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Old 01-21-2010, 03:56 PM   #168
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Um.... how can you know it has a "timeless" quality if it's only been around since 79?

I think for something to be "timeless" it has to be fairly old, yes. So, even your definition disagrees with you.

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I disagree. Again, it's all subjective. Some of what some people call "classic" is absolute dreck. And this is part of the reason that classic is a really bad topic. It's not something that we can point to and say for sure that this is a classic. Some people will disagree. So it's best to have a topic for where books nominated either are or are not without t being someone's opinion. And yes, I do think HHG has a timelsss quality about it. Just because it's from 1979 does not mean it doesn't have such.
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