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Old 09-22-2012, 04:38 PM   #172
QuantumIguana
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Not all books read 70 or more years later are good. They just get read. Look at a lot of the books kids get forced to read for school. A lot of them are awful even though the teacher thinks they are works of literature.
If a book was only being read because teachers were forcing them to read it, sure. But that isn't a reasonable definition of "still being read." Just how many books are there that are only read because they are required for school? Besides, not many kids are assigned Asimov's books to read.
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