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Fantasy books with an interesting "soft magic" system? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The title pretty much says it! I'd like to explore that idea a little and would love to hear y'all's recommendations. This thought was originally inspired by lord of the rings, but I'm also currently on a little nostalgia trip by reading The Sea of Trolls and the soft magic system in that is pretty fun

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not exactly an answer to your question, but I wanted to put in a pitch for one of my favorite talks about magic in fiction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeb_mSOgrVg

The Lord of the Rings and "The Last Unicorn" are the only works of fiction I'm aware of that have magic that works the way TF is describing it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I appreciate it nonetheless. I'm gonna check it out here in a few, thanks!