english: Years later, I would learn of a writer named John Gardner who referred to this as the "fictive dream," or the "dream of fiction," and I would realize that this was where I was inside that book, spending time with the characters and the world that the author had created and invited me into.
non_english: Jaren later ontdekte ik de schrijver John Gardner, die dit de 'fictionele droom' noemde, of de 'ononderbroken droom'. Ik realiseerde me dat ik me hier ín het boek bevond, in het gezelschap van de personages in de wereld die de auteur had gecreëerd en waarin hij me had uitgenodigd.