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Originally Posted by sun surfer
I think it is a mixture of genres and is most definitely science fiction.
If you google "cloud atlas genre" you will see that google classifies it as "science fiction" alone.
In the wikipedia entry for Cloud Atlas, under "Genre", the first one listed is "science fiction".
On Amazon, one of its rankings, the first one listed and its highest ranking, is in "Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction".
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So you are going to disagree with Worldcat which is a source for information about books even more respected then Amazon & Wiki put together?
Google & Google Books disagrees with you and agrees with me. Look at the attachments.
The New Yorker calls it a fantasy.
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/200..._brieflynoted1
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Mitchell's virtuosic novel presents six narratives that evoke an array of genres, from Melvillean high-seas drama to California noir and dystopian fantasy.
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