July 1, 2014 Heartless and Timeless released in trade paperback size to the US market. At that juncture the mass market editions have been discontinued. If you have already read the Parasol Protectorate series, read on! (Or if you don’t mind spoilers.) Otherwise, just skip today’s blog post, OK? It should come as no surprise […]
Jun202014
Victorian Pregnancy Research for Heartless
May22014
Who would win in a fight: Lord Maccon or Lord Akeldama? In Which Gail Carriger Answers a Whole Mess of Worldbuilding Questions
Fred left a massive comment on my post “Ketchup Blog ~ The Writer’s Native Environment.” It was so long, Gentle Reader, I was faced with no possible recourse but a blog post on the subject. However, you should know that he asks me about events in all five of the Parasol Protectorate Books. Here we […]
Feb192014
Wait, they had a word for that? Researching 1811 Slang
I recently finished the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Gentle Reader, which was utterly fascinating. While I realized it is pre-Victorian, I figured slang usually hangs aroudn for a bit, so some might be relevant to my own writing. Too bad I only just found it or some might have leaked into Soap’s jargon […]
Dec102012
Holiday Fun: Books as Gifts Part 4 Heartless
The book basket ideas continue, if you want to know what I’m on about the introduction to this idea is here. Our example is the Parasol Protectorate books but you can do this with any genre book, I think. Imagine how fun it would be to theme The Eyre Affair basket! 1. Order signed from […]
Oct302012
The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set Birth
The boxed set of the Parasol Protectorate releases officially today! The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless (Alexia Tarabotti) All five books in one tidy box! My first boxed set as a kid was the Chronicles of Narnia. And contrary to most The Horse and His Boy was always my favorite. […]
Sep192012
Latest Parasol Protectorate German Cover: Heartless
I think this is the German Cover for Heartless, although I’m not certain, it could be Timeless. I also have no idea what the title translates to. You can see all my thoughts on the first three German covers here. Not a whole lot has changed. These are also the covers that France is using […]
May42012
Japanese Cover Art for Heartless
Here’s the cover for the most recent Japanese translation, Heartless. This is not the manga but the book translated into Japanese. Book News: Vaginal Fantasy talks a little about Soulless BOOK DE JOUR! Heartless: Parasol Protectorate Book 4 PICK YOUR VENDOR! Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is […]
May22012
Everything Stops for Tea
I admit it, I was raised with tea. I was raised with the symbolism and the ritual, with that sense of peace and calm coziness. Everyday, rain or shine, home from work at around 4 PM the Mum would sit herself down (one of the only times she actually stopped moving) and we would have […]
Apr242012
Gail Carriger Treks Trough Europe on Book Tour: London, Stockholm, Budapest, Barcelona
Forgive me for a massive post, Gentle Reader, but I had so little time on the second half of my trip abroad (aka Gail’s Grand Tour) that I did not have the opportunity to blog, or even make notes, that I feel I must get it all out at once so I am caught up […]
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 10+ Things You Must Do When Visiting London: 3 Days Planned for Lovers of the Parasolverse
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. […]
Aug32011
Authorial Research for Heartless with Gail Carriger
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 […]