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yakalskovich) wrote2012-02-17 03:55 pm
yakalskovich) wrote2012-02-17 03:55 pm
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Whoops, temporary brain eatage
I reviewed a book for pay today, and got pulled in for a bit. Do we need another re-telling of Romeo and Juliet, with magic, in a gothy steampunk circus atmosphere? Well, perhaps we don't, just as we don't need fish and cabbage soup with Mediterranean elements and a dash of Tandoori spice, but it seems just as unexpectedly delicious. I'm getting the entire book on paper, too, in addition to the payment...
Anyway, the lady who wrote the book (on LJ as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wakingeyes) has designed a tarot deck as well, and she had an idea. Well, apart from the black-and-white steampunk circus aesthetics I was practically expecting, she assigns animals to the suits -- cats for wands, rabbits for cups, ravens for swords and dogs for pentacles. Her Fool is Alice, about to follow the White Rabbit down the hole. I quite like the whole concept -- pity it's not fully published in print.
Don't know what to make of it or do with it yet, but it all seems intriguing.
Anyway, the lady who wrote the book (on LJ as
wakingeyes) has designed a tarot deck as well, and she had an idea. Well, apart from the black-and-white steampunk circus aesthetics I was practically expecting, she assigns animals to the suits -- cats for wands, rabbits for cups, ravens for swords and dogs for pentacles. Her Fool is Alice, about to follow the White Rabbit down the hole. I quite like the whole concept -- pity it's not fully published in print.Don't know what to make of it or do with it yet, but it all seems intriguing.