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    • faraday
      faraday @Misadventure last edited by

      @misadventure said in Books...Books...Books....:

      Sword and sorcery with a light Christian element"

      There's always Narnia, heh.

      I'm not familiar with Song of Seare myself, but some of the series my kids in that age bracket like are:

      Ranger's Apprentice - fantasy adventure, kinda junior LoTR

      Keeper of the Lost Cities - telepath, elves, world parallel to ours sort of thing

      Wings of Fire - dragons have their own game of thrones I guess

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      • Runescryer
        Runescryer @Misadventure last edited by

        @misadventure I highly recommend 'The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander. Wonderful series that taps into Welsh mythology. About the same length as the Chronicles of Narnia, book-wise.

        The first two books were (poorly) spliced together for Disney's 'The Black Cauldron' animated film.

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        • Derp
          Derp Admin last edited by

          Been listening to Project Hail Mary on audiobook. This book is delightful. Done by the same guy as The Martian, and just as hard-science with wonderful characterization.

          Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.

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          • faraday
            faraday @Derp last edited by

            @derp I just finished Artemis by the same guy and it was awesome.

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            • Arkandel
              Arkandel Admin @faraday last edited by Arkandel

              This is hilarious.

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Darkness

              TL;DR: Dude 'translates' Dracula into Swedish in 1899. It takes people just about a century to realize he didn't translate it as much as... basically write a whole new fan-fiction version of it with more eroticism, less vampiric stuff, and some kinda social Darwinism commentary.

              • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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