#tamír triad

[inclusivefuture]

Queer book recs from IFM's editors

Mantha's Rec(s)

Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series and Tamír Triad

Any chance Mantha gets they recommend Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series and Tamír Triad. Both set in the same world but in two different eras, these fantasy series have become so dear to them over the years.

The Nightrunner books are part fantasy, part political intrigue, part murder mystery, all while exploring themes of belonging and identity. And while they don't have genders outside the binary, the two main characters are bi, cis men (with a little gender-nonconformity in there, too.)

The Tamír Triad tells the coming of age story of a trans girl at court in the midst of political upheaval: think Knights of the Round Table but King Arthur is trans.

Flewelling's writing is impeccable. She has a gift for character, detail, and setting that creates immersive worlds. Though not recent publications - the first book came out in 1996 - they were the first books Mantha read that showed them that the sky was truly the limit in fantasy writing.

Lydia's Rec

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Not for the faint of heart, All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes is a historical thriller in which a trans man stows away on an expedition ship bound for the Antarctic from England.

Set just after WWII, the stakes are quickly raised when the ship - the only way the expedition is getting home - is destroyed just shy of their destination. Missing most of the crew and nearly all their supplies, the few remaining members of the expedition must find a way to survive the winter in Antarctica.

Stumbling across a German expedition's camp seems like a stroke of good luck - but where did the Germans go (and would they even believe the war was over?), and what lurks in the darkness just outside of the lamp light?

Sione's Rec

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

If you're a short story reader who loves weird, slightly dark speculative fiction (think George Saunders, Miranda July, Alexander Weinstein, Carmen Maria Machado), Sione highly recommends Sayaka Murata's book of short stories, Life Ceremony, which came out in paperback in May.

While the stories don't contain genders outside the binary, there is gay rep, asexual and aromantic spectrum rep, and neurodiversity rep.

But what really gets zir excied about this book are the themes! This is basically an entire short story collection about what's normal, who decides, and how changeable our social norms and taboos are, which opens a window into a future with many queer and neurodivergent possibilities. Ze hasn't been this excited about a new book in a very long time.

Originally published in our newsletter on July 31st, 2023.

[monstersandmaw]

I didn't realize we were meant to send these here... These were the only ones I could remember. [I keep losing my lists of books I've read] There is romance/sex in all these, to varying degrees. Some are hetero, some are lgbt+. Half are pure fantasy, the other half are [I guess] Modern Fantasy or Science Fantasy. Coldfire is an outlier. While it is technically fantasy, there's a LOT going on behind the scenes and in the worldbuilding. ALL of these are series. Each is no less than 3 books and Tamír / Nightrunner collectively are 11 books [I think].

Dante Valentine - Lilith Saintcrow

Warriors of Estavia - Fiona Patton

Tamír Triad - Lynn Flewelling

Nightrunner - Lynn Flewelling

Meredith Gentry - Laurel K Hamilton

Sarah Beauhall - J.A. Pitts

Coldfire Trilogy - C.S. Friedman

Oooh, much appreciated! I'm happy for folks to comment on the original post or send me asks - whatever's easier for them.

[jamesdavisnicoll]

The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamír Triad, volume 1) by Lynn Flewelling

Two mages hide the true heir to the throne from a usurper. Side-effects and consequences abound.

[assidi-elkonnery]

This is the action figure I bought yesterday at the flea market. This is Lucille van Pelt from animated cartoon "Peanuts". But for me she looks like Tamir from "Tamír Triad". She put on the dress for the first time and is very unhappy with it.

[incorrect-nightrunner]

Join our Nightrunner Series Secret Sakor!

Hello, everyone. Some lovely people from the Nightrunner/Tamír Triad Discord chat came up with the idea of organizing a Nightrunner themed Secret Santa.

If you want more details, feel free to send me an ask or PM me! I'll hook you up with the organizers! I would also appreciated if everybody signal boosted this, we need as many people to join as we can get!

[stewartry]

[bookclub4m]

Episode 126 - Did Not Finish

This episode we’re discussing the dreaded Did Not Finish! We talk about why we don’t finish books, specific titles we didn’t finish, why not finishing books can be good, what “finishing” a book even means, how you “finish” a cross-media property, and returning to books we stopped reading. Plus: Speedrunning books!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Books We Did Not Finish Reading

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Rivendale (Wikipedia)

Shelob (Wikipedia)

A Walking Song

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, an initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when? About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.”

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland

Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville

Other Media We Mentioned (and may have finished!)

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

Highlander (film) (Wikipedia)

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus: Myths and Legends from the Circassians, Abazas, Abkhaz, and Ubykhs by John Colarusso

Overwatch (video game) (Wikipedia)

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wikipedia)

Spyro the Dragon (Wikipedia)

Later Alligator

Final Fantasy VII (Wikipedia)

Grand Theft Auto (Wikipedia)

World of Warcraft (Wikipedia)

Steven Universe (Wikipedia)

Some of the pilot episode

Vinyl soundtrack

Other Friends Song

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Wikipedia)

Once More, with Feeling (musical episode) (Wikipedia)

Buffering the Vampire Slayer

Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (Wikipedia)

Everyday Madness: On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love by Lisa Appignanesi 

Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling

Tamír Triad Series by Lynn Flewelling

Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, and James Jean

RJ’s review

Links, Articles, and Things

Matthew made the spreadsheet of the least finished books for Episode 095 - Ratings, Reviews, and Tags (you can find more info in the show notes to that episode)

Retro Hugo Awards (Wikipedia)

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books - Reviews by Grade 

Goodreads tags

Put Aside

Set Aside

BC4M

Bookclub4m

Mangasplaining

What do they mean by "tricks/strats/splits?"

“Strats are strategies used to save time.”

Questions

Have you ever read a Highlander novel?

Will you join us in reading “book twos” in 2022?

20 Religious Fiction by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This retroactive genre list is for our episode on Religious Fiction. As discussed in that episode, Religious Fiction may mean something very different to different readers. The books in this list are fiction with prominent religious or spiritual themes, but vary quite a bit in tone and include a wide range of perspectives.

Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar

The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Church Folk by Michele Andrea Bowen

Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie, translated by by Adriana Hunter

Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins

Silence by Shūsaku Endō, translated by William Johnston

Ambiguous Adventure by Cheikh Hamidou Kane, translated by Katherine Woods

Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi by MaNishtana

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura, translated by Alethea & Athena Nibley

God in Pink by Hasan Namir

Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe 

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

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[adzrielfaie]

21 Questions tag

Rules: answer 21 questions, then tag 21 (way too many, way to scary!) people you want to get to know better.

Got tagged by @psychoticstarfish and it seemed fun \o/

Nickname: Adz (on the internet)

Zodiac: Scorpio

Height: 1,65m

Last thing searched: Hotels in San Francisco

Favorite musicians: Hmmm... Blind Guardian. Sonata Arctica, Radiohead, Yellowcard, Dream Theater, Unleash the Archers... Mostly bands and/or power metal!

If you had a time machine, would you go back in time or visit the future?: Oof, I don’t know that I have the courage to check on humanity’s future, so I’d go for a quiiiiiick look at the past.

Do I get asks: Mostly not but when I do, I freeze, get anxious, don’t come for a few days and forget to answer once the panic is gone. >_>

Following: 150 (which is a bit much to keep track of, honestly, I have so much catching up to do T_T)

Would you rather be rich or famous?: Rich.

Amount of sleep: 6 to 8 hours.

What I’m wearing: I have a black t-shirt and a flowery long skirt.

Dream job: Librarian (which I am but don’t work as so there’s that).

Dream trip: I want to go to so many places ó_ò As soon as my bf ends university, we’re going to Germany, then Spain. So I’d guess these are my dream trips since we want to start there!

If you were an animal, what would you be?: I truly don’t know XD

What are some of your favorite...

books? Emma (Jane Austen), Chroniques post-apocalyptiques d’une enfant sage (Annie Bacon), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), Tamír Triad (Lynn Flewelling), Manikanetish (Naomi Fontaine), The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan), Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay), Tournée d’automne (Jacques Poulin), La rivière sans repos (Gabrielle Roy), Otherland (Tad Williams), The Broken Earth Series (N. K. Jemisin). And many, many, many more...! films? Atonement, Big Fish, How to Train Your Dragon, Incendies, Le labyrinthe de Pan, Song of the Sea, Stay, The Cabin in the Woods, The Princess Bride. shows? Anne with an E, Being Erica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dans une galaxie près de chez vous, Galavant, Hannibal, Jane the Virgin, Roswell (1998 and 2019, I just love that cheesy show to bits), The Good Place, Westworld. games? Along the Edge and Seers Isle are ♥, Assassin’s Creed, Final Fantasy (VII, VIII, IX, X (not done yet!) and XV), Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, The Witcher... And the Sims (duh!! soft spot for The Sims, loooooooved The Sims 2, The Sims 3 I hated and don’t have any single happy memory about that buggy ugly monster of a game UGH and I enjoy The Sims 4 a lot).

Play any instruments: Nope!

Language(s): French, English (writing and talking are not my strong suit, though!) and a bit of Spanish (mostly reading, everything else is long forgotten).

Describe yourself as aesthetics: Nerdy, bookish, flowers everywhere, metal band shirts wearer? Does that even make sense?

And I tag anyone who sees this, hasn’t done it and wants to! \o/

[movingshelves]

Tracking my “series to read one day, just not today”

Authors who have written a lot (as in “I do want to read them but where do I even start ? Should I read them in a row ?”)

Lois McMaster BUJOLD

Vorkosigan Saga (7/31)

I feel like I need to reread from the start to be able to continue.

Bothari is something. Miles is one of the few disabled characters I’ve read and it was really upbeating to have him. Pure enjoyment.

C. J. Cherryh

I wanted some old science-fiction by female writers (thanks to The Left Hand of Darkness)

Anything by her is fine.

Glenn COOK

The Black Company (0/10)

I like my fantasy to be gritty. With adult protagonists.

Steven ERIKSON

Malazan Book of the Fallen (1/10)

Read and liked Gardens of the Moon. I wanted to read all of them before leaving some place, turns out that I really overestimated my ability to read. Furthermore, I would need to reread this volume and it is long. Postponing and postponing until I have both the time and a lasting ability to read. Requires a lot of commitment and raises the question of “how do you read a long series without forgetting anything in-between two volumes ?”.

Robin HOBB

What is happening with the Fool ?!

The Realm of the Elderlings (read the first few chapters long ago)

The Farseer Trilogy (0/3)

Liveship Traders Trilogy (0/3)

The Tawny Man Trilogy (0/3)

The Rain Wild Chronicles (0/4)

The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy (0/3)

Katharine KERR

Deverry Cycle (0/15)

Dunno. She appears too often in my brain for me to let her go.

Katherine KURTZ

Fantasy from the 70s ? By a female writer ? Checked ! Classical fantasy without it being a young girl bullied, I am in.

The Chronicles of the Deryni (0/3)

The Legends of Camber of Culdi (0/3)

The Histories of King Kelson (0/3)

The Heirs of Saint Camber (0/3)

King Kelson's Bride (0/3)

The Childe Morgan Trilogy (0/3)

Marcel PROUST

In Search of Lost Time (0/15)

For reasons I’ve since quite forgotten.

Rick RIORDAN

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (at least two volumes read) (2 ? /5)

The Heroes of Olympus (0/5)

The Kane Chronicles (0/3)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (0/3)

Somehow, it seems possible to read all of their series ... but I can wait

C. S. FORESTER

Horation Hornblower (0/15)

Watched one movie. Historical and maritime. Not something I am used to : “let’s try it”.

Cornelia FUNKE

Inkheart trilogy (0/3)

I swear I do read more “recent” books.

Ursula K. LE GUIN

Earthsea (0/6)

I’ve discovered Le Guin with her science-fiction. I like the idea of a young Ged wandering around, though.

Karin LOWACHEE

Warchild, Burndive, Cagebird (1/3)

I unexpectedly found Warchild at the library. I didn’t remember why I wanted to read it (surprising ?) but borrowed it nonetheless. To this day, I still don’t know how to feel about it but this one made me sad.

Angie SAGE

Septimus Heap (0/7)

One of those series I missed when I was younger. (Before Twilight took over).

Jonathan STROUD

Bartimaeus Sequence (0/3 + 0/1)

Had to return the first volume before completing it.

Lockwood & Co. (2/5)

Nice likeable characters. Really enjoyable but not enough for me to actively search for the following books, and even more so when I am down.

J. R. R. TOLKIEN

The Lord of the Rings (something like 5/1000+ pages ?)

Technically not a trilogy but long enough to know that I might struggle to get through it.

May finish The Silmarillion way before tackling the series.

Tad WILLIAMS

Memory, Sorrow & Thorn (0/3)

I like to read some “old” finished stuff, what can I say more ?

Roger ZELAZNY

Chronicles of Amber (0/10)

Doesn’t seem that long. Old series, as usual, there is a chance I might be in.

I am on my way (like possibly reading it in the next ten years)

Lynn FLEWELLING

Tamír Triad

The Nightrunner Series 

Both of them.

Diana Wynne JONES

Howl's Moving Castle series (1/3)

A pain to find her books in libraries and bookshops unless I buy them on the net. I do have two out of the three books in this series. And Howl’s Moving Castle is one of the few books I’ve reread and plan to reread again.

Ursula K. LE GUIN

Hainish Cycle (1/8)

I used to be less interested in science-fiction before but The Left Hand of Darkness was a slap in the face to say the least. Still not over it, it has been too long, already. A bit afraid to be disappointed in her other works (but I won’t, right ?).

Mary RENAULT

Alexander novels (0/3)

It’s either that or her Arthurian novels. I have a (weird ?) interest in Alexander the Great. This guy thought on a grand scale. Died young. Truly sad.

Dan SIMMONS

Hyperion Cantos (0/4)

I stop everytime after the priest story. Every single time.

Rosemary SUTCLIFF

The Eagle of the Ninth (1/8)

Read The Eagle of the Ninth a year ago, perhaps more, and I regularly crave for a reread.

Other series worth mentioning (quite often those ones from the 1980s-1990s, r/fantasy is often to be blamed)

Bernard CORNWELL,  Stephen R. LAWHEAD, Mary STEWART and Jack WHYTE

King Arthur.

Dorothy DUNNET

Lymond Chronicles (0/6)

I do like historical novels, even though I rarely read them. Perhaps was recommended because of Guy Gavriel Kay and prose ?

Jennifer FALLON

The Wolfblade Trilogy (0/3)

I have no idea why. Perhaps romance (?) and politics ?

Robert JORDAN (0/15)

The Wheel of Time series (0/15)

Once saw a fanart of Rand. It’s enough for me to begin a series. However, I am afraid that the depiction of women will leave me with a sour taste. Also, I don’t really like Brandon Sanderson (Way of Kings was just a nightmare to finish).

Juliet MARILLIER

The Sevenwaters Trilogy (0/6)

Yep, right, trilogy. Retelling of a tale. Why not.

 Sarah MONETTE

Doctrine of Labyrinths series (0/4)

???

Michael NAVA

Henry Rios novels (0/8)

I rarely read crime novels. I did found about these books at a specific time so I am very fond of these novels.

Melanie RAWN

Dragon Prince (0/3)

I don’t even know. Female author. Forgotten one ? Old one that nobody around me knows about.

[surejaya]

The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamír Triad, #1)

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The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamír Triad, #1) by Lynn Flewelling

Sometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined.... Dark Magic, Hidden Destiny For three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne. Now plague and drought stalk the land, war with Skala’s ancient rival Plenimar drains the country’s lifeblood, and to be born female into the royal line has become a death sentence as the king fights to ensure the succession of his only heir, a son. For King Erius the greatest threat comes from his own line — and from Illior’s faithful, who spread the Oracle’s words to a doubting populace. As noblewomen young and old perish mysteriously, the king’s nephew — his sister’s only child — grows toward manhood. But unbeknownst to the king or the boy, strange, haunted Tobin is the princess’s daughter, given male form by a dark magic to protect her until she can claim her rightful destiny. Only Tobin’s noble father, two wizards of Illior, and an outlawed forest witch know the truth. Only they can protect young Tobin from a king’s wrath, a mother’s madness, and the terrifying rage of her brother’s demon spirit, determined to avenge his brutal murder....

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[nomorerealitys-blog]

The Tamír Triad - BOOK COVER by Gary jamroz-palma

[joyfullynervousstrawberry]

The Bone Doll's Twin (The Tamír Triad, #1) - Sometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined....Dark Magic, Hidden DestinyFor three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne. Now plague and drought stalk the land, war with Skala’s ancient rival Plenimar

[twoheadedmess]

Hey! I saw your post about book recommendations after Captive Prince and TSOA, and I suggest you read The Nightrunner Series! It's in a fantasy world with awesome lore, with tons of action-packed and heartfelt scenes, with a slow-burn gay romance between two main characters. It's amazing and I absolutely recommend it! There's seven books, and Trilogy that's a prequel to it called The Tamír Triad, too!

Omg! I didn't get a notification for this ask :( thank you for the recommendation! It sounds good I'll definitely check this out 💓

[gongdaseulgi]

1:00 am: Just one more chapter before bed

5:00 am: *halfway through the book* Who needs sleep? Yes, here we go again.  I don’t know what I was expecting. It’s not like Lynn Flewelling has never been the cause of a sleepless night before... 

[assidi-elkonnery]

21. Do you like sequels?

Not always.

22. Do you like drabbles?

O, yes! I love drabbles @arielseaworth, I can read them even with google translate! And there are many good drabbles, some of then I remember many years later.

23. What do you wish more fic authors would do?

Write a fic on theories. There are many theories in ASOIAF fandom, but not all of them turned into plots for fics.

24. What do you wish more fic authors would stop doing?

Write thousandth sansan or joneris. I like some sansan fics, but too many of them! And the stories are often repeated.

25. Do you like oneshots or multi-chaps?

And so and so.

26. How long do you like chapters to be?

Long chapters are better.

27. What’s your favourite POV (point of view) to read? (first, second, third)

I prefer third POV.

28. What do you think of OC’s?

If character is better, than in canon, I like it.

29. Do you download fic?

Sometimes, often in fandom combat. I download fb2 and read in the tablet.

30. Tell me something else about your fic reading! Anything you want!

There are so little fics about the world Lynn Flewelling! I want more and more! About "Tamír Triad" I ready to read even PWP! And I read one PWP Kaliel/Tanil in Russian. It was written a few years ago...

[stewartry]

The Oracle's Queen (The Tamír Triad) - Lynn Flewelling

The story begins (two books earlier) with a kingdom where the god has decreed that rule must be held by a queen of the blood. He meant it; the few times a man has usurped the throne there have been plagues, famines, and other signs of deific displeasure. However, the last queen was completely mad, and her son wound up with the crown as his sister was too young to rule... and then it turned out the sister had inherited a bit of the mother's mad streak... The king was a good ruler, and beloved despite the plague and invasion and bad harvests (he was better than his mother had been), and, well, female offshoots of the blood just sort of started disappearing. It was a definite pattern of elimination, though no one dared voice the observation (there was a wizard at work there), and finally the god gave a vision to a wizard of more loyalty to the land: the king's sister was pregnant, and would have twins, a girl and a boy. The only way to restore the throne to a queen would be to make it appear that nature did the king's work: that the girl was stillborn. In reality the task that was set before them was terrible: the boy, perfectly healthy, must die, and the girl must take on his appearance until the time she might take the crown. Naturally, nothing goes smoothly - there is an interruption just as the boy is born, and the witch midwife does not smother him quickly enough - he has time to draw a first breath, which in this world is all that is needed to create a demon/ghost. And boy does it... The trilogy follows the life of the "boy", who is until puberty totally ignorant of his true birth, as is everyone else in the world but the parents, two wizards, the midwife, and the wetnurse. The revelation, the transformation, the battle for the kingdom - that's the trilogy, and I loved every word. With some books I skim because I'm bored; with these there were places I galumphed through the pages and missed chunks just because I wanted to know what happened next. These books were nearly perfect.

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