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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

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Wikipedia

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Mok98

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He actually overdoses his grandparents, but that's just the tip of the iceberg

HonoraryMancunian

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And I made an Ask Lemmy thread based on those very pills, although I'm not sure anybody recognised the reference

Mok98

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It's an interesting thread but the concept is quite generic, even in the book, it's interesting only in how it's developed, so hardly anybody would make the connection

HonoraryMancunian

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Yeah I wasn't particularly expecting it to get connected either, although I half hoped someone would pipe up lol