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Okay, so, with the caveat that I have not taken a literature course in nearly 20 years (so in addition to the perpetual odds that I am wrong, maybe I am missing a wider debate or cultural difference or something else that didn't show up on the first page of google results.)

Isn't Magical Realism a fairly specific genre? Like, just from the summaries in the Alternate Universe - Magical Realism tag, I'm getting what seems like more nopes than yesses.

(If it sounds like Harry Potter - not magical realism. If it sounds like Dresden Files - not magical realism. If there be dragons in modern London... Maybe. Depends how you use them.)

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I think I might be overcaffeinated. And the cat was being a total jerk five minutes go, but now he's asleep.