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We don't like reality, and who can blame us? The escapism market is going strong and stronger as the romance, scifi and fantasy novel biz booms. [NYT] More »
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Desperate times call for...ripped bodices. The bad economy has been a boon for romance novels, whose brand of affordable escapism is thriving. Not shocking: the genre came into its own during the 1930s. [Independent] More »
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We've probably all fantasized at one time or another about time travel — like, when we were children — but some people are actually living the dream! Meet the Time Warp Wives, three British women who have opted to live their lives in respectively, the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, whose privations and inequalities they find a small price to pay for "innocence" and the ease of clearly-defined gender roles. More »
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