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They say "the Golden Age of #ScienceFiction is 12" - that is, the thing that makes "the good old stuff" so good is its suitability for preteens, and rereading that stuff as an adult (much less continuing to read it in adulthood) is a childish regression.

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It's not true.

Or at least, it's not *always* true. Sometimes, the reason a novel sucks us in at 12 is that it is *amazing*, and, moreover, full of layers that make the book get *better* with re-readings, as new layers are revealed by our own maturity.

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There are hundreds of lovely books, maps and prints over on the @pbfaorg online book fair. I was very taken with the Photograph Album of the North Lewisham Rangers showing their Girl Guide camps in the 1920s and 1930s pbfa.org/books/photogra… @Girlguiding #girlguides
I also loved A Young Lady’s Drawing Book from 1808 pbfa.org/books/a-young-… and William Morris to Whistler with illustrations by the author and Walter Crane pbfa.org/books/william-… #williammorris #waltercrane
But I think my absolute favourite is Me and Catharine Susan Earns an Honest Penny ! One of a series of books about the adventures of two Dutch peg dolls published c1903-11, colour illustrated throughout. Lots of lovely pictures pbfa.org/books/me-and-c… - offered by @dbderbzbooks
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