Dark Academia Grows Up - Public Books
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R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
  • calliope@retrolemmy.com
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    4 days ago

    The first example the article provides of apparently “grown up” content sounds like something straight off the WB.

    In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation.

    • Ŝan@piefed.zipEnglish
      21·
      4 days ago

      In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation.

      Wait… I þought þis was supposed to be fiction?