Re: Who will we still be reading in 100 years time?
Well, this might have been mentioned (but I didn't see it):
Tolkien. His works will ring true as long as there is good and evil (or even if there isn't).
And, of course, Richard Adams, for his masterpiece Watership Down. Though it's just a story about rabbits, it is a great saga of survival.
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Re: Who will we still be reading in 100 years time?
This is great. Almost a list of works/authors to be certain to get in hardcover, so that Grandson Jake can tell his grandson: "In olden times, grandpa & grandma Kukri read from very thin pieces of processed wood, bound together with glue on one side, and protected from the elements with a thick, wooden-like cover. Like this volume called 'Ulysses', by a fella named James Joyce."
Poor grandkid, will run screaming from books after trying to read that, but I vote it to the 'must have in 100 years' list, for it's slice-of-life, wordplay, and solve-a-puzzle depth.
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Re: Who will we still be reading in 100 years time?
I can't read Watership Down, it's just too sad. It's bizarre, I can preside over the deaths of thousands of Gallic tribesmen, but rabbits snuffing it does for me completely.And, of course, Richard Adams, for his masterpiece Watership Down. Though it's just a story about rabbits, it is a great saga of survival.
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Re: Who will we still be reading in 100 years time?
Frank Herbert's Dune series has a good chance of remaining an SF-classic even at the end of this century IMHO
Not really, if you look at the original post I was referring to...Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
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