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Neal Stephenson lecture on whether genres matter anymore




Here’s a 40-minute talk that Neal Stephenson gave to Gresham College in London last May, discussing the nature of “literary genres” and why these distinctions are melting away. It’s a fascinating noodle on a subject close to my heart — is there such a thing as genres anymore, and is science fiction a genre?

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(via Beyond the Beyond)

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