Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.
Lev GrossmanMost people are blind to magic. They move thru a blank and empty world. Theyโre bored with their lives and thereโs nothing they can do about it. Theyโre eaten alive by longing and theyโre dead before they die.
Lev GrossmanA big silvery janitor. Penny, this canโt be how the universe works.โ โIn the Order we call it โinverse profundity.โ Weโve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets.
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