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More Words, Deeper Hole
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If someone was trying to entice their new girlfriend to read SFF, what horrifyingly dated works whose flaws you don't notice because you grew up with them would you recommend?
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That book is much more readable when you swap all the male pronouns for female and vice versa.
Still not great, but.
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Date: 2021-09-04 04:05 am (UTC)Still not great, but.