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This article focuses on the popularity of novels featuring prominent fantasy or supernatural elements. For decades, an imaginary but effective chain-link fence has divided the science fiction and fantasy genre from literary fiction, scaled every now and then by a few writers. Reflecting the rise of fantasy and science fiction in popular culture, literary writers like Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem ascended to the top of their field.

An interview with Finnish author Leena Krohn about her book "Datura, or a Delusion We All See" is presented. When asked about the relationship between truth and illusion, fantasy and reality, she claims that they are elements of the same consciousness. She shares the importance played by boundaries and borderlands between experiences, worlds, and objective and subjective experience in the world of Datura. She also describes the genre of the book.