MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - What contemporary authors / novels will be future classics?

Ransom · 06-13-2011, 03:07 PM

I think Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell will definately be a classic, but that's one of only a small handful of books written since 1960 or so that should be.

I don't know if you consider 1960 to be contemporary or not, but if so, another that comes to mind is A Canticle For Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Before 1960 I'd have to go back another decade or so to some of CS Lewis' books, most of which are already classics.

Another possibility for something more contemporary might be Orson Scott Card's Ender Quartet.

06-13-2011, 03:07 PM	#33
Ransom Banned Posts: 242 Karma: 51054 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belleville, IL Device: Kindle-3	I think Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell will definately be a classic, but that's one of only a small handful of books written since 1960 or so that should be. I don't know if you consider 1960 to be contemporary or not, but if so, another that comes to mind is A Canticle For Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Before 1960 I'd have to go back another decade or so to some of CS Lewis' books, most of which are already classics. Another possibility for something more contemporary might be Orson Scott Card's Ender Quartet. Last edited by Ransom; 06-13-2011 at 03:11 PM.