[Fiction] Appeals to the base lusts that hide in everyone no matter how respectable on the surface.
Philip Kindred - a.k.a. PKD Dick
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I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep. I know there are elements in the field, particularly in science fiction, who feel that the differences are very profound, but I do not agree with that analysis. I think for me it is a matter of the furnishings. An elf or an alien may in some ways fulfill the same function, as a literary trope. It’s almost a matter of flavor. The ice cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice cream. The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.
George R. R. Martin
The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.
P. G. Wodehouse
Appeals to justice or fairness are almost always stories that hide or protect unacknowledged hurts or pains.
Ken McLeod
Only what you hide is profound, is true. Whence the power of base feelings.
Emil Cioran
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