I kept taking mine to Flaccidville . still don ' t know why she left me . <| sep |> Can confirm it ' s not . I have an amazing team and can ' t get past Div 4 because I suck . <| sep |> Neil Gaiman on Fiction . And , I dont think any one put it in better words . Fiction can show you a different world . It can take you somewhere you ' ve never been . Once you ' ve visited other worlds , like those who ate fairy fruit , you can never be entirely content with the world that you grew up in . Discontent is a good thing discontented people can modify and improve their worlds , leave them better , leave them different . And while we ' re on the subject , I ' d like to say a few words about escapism . I hear the term bandied about as if it ' s a bad thing . As if escapist fiction is a cheap opiate used by the muddled and the foolish and the deluded , and the only fiction that is worthy , for adults or for children , is mimetic fiction , mirroring the worst of the world the reader finds herself in . If you were trapped in an impossible situation , in an unpleasant place , with people who meant you ill , and someone offered you a temporary escape , why wouldn ' t you take it ? And escapist fiction is just that fiction that opens a door , shows the sunlight outside , gives you a place to go where you are in control , are with people you want to be with and more importantly , during your escape , books can also give you knowledge about the world and your predicament , give you weapons , give you armour , real things you can take back into your prison . Skills and knowledge and tools you can use to escape for real .