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Old 04-15-2010, 06:30 PM   #389
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Frankly, I think we should limit it to books that are in the public domain. If they are in the PD and still popular and published today then I would say it is a classic.

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According to dictionary.com, one of the definitions of classic is...

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an author or a literary work of the first rank, esp. one of demonstrably enduring quality.
And there are lots of books that would have that as the definition that are not 50-70 years or more old.
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