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Old 30-Sep-2008, 02:59
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Default Re: Is fiction important?

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
I think it's a bit of a wind-up to suggest that fiction is a sort of magic source of information where profound minds can learn solutions to the ills of the world.
Grant you that, unless fiction is a sort of magic source of information where profound minds can learn solutions to their ills, and then go about fixing the ills of the world. It can't hurt! What will the afternoon Lehman Brothers book group name themselves?
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