We may as well do so, since Todorov’s theory would be fine if it contained only such defects ... then only in the sense that "dream logic" has engulfed the narrative together with the reader. ("Son ...

And in the event, Todorov's "sample," as displayed in his bibliography, is astonishing. Among its twenty-seven titles we find no Borges, no Verne, no Wells, nothing from modern fantasy, and all of SF ...