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It took a while but it continues.
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Why do we crave magic?
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I've been doing a bit of philosophical restructuring as of late, and while pondering many things I started to think about my relationship to fiction, and I asked myself why I like stories about impossible, ridiculous things like magic, gods, super powers, good and evil, and so on. And I thought it might be best with some outside perspective, so I thought I'd ask you. What is the appeal of stories that deviate from reality?
In my cynical of hears I think fantasy is inherently escapism. It simplifies the world, offers larger-than-life characters, and reality tends to be unchanging and depressing. Breaking it becomes a liberation. But that doesn't have to be everything fantasy is, so I feel like that answer is incomplete.
Why do you think you or people in general read fantasy?
In my cynical of hears I think fantasy is inherently escapism. It simplifies the world, offers larger-than-life characters, and reality tends to be unchanging and depressing. Breaking it becomes a liberation. But that doesn't have to be everything fantasy is, so I feel like that answer is incomplete.
Why do you think you or people in general read fantasy?
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-tial aliens.
I honestly don't know how to define Sam Fennah as a writer. Is there something horrifying and nihilistic to his writing? Certainly. But it's not meant to unnerve or elicit cheap thrills. It's more a backdrop to something more alien than drama but recognisably familiar.
The book isn't out yet, but it seems really promising.
The book isn't out yet, but it seems really promising.
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Earlier today I shared a review I made of 'The Gallows'. Subsequently I discovered some flaws in the audio so I had to delete, edit and re-upload it.
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[LookAtWhat-I-Found] The Gallows
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I made a new review.
I'm pretty happy with it.
I'm pretty happy with it.
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