It seems like Terry Pratchett is explicitly contradicting Theodore Dreiser (IN ALL CAPS, no less).
Pratchett: “Humans need fantasy to be fully human.”
Dreiser: “Fantasy is an atavism, humans need reason to be fully human.”
Though it’s possible that Dreiser was reflecting on cognitive bias, not on fantasy.
The ALL CAPS are because it’s the character Death who is speaking here, in a voice like two concrete blocks being rubbed together, or the slamming of coffin lids.
That’s what I figured, but it still looks weird without context.
It seems like Terry Pratchett is explicitly contradicting Theodore Dreiser (IN ALL CAPS, no less).
Pratchett: “Humans need fantasy to be fully human.”
Dreiser: “Fantasy is an atavism, humans need reason to be fully human.”
Though it’s possible that Dreiser was reflecting on cognitive bias, not on fantasy.
The ALL CAPS are because it’s the character Death who is speaking here, in a voice like two concrete blocks being rubbed together, or the slamming of coffin lids.
That’s what I figured, but it still looks weird without context.