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[Opinion] Magic in Fiction, and Why Reading Fantasy can help your Practice

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Denise13

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I used to be struck by the magic in the Darkover books by Marion Zimmer Bradley, because it was close enough to real to suspect she knew her stuff.

Of course literature groups don't let these books get talked about anymore because the author is in the cancel culture bin.
 
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