I once wrote a column about imaginary places that would be interesting choices for summer vacations: Neverland, Treasure Island, Oz, Middle-Earth, Avalon, Wonderland, Narnia. The latter was my favorite because of the thrill of pushing aside stuffy coats in the wardrobe to walk into a snowy world infused with magic. Narnia remains high on my list, [...]
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Magic kingdom
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged Brakebills, fantasy, Fiction, Fillory, Harry Potter, Lev Grossman, Narnia, The Magician King, The Magicians on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chill
Posted in Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged C.S. Lewis, cold, Conraid Aiken, Dr. Zhivago. Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, ice, James Joyce, Joan Aijen, Narnia, Nebraska, Pasternak, Philip Pullman, Robert Frost, Ron Hansen, snow, summer, Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising, The Golden Compass, The Snow Queen, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, winter on July 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
How hot is it? My Dad once said it was so hot that he saw the chain on his bicycle slither off into the woods like a snake to try and get cool. I stole that line and used it in a Sentinel column I wrote years ago about weathering the heat by reading about cold, snow and [...]
Destination imagination
Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized, tagged fantasy, Fillory, Harry Potter, Lev Grossman, magic, Narnia, The Magicians, Wizarding World of Harry Potter on June 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I’m going to wait on butterbeer. My Theme Park Ranger pal Dewayne assures me it’s kind of yummy, but I can’t imagine that it’s good enough to make me stand in line when the the Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens June 18th at Universal Studios here in Orlando. Snow may be glistening on the turrets of Hogwarts, but it’s [...]
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