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   Bo Lindbergh to David DeLaney   
   Re: The Magicians by Lev Grossman   
   19 Jul 11 07:37:45   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: blgl@stacken.kth.se   
      
   In article ,   
    dbd@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:   
   > Peter Huebner  wrote:   
   > >dbd@gatekeeper.vic.com says...   
   > >> I have not read The Magicians; it's not out in paperback yet. It might be   
   > >> full of alchemical symbolism, I don't know. But if you're trying to match   
   the   
   > >> four houses against the four elements, you're probably already in too   
   deep in   
   > >> the 'this MUST fit my worldview!' fallacy.   
   > >   
   > >It is out in paperback. Published by Arrow Books in 2009.   
   > >www.rbooks.co.uk on the back cover if you want to look it up.   
   >   
   > Um, I'd look at that again were I you. It was published in _hardback_ in   
   2009,   
   > and came out in TRADE paperback last year. I'm still waiting for an actual   
   > paperback, which will probably appear right around the time the sequel first   
   > comes out.   
      
   The publisher's web site disagrees with you.   
      
       http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/author.htm?authorID=5530   
      
      
   /Bo Lindbergh   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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