Escape Artists
PodCastle => Fantasy Discussion => Topic started by: Talia on December 18, 2008, 08:45:59 PM
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Its a fairly recent fantasy novel with a name I swear was something like "the insect hut" or "insect house" or "plague house" or something like that. Its about a redhaired girl who's stricken by the plague and isolated in a little hut to die. But instead of dying she starts to get better, and some guy finds her as she's recooperating and tends to her, and then they embark on a journey somewhere. I swear I remember the cover having flies on it or somesuch.
I've googled evry imaginable set of search terms to no avail.
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tried this one?
http://www.allscifi.com/BookSearchAOther.asp?BSID=0&SubjectID=1&SectionID=0
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i know this isn't what you want (i know the feeling well, best of luck) but this reminds me of a book called eifelheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eifelheim_(novel)) that was very impressive. it was unique enough that i want to share it.
the plague was less forgiving in this story but it creates an incredible sense of the time.
<edit for book search> aaahhh! my eyes!
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tried this one?
http://www.allscifi.com/BookSearchAOther.asp?BSID=0&SubjectID=1&SectionID=0
Apparently I dont remember enough exact details to be able to narrow it down that far. This is going to drive me NUTS.
Neat tool though, bookmarked
well I'm going to a tor.com meetup tonight. Perhaps one of my fellow booknerds there will be able to remember.
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Oh. Its 'The Pesthouse' by Jim Crace.
That was driving me nuts. glad I figured it out finally.
good book btw, recommended