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Jun. 17th, 2010 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardI am still putting my thoughts together before I start writing up a review post for The Magicians -- and while I don't usually review books, this one I really have to because it hits close to home -- I do have to say that the rage cherry on top of the insult sundae is this bit from Jane Chatwin at the end:
Christover Plover is, of course, the author of the Fillory books, the C.S. Lewis and (as an afterthought, since Fillory seems like a mashup of Narnia and Wonderland, but I haven't actually read Through the Looking Glass) Lewis Carroll equivalent. I am so embarrassed on C.S. Lewis's behalf, especially because it's completely unnecessary for the plot. Dear Clive, I am so sorry. I thought my work would make you roll over in your grave.
Note to self: Post from last year on an interview with Grossman. *rereads* Oh, gods, I didn't know he was writing a sequel. THAT IS REALLY NOT NECESSARY.
"Try not to judge Martin too harshly," she said from the doorway. "Plover used to diddle him whenever he could get him alone. I think that's why he went to Fillory in the first place. Why else would he try to crawl into a grandfather clock? He was looking for somewhere to hide."
Christover Plover is, of course, the author of the Fillory books, the C.S. Lewis and (as an afterthought, since Fillory seems like a mashup of Narnia and Wonderland, but I haven't actually read Through the Looking Glass) Lewis Carroll equivalent. I am so embarrassed on C.S. Lewis's behalf, especially because it's completely unnecessary for the plot. Dear Clive, I am so sorry. I thought my work would make you roll over in your grave.
Note to self: Post from last year on an interview with Grossman. *rereads* Oh, gods, I didn't know he was writing a sequel. THAT IS REALLY NOT NECESSARY.