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Growing up in the 70s and 80s, science fiction and especially fant

Growing up in the 70s and 80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things. – Lev Grossman

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I loved fantasy, but I particularly loved the stories in which somebody got out of where they were and into somewhere better – as in the Chronicles Of Narnia, The Wizard Of Oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the Dungeons &amp Dragons cartoon on Saturday morning in the 80s. – Lev Grossman

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Ive drunk Amazons free Diet Coke. Nothing makes more sense to me than a company trying to make bookselling into a profitable business. Im not anti-Amazon, and Im not pro-publishers either. Im pro-books. – Lev Grossman

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Im happy to report that The New Press is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern. – Lev Grossman

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