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Did I invent this?

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by: Robert Carnegie - Sun, 10 Sep 2023 14:03 UTC

"Magic realism is just conceited fantasy."

I wrote basically that on Quora, apparently.
It reappeared after a year or so, and I thought,
"That's well put."

;-)

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by: Matthew Graybosch - Mon, 11 Sep 2023 01:50 UTC

On 9/10/23 10:03 AM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> "Magic realism is just conceited fantasy."
>
> I wrote basically that on Quora, apparently. It reappeared after a
> year or so, and I thought, "That's well put."
>
> ;-)

Apparently Gene Wolfe had said, "magic realism is fantasy written by
people who speak Spanish." Terry Pratchett had said that magic realism
"is like a polite way of saying you write fantasy."

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Matthew Graybosch
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"The lies you tell yourself are the lies that define you." ~Isaac Magnin
....all opinions are mine unless attributed, and free to a good home...

Subject	Author
Did I invent this?	Robert Carnegie
Re: Did I invent this?	Matthew Graybosch