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Originally Posted by kennyc
Absolutely. I began and continue as a Fantasy and Science Fiction reader (in addition to many other genres). I think the term Classics can actually transcend genre boundaries though. I believe there are Classic Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mainstream, etc. And would suggest that Lord of the Rings is a Classic from the Fantasy genre. Now it may or may not be over-hyped but if it is not then does not that fly in the face of your initial reaction "All Classics are over-hyped?"
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OK. Then I misundertood the original name of this thread? Maybe we should ask the owner of the thread, what did he mean by "classic". For me Classic books are books written probably before 1950s?...old, boring staff. Dry language, themes that are not interesting to me etc. On the other hand, I don't think I read any contemporary books that cover the same topics. Maybe if Black Company was written 200 years ago, it would be considered classics and I would read it and would be qualified as reader os classic literature.
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Of course we all have different tastes as to what makes a good book, but I think it's really a shame to limit oneself just because of a prejudice about subject matter. True, it's your choice, but you are missing on a lot.
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It would be true, if I run out of interesting books of the genre I like and would stop reading because there are no more good books in this genre. However, if you check my TRL on Goodreads, you would notice that I have a very long, 6-7 years, list of reading in front of me....
and it grows. So, by choosing not to read classics as I understand this term I miss as much as anybody else who is reading a Book A, while they could read Books B or C, or D etc. Any book that was not read is a missed read, if you see what I mean.