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Old 05-12-2014, 08:20 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by Yapyap View Post
I do find it interesting to consider that all the current cool, popular stuff will be a hundred years old and - most of it, other than whatever emerges as a handful of classics from our current era - will seem hopelessly outdated to the people in 2114.
It is very hard to say what will be remembered and still read from contemporary fiction in 100 years. Many extremely popular authors of the past have now sunk into obscurity.
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