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TIL Roald Dahl wrote a sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Willy Wonka goes to space, fights aliens, and overdoses Charlie's parents on age rejuvenation pills (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I read this to my kids a few years ago, and while super weird, it's also super racist, in the "Chinese say ching chong, haha" kind of way, and it does it with just about any race, culture, and stereotype you can think of (since they take over a space station and it becomes an international incident).