The most annoying thing about the new Showcase/Syfy show adapted from Lev Grossman’s 2009 novel The Magicians is honestly just that it’s called “The Magicians” (and the promotional image to the right, that’s also very annoying for lots of reasons both feminist and aesthetic). It’s your basic CW-ish college-age fantasy drama. The mythology is complicated, […]

To celebrate their upcoming 3-night miniseries Childhood’s End (an adaptation of the seminal 1953 sci-fi novel by the same name), Showcase has given us a special prize pack to give away to one lucky reader. Pictured here, it includes a canvas tote, notepad and copy of the Arthur C. Clarke’s book the 6 hour event is […]