periodic reminder that Harry Potter is the story of a war between the members of a secret ruling class who heroically believe that anybody born with the right genes to enter it belongs in it and the members who believe you need the right genes *and* a pedigreed source for them
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Replying to @chaosprime
It's the same premise behind so much fantasy genre writing, As a lifelong socialist, I just can't read this stuff.
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Replying to @graywave @chaosprime
As a lifelong socialist...any authors you can recommend, please? So much writing today seems to be heavily libertarian.
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Replying to @Frances_Larina @graywave
Steven Brust, start with Jhereg; China Mieville, start with Iron Council; Iain M. Banks, start with The Player of Games
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Also Starhawk, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its prequel, Walking to Mercury, and sequel, City of Refuge. The prequel is a very different style, though, so skip it if it doesn't work for you.
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Replying to @liztyley @Frances_Larina and
also Charles Stross (merchant princes)
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i feel like that series is gonna make a socialist pretty mad lol
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well it's written by a socialist
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