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In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart.

~China Mieville

Topics: Close Dragons Dungeons Fantastic Fiction Field Grew Heart Question Thing Up Very Whole

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I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction.

~China Mieville

Topics: Feel Fiction However Job Non-Fiction Piece Reasonably Same Scholarly Sense Strongly

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Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.

~China Mieville

Topics: Attention Covers Deserves Fantastic Fantasy Fiction Get Horror Science Science Fiction

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It's never really easy to be successful as a writer when you're trying to write literary fiction. You've already limited your readership limited by that choice.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Choice Easy Fiction Limited Literary Literary Fiction Never Readership Really Successful Trying Write Writer You Your

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A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.

~Chloe Zhao

Topics: Bring Documentary Fiction Go Hand Help Poetry Story Tell Things Truth Use

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Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot.

~Chris Abani

Topics: Beautiful Cannot Essay Fiction First Forms Loves Lyrical Much Other Poetry Really

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The stories that engaged me as a kid were all science fiction. Later, it turned out that I didn't have the language to talk about what was bothering me in a way that was straightforward.

~Chris Adrian

Topics: About Bothering Engaged Fiction Kid Language Later Me Out Science Science Fiction Stories Straightforward Talk Turned Way Were

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What is most important to me is that my narrator's voice is believable, and that, though it is clearly an absolute fiction, it has the emotional resonance of memoir.

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Absolute Believable Clearly Emotional Fiction Important Me Memoir Most Narrator Resonance Though Voice

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People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend or family member to a novel I believe they'll cherish but might not otherwise have thought to pick up and read.

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Always Believe Cherish Family Family Member Fiction Friend Gives Great Great Pleasure Introduce Me Member Might More Much Nonfiction Novel Otherwise People Pick Pleasure Read Seem Than Thought Up I Believe

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My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world.

~Chris Carter

Topics: Brother Brought Fiction He Mit Professor Science Science Fiction Scientist World

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