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Re:The 1980s Media Panic over Dungeons and Dragons (2016) by kuang_eleven on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:35PM (#30647836)
I was always amused at the amount of flak Harry Potter got when His Dark Materials came out about the same time period. The young adult book series that very explicitly is about killing God, how evil the church is and even has gay angels as side characters!
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Re:The 1980s Media Panic over Dungeons and Dragons (2016) by plasticchris on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:41AM (#30651681)
I think few people read past the first book. I’ve almost stepped in it talking to religious people that say they love this series and I thought it was some kind of coded message. Like, me too, what was your favorite part?
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Re:The 1980s Media Panic over Dungeons and Dragons (2016) by 1123581321 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:13PM (#30666726)
Plenty was written about the message in the third book, in particular. The Pullman books just haven’t had as much cultural staying power so the debate about them isn’t being reinforced.
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