![]() In 'The Land Of Laughs', Jonathan Carroll explores the difference between these two responsibilities, and what would happen if they somehow started to merge. If the characters from A Song Of Ice And Fire were real people, we'd have to try George R R Martin for war crimes. But because the writer is creating a work of fiction, and not living, breathing people, their responsibility to their art is somewhat different from, say, Dr Frankenstein's shunned responsibility to his monster. ![]() The author creates whole characters, settings, and if they write SF or Fantasy, whole worlds out of the ether. The act of writing is akin to that of creation. But if it's a lousy book, then it's like going through Secaucus, New Jersey - it smells and you wish you weren't there, but since you've started the trip, you roll up the windows and breathe through your mouth until you're done." If it's a good book, then you feel comfortable and yet anxious to see what's going to happen to you there, what'll be around the next corner. ![]() "Reading a book, for me at least, is like travelling in someone else's world. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |