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I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. What did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? We're still asking those questions in an urgent way.
Lev Grossman
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Lev Grossman
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 26
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Lexington
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