George R.R. Martin - on Fantasy

[Nick]

(Amused to read on his NOT A BLOG how they were thrown out of the hotel at this year's Worldcon for making too much noise and not being 'real guests'!)

[Sarah Rose]

Wow! that was deep!
"There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us" - so correct! somthing true in fantasy, how ironic. i like that...

[Peter Welmerink]

"They can keep their Heaven. When I die, I'd sooner go to Middle Earth." The bonus of being a fantasy writer and reader is you don't have to wait until you die, you can go to these places...ANY PLACE...you want right now. Thanks George.

[Robert Lee]

Thanks for posting, I really really enjoyed that. So deep it almost gives you shivers. George R. R. Martin is one of my favorite authors.

[drosdelnoch]

Always good to see something like this, for too long a lot of people have looked down on fantasy and I suppose its perhaps the oldest genre on Earth. I think what it is that speaks to readers more is the fact that it is "round the campfire" storytelling that does speak to the ancient memory within us all.

[Tracy Falbe]

Thanks for sharing this video. I too believe that fantasy speaks to something old and true inside us.