Because writing about fandom
Nov. 7th, 2007 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amelia_petkovais obviously more important that studying for tomorrow's exam.
I ended up thinking about The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay (read any book by him now!) which doing Spanish homework. I borrowed the book from the library sometime last year. (Clearly my university's library rules--there is a very large fiction section, and most of it is devoted to fantasy. Though this particular book could called be non-fantasy. More like alternate-universe historical fiction.) I don't think it's his best book--I prefer the Fionavar Tapestry--but I still love it. Mostly because it reminds me of Spain. And the cover is pretty.
So a couple months ago I read a history book titled The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal, about medieval Spain. You should read that book, too.
I'm almost certain that Kay based Rodrigo Belmonte on El Cid, who fought for both Muslim and Christian rulers, and was one of the people who took Valencia from the Moors. (Hooray Valencia! I'm so biased.) But I'll admit, the few times in the book when Belmonte uses a whip, he made me think of Zorro.
I haven't decided if Ammar is based on anyone in particular.
I'm sure I've said this before, but clearly Moorish Spain (especially in the early centuries) was The Place To Be. Can I go back to Andalusia now?
Like I said, Fandom: More Important Than Homework.
I ended up thinking about The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay (read any book by him now!) which doing Spanish homework. I borrowed the book from the library sometime last year. (Clearly my university's library rules--there is a very large fiction section, and most of it is devoted to fantasy. Though this particular book could called be non-fantasy. More like alternate-universe historical fiction.) I don't think it's his best book--I prefer the Fionavar Tapestry--but I still love it. Mostly because it reminds me of Spain. And the cover is pretty.
So a couple months ago I read a history book titled The Ornament of the World by Maria Rosa Menocal, about medieval Spain. You should read that book, too.
I'm almost certain that Kay based Rodrigo Belmonte on El Cid, who fought for both Muslim and Christian rulers, and was one of the people who took Valencia from the Moors. (Hooray Valencia! I'm so biased.) But I'll admit, the few times in the book when Belmonte uses a whip, he made me think of Zorro.
I haven't decided if Ammar is based on anyone in particular.
I'm sure I've said this before, but clearly Moorish Spain (especially in the early centuries) was The Place To Be. Can I go back to Andalusia now?
Like I said, Fandom: More Important Than Homework.
