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Helen Castor academic historian cites Dunnett as an influence on her career.

Author Amanda Scott was also inspired by dear Dorothy!

I know a lot of the readers here are writers too. What aspects of Dunnett's work do you find particularly inspiring?

Hi there fellow Dunnett readers, ddsociety, the Dorothy Dunnett Society, has just started a little community on LJ, dunnettcentral.

It's ten years today since Dorothy Dunnett died, leaving behind an impressive body of work, and many dedicated readers. She was not only a great writer, but a gracious lady who brought a lot of pleasure to a lot of people. She is sadly missed.

I used to hate Game of Thrones, but since seeing the mini-series and reading all of the books, I've done a complete face-heel turn. This is mainly, I think, because ( Spoilers for ALL the Lymond books and ALL the Game of Thrones books )

You might be interested to know that on 1st September the Dorothy Dunnett Readers' Association, set up by Dorothy in 2001, was renamed the Dorothy Dunnett Society and has a new website - http://dunnettcentral.org.

I've just been having a discussion with someone about romantic heroes - you know the ones, Mr Darcy, Heathcliffe, all the dark brooding types in Mills & Boon novels - and I was thrown for a loop when someone mentioned Lymond.

I've never seen him as a romantic hero. He has far too much going on in his life to have that rather mawkish obsession with the heroine that one tends to see in the type of romances that have a pink cover and are usually written from the heroine's first person POV. He's far more likely to say "Just hold that thought, sweetheart, while I nip off and topple a throne or two" than to wade through fire and flood to bring her one perfect rose. But then I'm not the type to identify with heroines. I didn't want to be Phillippa, I wanted to be Danny Hislop.

Anyhow, I thought I'd put that thought out there and see if anyone else has any thoughts about it.

Lymond. Romantic? Y/N

While we're at it - Editted to add - what do you define as romance/romantic. My experience with reading 'romances' has been restricted to a couple of years working on a switchboard with a heap of brain rotting Mills & Boon novels stored under the desk and the occasional Harlequin historical for the lulz. A M&B novel is written to a formula [I sent off for it. They even tell you what chapter what has to happen in] and the heroes and heroines were cardboard cutouts - not Lymond like at all.

So has the romance business developed. Are there romance heroes that would give Lymond a run for his money? Are there recommendations? I probably won't read them - too busy writing and reviewing m/m - but others might.

Here's a video on YouTube of Dorothy talking about her life, just before Race of Scorpions was published in 1990.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfemT4mwTgw

I'm re-reading the LC and am reminded yet again that I love Dorothy Dunnett more than is reasonable. All I want to do right now is read the books, discuss the books, and research obscure poetry. It's making me very angsty and peevish, because I barely have time to read the books, much less do any of the other stuff.

Also, I am deeply in love, and forever, with Francis Crawford. This is also making me angsty and peevish.

Help meeeeeeee! I need to discuss the books! :)

Hi!

I've recently stumbled onto Dorothy Dunnett's books and am currently reading Game of Kings. I am absolutely loving the series, despite originally being disappointed as I'd expected the book to be a fantasy novel for some reason (the cover was misleading, OK!).

I've found myself blogging about my reactions every once in a while and now have a Lymond tag on LJ and DW. It's mostly flailing, recounting of events in a humorous fashion and slashy thoughts. This is the first actual recap I did of the book and this is the second one, posted today. I could always use more people to discuss the books with/flail at - although I'm not even past the first half of GoK (I'm taking my time! This book is too much fun) so please no spoilers :)

Also, I have a question for the community, since I'm no expert on sexuality in 16th century Scotland (and I figured maybe some of you are? :D)

( this is probably the weirdest/worst way to introduce myself to y'all )