tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414826739553623574.post1674639845445999706..comments2024-03-26T16:06:54.317-04:00Comments on Reflections From The Bell Curve: History And HistoryPat Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461263795359198289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6414826739553623574.post-62116729091850442432016-11-27T16:50:20.269-05:002016-11-27T16:50:20.269-05:00Some thoughts from Ursula K. LeGuin: "There a...Some thoughts from Ursula K. LeGuin: "There are two major kinds of story: the kind where you tell what happened, and the kind where you tell what didn't. The first kind is history, journalism, biography, autobiography, and memoir. The second kind is fiction - stories you make up.<br />We Americans tend to be more comfortable with the first kind. We distrust people who make things up. We're comfortable with stories about "real things" and "real life." We want stories that tell us about "reality." We want them so bad that when we stage completely fake situations and film them, we call it "reality TV."<br />The problem with all this is that your real is not my real. We don't all perceive reality the same way. Some of us in fact do not perceive reality at all. You can definitely see that if you watch Fox News."<br />- From the 87-year-old author's recently published collection Words Are My Matter. There were many times I saw a strong similarity between LeGuin's non-fiction and that of Neil Gaiman.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296034403405438438noreply@blogger.com