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Jun. 11th, 2013

If you have an idea for a setting, and it's wild, or wacky, or wonderful enough to hold the reader's attention, it is at least at first easy enough to invent some characters, give them some excuse to move about, and set them loose.

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Dread Companion by Andre Norton

The clearest example I've ever found of a work that is both SF and fantasy.

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Dread Companion

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