Comments on: INTERVIEW: Lev Grossman on Writing ‘The Magician King’, Narnia and the Line Between SF and Fantasy

By: Anna Fernbach

Anna Fernbach — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:33:13 +0000

I just wanted to thank Lev Grossman. I have enjoyed both of the Magicians' books immensely and I am dying for more. I wish there was something a person like me could say to urge Mr. Grossman to continue, to reassure him that his stories and characters are being received with all the fascination and love in the world by some. If I was Lev I might explore what happened to Alice and her brother - what its like to be a niffin - are they together?, will the fox have to pay for what he did - exploring 'justice', and maybe just about a million thousand other story parts that were so resonant, original and interesting....

By: John D.

John D. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:32:53 +0000

When asked about our coverage of fantasy, we say the “SF” in “SF SIgnal” stands for Speculative Fictionm which covers science fiction, fantasy and horror.

By: Joshua Corning

Joshua Corning — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:10:25 +0000

There was a time, not that long ago, when a lot of our popular imaginative capital was heavily invested in science fiction. Technology, the future, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix, The X-Files. That seems to be changing.

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The last ten years has been another golden age for fantasy, I really believe that. I think of it as similar to what happened to superhero comics after Watchmen.

The irony being that the last 10 years covers the history of SF Signal. Maybe you guys should change the name to Fantasy Signal?

Anyway this is not a criticism of SF Signal only an observation of the shift of popular interest and the timing of it in relation to SF signal....i confess my interest has gone to fantasy of late.

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:04:02 +0000

Thanks Andrew.

I've not had the pleasure of reading either of the books,but after listening to Lev's interview with the local public radio station, and this interview, this is a lacunae in my reading I need to correct!