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The Magicians trilogy is the common name for a series of fantasy novels written by Lev Grossman, including The Magicians (2009), The Magician King (2011), and The Magician's Land (2014). The novels are contemporary fantasy and follow a group of young magicians as they are admitted to a college for magic and then navigate their young adulthood.
The novel received critical acclaim and was followed by a sequel, The Magician King, in 2011 [1] [2] and a third novel, The Magician's Land, in 2014. A television series adaptation of the novels premiered on Syfy in 2015. Grossman has also worked on two comic book stories based on his novels. [3]
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.
[3] [4] He enrolls at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy to be trained as a magician. A lifelong fan of the Fillory and Further series, he discovers that the books are in fact based in truths that pose a danger to his world. Ralph also portrays Quentin Coldwater from an alternate timeline, the same timeline as Penny-23.
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. [19] 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 queens.
John Scarne (/ ˈ s k ɑːr n i /; March 4, 1903 – July 7, 1985) was an American magician and author who was particularly adept at playing card manipulation.He became known as an expert on cards and other games, and authored a number of popular books on cards, gambling, and related topics.
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The producer of this series, Gary Ouellet, released a booklet entitled 'Music for Magicians', [4] in which the music selection and editing process for this show was explained. Few of the performers could use their regular performance music, because synchronization rights are usually too costly (or sometimes unavailable) for commercial tracks ...