Will Wynter asked Lev Grossman:

It's obvious Fillory is heavily influenced by Narnia. I was wondering if you're a fan of The Narnia books and if so how long you've been one? Was Fillory meant as a tribute to or a satire of Narnia? Would Fillory take the place of Narnia or do you imagine that one of those many fountains in the Neitherlands could lead to Narnia itself.

Lev Grossman It's really a tribute and a satire at the same time. I love Narnia and always have, it was the first fictional world I really fell in love with. But as I've gotten older I've also discovered that I have some differences with it too. For example: how does the Narnian economy work? The ecology? Why does Mrs. Beaver have a sewing machine, while everybody else is working w/ basically feudal-level technology? Why is Aslan so hard to find, and why is he so slow to help his subjects when they're in need? Why can't Susan come to Narnia anymore? So I have complicated feelings about Narnia. But I still love it.

That said, as far as I can tell there is no Narnia in the Magiciansverse. In all other respects the Magiciansverse is our world plus magic, but that's the one exception: they have Fillory instead of Narnia.

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