MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - A little bit of philosophizing: Modern Classics

grzzly · 09-07-2010, 06:33 AM

While going through all the "classics" of the recent past I realized that there are not really any great books that were written in the past, say ten to twenty years, or were there? Maybe I am just not seeing them but where are the Fitzgeralds and Orwells of the present? Is it just me who is failing to see them out of sheer ignorance or are they not there?

Or do we maybe need some time before we realize how great books written in the present really are?

09-07-2010, 06:33 AM	#1
grzzly Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	A little bit of philosophizing: Modern Classics While going through all the "classics" of the recent past I realized that there are not really any great books that were written in the past, say ten to twenty years, or were there? Maybe I am just not seeing them but where are the Fitzgeralds and Orwells of the present? Is it just me who is failing to see them out of sheer ignorance or are they not there? Or do we maybe need some time before we realize how great books written in the present really are?