![]() Rowling’s Harry Potter books crossed with C.S. This one, The Magicians, is very obviously a derivative of J.K. I didn’t read his first, Codex, but glancing at it recently in the bookstore, it was obviously marketed to the same folks who enjoyed the Dan Brown books (I can’t say it’s derivative of Brown, as I didn’t read the thing, as I said). ![]() Lev Grossman is the book critic for the news magazine, Time, and this is his second novel. Which makes it quite difficult for writers to work certain jobs, the worst being that of book critic or reviewer. ![]() This isn’t confined to writers, of course, as musicians, painters, and most likely artists of any other stripe find that to create their own original work, they have to isolate themselves so that the influences aren’t quite so immediate. Many writers find it difficult to write in their own style if they are simultaneously reading something very stylistic, as most writers are mimics–a thing that comes in quite handy when you are trying to write about characters very unlike you, but awkward in the case I’m describing where you unconsciously start copying another writer’s style. ![]() The Magicians, Lev Grossman, Viking Adult, 2009, ISBN 978-0670020553, 416pp.Īt some point in the development of a writer, you have to stop reading and start writing. ![]()
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