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Science fiction and fantasy duke it out in an apocalyptic battle

By Lauren Davis Published October 19, 2013, 8:00 pm ET

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In the final battle of genres, the wizards face off against the cyborgs while dragons dodge blasts fired by sentient aerial drones. Danil Shunkov‘s piece asks: which genre would win?

Shunkov sells prints of his work on Etsy and Society6.

Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy [DanilLovesFood via reddit]

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