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Originally Posted by Xenophon
For example (just from SF/Fantasy genre): Dune and Hitchhiker's Guide, but nothing by Heinlein (who wrote at least three or four books that surpass Dune both as literature and also in cultural importance) and nothing by Terry Pratchett (who seems to have at least equalled Douglas Adams).
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I can't figure out why Douglas Adams was included at all. I know it is a "trendy" read, but I certainly wouldn't classify him as any better than a mediocre writer at best. Arthur Clarke was certainly a better and more memorable writer, just to name one.
John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway certainly deserve greater accolades than the list provides.