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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 8112077" data-attributes="member: 57112"><p>The list is definitely a product of its own time (that time being now); obviously a list compiled in the 80's, for instance, would almost certainly not have excluded, say, Howard. So there's a recency bias, as well as all of the accompanying second-taking of works that don't hold up as well as they used to for one reason or another. Lord knows what another couple of decades will tell in the fashioning of a list like this. I imagine you'll see several fall of with the passage of time; <em>Harry Potter </em>and <em>The Name of the Wind </em>would be my first guesses, maybe <em>Night Circus. </em>And who knows what legacy of <em>A Song of Fire and Ice </em>will end up being.</p><p></p><p>One curious omission for me, upon further reflection, is Terry Brooks. I cut my teeth on Brooks (and David Eddings, whose omission I am <em>not </em>surprised by, as much as I enjoyed his books) as a kid. I guess there's the issue of "which book to choose" (<em>Sword of Shannara </em>being a not particularly good LotR ripoff) and probably the tanking of the recent Shannara tv show weighing it down; for my money <em>Druid of Shannara </em>is one his best early works.</p><p></p><p>Maybe <em>The Black Cauldron </em>would be on here too if not for the association with the barely related Disney movie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 8112077, member: 57112"] The list is definitely a product of its own time (that time being now); obviously a list compiled in the 80's, for instance, would almost certainly not have excluded, say, Howard. So there's a recency bias, as well as all of the accompanying second-taking of works that don't hold up as well as they used to for one reason or another. Lord knows what another couple of decades will tell in the fashioning of a list like this. I imagine you'll see several fall of with the passage of time; [I]Harry Potter [/I]and [I]The Name of the Wind [/I]would be my first guesses, maybe [I]Night Circus. [/I]And who knows what legacy of [I]A Song of Fire and Ice [/I]will end up being. One curious omission for me, upon further reflection, is Terry Brooks. I cut my teeth on Brooks (and David Eddings, whose omission I am [I]not [/I]surprised by, as much as I enjoyed his books) as a kid. I guess there's the issue of "which book to choose" ([I]Sword of Shannara [/I]being a not particularly good LotR ripoff) and probably the tanking of the recent Shannara tv show weighing it down; for my money [I]Druid of Shannara [/I]is one his best early works. Maybe [I]The Black Cauldron [/I]would be on here too if not for the association with the barely related Disney movie. [/QUOTE]
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