Living in a fantasy world

by Terry on Mar.24, 2010, under A. Lee Martinez

It’s not just the good ol’ days and the bygone eras that I miss. I miss the things that never actually happened and the places only dreamt of.

I miss Middle Earth, Narnia, Fionavar, and Prydain. They never really existed anywhere except imagination - the authors’, mine, countless other readers’ - but they are so real and important to me that I can truly say that I miss them. Never mind that, like your pulp books era, these worlds weren’t written to be nearly as perfect as they exist in my imagination. They were written to contain evil & death & hatred & darkness, but I only remember the good & beauty & magic & light and I miss them something fierce.

So if you need me, I’ll be riding a horse in Rohan.

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