] It has happened many times in history that new systems
] will come along and, instead of obliterating the old,
] will surround and encapsulate them and work in symbiosis
] with them but otherwise pretty much leave them alone
] (think mitochondria) and sometimes I get the feeling that
] something similar is happening with these two literary
] worlds. The fact that we are having a discussion like
] this one on a forum such as Slashdot is Exhibit A.

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