"Escape Routes," Galaxy (Dec 1974) - Le Guin, Ursula K. | WIST Quotations
The oldest argument against SF is both the shallowest and the profoundest: the assertion that SF, like all fantasy, is escapist. [...] If it’s worth answering, the best answer is given by Tolkien, author, critic, and scholar. Yes, he said, fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a…