The Magicians is a fantasy novel by the American author Lev Grossman, published in 2009 by Viking Press. It tells the story of Quentin Coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a college of magic in New York.
Quentin Coldwater is a high school student from Brooklyn who, with best friends James and Julia, is at an advanced school. He loves a series of books called "Fillory and Further," which involve the children of the Chatwin family discovering a Narnia-esque land called Fillory. On the day of his Princeton interview, he instead is examined for entrance to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America. He, along with 19 others, is accepted and he moves there at once.
It soon becomes apparent that magic is incredibly difficult and tedious to learn, as each spell must be varied in dozens of ways, depending on factors such as the phase of the moon and the closest body of water. The curriculum involves learning many old and lost languages, and seemingly endless hand positions. Despite this, Quentin and Alice Quinn are able to move up a year by compressing their first year of studies. One day during class, an otherworldly horror referred to as "the Beast" enters Brakebills and eats a student before the rest of the faculty are able to drive it away.
The Magicians is a fantasy television series that premiered on Syfy and Showcase on December 16, 2015, as a special preview. The rest of the series premiered on January 25, 2016. It is based on the novel of the same name by Lev Grossman. A 13-episode series order was placed in May 2015.Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, and Sera Gamble serve as executive producers. On February 8, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes which is set to air in 2017.
Premise
Quentin Coldwater enrolls at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy to be trained as a magician, where he discovers that the magical world from his favorite childhood books is real and poses a danger to humanity. Meanwhile, the life of his childhood friend Julia is derailed when she is denied entry, and she searches for magic elsewhere.
Cast and characters
Main
Jason Ralph as Quentin Coldwater, a graduate student and the protagonist. He enrolls at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy to be trained as a Magician. A lifelong fan of the Fillory and Further series, he discovers that they are in fact based in truth and pose a danger to his world.
The Magicians is a short novel by J. B. Priestley, first published in 1954. An example of Priestley's perennial concern with the true nature of time, the story uses fantasy elements to discuss the midlife crisis of a successful industrialist, briefly touching on social problems and mass psychology.
Plot introduction
Sir Charles Ravenstreet, finding himself unexpectedly dropped from his position as managing director of the New Central Electric Company, retires to his country house to consider his future. He makes the acquaintance of three strange old gentlemen, Wayland, Perperek and Marot, who take an interest in his life and in his recent dealings with the imperious Lord Mervil, who plans to market a new drug.
Plot summary
Chapters 1–6
The main character, Sir Charles Ravenstreet, is an industrialist in his mid-fifties, the managing director of the Birmingham-based New Central Electric Company. At a meeting of the Board in London, he finds himself unexpectedly voted out of his position. He turns down an offer to be named Production Manager instead, and later rebuffs the chairman's suggestion that he enter politics. Later that evening, at a dinner party at Mr Garson's house, he is introduced to Mavis Westfret, a youngish widow.
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5 reasons to HATE the Magicians books | Lev Grossman
I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been a while since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! However, The Magicans isn't for everyone, here are the 5 issues I had with Lev Grossman's The Magicians.
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published: 02 Nov 2020
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published: 18 Aug 2017
The Magicians Trilogy | Lev Grossman | Talks at Google
Author Lev Grossman visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss the books in the bestselling "The Magicians Trilogy".
“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” — George R.R. Martin
Quentin Coldwater is a high school senior, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read when he was little, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Compared to that, everything in his real life seems gray and colorless. That changes when Quentin finds himself admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery.
But magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happi...
published: 13 Jul 2015
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published: 06 Jul 2017
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been a while since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd...
I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been a while since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! However, The Magicans isn't for everyone, here are the 5 issues I had with Lev Grossman's The Magicians.
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been a while since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! However, The Magicans isn't for everyone, here are the 5 issues I had with Lev Grossman's The Magicians.
📺 Check out Part 1 - Why I LOVE The Magicians books: https://youtu.be/1mzCE5-XV5M
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been awhile since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd ...
I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been awhile since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! Here are my top 5 moments.
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been awhile since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! Here are my top 5 moments.
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I liked The Magicians, but most people didn't. In this video, I talk about why people hated the magicians and why I thought they were wrong.
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Author Lev Grossman visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss the books in the bestselling "The Magicians Trilogy".
“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as...
Author Lev Grossman visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss the books in the bestselling "The Magicians Trilogy".
“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” — George R.R. Martin
Quentin Coldwater is a high school senior, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read when he was little, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Compared to that, everything in his real life seems gray and colorless. That changes when Quentin finds himself admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery.
But magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure and meaning he thought it would—until he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. The Magicians reinterprets the grand tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling in novels for adults.
An adaptation of the series will air on Syfy in 2016.
Lev Grossman is book critic for Time Magazine and an NPR commentator. His work has appeared in the Believer, the Village Voice, the WSJ, the NYT, Salon, and Wired.
Author Lev Grossman visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss the books in the bestselling "The Magicians Trilogy".
“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” — George R.R. Martin
Quentin Coldwater is a high school senior, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read when he was little, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Compared to that, everything in his real life seems gray and colorless. That changes when Quentin finds himself admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery.
But magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure and meaning he thought it would—until he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. The Magicians reinterprets the grand tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling in novels for adults.
An adaptation of the series will air on Syfy in 2016.
Lev Grossman is book critic for Time Magazine and an NPR commentator. His work has appeared in the Believer, the Village Voice, the WSJ, the NYT, Salon, and Wired.
Hello Bookworms!
The Magicians \ Lev Grossman:
One day, 17-year-old Quentin finds himself in a strange place. He had been informed that he has magic powers a...
Hello Bookworms!
The Magicians \ Lev Grossman:
One day, 17-year-old Quentin finds himself in a strange place. He had been informed that he has magic powers and has now the opportunity to study in a school of magic. But things in Brakebills school aren't always as fun and easy as they might look at first...
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The Magicians \ Lev Grossman:
One day, 17-year-old Quentin finds himself in a strange place. He had been informed that he has magic powers and has now the opportunity to study in a school of magic. But things in Brakebills school aren't always as fun and easy as they might look at first...
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* Top 10 best and worst book sequels: https://youtu.be/UkNjZEZZ5dw
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In which I talk about The Magicians Land by Lev Grossman from my parent's guest bedroom over the holidays...
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Here is my review of the Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman. Did you read it? What did you think? I would give this trilogy an overall rating of 4 stars.
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been a while since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! However, The Magicans isn't for everyone, here are the 5 issues I had with Lev Grossman's The Magicians.
📺 Check out Part 1 - Why I LOVE The Magicians books: https://youtu.be/1mzCE5-XV5M
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I got into The Magicians from the TV show and really enjoyed the books as well. It's been awhile since I watched the TV show and I don't remember a ton but I'd say I enjoyed the books more! Here are my top 5 moments.
📺 Part 2 - 5 Things I HATE about the Magicians: https://youtu.be/D_p28awqUyI
✏️ My latest writing update: https://www.kevinrothert.com/blog/categories/updates
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Author Lev Grossman visited Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss the books in the bestselling "The Magicians Trilogy".
“The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” — George R.R. Martin
Quentin Coldwater is a high school senior, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read when he was little, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Compared to that, everything in his real life seems gray and colorless. That changes when Quentin finds himself admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery.
But magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure and meaning he thought it would—until he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. The Magicians reinterprets the grand tradition of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling in novels for adults.
An adaptation of the series will air on Syfy in 2016.
Lev Grossman is book critic for Time Magazine and an NPR commentator. His work has appeared in the Believer, the Village Voice, the WSJ, the NYT, Salon, and Wired.
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One day, 17-year-old Quentin finds himself in a strange place. He had been informed that he has magic powers and has now the opportunity to study in a school of magic. But things in Brakebills school aren't always as fun and easy as they might look at first...
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The Magicians is a fantasy novel by the American author Lev Grossman, published in 2009 by Viking Press. It tells the story of Quentin Coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a college of magic in New York.
Quentin Coldwater is a high school student from Brooklyn who, with best friends James and Julia, is at an advanced school. He loves a series of books called "Fillory and Further," which involve the children of the Chatwin family discovering a Narnia-esque land called Fillory. On the day of his Princeton interview, he instead is examined for entrance to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the only school for magic in North America. He, along with 19 others, is accepted and he moves there at once.
It soon becomes apparent that magic is incredibly difficult and tedious to learn, as each spell must be varied in dozens of ways, depending on factors such as the phase of the moon and the closest body of water. The curriculum involves learning many old and lost languages, and seemingly endless hand positions. Despite this, Quentin and Alice Quinn are able to move up a year by compressing their first year of studies. One day during class, an otherworldly horror referred to as "the Beast" enters Brakebills and eats a student before the rest of the faculty are able to drive it away.