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A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he…
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I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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You know how it is. Boy meets girl, girl wants boy dead. An everyday story, really.
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Our souls are but leaves in a storm, and only the gods know where we will come to rest.
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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces…
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Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The…
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One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the…
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Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple…
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If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.
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Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
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