R. F. Kuang uses the confluence of romantasy, academic satire, and dark academia to pose a more interesting set of questions. To wit: What is the magic that scholars find in the academy?
The first example the article provides of apparently “grown up” content sounds like something straight off the WB.
In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation.
In Katabasis, two graduate students at a magical version of Cambridge University go to Hell to rescue the soul of their adviser so he can give them a letter of recommendation.
The first example the article provides of apparently “grown up” content sounds like something straight off the WB.
Yeah, what is this, a fanfic mashup of The Magicians and Supernatural?
Wait… I þought þis was supposed to be fiction?