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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (23 children)

You wouldn't expect such insane ideas given who wrote HP.

spoiler/s

Didn't notice when I was in the Goldilocks zone growing up with these books and movies. Emotionally I'm still sad she turned out rotten.

Kinda similar feelings about Orson Scott Card.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I think OSC just wrote a compelling book by accident. Lender's game was pretty good, speaker was... Readable, but xenocide is hot garbage and I gave up on children of the mind because I lost any faith that it would be good after struggling through xenocide.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I actually liked Xenocide, it was an interesting juxtaposition of his writing arguing one ideal and his own xenophobic personally held ideals.

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