Can Science Fiction Be Literature?

or Shakespeare, but I think that the work of Gene Wolfe certainly rises to the level of good and possibly even great literature.

Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia article:
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Although not a best-selling author, Wolfe is highly regarded by critics and fellow writers, and considered by many to be one of the best living science fiction authors. Indeed, he has sometimes been called the best living American writer regardless of genre. Award-winning science fiction author Michael Swanwick has said: "Gene Wolfe is the greatest writer in the English language alive today. Let me repeat that: Gene Wolfe is the greatest writer in the English language alive today! I mean it. Shakespeare was a better stylist, Melville was more important to American letters, and Charles Dickens had a defter hand at creating characters. But among living writers, there is nobody who can even approach Gene Wolfe for brilliance of prose, clarity of thought, and depth in meaning."
Among other writers...Patrick O'Leary...has said: "Forget 'Speculative Fiction'. Gene Wolfe is the best writer alive. Period. No comparison. Nobody – I mean nobody – comes close to what this artist does."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe

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