Eastercon 2017 recs

[juliet]

Mirrored from Juliet Kemp.

Eastercon was fabulous, and I may yet do a writeup post, but for now, I have many recs to extract from my scribbled notes. (NB I have not yet read any of these; things I had already read I didn’t generally write down.)

LGBT to QUILTBAG panel:

• “Not Your Sidekick” — C. B. Lee


• “A Rational Arrangement” — L. Rowyn


• “Hunger Makes the Wolf” — Alex Wells (cyberpunk)


• The Raven Cycle — Maggie Stiefvater (YA, queer relationships)


• “The House of Shattered Wings” — Aliette de Bodard


• General recs: Uncanny Magazine, Tor.com, Lethe Press

Women of Star Wars panel:

• “The Things I Would Tell You” — Muslim women anthology

Hamilton lecture:

• Ham4Ham with The Ladies (1/3/2016) on YouTube (this is awesome!)


• If/Then — bisexual musical


• In Da Homey — 1903 musical

Romance, Mystery, and Fantasy panel

(plus some recs from the bar afterwards. Some of these are non-SFF romance.)

• Obsidian and Blood series — think this may have meant “Ivory and Bone” and “Obsidian and Stars” — Julie Eshbough


• “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” — Laini Taylor


• “Behind Her Eyes” — Sarah Pinborough


• “Hold Me” — Courtney Milan


• "Hold" -- Rachel Davidson Lee


• Cosy witch mysteries!


• Heather Rose Jones (published by Bella Books)


• “Don’t Feed The Trolls” — Erica Kudisch


• “Rollergirl” — Vanessa North


• “The Art Of Three” — Racheline Maltese & Erin McRae


• “Storm Season” — Pene Henson


• “The Ultra-Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World” — A. C. Wise


• “Hurricane Heels” — Isabel Yap


• Neville/Hermione/Luna fic generally (must check AO3 tag 🙂 )

Fandom and Theatre panel

• Team Starkid — on YouTube


• Smash — TV show about backstage


• Slings and Arrows — TV show about actors

Misc other recs

• “At The End Of The Day” — Claire North


• “The End of Days” — Jenny Erpenbeck


• “Cities in Flight” — James Blish


• “Meg and Linus” — Hanna Nowinski


• “Every Heart A Doorway” — Seanan McGuire

So, uh, that should keep me going.

Comments

[stultiloquentia]

Ooh, that's an amazing list. I know a few of those authors, and can correct a few spellings to make searching easier. :)

Storm Season is by Pene Henson
The Art of Three is by Racheline Maltese and Erin McRae
Not Your Sidekick is by C.B. Lee
Hold is by Rachel Davidson Leigh

Rach and Erin are particularly good.

[juliet]

Thanks! I have updated (though argh formatting has gone all skewiff as a result).

[transcendancing]

So many recs! Hope you enjoy!