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So then, have we really been reduced to that? I hate the very idea of shrugging our collective shoulders and saying "Well, he meant parts of it to be thought of this way, and parts of it to be thought of that way, I guess." That's pretty much the last word one can have about the matter, and it ultimately satisfies neither story element. If the idea was to advance a story in which the two are reconciled, I'd say it didn't work out very well.
Of course there are mystery-fantasies and fantasy-mysteries, but that isn't quite the same thing as what's being talked about here.
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