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Originally Posted by Katsunami
To be honest, I think that won't ever change. The classics will stay on these lists because everybody says they should. It often looks as there isn't room for anything 'new'. For me, Lord of the Rings (1954) *definitely* should have been in that list, as well as Shogun (1975), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1932).
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Well, in fairness LoTR was only one place outside the list; it was number 26.
Not sure I'd agree with you about "Shogun". Great story, but a great novel? To me it doesn't stand out from the crowd of other good adventure stories. Is it a classic? Probably too soon to say.