Here - Fantasy writers wage a noble battle against the forces of schlock.
Fantasy writers wage a noble battle against the forces of schlock.
The borders of fantasyland are among the most paradoxical places in that paradoxical place. Sometimes it hides its portals from all but the clever, lucky, or magically gifted. Yet for every child who has bumped her nose on a mirror or the back of a wardrobe trying to get into Wonderland or Narnia, millions arrive there safely, daily, bruise-free. For all its secrecy, the door to fantasyland is an open book. And there, of course, is the key to the puzzle.