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[10] The New York Times review said the book "could crudely be labeled a Harry Potter for adults", injecting "mature themes" into fantasy literature. [11] The Magicians won the 2010 Alex Award, given to ten adult books that are appealing to young adults, and its author won the 2011 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. [12]
The Magicians won the 2010 Alex Award, given to ten adult books that are appealing to young adults, and the 2011 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. [ 3 ] In August 2011, The Magician King , the sequel to The Magicians , was published, which returns readers to the magical land of Fillory, where Quentin and his friends are now kings and ...
The Illusionist is a 2006 American romantic mystery film written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel.Based loosely on Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist", it tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna, who reunites with his childhood love, a woman far above his social standing.
The Bartimaeus Sequence [1] is a series of young adult novels of alternate history, fantasy and magic.It was written by British writer Jonathan Stroud and consists of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 and a prequel novel published in 2010.
Nita steals the dark Book, and uses it to locate the bright Book in the tunnels under City Hall. In the tunnels, they discover the Book is guarded by the Eldest of the fireworms. The Eldest, a dragon, lies on a vast hoard of varied stolen items ranging from the valuable to the trivial. The Wizards bargain with the Eldest.
Magician is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book of the Riftwar Saga and of the wider Riftwar Cycle. Magician was originally published in 1982. The book is set in a Dungeons & Dragons–style fantasy world called Midkemia, originally invented by Feist and his friends during college. The story follows the ...
The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (often shortened to The Magician) is a fantasy novel by Michael Scott. It is the sequel to The Alchemyst, and the second installment in the six part book series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. It was released on 5 June 2008 in the United Kingdom, and 24 June 2008 in the ...
The Paper Magician is a 2014 fantasy novel by American writer Charlie N. Holmberg, published by 47North. It is Holmberg's debut novel and the first book in The Paper Magician series, followed by The Glass Magician (2014), The Master Magician (2015), and The Plastic Magician (2018). It follows apprentice magician Ceony Twill as she learns how to ...