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The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Fantasy and science fiction, marked at their birth as the most heroic of genres, were destined to flip- flop and take on a mock heroic stance. Didn't Hegel tell us all things turn into their opposites? Yes, we've lived through dialectical times. We now see Mao smile at us from the currency of the most capitalist society on the planet. We've watched demo…

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