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What are other fantasy series similar to Harry Potter but by authors who are not actively attacking trans rights? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Blaze@piefed.social to c/harrypotter

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[+] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Omg, can you stop with this? I want to be able to enjoy the series without constantly people reminding me how bad the author is. I know. I'm not giving her money.

Anyway, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, His Dark Materials, Percy Jackson

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Omg, can you stop with this?

This is the second post made about this topic on the community today. Seems relevant due to JKR latest declarations.

I just noticed there was a third post (https://slrpnk.net/post/23014087), but my instance blocks advocate.com for some reason (just messaged the admin about this).

I want to be able to enjoy the series without constantly people reminding me how bad the author is. I know.

I follow HP news regularly, but wasn't aware about the author latest moves. Other people are probably in that case as well.

Thank you for the recommendations. I really enjoyed His Dark Materials, but it still feels different due to the different tone. HDM is much more mature and serious, and less whimsical than HP, especially with the lack of the daily life at Hogwarts. Not sure if any other series has a similar setting while still being distinct rather than a complete copy-paste, hence this thread.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

HPMoR author is an AI techbro with some real bad opinions. and unlike jk, they are apparent in the book on a first read.

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

HPMoR never really clicked for me.

This just reminded me the author was a bit controversial, this page addresses those ("Controversy and Criticism" section): https://fanlore.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

AI techbro? Eliezer Yudkowsky is an AI Safety expert, and I don't know his opinions related to other non-AI things

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

he's a techbro in that his understanding of ai safety is based on a religious belief that it will one day kill us all. his opinions on ai safety are not useful.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a religious belief, lol. It actually makes sense, if you understand AI. If you don't, you could try watching the YouTube channel Robert Miles to learn more about the science of this.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 weeks ago

i've been working with ml systems since about 2014.