I like connections. I like finding connections between and among unrelated things. Some people say that I see them where they don't exist, which isn't true. They just can't see them. (Sort of the way some people can see fairies whereas I most definitely cannot.) I have, of course, been in a frenzy of reading this past month and a half for the Cybils, and a couple of weeks ago, I started seeing all kinds of connections among the books I've been reading.
Characters whose eyes aren't the same color appear in:
Into the Woods
The Beast of Noor
Percivals appear in:
Corbenic English version of Parzival
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle Family name
Romance novels appear in:
The Privilege of the Sword
Wintersmith
Greek mythology as reality appears in:
The Shadow Thieves
The Sea of Monsters
Twists on fairy tales appear in:
Into the Woods
Changeling
Characters in trees appear in:
Septimus Heap: Flyte
The Beast of Noor
Characters communicating in dreams appear in:
The Sea of Monsters
Evil Star
Train trips appear in:
The Summer King
Corbenic
Characters named Cal appear in:
Corbenic
The Last Days Well, barely.
The word Bray appears in:
The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle A character's name
The Summer King A place name
Characters needing to be tied down to avoid succumbing to a spell appear in:
The Beast of Noor
The Sea of Monsters
Really, I see connections. And they don't know they're connections.
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These are great! I've been seeing connections between the nominees, too. Here's a couple more:
- Shadow snatchers appear in both The Shadow Thieves and Here, There be Dragons
- The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park figures prominently in the climaxes of both Ptolemy's Gate and Larklight
Also, there is a character with different eyes in Erec Rex as well as the two you mention.
Ah, you've read a few books I haven't gotten to yet.
Oops. I totally missed that.
I do suspect, though, that for fantasical beings the moon may have some kind of mystical significance.
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