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Old 30-Sep-2008, 05:17
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Default Re: Is fiction important?

Having a predilection for interesting quotes (particularly those by writers), I couldn't resist sharing this one. Food for thought, eh?

"The proper study of mankind is books."
~Crome Yellow, Aldous Huxley

Those of you who haven't explored any Huxley outside of Brave New World should definitely take a look at his short fiction (brilliant!) as well as some of his magnificently clever novels--Antic Hay and Crome Yellow are two that come to mind. Huxley is, in my opinion, a highly underrated writer/thinker. And I can't possibly be the only person who thinks so .

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