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Woody's avatar

That exchange in King's Cross is one of my favorite passages of any story!

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Aharon's avatar

Dropping my shameless plug of my piece I did for 18Forty about the importance of fiction. Hoping you cover more fiction here https://18forty.org/articles/a-call-to-read-more-fiction/

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I Read This Over Shabbos's avatar

I love this piece!

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Aharon's avatar

Thanks! Looking forward to what you have in store here

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Doniel Fodiman's avatar

It might be worth plugging Ursula le Guin's speech of 'Why are Americans afraid of dragons' where, among other insights, she says "For fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it is true."

https://worlding808.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/dragons/

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I Read This Over Shabbos's avatar

Thanks Doniel! This is an excellent quote

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