Not that the Brooklyn-born teenager, geek and academic overachiever is greatly surprised by the discovery, having by this point already graduated from Brakebills, a secret Ivy League college of magic, as a master of the mystical arts. Fictional, that is, until Quentin discovers that the beloved Fillory and Further novels of his youth are factual accounts of a real magical realm. But without doubt, the Milllenials out there who grew up with the works of JK Rowling are at this moment gleefully shouting: HOGWARTS! HOGWARTS! HOGWARTS!įor Quentin Coldwater, protagonist of Grossman's stupendous urban fantasy novels, the choice is Fillory, a fictional world within the fantasy of The Magicians. Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians and its sequel, The Magician King, might well choose that other classic of British fantasy literature, the Narnia of CS Lewis. I f you could journey to any fantasy world, which would it be? I, like many millions of others, would have to choose JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth – although, given the option, I'd divide my time between Gondor and Rivendell, and skip the guided tours of Moria and Mordor.
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