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Re: Favorite worlds

[ginainthekingsroad]

I'm gonna go with Diana Wynne Jones's Dalemark.

-I love fantasy with a non-medieval level of technology. Cart & Cwidder, Drowned Ammet, and most of The Crown of Dalemark are set at a time with a roughly 17th/18th century level of technology; there's extensive sea travel, guns, and they're just on the cusp of the industrial revolution/steam power (but NOT STEAMPUNK). The rest of Crown of Dalemark takes place around 200 years later, the modern era (1990s)-- there's bullet trains, computers, etc. And then The Spellcoats is set in ancient times, pre-1000. The most important piece of technology is Tanaqui's loom.

-Low-level magic. Two of the novels do have a magic-using "big bad," but magic isn't part of the everyday person's life. Most people probably think it doesn't exist/is mythological.

-And speaking of the mythology: the Undying. I'm a sucker for name-magic (Earthseeeeeeaaa), and this has some of the finest. DWJ is always fantastic for providing just enough information about a fantasy element for you to feel like it's a completely natural part of that world, but then leaving a ton of stuff below the surface.

-I feel like if I had to live in Dalemark, it probably could be worse. Of course it depends on where and when, as South Dalemark in the time of the Earls is kinda oppressive. Living in modern-day Dalemark would be just fine! ;) But really, that whole not-medieval thing is really awesome and I wish there were more fantasies with a similar time period.

And incidentally, as just as another point of recommendation, I'll just mention that almost half of the characters are POC (those from North Dalemark). It may not be reflected on your edition's covers, but they are! And that's from a series where 3/4 of the books were written in the 1970s.