Because, as we know, almost anything can be read into any book if you are determined enough. This will be especially impressed on anyone who has written fantastic fiction. He will find reviewers, both favourable and hostile, reading into his stories all manner of allegorical meanings which he never intended. (Some of the allegories thus imposed on my own books have been so ingenious and interesting that I often wish I had thought of them myself.)

Summary

This quote highlights that books can be interpreted in various ways, more so in the case of fantastic fiction. Writers often find reviewers attributing allegorical meanings to their stories that were never intended. The author acknowledges that some of these imposed allegories can be clever and intriguing, making them wish they had come up with those ideas. It emphasizes the subjectivity of reading and the power readers have to uncover personal meanings within a text.

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