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I talk about WEIRD MEDIEVAL EUROPE a lot and how I wish more fantasy authors would take advantage of all that weirdness and I figured I should give a few examples of the authors that have done this. Unfortunately there aren& #39;t that many :/
BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Christopher Buehlman is prime medieval weirdness. An epic journey across Black Death-era France battling weird fallen angels/demons/both??? Grim but also good-humored & surprisingly touching https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13543121-between-two-fires">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
ARMED IN HER FASHION by Kate Heartfield takes place in Flanders, in 1328, and it& #39;s based on the painting Dulle Griet by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. I can& #39;t say enough good things about this weird wonderful book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35497377-armed-in-her-fashion?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=smDiK894r7&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
SOMETHING RED SERIES by Douglas Nicholas
There are four books in this series about a young orphan taken in by a travelling group who help fight strange forces in 1200s England. That might not sound weird BUT IT IS AND YOU SHOULD READ THESE BOOKS https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15015028-something-red?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Whg8Iy9OyP&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
There are four books in this series about a young orphan taken in by a travelling group who help fight strange forces in 1200s England. That might not sound weird BUT IT IS AND YOU SHOULD READ THESE BOOKS https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15015028-something-red?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Whg8Iy9OyP&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
ANGEL MAGE by Garth Nix
Ok I haven& #39;t read this one yet but it looks like it has promise so if anyone has read it let me know if it fits https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41951611-angel-mage">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Ok I haven& #39;t read this one yet but it looks like it has promise so if anyone has read it let me know if it fits https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41951611-angel-mage">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
ROTHERWEIRD by Andrew Caldecott
Another I haven& #39;t read yet but it& #39;s next on my list and from everything I& #39;ve heard it fits the requirements well https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33299154-rotherweird">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Another I haven& #39;t read yet but it& #39;s next on my list and from everything I& #39;ve heard it fits the requirements well https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33299154-rotherweird">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by KJ Parker
Ok so this isn& #39;t necessarily ""weird"" but I think it belongs here because it takes the medieval warfare tropes and upends them in lots of interesting ways https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37946419-sixteen-ways-to-defend-a-walled-city?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rcMKPmj6zc&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
Ok so this isn& #39;t necessarily ""weird"" but I think it belongs here because it takes the medieval warfare tropes and upends them in lots of interesting ways https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37946419-sixteen-ways-to-defend-a-walled-city?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rcMKPmj6zc&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
And hey maybe someday I& #39;ll finish my Anglo-Saxon-era-England-but-in-Space book and I can add it here
