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Originally Posted by crich70
The thing about classics is that they became classics for a reason. So I can't say I agree that they are all (or even mostly) awful. Writing styles may have changed over the yrs, but that doesn't make a book awful either. For that matter though a book doesn't have to be old to be awful. There are new turkeys being written all the time. And more are seeing print than in the old days because anyone can self-publish a book now unlike in the old days not so long ago.  |
I wasn't commenting on how good or not a classic is. But sometimes it's just a hassle that month in the nominating phase. If I nominate, I'll try to nominate something I think will be an easy enough read if it's an older book or if not, I'll try to find something that's a bit more modern. Some think a classic has to be old to be a classic. I think that's not so. For example,
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a classic and it's not that old.