Doors to Fantasia

Have you ever been reading a book that you REALLY liked...and then, all of a sudden, you reached the end of the book? and the world you had been indulging in and the characters who had been your family were so quickly gone? Well, that is one aspect of great things that I wish to cover in this page, dedicated (1) to The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende AND (2) to all the great books ever written.

Just a few days ago I finished reading a spectacular book, The Dragon and the Raven: or In the Days of King Alfred by G.A. Henty. The main character, Edmund--an ealdorman of Saxon England in the late 800s--became like a brother to me as he conquered the Danes invading England and drove them away in his spectacular ship, the Dragon. Based upon real people, real events, and historically-backed battles, the book was brilliantly written as the author filled in the 'facts' that history does not provide.

At any rate, when I finished the book, the story of Edmund and his Danish bride Freda was cut to an abrupt end. It was like a friend dying...I no longer had the stories and adventures of Edmund to follow along with in the evenings! I felt really bad...and I ALWAYS do whenever I finish a book. That is the wonderful thing about SERIES!!! You get to look forward to future adventures...unlike singles where that book is that character's WHOLE WORLD, GOSH DANG IT!

At any rate, the point of this page was going to come to a quote from the ending of one of the greatest books ever, The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende. I was going to end it with a quote that shows how all stories are collectively part of a bigger and greater whole come to be known as Fantasia. So as long as we get back to Fantasia, we haven't lost anything at all! The only solution is to keep reading.

"Every story is a Neverending Story." He passed his eyes over the many books that covered the walls of his shops from floor to ceiling, pointed the stem of his pipe at them, and went on:
"There are many doors to Fanta[sia], my boy. There are other such magic books. A lot of people read them without noticing. It all depends on who gets his hands on such books."
"Then the Neverending Story is different for different peope?"
"That's right," said Mr. Coreander.

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2003(c)Retarded Farris

I do not claim to have written the books discussed or invented the quote. That's why I QUOTED it. HA.