“Sure, I knew the differences between a space opera and a hard-boiled detective story and a historical novel...but I never cared about such differences. It seemed to me, then as now, that there are good stories and bad stories, and that was the only distinction that truly mattered.”

George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin - “Sure, I knew the differences...” 1

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