Including some (true*) comments about Magician: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/08/i-read-100-best-fantasy-and-sci-fi-novels-and-they-were-shockingly-offensive
On the one hand, it was written 35 years ago, and it was pretty much par for the course. On the other hand, you kind of want to tell the author of the article to go read the Mara books, and ask for her opinion on the Mara character. But, yeah. I'm pretty much in agreement with the author's comments. I've read a couple of them for nostalgia reasons, but hey -- some of these are only suitable for lit-crit courses in university. rip * see REF's comments on opinions. this post is rife with my opinion.
