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   From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   It happens that David Dalton formulated :   
   > 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.  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.  But I enjoyed it and may buy the sequel   
   > The Magician King when I get a chance.   
      
   I saw your post and read the book.   
      
   > Have any of you read The Magicians and if so what did you   
   > think?   
      
   Grossman has much JKR and Lewis inside him. The Magician is what I call   
   a cityscape fantasy and Quentin Coldwater is a Dirty Harry (Potter) on   
   the streets of NYC. :-Z   
      
   For me, it was depressing but that is what Grossman wanted.   
      
   It's the problem people have when you look at Harry Potter as the   
   journey of a soul instead of a cultural artifact. Coldwater/Magician   
   lacks depth, it's an entertainment read only.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)