Moderated by Nancy Bush. Roger Ebert states that we need to appreciate novels by all authors, not just ones by "respectable authors," and that fiction is still alive in various art forms, including novels and films. Roger W. Wescott plays devil's advocate and states that fiction is dead because of society's emphasis on science, but believes that fiction (through play) has been a part of mammalian behavior for millennia. Joseph W. Angell Jr. argues that fiction plays three purposes: fiction is a substitute for reality, fiction interprets reality, and exceptional fiction can be a reality. Angell also believes that many new novels lack originality.
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Moderated by Nancy Bush. Roger Ebert states that we need to appreciate novels by all authors, not just ones by "respectable authors," and that fiction is still alive in various art forms, including novels and films. Roger W. Wescott plays devil's advocate and states that fiction is dead because of society's emphasis on science, but believes that fiction (through play) has been a part of mammalian behavior for millennia. Joseph W. Angell Jr. argues that fiction plays three purposes: fiction is a substitute for reality, fiction interprets reality, and exceptional fiction can be a reality. Angell also believes that many new novels lack originality.
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