Episode 6.1: ‘The Magicians’ by Lev Grossman

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We’re back for season six (!) of ‘The Dark Academicals’ and we’ve got a line-up full of spooks and scares for the best reading season of the year.Our first pick takes us to a New York magic school and an obsession with a childhood fantasy book series in ‘The Magicians’ by Lev Grossman. Does this portal fantasy have what it takes to also take the title of dark academia?In this episode we discuss:- The lacklustre magic system and world-building- The numerous influences from ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and ‘Harry Potter’ - Misogyny, ableism and fatphobia in the novel

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