A reader is not supposed to be aware that someone's written the story. He's supposed to be completely immersed, submerged in the environment.
But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.
I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
Nothing is more conspicuous than a farting princess.
If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.