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by: James Nicoll - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:14 UTC

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/
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by: pete...@gmail.com - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:38 UTC

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.

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by: Scott Lurndal - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:44 UTC

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>Obvious extensions:
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>The Sword in the Stone - TH White
>A Wizard of Earthsea - LeGuin
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Schooled in Magic - Christopher Nutall

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by: Lynn McGuire - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:23 UTC

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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by: ted@loft.tnolan.com - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:29 UTC

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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by: Dorothy J Heydt - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:40 UTC

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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by: Titus G - Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:34 UTC

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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(tor dot com) Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors	James Nicoll
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Re: (tor dot com) Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors	ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
Re: (tor dot com) Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors	Dorothy J Heydt
Re: (tor dot com) Five Books About Magical Teachers and Mentors	Titus G