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   From: Emailaaronainsley@countermail.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:52:00 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  VD  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:20:14 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I recently read The Magicians by Lev Grossman.  It is about a young   
   >>> stage magician and fantasy fan and math prodigy who gets accepted   
   >>> to a school for real magic.   
   >>   
   >> I have not read "The Magicians" Mr. Dalton, I am happy you have   
   >> enjoyed yourself within it. :)   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> If you don't mind a comment.   
   >>   
   >> Tales, tellings, manuscripts and other forms of commo which are   
   >> structured around the alchemical processes of soul-spirit   
   >> transfiguration and use alchemical symbolism extensively (HP, Old/New   
   >> T, Chymical Wedding, Greek Mythologies, et al) are pretty nasty   
   >> stuffs. ;>) Yet children read and are forced to read, study and commit   
   >> to heart, many of these works.   
   >>   
   >> The Magicians by Lev Grossman not for children? Too violent?   
   >   
   > It is too violent, has a fair bit of sex, and has a lot of   
   > alcohol consumption and some smoking and has dark themes.   
      
   Sounds like Dan Radcliffe to me. lol   
      
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