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    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 29 14:14:03 2023
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

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  • From petertrei@gmail.com@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 29 10:38:24 2023
    On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10:14:07 AM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/03/29/five-books-about-magical-teachers-and-mentors/

    Obvious extensions:

    The Sword in the Stone - TH White
    A Wizard of Earthsea - LeGuin

    I'm guessing Harry Potter has been cancelled.

    pt

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Wed Mar 29 17:44:06 2023
    "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
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    Obvious extensions:

    The Sword in the Stone - TH White
    A Wizard of Earthsea - LeGuin


    Schooled in Magic - Christopher Nutall

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Wed Mar 29 18:29:46 2023
    In article <u01vme$dcgn$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 3/29/2023 9:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/03/29/five-books-about-magical-teachers-and-mentors/

    Congrats, zero for five. Dude, you rock in the esoteric books.

    Of course, there is the wonderful Harry Potter series. But I have a
    couple of more:
    2. The Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S75OL96/
    3. The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075V6446N/
    4. Sabrina the Teenage Witch tv series (the original one, not the
    nightmare on Netflix)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115341/

    Lynn


    Don't forget Asprin, preferably via Foglio.
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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 29 13:23:07 2023
    On 3/29/2023 9:14 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/03/29/five-books-about-magical-teachers-and-mentors/

    Congrats, zero for five. Dude, you rock in the esoteric books.

    Of course, there is the wonderful Harry Potter series. But I have a
    couple of more:
    2. The Soulwood Series by Faith Hunter
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S75OL96/
    3. The Hollows Series by Kim Harrison
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075V6446N/
    4. Sabrina the Teenage Witch tv series (the original one, not the
    nightmare on Netflix)
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115341/

    Lynn

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Wed Mar 29 20:40:26 2023
    In article <u01h3b$89r$1@panix3.panix.com>,
    James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/03/29/five-books-about-magical-teachers-and-mentors/

    (Hal Heydt)
    "A Succession of Bad Days" by Graydon Saunders (Vol. 2 of the
    Commonweal series. Vol. 3 also fits the subject.)

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu Mar 30 11:34:00 2023
    On 30/03/23 03:14, James Nicoll wrote:
    Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors

    You can't have student sorcerers without teachers! Well, you
    can but things may proceed more smoothly with mentors pointing the way.

    https://www.tor.com/2023/03/29/five-books-about-magical-teachers-and-mentors/

    My first thought for this category is The Magicians by Lev Grossman, a
    more thoughtful departure from the mainly drudge for young adults. (I
    was a fan of Lewis's Narnia when a child.) I reread The Magicians and
    the second of the then trilogy in 2014 when the third was published but
    have not yet read the subsequent Alice's Story or The New Class.
    The Magicians received mainly negative criticism here at rasfw but I was enthralled and recommend it. I rated The Magician King lower at four
    stars and The Magicians' Land three.

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