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It's rude to stare," said the troll. Its mouth opened with a little crest of foam, and shut again in exactly the same way that water closes over a sto...more

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- "Surely you have considered terrorist activity?"There was another pause. Then the spokesman said, in the quiet tones of someone who has had enough a...more

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Humans need fantasy to be human.

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Fantasy imposes order on the universe. Or, at least, it superimposes order on the universe. And it is a human order. Reality tells us that we exist fo...more

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The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have ...more

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Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.

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Too much alleged ‘fantasy’ is just empty sugar, life with the crusts cut off.

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What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?

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The world rides through space on the back of a turtle. This is one of the great ancient world myths, found wherever men and turtles were gathered toge...more

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Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

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NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY

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Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slammin...more

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And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. Yo...more

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Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can b...more

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You want fantasy? Here's one... There's this species that lives on a planet a few miles above molten rock and a few miles below a vacuum that'd suck t...more