On Fantasy - George R.R. Martin
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George RR Martin reading the passage he wrote for the book "The Faces of Fantasy: Photographs by Pati Perret". The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake. Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey ... Keywords: george, r., martin, on, fantasy, the, faces, of, girard, oh, ohio |
