It is no accident that fantasy is preoccupied with our pre-… - R. Scott Bakker

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It is no accident that fantasy is preoccupied with our pre-Enlightenment, pre-crisis past. The contemporary world is a nihilistic world, where all signs point to the illusory status of love, beauty, goodness and so on. ... Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world.

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Richard Scott Bakker (born February 2, 1967, Simcoe, Ontario) is a Canadian fantasy author.

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Alternative Names: Eärwa • Richard Scott Bakker

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