Here’s the cover for the most recent Japanese translation, Heartless. This is not the manga but the book translated into Japanese. In other news: Soulless will be the Barnes & Noble spotlight this Monday for $0.99! Book News: Vaginal Fantasy talks a little about Soulless
May42012
Japanese Cover Art for Heartless (Parasol Protectorate)
Feb212012
Parasol Protectorate Omnibus Vol. 2 (Heartless & Timeless)
Here is a nice big version of the stunning cover on the Science Fiction Book Club’s Omnibus edition of the Parasol Protectorate Vol 2. This edition is only available to club members (although sometimes they show up online for sale later) and is a hardback limited run containing the final two books in the series, […]
Feb32012
Gail Carriger’s Must Do List When Visiting London ~ 3 Days Planned for Lovers of the Parasolverse (Special Extras)
By special request Gentle Reader, I give you some of my favorite things to do when visiting London couched in terms of character preference and influence on the Parasolverse. Day One ~ Physical Improvements Felicity & Evelyn ~ Wander down Oxford Street and look at shops, perhaps buy shoes, perhaps buy more than just shoes. […]
Jan302012
Character Study ~ Countess Nadasdy (Parasol Protectorate Special Extras)
Its’ been a while, and with the series coming to a close I figure I’d better get the last of the characters drawing boards up for everyone to see. Here we have, Gentle Reader, a collection of images that remind me of the Good Countess and her little band of trouble making vampires. The image […]
Jan252012
Victorian Interior Design – Hinds House Santa Cruz (Parasol Protectorate Special Extras)
So I was down south for the weekend, for a special event and then some down time with the AB. We had booked into a lovely B&B but a snafu with the reservation saw us chivvied over to the historic Hinds House for one evening. The Hinds House now and close to when it was […]
Dec82011
Technological Change in Steampunk Worldbuilding (Parasol Protectorate Special Extras)
Mr Frankum asked me a very interesting question via private missive recently. I thought it was so worth of discussion that he would not mind if I infringed on a matter of nettiquette and postulated it here. If Daimler and Benz invented the internal combustion engine c.1885, does that necessitate an automatic “stop” in the […]
Oct272011
Podcasts for Characters (Miss Carriger Recommends)
There are some authors out there who listen to music while they write. Soem of them even make soundtracks for books. I am not one of those authors, Gentle Reader. As a former dancer I find myself wanting to twirl about too much when music is on. I listen to a lot of podcasts however, […]
Sep82011
Dustave Doré & Victorian London’s Suburbs Parasol Protectorate Research (Special Extras)
Today’s Blog is a Break for a Research Moment. You know you want one! Prepare to be . . . Derailed! Dustave Doré & Victorian London’s Suburbs Just discovered the amazing illustrations of London by Gustave Doré. He mainly sketched the lowlife and slums from about 1860-1880. Over London by Rail 1872 (From London- A […]
Aug32011
Authorial Research for Heartless with Gail Carriger (Behind the Magic)
A random moment, Gentle Reader, things I’ve had to look up recently for Heartless . . . History of mothballs (surprisingly hard to find) Etymology of the term booby trap (1840 apparently) Badminton, was it around in the 1850s? 1950’s Party Dresses Names for the different parts of a Quadrille The language of parasols Stage […]
Jun282011
In Which We Officially Welcome Heartless Into The World
Today, according to Amazon, we officially welcome Heartless into the world. As you may already know, Gentle Reader, I tend to try to parody different types of Victorian literature with each Parasol Protectorate book. Soulless poked fun at the early romance novels, Changeless went back to the gothic roots of all my favorite genres, Blameless […]
Jun172011
Heartless Winners ~ Lots of Fun Silly Pictures
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I have the best fans in the whole world. The (AB) agrees. “Your fans are totally adorable,” the AB sayith unto me as we ruminate over your pictures (and, in my humble opinion, the AB is a bit of an expert on the subject of adorability). […]
Jun102011
Heartless is Coming! (The Parasol Protectorate)
So I have a stack of books and I plan on moving in the not too distant future plus knowing Heartless releases soon, I think it is time to clear the decks, so to speak. Yes, you know what that means . . . another contest! I like many of the suggestions Gentle Readers had […]