Lev Grossman’s novel, The Magicians, didn’t jump out at you as great materials for TV. It’s dark, cynical, occasionally oversexed, bitter, and just a little bit brilliant. So imagine our surprise when SyFy, that grandiose purveyor of cheese, announced it was adapting The Magicians as a series. And imagine our even greater astonishment when it turned out to be good. Now — best news of all — it’s been renewed for a second season.
Get just a glimpse of all the beautiful oddness of the series here:
If you can imagine Harry Potter, with disillusions, confused and desperate young people, half of whom are actually toying with the idea of cracking the world in two … you’ve found a home. And beyond the series, Grossman has written a whole trilogy: The Magician, The Magician King, and The Magician’s Land, all three available on Amazon here.
The Magician is on SyFy on Tuesdays at 9:00, and you can stream the first four episodes free and without verification on SyFy right now, right here. :
