Under "English learner," change "pneumonic" to "mnemonic."

From: [identity profile] adrian-turtle.livejournal.com


The story is by Dorothy Dunnett. It starts in _Game of Kings_, but I was referring to something that doesn't really make sense for 4 or 5 books. If you like historical fiction and badly-hurt characters carrying on heroically in impossible situations, you might enjoy it. You need a good tolerance for unreliable narration and adjective overload, though.

If you tend to be overwhelmed in bad ways by disturbing scenes in books, I should warn you that Dunnett has several of them in different directions. (Though I thought she flinched from the really disturbing scenario at the end, after spending 6 books setting it up.) Let me know if you want more details.

From: [identity profile] juliansinger.livejournal.com


Oh, hm.

No, actually, come to think of it, I've been vaguely meaning to get around to reading Dunnett eventually, and while I'm not totally spoiler-phobic, I do like to explore books on my own.

So, thank you for /not/ providing details, in this case.
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It was even set in (weird future version of) Scotland!
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