Neil Gaiman Quotes
Fiction Is Dangerous Because It Lets You Into Other People's Heads. It Shows You That The World Doesn't Have To Be Like The One You Live In." At The First Nationally Recognized Science Fiction Convention In China In 2007, Gaiman Took A Party Official Aside And Said, "While Not Actually Illegal, Science Fiction Is Regarded As Dangerous And Subversive In China. Why Did You Say Yes To A Science-fiction Convention?"
The Party Official Answered, "In China, We're Really Good At Making Things People Bring To Us, But We Don't Invent, We Don't Innovate." When Chinese Party Officials Visited Google, Apple And Microsoft, They Asked What The Executives Read As Children. The Official Continued: "They All Said, 'We Read Science Fiction. The World Doesn't Have To Be The Way It Is Right Now. We Can Change It.' " "That," Said Gaiman, "is The Big Dangerous Thing.
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