Jim Sallis moves between genres as much as anyone else I can
think of (SF, poetry, fiction/nonfiction, crime, mystery,
literary, translation) and he is hence the best argument I
can come up with to dispense with getting hung up on labels.
Further, he mixes genres thoroughly in some of his work --
poetry that is also encapsulated noir novels, SF that is also
poetry. It takes the meaning right out of the
pigeonhole.
If you haven't read it, take a look at his essay "Jumping
Tracks"
(at
http://www.booksense.com/people/archive/sallisjames.jsp)
(That said, I agree we're here on rara-avis to talk about a
particular type or style of fiction, and that the boundaries
of that type are pretty fuzzy.)
Valerie
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