Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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THE WINTER LONG open thread!

To celebrate the release of The Winter Long, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
Tags: discussion post, the winter long, toby daye
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sleary

September 2 2014, 21:14:10 UTC 2 years ago

I kind of spoiled myself by looking up "eira" and "hwyr" when I reread Chimes last week. Whoops. I love that you've played fair with the clues. I had lots of fun looking for them!

The Luidaeg and the key was awesome. Actually, everything involving the Luidaeg was awesome. It's such fun when she comes off the bench. ...Oh, hey, it's been more than a year since One Salt Sea. *rubs hands with glee*

Look at Toby, leveling up. Can she learn to break a geas, or elf-shot? Hmm.

dornbeast

September 3 2014, 09:00:55 UTC 2 years ago

"Oh, hey, it's been more than a year since One Salt Sea."

Until I find out otherwise, I'm assuming that the Luidaeg was saying, "I guarantee you have at least a year. After that, you will have to be ready to move when I snap my fingers."

sleary

September 3 2014, 15:18:40 UTC 2 years ago

Yes, exactly. I expect devastation ANY MINUTE NOW. ;)

jenfullmoon

September 4 2014, 00:39:15 UTC 2 years ago

WHERE IS MY SELKIE DEVASTATION ALREADY?!?

Yes, it's so been over a year. WHAT IS GOING ONNNNNNNNN?

seanan_mcguire

September 4 2014, 10:54:06 UTC 2 years ago

I'm really glad you caught that! I did play fair, and I was very afraid of people saying that I hadn't.

ibmiller

September 6 2014, 15:27:02 UTC 2 years ago

I was so pleased when my wild predictions about Eira turned out to be true.

The key seems to bolster one of my other wild guesses, that Toby is going to be involved in the hunt for the Lord and Ladies at some point. Confirmation that Maeve pays enough attention to her only remaining daughter, and has the power to aid her, is really exciting.