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Originally Posted by Mike Hobart
I knew somebody once who said that by that sort of definition, E.E. Smith's Galactic Patrol was a classic because he'd read it three times.
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It is also a classic by other definitions.
If nothing else, because pretty much all modern movie/tv SF is loaded with the concepts and the tropes therein, whether it be STAR WARS or GREEN LANTERN, STAR TREK or MASS EFFECT.
When it comes to adventure SF and Space Opera, most of the elements of the genre come from Smith, Williamson, and Hamilton. That alone makes them must-reads for serious students of the genre.