Magic
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On Lev Grossman’s ‘The Magicians,’ the incel ‘Harry Potter.’
Magical fantasy, set in the sort of world where the self-styled “best & brightest” choose finance.
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On magic.
No matter how well our culture hides it, everyone will die someday.
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On idle time, coincidence, and Vivek Shanbhag’s ‘Ghachar Ghochar.’
An idle mind often reads supernatural portent into every coincidence.
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On the sounds of aberrant ecosystems
The world humans are born into inevitably seems normal, no matter how hot, or loud, or empty of animals…
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