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[d_aulnoy]

Today has been a day of reading about the salonieres, in fact and in fiction.  Delia Sherman's The Porcelain Dove remains as haunting as ever, but, as always, I find myself desperately wishing for the sequel of how Linotte finds Pompey: "And then what happens?" syndrome, I term it in my head.

Alas ....

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[savageseraph.livejournal.com]

I was lucky enough to score a copy of The Porcelain Dove at ICFA this past year. I've been wanting to get a copy for some time, so I was well pleased.

Now, I just need to make time to actually read it.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I think that syndrome is also known as the fanfic impulse.

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

Ooo! You know, that never occurred to me?

....

... and now it's going to be floating around my head for the rest of the week. Hm.