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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“If you’d have let me into your mind like your friend here, I wouldn’t have needed the gun.” That was where the headache had come from. I grinned and tapped my head. “Blame that on the fish in my brain.” Deb stared. “What the hell are you talking about?” “Telepathic fish.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DouglasAdams
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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I started to tuck the ID badge away, but Lena caught my wrist. “What is that?” She tugged the badge free. “It’s blank.” “Psychic paper. Works great for getting through airport security, too.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DoctorWho
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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I hadn’t wanted the ring. Gandalf said that ring was trouble, and eleven-year-old me believed him. I had wanted Frodo’s sword, Sting: an elf blade, one light enough for someone like me to use. Frodo’s tormenters had been goblins and orcs; mine were the bullies down the street, waiting at the bus stop to play another round of Punch the Nerd. (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #LOTR
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“With Nidhi, I learned to love rock climbing and skydiving, country music, fresh malapua, and old episodes of M*A*S*H. Before her, Frank Dearing taught me to love the earth, the feel of the soil, the pride of the harvest, the satisfaction of a long day’s work. Those loves don’t go away, exactly . . . but they fade to make room for the new.” “So if you and I . . .” She winked. “Yes, there’s a good chance you’d turn me into a devoted Doctor Who fangirl.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DoctorWho
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“What is it with you and brown jackets?” Lena asked. “There were two reasons I wanted that jacket,” I said as I slipped the new one on. It was a little long, but not horribly so. “Doctor Who—the tenth doctor, specifically—was one of those reasons. “And the other?” “Don’t tell me you’ve never seen Firefly?” I shook my head. “You and I have work to do when this is all over.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DoctorWho #Firefly
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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Minor spoilers for Libriomancer, canonical ASD representation in fiction Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
“How exactly did Pallas react when you told her how I had found the other libriomancer, and the thing that came through the book after us?” “I have a harder time reading autistics, but—” “What?” She blinked. “You didn’t know?” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #AutismRepresentation #ActuallyAutistc
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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Spoilers for Libriomancer, canonical polyam representation in fiction Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
Lena shook her head. “I’ve already made my choice.” I waited. She folded her arms, grinning mischievously. “Well?” I said. “I choose you both.” “I— What?” Nidhi chuckled. “That’s pretty much what I said, too.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #PolyamoryRepresentation
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“Check out this one. ‘Dream Deferred,’ by Langston Hughes.” Slender brown fingers sank into the poem, emerging moments later with a raisin held between them. “You think Hughes was going on about raisins? It’s a metaphor.” She left the “duh” at the end unstated. Shaking her head, she popped the metaphor into her mouth and said, “He packs every syllable with hope and fear and desperation, until the words are ready to explode. How can you not feel that?” (Codex Born, Magic ex Libris 2, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #LangstonHughes
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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She tilted her head to glare at me over her sunglasses. “If you diss Silverstein, I will hurt you. I’m talking chainsaws, machetes, and a fire-spider in a very uncomfortable place. Smudge has my back on this. Right?” Smudge turned toward me and rubbed his forelegs together. “Traitor.” I skimmed the poem. “Whatif?” “You never get the whatifs? Never worry about your house burning down or Smudge getting eaten by an owl?” (Codex Born, Magic ex Libris 2, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #ShelSilverstein
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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I found nothing that looked like it would destroy metal while leaving her oak intact. The sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who might have worked, having been canonically established as being ineffective on wood, but nobody had ever figured out how to use the controls on the blasted thing. (Codex Born, Magic ex Libris 2, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DoctorWho
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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Whatever else he might have said was lost as he finished his transformation into a lean, black-furred wolf. He lowered his gray-dusted muzzle to the floor and sniffed. His lips peeled back in a low growl. “Oh, cool,” I said. “What is it?” asked Lena. “I can understand him.” Jeff wasn’t speaking a true language, but the fish in my head could pick up the thoughts behind his vocalizations. (Codex Born, Magic ex Libris 2, by Jim C Hines) [Does anyone know if that's canonical? Babbel fish translating werewolf?] #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DouglasAdams
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“It’s not all bad. I spent a lot more time cataloging and researching than I did in the field. I’ve gotten to hang out with magic-users who were born centuries ago, and seen things everyone insisted were impossible. I’ve been to space twice. I even tried a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.” “From Hitchhiker’s Guide? How was it?” “Not a clue. I remember taking the drink, and I remember waking up two days later. In Ontario. Wearing a nineteenth century Mountie uniform. Everything else is a bit of a blur.” (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DouglasAdams
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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Minor spoilers for a single character (Jennifer Latona), trans representation in Magic ex Libris, long passage from book 4 Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
Jennifer Latona had been my boss at the Copper River Library for several years. I’d been working as a cataloger for the Porters, and my job at the library was the ideal cover, letting me requisition and review new titles for potential magic. Back then, Jennifer hadn’t been my favorite person in the world. To be fair, the feeling was quite mutual, and I’d probably earned her disdain.... Our relationship had changed eight months ago. By then, all of Copper River knew the truth about me. Some immediately stopped by asking for magical favors. Others treated me like a minor celebrity.... But most folks treated me no differently than they had before, something I both needed and appreciated. For that acceptance, among other reasons, I’d bent the rules from time to time in the beginning, before the police and the FBI started cracking down on illegal magic use. I hadn’t expected Jennifer Latona to show up at my door. I certainly hadn’t expected her specific request. After talking with her for three and a half hours and seeing how much it meant to her, I couldn’t turn her away. We ordered an old Dungeons and Dragons manual via Interlibrary Loan, which I used to create a magical item known as a “Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity.” Traditionally, this was a cursed item used by immature dungeon masters to torment their equally immature players... In this case, however, it had been a gift, one that Jennifer—now Jason—had dreamed about for much of his life. From what I’d seen, Jason seemed far more relaxed and content than Jennifer ever had. I’m told that when a woman from the FBI Magical Crimes division stopped by a week later, Jason raised enough hell to bury half the U.P. in sulfur and brimstone. He shouted that what was under his clothes was none of the government’s damn business, loud enough to draw the attention of everyone in the library and probably anyone in the neighboring buildings as well. He threatened to sue for everything from harassment to unreasonable search and seizure. He called up the ACLU and the National Center for Transgender Equality right then, using two different phones and putting both organizations on speaker so they could listen in. He received an official apology from the FBI three days later. (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #QueerBooks #DungeonAndDragons #TransRepresentation #TransRepresentationInFiction
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pockets @pockets@lgbtqia.space
· 1mo ago
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“Hi,” I said brightly. “I’m here to give you the chance to surrender. I figure it’s what the Doctor would do.” “What doctor?” Potts snapped as he recovered. “Who are you talking about?” “Doctor Who?” I threw up my hands in exaggerated disgust. “Never mind.” (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #DoctorWho
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