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Novelists Kazuo Ishiguro and Neil Gaiman debate "genre fiction"

Why do literary types look down on 鈥済enre fiction"? Are genre labels like 鈥渇antasy鈥 and 鈥渟cience fiction鈥 pejorative terms, or labels to be proud of?

Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro鈥檚 latest book, The Buried Giant, uses fantasy motifs. He is in discussion with Neil Gaiman, one of the world's most successful writers.

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