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fjtorres · 02-05-2014, 07:40 AM

Too many recent bestsellers clogging the list.
For a list of lifetime must-reads you should automatically disqualify anything less than 10 years old; most of those will soon go out of style pretty soon.
Give it even five more years and half the recent books will be forgotten.

Also, not enough SF in there.
As much as I enjoyed Hunger Games it is far less significant to the field than CAVES OF STEEL or THE STARS MY DESTINATION. And I expect other genres have similar issues.

It's just a popularity contest.

02-05-2014, 07:40 AM	#33
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Too many recent bestsellers clogging the list. For a list of lifetime must-reads you should automatically disqualify anything less than 10 years old; most of those will soon go out of style pretty soon. Give it even five more years and half the recent books will be forgotten. Also, not enough SF in there. As much as I enjoyed Hunger Games it is far less significant to the field than CAVES OF STEEL or THE STARS MY DESTINATION. And I expect other genres have similar issues. It's just a popularity contest.