Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.
Once upon a time, they say, there was a girl...there was a boy...there was a person who was in trouble. And this is what she did...and what he did...and how they learned to survive it. This is what they did...and why one failed...and why another triumphed in the end. And I know that it's true, because I danced at their wedding and drank their very best wine.
I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in each place.
I was a great fan of Jim Henson.
Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed the lives of fantasy writers and editors. I get to live in England and work for a New York publisher!
I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.
Filmmaking can be a fine art.
I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count my student years.
I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material. My hat's off to them.
