Justine Larbalestier





Justine Larbalestier

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Justine Larbalestier is an Australian young-adult fiction author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and the newly released Magic's Child. She also wrote one adult non-fiction book, the Hugo-nominated The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction (Best Related Book, 2003), and edited another, Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

Her surname has been pronounced in several different ways, but the FAQ on her website says that Lar-bal-est-ee-air is correct:

Q: How do you pronounce your surname? A: Lar-bal-est-ee-air. It can also be pronounced Lar-bal-est-ee-ay or Lar-bal-est-ee-er. Those are all fine by me. Friends at school used to pronounce it: Lavaworm. I have to...more


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Cassandra Clare has written an important piece called Rape Myths, Rape Culture and the Damage Done. If you haven’t read it already you really should. Be warned: she discusses much which is deeply upsetting.


What I want to briefly comment on here is the notion that to write about rape or war or any other terrible thing is to automatically condone it. Cassie writes:


[T]he most important point to b...

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Average rating: 3.56 · 16,390 ratings · 3,172 reviews · 13 distinct works
Liar
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 3,495 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions
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How to Ditch Your Fairy
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 2,263 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
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Magic or Madness (Magic or ...
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 1,904 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Magic Lessons (Magic or Mad...
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Magic's Child (Magic or Mad...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 63 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 4 editions
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Daughters of Earth: Feminis...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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The Magic of Reason (Magic ...
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“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.”
Justine Larbalestier, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

“Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them.

I am all anger and resentment all the time.

Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.”
Justine Larbalestier, Liar

“Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!”
Justine Larbalestier, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

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