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Do Facts Matter in Fiction?

On objective facts, subjective experience, and whether authenticity is more useful than truth in art.

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Sep 09, 2022
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“Kind reader, with keen judgment gifted,
When you discover the refined invention
Of this author, be with the style content
And ask not if what takes place is true.”

~ Nicolas de Herberay

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