Have machines stolen our dreams? It was a line from a Queensryche song, long ago. Similar enough, anyway. It was hard enough dealing with the human. But of course our current AI is all too human, in design (hallucinations) and use (theft). There are voices in academia, and online, who confidently say every story has …
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Why I Write Fantasy: To be an Original, Baby
I’ve talked about various inspirations and influences that led me to writing fantasy, an urge that has stuck with me since childhood, but it seems to me that at times I am endlessly circling around the central question of this series without ever answering it. I think in part because I’m answering it piecemeal, a …
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Roderick T. Macdonald 