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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2021-07-01 01:58 pm
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Continuing to add words and patterns to the elevator pitch / blurb generator, also fixing typos.
 
Reminiscent of early Dan Brown.
 
This debut series is best described as a combination of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Fury Road, as written by Aliette de Bodard.
 
Fans of Rainbow Rowell and Glen Cook will love this numinous scifi narrative.
 
What would happen if Ian Fleming wrote The Mahabharata?
 
What would happen if Nicholas Sparks wrote The Shining?
 
A relevant story, this powerful neo-contemporary media tie-in is what you'd get if you mashed up Rebecca with Dexter.
 
An intimate neo-slipstream, this Dragon Award-nominated romance is like Ben-Hur, but with extra explosions.
 
A glorious and humor-infused examination of morality.
 
A lush, vast book, this novel is what you'd get if Shakespeare wrote Conan.
 
This humor-infused debut hopepunk is reminiscent of Steven Erikson.
 
An unprecedented novelette packed with chess, mercenaries and sweeping cats.   [This one is extra-funny because the adjectives all come from reviews/announcement and describe the books, plots, worldbuilding, etc. and as such "sweeping" takes on an entirely different meaning when applied to people or creatures.]
 
What would happen if Margaret Atwood wrote Ice Planet Barbarians?
 
The Sandman collides with Murderbot in an evocative, standalone read.
 
An unique debut, this revenge fantasy novella is what you'd get if Umberto Eco wrote Galaxy Quest.
 
Reminiscent of Louis L'Amour at their most techno-mythic.
 
Reminiscent of Connie Willis and Michael Moorcock, this debut omegaverse book is a hard-boiled fable.
 
Rocky collides with Ice Planet Barbarians in an urban, timely read. [Ice Planet Barbarians, much like kaiju, makes everything better.]
 
In the vein of Glee and Conan, this Cthulhu Mythos story is inspiring!
 
If you ever thought "The Wild Bunch, but with more orcs," you should pick up this Hugo-nominated page-turner! [I...can actually see that.]
 
If you ever thought "Doom, but with more lesbians," you should pick up this Nebula-nominated bildungsroman!
 
If Stephenie Meyer wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, the result would be this beloved, charming narrative.
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[personal profile] larryhammer 2021-07-01 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
What would happen if Ian Fleming wrote The Mahabharata?

A large section of the space-time continuum would collapse in on itself, and it'd probably be one that people were using.

Ice Planet Barbarians, much like kaiju, makes everything better.

I dispute that. Ice Planet Barbarians makes everything funnier, yes, but not necessarily better. Kaiju actively improve things.
Edited (also) 2021-07-01 20:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] movingfinger 2021-07-01 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid Bond would fit into the Mahabharata entirely too well.
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[personal profile] rachelmanija 2021-07-01 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
If you ever thought "The Wild Bunch, but with more orcs," you should pick up this Hugo-nominated page-turner!

Didn't Mary Gentle write this, sort of?

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[personal profile] larryhammer 2021-07-01 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, she did -- Grunts.