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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

We've never actually had the zygosity (or whatever it is) test done, so we don't know for sure. But it's pretty clear -- we look much more alike than typical siblings

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

p.s. should probably have tagged my brother in this thread @grossman.bsky.social

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

The study also included the long-awaited Grossmans +5 Confusion Matrix, although it made me no less confused. In conclusion, one of us always tells the truth and the other one always lies, but science is powerless to determine which

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

However, confoundingly, from a statistical POV my writing more closely resembles @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social's work than it does that of my own identical twin. Conversely his work more closely resembles @scalzi.com's work than it does mine. SEPARATED AT BIRTH?!

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

If I'm reading this correctly, my writing is more likely to be misidentified as my brother's than his writing is likely to be misidentified as mine. MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 1d

In other scientific literature news, a quantitative linguist published a study comparing the literary output of identical twins. My brother Austin and I were part of the dataset www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YFIRR...

Do Identical Twins Write Identically? Evidence from Authorship Attribution

This study investigates the writing styles of identical twins to determine if their shared genetics result in identical writing. We used computational authorship analysis techniques on writing samp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 2d

behold the MAGICIAN'S LAND ebook is $1.99 today ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...

Featured on eBookDaily Bargains- $1.99

'The Magician's Land: A Novel (The Magicians Book 3)' by Lev Grossman is featured on eBookDaily's best Kindle book bargains

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 3d

I struggle quite a lot with #misophonia, and I quietly follow the research. It's still kind of all over the map, but there's something about this recent study that rings true neurosciencenews.com/misophonia-c...

Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder - Neuroscience News

A new study shows that misophonia, strong negative reactions to certain sounds, is closely linked to cognitive and emotional inflexibility.

neurosciencenews.com

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evelyn rogers 🐟 COMMISSIONS OPEN 🐟 (they/them) 🐟 @fishydwarrows.bsky.social · 4d

nimue - gouache and digital
#thebrightsword @levgrossman.com

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 14d

oh wow. this is extremely relevant to my interests!

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 14d

(I think it's originally a stock stage direction from Elizabethan drama, which could also be where Leiber got it -- he came from a theater family)

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 14d

I actually meant it as an (extremely) oblique allusion to Fritz Leiber -- the phrase crops up in (I think) Swords of Lankhmar, and I always loved it. Leiber might have been alluding to the zine tho -- I think the dates line up!

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 19d

Unexpectedly large public art outside Esbjerg, Denmark

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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 23d

Roger Lancelyn Green's book was one of the first things I ever read, and there were a lot more about King Arthur after that ... but I think @levgrossman.com 's done the best job so far of thinking about how the people arriving in boats became English.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

The Bright Sword

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot t…

www.goodreads.com

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · 27d

I don't know how many of you will be in Esbjerg, Denmark next weekend, but if you DO happen to be there, come say hi!

fantasyfestival.eu/news/four-wo...

Four World Stars Visit Fantasy Festival 2025

When Fantasy Festival takes over Esbjerg from 19–21 September 2025, it will be with a magical quartet of international authors on the programme.

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evelyn rogers 🐟 COMMISSIONS OPEN 🐟 (they/them) 🐟 @fishydwarrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hell of Your Own Making #TheMagicians ✨@levgrossman.com

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Sep 1

which I suddenly realize both feature android women protagonists #themes

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Sep 1

It sucks having a cold, but at least I have binged ALIEN: EARTH and BEE AND PUPPYCAT

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 27

Not unless ignorance is a good explanation! I should have known better, my father's family is from Ukraine

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 25

We all must kill our darlings. But this particular darling died hard. levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-king-s...

The King Sleeps: Or, the Brief Life and Inevitable Death of a Darling

They say kill your darlings, and they’re 100% right. But today I honor the passing of one that I killed with more than usual reluctance

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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Bright Sword is a recommend from me. @levgrossman.com did the impossible: a new Arthurian tale that actually works. Creative anachronism with just enough touchpoints to late Roman/early medieval Britain (including beyond the walls) to make nerds like me happy, plus gratuitous swearing. Glorious

Cover for The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 17

If you happen to be in Adelaide, I'll be there next week as writer-in-residence at Flinders University! And on Wednesday night I'm giving a talk to the public -- everyone welcome

events.flinders.edu.au/events/lev-g...

Lev Grossman: “King Arthur: The Future of Old Stories” - Events at Flinders

Lev Grossman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels including The Bright Sword, which was a Times Notable Book of 2024, and the […]

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 13

My sister is designing an art installation -- "a glowing, geometric knot called Ouroboros" -- to be built by a women-led sculpture collective and shown at Burning Man

igg.me/at/Ouroboros...

Ouroboros - Burning Man 2025

A mirrored sculpture of attraction and danger, from the Steel Tigerlillies + Bathsheba + Hapto | Check out 'Ouroboros - Burning Man 2025' on Indiegogo.

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 9

don't sleep on Robin Sloan's SOURDOUGH! www.robinsloan.com/books/sourdo...

Sourdough

A novel about work and eating, robots and microbes, and more.

www.robinsloan.com

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Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com · Aug 7

A few months ago I was having trouble getting my son into reading. After many, many tries, the book that finally got his attention was that old classic THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 3/4.

Also the topic of a stellar Secret Life of Books ep www.secretlifeofbooks.org/podcast-1/ep...

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