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On books aging well or poorly:
I'm currently re-reading some classic golden age science fiction. There are mention of computers, but people also pull out slide rules (I at least know what one is, although I don't think my kids do). The love scenes are laughable (one can tell the author is really embarrassed to be writing scenes of affection - kissing is as far as it gets, and those are mostly off-stage).
I'm finding that, for all the slightly archaic writing style, I'm enjoying them immensely. Yeah, it's no world that we live in or ever could, but the story itself is great good fun.
On the other hand, mine may be the last generation that will enjoy such books. I went back and re-read some of the Mars books by Edgar Rice Burroughs after seeing John Carter of Mars the movie. I remember loving the books when I first discovered them (in the 60s or 70s, I think), but now I find they bore me.
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