, get tiny teasers, avoid giving spoilers, or try to think of teasers that really are tiny and won't seem to some people to be spoilers. So how about we talk about something else, eh?
Do you know what I love about us?
Well, a lot of things, actually, but I was thinking of one thing specifically.
I love how, not only do we discuss other books, but (understandably) we all have similar/overlapping taste. And I especially love how this means that there is a rather large pool of books that we can just refer to and expect many people to understand what we're refering to. (I don't know how many times I've seen references to, for example, Howl's Moving Castle, even though it is obviously not included in the series this community was created to discuss.) Its like, a collection of books that most of us have read many of, if that makes sense. I don't quite know how to word it. I do think in part this is a result of WSK (which makes sense), but also I think it's just because we're people who like books with specific characteristics.
My brain somehow decided to call this "Secondary Canon", which isn't the best term for it--have any better ideas? PLEASE SHARE.
I started thinking, trying to decide what books are in this sort of extra-canon. I probably haven't read all that should be included, but here are the ones I can think of:
Harry Potter (of course)
Howl's Moving Castle
The Blue Sword/the Hero and the Crown
the Miles Vorkosigan series
Others that seem to me to be a bit "further down" on the list, as far as how many of us have read them goes (though they they are of course not at all inferior in quality):
The Eagle of the Ninth/the Mark of the Horse Lord (and Rosemary Sutcliff's others)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Winter Prince (and sequels)
The Perilous Gard/the Sherwood Ring
the Lord Peter Wimsey books
Goose Girl (and Shannon Hale's others)
the Chronicles of Chrestomanci
the Hunger Games
Also, TV series such as Firefly or Avatar. (I really don't watch much TV, so you guys could probably think of more of these than me.)
This is just a list I've thought of off of the top of my head, and of course most of these are books that I happen to have read, which is why they come to mind.
Do you agree with me? What other books do you think many/most of us have read? What do you think it is about these books that so many of us have read them?
Do you know what I love about us?
Well, a lot of things, actually, but I was thinking of one thing specifically.
I love how, not only do we discuss other books, but (understandably) we all have similar/overlapping taste. And I especially love how this means that there is a rather large pool of books that we can just refer to and expect many people to understand what we're refering to. (I don't know how many times I've seen references to, for example, Howl's Moving Castle, even though it is obviously not included in the series this community was created to discuss.) Its like, a collection of books that most of us have read many of, if that makes sense. I don't quite know how to word it. I do think in part this is a result of WSK (which makes sense), but also I think it's just because we're people who like books with specific characteristics.
My brain somehow decided to call this "Secondary Canon", which isn't the best term for it--have any better ideas? PLEASE SHARE.
I started thinking, trying to decide what books are in this sort of extra-canon. I probably haven't read all that should be included, but here are the ones I can think of:
Harry Potter (of course)
Howl's Moving Castle
The Blue Sword/the Hero and the Crown
the Miles Vorkosigan series
Others that seem to me to be a bit "further down" on the list, as far as how many of us have read them goes (though they they are of course not at all inferior in quality):
The Eagle of the Ninth/the Mark of the Horse Lord (and Rosemary Sutcliff's others)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
The Winter Prince (and sequels)
The Perilous Gard/the Sherwood Ring
the Lord Peter Wimsey books
Goose Girl (and Shannon Hale's others)
the Chronicles of Chrestomanci
the Hunger Games
Also, TV series such as Firefly or Avatar. (I really don't watch much TV, so you guys could probably think of more of these than me.)
This is just a list I've thought of off of the top of my head, and of course most of these are books that I happen to have read, which is why they come to mind.
Do you agree with me? What other books do you think many/most of us have read? What do you think it is about these books that so many of us have read them?
