Reflections on life, literature and the imagination

According to the much quoted story, Albert Einstein once advised a woman to read him fairy tales “if you want your child to be intelligent”. True or not, the connection between the imagination and intelligence is undeniable. Just like some of the latest AI machines, the brain is a device for making connections, and making […]

As I have previously written, the goal of fantasy is exploration. Whether we are writers or readers, we are not delving into the mysteries of a bicycle, or quantum mechanics, or the origins of humankind. These are matters that are by turns fully understood, obscure but predictable, or involving a high degree of speculation. Whichever,