The Incomparable

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  The Incomparable Mothership April 29, 2017 “The Magicians”

  350 Magic Pixie Dream Girl

  Jason Snell with Glenn Fleishman and Moisés Chiullán

  This week we draw your attention to another excellent TV series that recently concluded a run of episodes: SyFy’s “The Magicians”. Based on a series of books by Lev Grossman, this is a show that starts out as a mash-up of Harry Potter and Narnia and goes in some very surprising directions while continually improving in quality. Love, war, sex, fairies, gods (some evil, some capricious, some just annoying)—there’s a lot to love about this show.

  In the first half of the episode we talk generally about the show and why we like it; the second half, after the Spoiler Horn, is devoted to breaking down the events of its just-completed second season.

  (Content advisory: “The Magicians” contains a couple examples of sexual assault/abuse. And we talk about them.)

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  The Incomparable Mothership April 14, 2012 “The Magicians” and “The Night Circus”

  86 Like "Catcher in the Rye," Except Crappier

  Jason Snell with Dan Moren, Glenn Fleishman, Scott McNulty and Serenity Caldwell

  Get out your magic wands, prepare your incantations, and prepare for a battle of wills involving ancient powers and callow youths. We discuss two recent novels with magic at the fore: Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus.” One of them we liked a lot… the other, not so much! Prepare yourself for a magical podcast.