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Old 11-15-2009, 04:18 AM   #91
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Fair question. Here's my list of needed attributes...
3. The work has to be self-contained. Let me expand on this. It has to describe a world without a reference to the current times in which it was written. The concerns of the items of the books are not topical. it's the difference between Uncle Toms Cabin and Huckleberry Finn.
I reckon that's one of the reasons Terry Pratchett's work won't last.
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