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Joe Auerbach@joeauerbach.bsky.social |
I remember thinking that everything in those books was so incredibly detailed and original and then I learned about the British school system and realized that she just put the word wizard in front of actual things that already exist.
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Liza Mazel
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yeah tbh I've long thought her biggest influence was Enid Blyton.
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RainSurname
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Harry Potter came out when I was in college, & I remember thinking it sounded like a typical boarding school story, only it ripped off Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic. I had read rather more of those than most American children, since I just happened to find a box of them in a thrift shop.
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