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In reply to the discussion: "Oceania was at war with Eurasia; . . ." [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)37. “Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
I imagine there are many people, myself included who agree with Jessamine West's statement that Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
However I can readily understand the ethical convenience in perceiving writers that people may take more seriously than do you as mere "soothsayers."
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we watched the movie for the first time the other night. eerie resemblance indeed.
NRaleighLiberal
Sep 2014
#11
Perhaps it is classified as a work of fiction, but it works as a pretty terrifying
truedelphi
Sep 2014
#43