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Rand al'Thor

00:58

@Mithrandir You're not quite comparing like with like there: The Chronicles of Narnia is a whole series (I assume you're thinking specifically of tLtWatW?) and The Story of the Amulet is just one of a loose trilogy.

It's the last one too. Have you already read Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet?

If not, you should. The Story of the Amulet is very clearly the last, and as I recall it's quite ... different in scope. No spoilers, but I might actually recommend even stopping that one in order to read the other two first, if you haven't already.

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Bookworm

15:52

Q: Meaning of "The sin of thousands always goes unpunished"?

What did Lucanus mean in Book V by "The sin of thousands always goes unpunished"?

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Mithrandir

16:21

@Randal'Thor yeah, I know: I meant that book reminded me of Narnia as a whole.

And no, I haven't read the others - actually reading this because of a Story-ID on SFF ;P

Mithrandir

16:55

Five Children and It on Wikisource

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Bookworm

18:45

Q: Are gender roles gone in the future in "The Story of the Amulet" by E. Nesbit?

When the kids go into the future in The Story of the Amulet, it looks like gender roles have perhaps disappeared. Some of the relevant quotes: There was no one in the room, but in the next gallery, where the Assyrian things are and still were, they found a kind, stout man in a loose, blue gow...