Lev Grossman, "Fear and Loathing in Aslan’s Land," Tolkien Lecture 2015

The third annual J.R.R Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature. Pembroke College, Oxford, 13th May 2015. https://tolkienlecture.org Lev Grossman is a novelist and journalist. As a novelist, he is best known for writing the critically acclaimed Magicians Trilogy, comprising The Magicians (2009), The Magician King (2011), and The Magician’s Land (2014). The series has topped New York Times best-selling lists and there are plans to make it into a television series. As a journalist, Lev has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. He has been the Book Critic for Time since 2002. ‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ The Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature was established in 2013 at Pembroke College, Oxford, where J.R.R. Tolkien worked for twenty years as professor of Anglo-Saxon. Speakers in the series are given freedom to discuss any aspect of fantasy literature, broadly defined. Our aim is to honour J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy by promoting, and contributing to, the study of fantasy. ▶ WEBSITE: https://tolkienlecture.org/ ▶ TWITTER:   / tolkienlecture   ▶ FACEBOOK:   / tolkienlecture   ▶ INSTAGRAM:   / tolkienlecture   ▶ TIKTOK:   / tolkienfantasylecture   ▶ LINKEDIN:   / jrrtolkienlectureonfantasyliterature