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Katie
Yes, it is really, really similar. There are parts from almost all of the seven Narnia books in The Magicians and in my opinion this is not honoring Narnia but just stealing ideas because Grossman isn't creative enough to think up his own magical world. Literally almost everything in this book is stolen form one popular work or another and this is nothing that should ever be supported.
Daina
The world between worlds is almost identical to C.S. Lewis' first book in that series too... :/
Andrew
Grossman has said in interviews that he loved Lewis and Narnia so much as a kid that it's part of his DNA. He set out to write a grown up version of that.
I guess it's up to each individual reader to decide if he crossed that thin line between honoring another author and stealing from another author.
I guess it's up to each individual reader to decide if he crossed that thin line between honoring another author and stealing from another author.
Stuart Ringwalt
Yes, but that's the point. The whole purpose of Grossman's trilogy is not about the land itself, but about how putting characters of a different age changes our understanding not only of the place, but also of the concept of morality as it relates to the land.
The right and wrong of Narnia have, in Grossman's Fillory, been replaced by extreme shades of gray to remind us of the fractured nature of humanity that one begins to understand as one ages.
By setting Fillory so similar to Narnia, we get to return to play in Lewis' universe, but as adults and through the eyes of Quentin as he forms his identity as a full fledged grown-up.
In addition, while he keeps a great deal the same, the changes he makes, however subtle or obvert, force us to think about why said variation exists. For example, as much as he keeps the same regarding the world in between, he changes the grid of puddles to fountains and the place from the natural world to the cities - which in, and of itself, reveals a great deal.
Through what he keeps the same and what he changes, Grossman allows readers familiar with the Narnia stories an added way into the world of Fillory, while also deepening how we see not only the original Chronicles, but the characters who inhabit them.
The right and wrong of Narnia have, in Grossman's Fillory, been replaced by extreme shades of gray to remind us of the fractured nature of humanity that one begins to understand as one ages.
By setting Fillory so similar to Narnia, we get to return to play in Lewis' universe, but as adults and through the eyes of Quentin as he forms his identity as a full fledged grown-up.
In addition, while he keeps a great deal the same, the changes he makes, however subtle or obvert, force us to think about why said variation exists. For example, as much as he keeps the same regarding the world in between, he changes the grid of puddles to fountains and the place from the natural world to the cities - which in, and of itself, reveals a great deal.
Through what he keeps the same and what he changes, Grossman allows readers familiar with the Narnia stories an added way into the world of Fillory, while also deepening how we see not only the original Chronicles, but the characters who inhabit them.
Francine
I believe it's deliberately like Narnia, but f**ed up.
It's Narnia where centaurs keep horses as sex slaves, talking bears are unbearably boring, and the gods are not helpful at all.
It's Narnia where centaurs keep horses as sex slaves, talking bears are unbearably boring, and the gods are not helpful at all.
AnnMarie Johnson
My husband just finished reading the first book and had the same thought.
DinosaursAtWork
Yes, that is the point of Fillory. It is meant to be a homage to Narnia but from a grown-up perspective. It has been very clearly acknowledged by the author. This is why Narnia (the books) does not exist in the Magicians universe (unlike Harry Potter), because it is too relevant to the plot.
Winterborn
My answer is, um yeah, so what's your point?
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