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‹You uplifted a crow’s intelligence and taught her to teleport?› ‹She taught herself.› I smoothed the feathers by Kerling’s neck. ‹Don’t ask me how.› ‹Welcome to Rise of the Planet of the Corvidae.› (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads

The CHAIRMAN: Are you loyal to this country, Isaac? Mr. VAINIO: How do you mean? The CHAIRMAN: There are hundreds of you libriomancers scattered throughout the world, and thousands of other creatures. Vampires and merfolk and werewolves and bigfoots and Heaven knows what else. What assurances does this committee have that you won’t turn against the United States of America? How do we prevent people like you from selling your abilities to the highest bidder? Mr. VAINIO: Maybe you could start by not treating us all like potential criminals and terrorists. (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads

“Between them is strung a double wire called an antenna, after the ancient Anglaic word 'antenna'." "But they’re the same word," said Glasken. "Fras Captain, manual says antenna is named after 'antenna,' so antenna is what I says.” (Souls In The Great Machine Greatwinter 1 by Sean McMullen) #PocketsReads

“How exactly did Pallas react when you told her how I had found the other libriomancer, and the thing that came through the book after us?” “I have a harder time reading autistics, but—” “What?” She blinked. “You didn’t know?” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #AutismRepresentation #ActuallyAutistc

Jennifer Latona had been my boss at the Copper River Library for several years. I’d been working as a cataloger for the Porters, and my job at the library was the ideal cover, letting me requisition and review new titles for potential magic. Back then, Jennifer hadn’t been my favorite person in the world. To be fair, the feeling was quite mutual, and I’d probably earned her disdain.... Our relationship had changed eight months ago. By then, all of Copper River knew the truth about me. Some immediately stopped by asking for magical favors. Others treated me like a minor celebrity.... But most folks treated me no differently than they had before, something I both needed and appreciated. For that acceptance, among other reasons, I’d bent the rules from time to time in the beginning, before the police and the FBI started cracking down on illegal magic use. I hadn’t expected Jennifer Latona to show up at my door. I certainly hadn’t expected her specific request. After talking with her for three and a half hours and seeing how much it meant to her, I couldn’t turn her away. We ordered an old Dungeons and Dragons manual via Interlibrary Loan, which I used to create a magical item known as a “Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity.” Traditionally, this was a cursed item used by immature dungeon masters to torment their equally immature players... In this case, however, it had been a gift, one that Jennifer—now Jason—had dreamed about for much of his life. From what I’d seen, Jason seemed far more relaxed and content than Jennifer ever had. I’m told that when a woman from the FBI Magical Crimes division stopped by a week later, Jason raised enough hell to bury half the U.P. in sulfur and brimstone. He shouted that what was under his clothes was none of the government’s damn business, loud enough to draw the attention of everyone in the library and probably anyone in the neighboring buildings as well. He threatened to sue for everything from harassment to unreasonable search and seizure. He called up the ACLU and the National Center for Transgender Equality right then, using two different phones and putting both organizations on speaker so they could listen in. He received an official apology from the FBI three days later. (Revisionary, Magic ex Libris 4, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #QueerBooks #DungeonAndDragons #TransRepresentation #TransRepresentationInFiction

Lena shook her head. “I’ve already made my choice.” I waited. She folded her arms, grinning mischievously. “Well?” I said. “I choose you both.” “I— What?” Nidhi chuckled. “That’s pretty much what I said, too.” (Libriomancer, Magic ex Libris 1, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads #MagicExLibris #PolyamoryRepresentation

“You turned your car into a UFO,” I said. He looked over his shoulder at me. “How do you know I didn’t turn my UFO into a car?” (Unbound, Magic ex Libris 3, by Jim C Hines) #PocketsReads