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mabith

100 Bits of Happines 87/100

Apr 02, 2013 13:28

Someone made up these Rationalist reading lists for the Hogwarts houses. It's pretty neat.

The best part is that Guards! Guards! is one the Hufflypuff list and it's the only one that gets any Pratchett. Suck it, jerks.

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pax_athena April 2 2013, 17:48:13 UTC

Oh, what cool lists! Will have to look into details tomorrow (the connection at the hotel is awful atm and I have to run), but I love the idea and they look interesting! Do I spot Watchmen on that one? :D

mabith April 2 2013, 17:52:04 UTC

Ha, yes, Watchmen is on Slytherin's! I think I might actually like their reading list the best...

lusimeles April 2 2013, 21:00:01 UTC

holy shit i am HARDCORE freaking out over this blog, it is EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED.

mabith April 3 2013, 03:26:00 UTC

Ha, I thought you'd enjoy it!

chalada April 2 2013, 21:22:42 UTC

Okay, my first thought was that Gryffindors are not necessarily rational and so there should definitely be some completely random books "just for fun" on that list, but apart from that? YES. GOOD. This is awesome and I really have to give all of the lists a closer look.

mabith April 3 2013, 03:27:15 UTC

It really is neat to look at and ponder the choices. And of course the houses will all be reading their other crap, this is just for the Rationality O-level.

chalada April 7 2013, 12:46:14 UTC

I know, I know. ;) And including everything for every spectrum of each house would just end in an endless list, which wouldn't be any fun. Still, I'm almost proud to have read some of the Ravenclow section, haha.

ms_hecubus April 2 2013, 21:45:34 UTC

Well, we get Watchmen!

mabith April 3 2013, 03:27:45 UTC

Ha, yeah, which I love, but I'll always take Pratchett over Moore without question.

ms_hecubus April 3 2013, 15:29:03 UTC

It's really silly that Pratchett isn't on the list because Vetinari is obviously Slytherin.

mabith April 3 2013, 22:12:35 UTC

Truth. Though maybe it's just that Guards! Guards! presents a more thorough "rationalism is the best!" message, and the Vetinari-heavy books don't show that as much.

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mabith April 3 2013, 03:28:41 UTC

Terry Pratchett is great for me (almost all the audiobooks are totally amazing as well), but not for everyone. If you ever want a start on it, I recommend beginning with the book Hogfather.

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mabith April 3 2013, 13:54:17 UTC

The main aspect is tight writing, with an immense amount of general humour and lots of humour regarding topical issues (but in a very different setting). I don't know. I loved him from day one, and I'm pretty much always in the process of re-reading one of his books.