SSTF@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoCover art for "My Teacher Is an Alien" by Bruce Coville. 1989.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down13
arrow-up1328arrow-down1imageCover art for "My Teacher Is an Alien" by Bruce Coville. 1989.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.worldM to Traditional Art@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareTidesphere@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·17 hours agoThis was one of my favorite books when I was in school. Bruce Coville wrote a lot of my favorites from that time period
minus-squareTidesphere@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·16 hours agoIt does have a lot of that same vibe! His other series, the Magic Shop series, is the classic “The Devil sells you a cursed object” trope, but a lot of fun. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, was another one that I loved a lot as a kid
minus-squareGerblat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 hours agoHoly shit, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher! 😭 I loved that book
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·14 hours agoI wouldn’t be surprised if it’s very popular among the sorts of folks who use Lemmy.
minus-squareTidesphere@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI’m not sure what you mean
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoI mean I think a lot of us are nerds who like sci-fi and possibly sympathize with the kid in the book who decides he wants to be abducted.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoWhat? I didn’t mean it like it was a bad thing!
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoGET OUT OF HERE! THEY’RE COMING! TELL MY WIFE I LOVED YOU
This was one of my favorite books when I was in school. Bruce Coville wrote a lot of my favorites from that time period
It looks very Goosebump-y.
It does have a lot of that same vibe! His other series, the Magic Shop series, is the classic “The Devil sells you a cursed object” trope, but a lot of fun. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, was another one that I loved a lot as a kid
Holy shit, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher! 😭 I loved that book
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s very popular among the sorts of folks who use Lemmy.
I’m not sure what you mean
I mean I think a lot of us are nerds who like sci-fi and possibly sympathize with the kid in the book who decides he wants to be abducted.
get outta here
What? I didn’t mean it like it was a bad thing!
GET OUT OF HERE! THEY’RE COMING! TELL MY WIFE I LOVED YOU