Letting In the Dragons, Part IV

 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 it up into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week. This is the last of four parts, and the end of the story that I began with.

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The kingdom that had shut out dragons went on for many years, repeating the same three months over and over.  Nothing new ever happened; there were no new books, or new ideas, or new fashions, or...