Liz's Notebook

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Elizabeth Allegheny

Book 1 UNDERCITY

  • Overcity? Othercity?
  • Like the THIRD dimension to the 2D streets + also the Umbra <- ask Proteus about digital web vs internet
  • lots of buildings, MASSIVE, lots of complexity + tunnels + walkways + no sky?
    • Was there manga about that?? <- ask Kana <- can Kana do pictures??
  • many weird creatures no humans (hidden side of city things)
    • noble cockroach kingdom
    • cockroach prince? (cute!)
  • bad guys are THE CLOCKWORK they are clockwork robots turn CITY to MACHINE
    • glass and steel (can't HIDE) and everything is valued scheduled managed
    • kidnap cockroach prince heroine has to SAVE him <- why her???
    • heroine returns home but has a ROYAL PASS to return to explore later
  • clockwork are the DEATH of the city cockroaches are the LIFE + cats + pigeons + seagulls + bears + graffiti + weeds

Book 2 THE MOON KINGDOMS

  • BORING name think of something cool
  • Kingdoms underground on the MOON
  • Big airy caverns
  • Magic lotus that makes wishes come true? <- centre of plot

Book 3 ????

  • Stars ENDLESS COUNTLESS STARS and WORLDS
  • ANCIENT EYES staring out
  • Book about exploration of the UNKNOWN
    • looks savage but is old and wise and overturns EVERYTHING
    • the world is SMALL against the sky and we can go there
  • gate in something mundane <- coffee cup? <- swirls of froth make stars and galaxy and heroine falls in?
    • IRL world is also in other world, a back planet far away
    • it surrounds and is inside, discovery EVERYWHERE, the world is so big and bright compared to what they say