martin> The current phenomenon is harry potter stories. Equally a
martin> product of the author's cultural roots (thereby more egalitarian
martin> in tone.)
Well, yes and no.
There's actually an interesting issue of natural slavery in the Potter series, one which a forthcoming issue of Monkeyfist.com will cover, together with a consideration of natural slavery in the work of Samuel R. Delany, particularly his *Stars in My Pockets Like Grains of Sand*.
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