Many sci-fi authors, we know, are as clever and tricky as so many Coyotes. Ms. Le Guin, though, has matured from the vividness and imagination she had from the beginning into wisdom and a clearsightedness that reaches past sympathy.
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography, and to … - Tom Shippey
The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with biography, and to …
- Tom Shippey
Our reading can affect our imaginations in ways of which we are not consciously aware. It is quite common...to re-read something after a gap of many … - Tom Shippey
Our reading can affect our imaginations in ways of which we are not consciously aware. It is quite common...to re-read something after a gap of many …
Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define it. - Tom Shippey
Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define it.
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate. - Tom Shippey
While persistence offers no guarantees, it does give 'luck' a chance to operate.
Many sci-fi authors, we know, are as clever and tricky as so many Coyotes. Ms. Le Guin, though, has matured from the vividness and imagination she ha… - Tom Shippey
Many sci-fi authors, we know, are as clever and tricky as so many Coyotes. Ms. Le Guin, though, has matured from the vividness and imagination she ha…
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