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   Message 129,749 of 130,933   
   Sirius Black to David Dalton   
   Re: The Magicians by Lev Grossman   
   14 Jul 11 10:22:56   
   
   XPost: alt.magick, rec.arts.sf.written, alt.religion.druid   
   XPost: alt.magic.secrets   
   From: Emailaaronainsley@countermail.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:53:35 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   "Close" enough. larf   
      
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