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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger of science fiction in particular, as opposed to fantasy. A lot of writers forget that what they're doing is supposed to be art.

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I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.

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It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing.

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A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky.

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Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

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