Rivers of London

[tweague]

Okay, I am probably late to this particular party, but - I only just clocked that there's a new Rivers of London novella out in about a week? And it's a Nightingale historical set in the 20s?? With Wodehouse overtones??? Which is surely crying out for 'what were Biggles and the gang doing for the whole of the 20s' crossovers????

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[philomytha]

Oooh, I hadn't realised that was really soon either! Is that the New York one?

Biggles and Nightingale absolutely crossed paths in the twenties, probably in something that featured cursed treasure...

[tweague]

Is that the New York one?

I believe so! Which should be entertaining. (Though if you're going to do jazz-age Nightingale why would it *not* be in Weimar Berlin. Ah well, I suppose there's still plenty of 20s to play with.)

Biggles and Nightingale absolutely crossed paths in the twenties, probably in something that featured cursed treasure...

Yeah, I just reread 'Cruise of the Condor' where they're bringing back a sack full of Inca gold statuettes back from a dead city that just got levelled by a volcano, there is not *way* it isn't cursed.

[rosanicus]

I am so so behind on RoL but I do feel honour bound to keep up with Nightingale news until BA finally lets him come out. And as the author of a Biggles/RoL crossover... I do need more of that in my life.

[tweague]

Yeah, me too :S I haven't read 'Amongst Our Weapons' or 'Winter's Gifts' yet, let alone any of the graphic novels. I feel like BA had things worked out until the end of the Faceless Man arc, I'm not 100% convinced his heart has been in it since. But hey, I can usually be tempted back for Nightingale shenanigans.

(I read your Biggles/RoL fic a couple of days ago, I loved it and just need to get my act together to comment :D It's such an outstanding explanation for the aging issue. Also, my god, the possibility of all the boys flatsharing into the 21st century is just *gold*.)

[ysande]

Do I need a new fandom…? 🧐

[philomytha]

Oh is it Rec Rivers of London day? ;-) Honestly, the best way to decide is to get the free sample of the first book ('Rivers of London' by Ben Aaronovitch) on Kindle and if you don't enjoy the main character's narrative voice in the first page it's not for you, otherwise you can enjoy Peter Grant, trainee London copper who meets a ghost on his first day and gets assigned to the secret magic branch of the Metropolitan police.

Oh, or am I remembering right that you're an audiobook person? The audiobooks of this series are absolutely fantastic, almost better than the paper books, I am not an audiobook person but I have them all and love them.

[tweague]

I especially love Rivers of London as one of those world set-ups that, once you've read it, you can never escape it :D I get a bit like that with Neverwhere too. It can cross over with everything, and offers such a fun mythological/explanatory peg to hang all sorts of other stories on.

(I do also love Peter Grant's narrative voice, which helps.)

[ysande]

I’m a big audiobook fan because of how easy they are to fit into my day! I listened to the first five minutes of RoL and my first impression is that the narrator’s voice is illegally sultry. As for Peter Grant, he’s giving me younger + British Harry Dresden vibes and I’ve just clicked buy! :)

[philomytha]

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith does such a fantastic job. He does all the accents and voices really well too, I love him.

[ysande]

I’m loving his performance! I’ve got no idea about various British/UK accents and it’s so delightful hearing him be everyone. And the book is so much fun as well. Thoroughly enjoyed Nightingale’s entrance as a beautiful, sardonic, posh gay man with magic <3

[black_bentley]

I will wholeheartedly second everything philomytha says (apart from the bit about the audiobooks, I haven't tried them as I don't get along with audiobooks), as it was her who got me into RoL in the first place :DDD

[black_bentley]

HOW HAVE I MISSED THIS?! I knew there was a Nightingale historical coming but didn't realise it was so sooooooon *_*

[tweague]

ME TOO! I sort of assumed the Nightingale backstory novella would be one of those apocryphal things he never quite got round to, but here we are :D

[passingbuzzards]

Ohh, I hadn't heard about this! Thanks for mentioning it!!