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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2012-04-03 07:35 pm
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Fallen

I am reading Fallen by [livejournal.com profile] aliana1. It's a novel set in the Houses of Healing and it's exceptionally good. Readers of this journal interested in WW1 should read it, as well as Tolkien aficionados.

[identity profile] aliana1.livejournal.com 2012-04-03 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh goodness, thanks so much for the shout-out! A much-needed pick-me-up on a rather trying day.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2012-04-04 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad I posted in that case. It's super. Much better than the (Booker Prize longlisted) novel that I read just before starting it.

[identity profile] aliana1.livejournal.com 2012-04-04 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
And now I am blushing! (I'm also intrigued that you thought of World War I parallels--I had World War II more in mind when I wrote it, but I'm pleased that you see it that way, too.)

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2012-04-04 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
'Tis true. Your voices are better, and your world is infinitely more imagined. (And I should have guessed WW2 when I read "greatest generation"! It's my habit to look for WW1 parallels in Tolkien fic.)