Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman is TIME's book critic and its lead technology writer. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Magicians and The Magician King. He is chaotic good.

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I Want to Go to the Sci-Fi Air Show

I mostly associate air shows with sad headlines about Blue Angels crashes. No such accidents bedevil the Sci-Fi Air Show, a lovely Photoshop project with the following mission statement:

The New Xbox 360 Slim is a Big Step Backward

As a tech journalist I have a good record with firsts. I’m pretty sure I was the first journalist to see the iPhone. Ditto the Wii. Also the Xbox 360: in the months before it came out I spent a lot of time in Redmond with J Allard and the other guys who were building [...]

The Unending Hell That Is TowerMadness

Recently I went away on a 3-week trip. It was the kind of trip where two days out of three you’re getting on a plane and going somewhere else. Usually when I go on such trips I take the precaution of buying some insanely addictive iPhone game in advance.

I’m Calling It: Voicemail Is Dead

I got a new iPhone about ten months ago. (My last one got stolen.) I dicked around with the settings. I set up e-mail, threw some apps on there, as one does. I figured I’d set up voicemail when I had a sec.

This French Movie Trailer Sums Up My Entire Adolescence

And possibly yours.

The Lost Finale Reviewed by Someone Who’s Never Seen Lost Before

It’s true, I’ve never seen Lost before. But I watched the finale anyway, because I figured, how hard can it be? I’ll pick it up as I go along.

Off-Hours CEO E-Mailing Is the New Transparency

Zuck pulled a Jobs.

Split/Second: A Review

I hate racing games. Well, that’s not really true. I hate cars. They kill people, they destroy the planet, they make lots of noise, etc. etc.

The No Ordinary Family Trailer

Apparently ABC has picked this up.

Amock: A Short Film

I picked this up via io9. Look! French people can do bad acting too! Only it doesn’t sound that bad in French.

Nerd Meme du Jour: Inappropriate Golden Books

The list of blogs that this is via is lengthening unmanageably even as I type. Suffice it to say that it’s via Kotaku via Super Punch via the place where it actually appeared, COOLEY!