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"What about Ender's Game? By Orson Scott Card?"

Oh I'm sorry kid, I never heard of that."

"Here try this one: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki"

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Reply guy A points out that in Monstrous Regiment, the protagonist from a culture with rigid sex roles ends up as a woman dressed up like a man dressed up like a woman dressed up like a man and muses over whether cussing would be appropriate now.

@fullfathomfive I never really got into HP and started on Discworld about a year ago.
I’m thoroughly enjoying the series.

@fullfathomfive And face it, #DiscWorld is wat better than Harry Potter! Seriously...

@fullfathomfive ^this
Humor is a great bonus of Pratchett, so even a person who's not that much into fantasy (as myself) can find something for themselves

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The Discworld series is also much, much better writing.

@fullfathomfive KYAL!? Are you from an alternate timeline?

@fullfathomfive crivens! whut aboot us, ye daftie

@fullfathomfive thanks for passing this on! Vaguely aware of Terry Pratchett’s name from Good Omens, but never took note of Discworld. Adding it to a reading list.

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I feel like @rhipratchett would wholeheartedly support this idea.

Some of us have always been on the side of the Great A'Tuin and it's denizens.

@fullfathomfive And/or the works of Ursula K. Le Guin who is a far better role model for female fantasy writer than Rowling will ever be. And was both progressive as heck, AND still open minded enough to evolve ever further over the years.

Pratchett and Le Guin absolutely beat the crud out of Rowling's derivative wizard school (heck, even the name Harry Potter was used before her. In 1986 movie Troll. Which was also about magic & had Harry Potter Sr & Jr).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin

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@fullfathomfive I am so sure he even wrote a dig against JK in one of his stories! Sadly, I cant remember which though.

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@fullfathomfive Daniel Radcliffe for Carrot

@fullfathomfive "But it was never her hat. It couldn't be. The only hat worth wearing was the one you made for yourself, not one you bought, not one you were given. Your own hat, for your own head. Your own future, not someone else's." - A Hat Full of Sky

You know, I never thought about that passage as a commentary on the Sorting Hat before, but it could be!

@fullfathomfive in my humble, there is no comparison for depth, width, humour and sheer enjoyment #GNUTerryPratchet

@fullfathomfive YES! TERRY PRATCHET FAN FOR LIFE!

@fullfathomfive We all live in interesting times. Sir Terry had the last laugh.

@fullfathomfive I started with Small Gods shortly after graduating college and officially declaring that I would no longer be a Practicing Catholic. Recently listened to it on audiobook on a road trip with my still Very Catholic father who thought it was amazing. Highly recommend.

@fullfathomfive@aus.social I keep trying to get my kids to read Discworld, but they wouldn't know funny if it bit them on the nose.

@fullfathomfive random internet find so I can't speak on the quality but this is probably useful for those of us who are a bit lost in front of the shelf

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@fullfathomfive oh, I miss The Sassiest Semite

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Sir Terry (the only knight I recognize) is the GOAT. Shakespeare meets Tolkien meets Monty Python!

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Not being a Pratchett head, I have to ask: Does 'know you are loved' occur in his books, or is it the reference to Bodies that it seems to be?

@fullfathomfive I wish I could like Discworld, but ... every time I try to read one I come away cold. It's just not my jam. 😕

Thankfully Harry Potter was also never my jam! 🥳

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I'd also like to recommend Walter Moers.

@fullfathomfive definitely. Get into Pterry and it's a lifetime of delight.

@fullfathomfive Heck, Terry Pratchett even knew how to treat luggage like humans, and then apologize because the luggage was sore offended to be so minimized.

(And then of course, there's Granny Weatherwax: "[S]in, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.")

@fullfathomfive Now I gotta get to actually re reading the Discworld books that I have at home!

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Ohhhh now I want to see Daniel Radcliffe as Rincewind, that would be a coup

@fullfathomfive 'the fanbase is exhausting' but in that delighted toddler just having the best time sence of 'exhausting' not 'i need to explain why mocking minorities is bad' sence of exhausting :P