2026-08-10 06:52 UTC
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@mossman@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-10 08:53
@timwaterman@mas.to I second this - completely drawn into other worlds by her books as a kid. Same for Octavia E. Butler, whose name I had forgotten until the internet reminded me yesterday, coincidentally
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@oheso@ieji.de 2026-08-10 11:05
@timwaterman@mas.to ... and unlike the HP novels, they are beautifully written.
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@timwaterman@mas.to 2026-08-10 08:53
Loads of Earthsea posts on Bluesky today. Must've something in the air.
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@Oggie@woof.group 2026-08-10 08:01
@timwaterman@mas.to Worth mentioning that the protagonists as a whole aren't white, either- this was one of her big problems with the adaptations. Deadly Education by Naomi Novik is a good trilogy about a magic school from an English girl (..sort of). Might be more for 12+ though. Terry Pratchett's YA (ish) Aching set is fantastic. Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series is excellent, as well!
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@nosaj@aus.social 2026-08-10 08:14
@timwaterman@mas.to Percy Jackson -verse is pretty awesome.
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@luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-08-10 08:55
@timwaterman@mas.to The HP saga is a direct anticipation of current AI/LLM: plagiarize existing knowledge, adding nonsense without understanding a thing, but for supporting greed billionaires. Then they both converge on hate for human diversity and great support for pedophiles and nazists.
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@irina@wandering.shop 2026-08-10 08:59
@timwaterman@mas.to Or Diana Wynne Jones. Or (the non-horror books by) T. Kingfisher.
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@twoowls73@mastodon.scot 2026-08-10 09:25
@timwaterman@mas.to love Ursula’s books.
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@Pamela1960@kolektiva.social 2026-08-10 09:58
@timwaterman@mas.to I'll be doing my shopping later, and I'm sure the Robert Galbraith books will magically disappear behind other books - they usually do.