A list of Shout Outs in The Magicians. * Obviously, Narnia is the basis for the Show Within a Show that provides the title. * Word of God is that Quentin was named after a character in The Sound and The Fury. * The five Chatwin children are named after real-life intrepid explorer Bruce Chatwin. * The great field of grass that is known as "The Sea" is a play on the Dothraki Sea in George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire. * One particular scene is explicitly borrowed from In Search of Lost Time, where Marcel stumbles on a lesbian couple having a sado-masochistic affair. * A marble nicknamed "Rakshasa" refers to an old D&D character in the Monster Manual. * Sir Hotspots is actually a reference to Martin Tenbones in Sandman. * Amelia Popper’s Practical Exercises