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   Message 129,746 of 130,933   
   David Dalton to Sirius Black   
   Re: The Magicians by Lev Grossman   
   14 Jul 11 01:53:35   
   
   XPost: alt.magick, rec.arts.sf.written, alt.religion.druid   
   XPost: alt.magic.secrets   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Sirius Black  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:20:14 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
   >   
   > > I recently read The Magicians by Lev Grossman.   
   >   
   > Has nothing to do with Harry Potter then.   
   >   
   > > It is about   
   > > a young stage magician and fantasy fan and math prodigy who   
   > > gets accepted to a school for real magic.  It pokes some   
   > > fun at tales such as Narnia and Harry Potter but it is not   
   > > for children, it is darker and has a fair bit of sex and   
   > > violence.   
   >   
   > Like the Bible?   
   >   
   > > But I enjoyed it and may buy the sequel   
   > > The Magician King when I get a chance.   
   > >   
   > > Have any of you read The Magicians and if so what did you   
   > > think?   And if the sequel  The Magician King is out and   
   > > you have read it, is it worth buying?   
   >   
   > Don't you have a buttocks to click or something?   
      
   It is a perineum click, not buttocks.   
      
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