[GipperGal]

The fact is that *nothing* is "just" a work of fiction. All fiction has content that speaks to us as people, or we wouldn't read it.

Agreed. And there's nothing more tedious and torturous than being trapped inside the world of some author's failed or deficient imagination.

[dsc]

"And there's nothing more tedious and torturous than being trapped inside the world of some author's failed or deficient imagination."

That's true. Sometimes, though, it is not the author's imagination or writing skills that are deficient, but his moral sense.