“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.…

Orson Scott Card

Where ideas are real and reality is shadow.

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Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

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