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“We’re Not Talking About Good Writing. We’re Talking About Wire Racks”: Wolfe, Ellison and Asimov On Genres

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This 1982 roundtable discussion on science fiction is amazing. Watch Isaac Asimov, Gene Wolfe and Harlan Ellison talk to Studs Terkel and Calvin Trillin about the randomness of genre distinctions and the difference between “science fiction” and “science fantasy.”

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