cstross, 8 months ago @gerikson This is to say nothing of the whole English public school/boarding school genre, much of it written by the hyper-prolific Charles Hamilton (1876-1961) from 1907-1940. Rowling is just a straightforward Hamilton rip-off, with added magic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_(writer)#Literary_output#Literary_output)
@gerikson This is to say nothing of the whole English public school/boarding school genre, much of it written by the hyper-prolific Charles Hamilton (1876-1961) from 1907-1940.
Rowling is just a straightforward Hamilton rip-off, with added magic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_(writer)#Literary_output#Literary_output)