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Unlike any other fantasy novel I've ever read (and I've read fantasy with steeply decreasing enthusiasm since I left my teenage years...), Grossman's novel immerses the reader into richly imagined magical kingdoms (and purgatories), repeatedly upsets one's expectations about plot fulfillment, and invests the fantasy genre with a new metaphor: magicians are hackers, exploiting the "code" that gods used to fashion the multiverse. Great prose style, brilliant surprises, and fully realized characters make for an immensely satisfying read.
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The Magician King by Lev Grossman
Jay Babcock, January 19, 2012
Unlike any other fantasy novel I've ever read (and I've read fantasy with steeply decreasing enthusiasm since I left my teenage years...), Grossman's novel immerses the reader into richly imagined magical kingdoms (and purgatories), repeatedly upsets one's expectations about plot fulfillment, and invests the fantasy genre with a new metaphor: magicians are hackers, exploiting the "code" that gods used to fashion the multiverse. Great prose style, brilliant surprises, and fully realized characters make for an immensely satisfying read.