Letting the Dragons In, Part II

Several years ago, I was asked to give a speech on the topic of book-banning, from the viewpoint of a fantasy writer. It's quite long, so I have carved into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week. This is the second part of four.

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I wrote that story for this speech, because I am a fiction writer, and stories are the way I say things best, though I don't always know exactly what I was trying to say. In this case, though, I think that what I was trying to say is this:

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