“More interestingly, it could be argued that, if fantasy (and debatably the literature of the fantastic as a whole) has a purpose other than to entertain, it is to show readers how to perceive ; an extension of the argument… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Science fiction offers an intensely bracing angle of view for writers to adopt, especially in a time of constant innovation and crisis, and it… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Each of them is a book through which other books dream. (referring to Nodier's SMARRA and TRILBY) — John Clute Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves. — John Clute Copy Share Image
“More interestingly, it could be argued that, if fantasy (and debatably the literature of the fantastic as a whole) has a purpose other than… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by… — John Clute Copy Share Image
