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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8112084" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>I don't have a problem with the authors being on the list. Jemisin and Martin are great and deserving, Gaiman obviously too. Can't speak to the others as I haven't read them (although have been eyeing the James book, and possibly Adeyemi).</p><p></p><p>A charitable view on the list is that it just wasn't thought out all that well, not unlike asking a bunch of folks, "What are your favorite films?" and then changing that to a list of the greatest films of all time. The films will inherently be skewed to generational demographics, and thus also fall into recency bias, as Gradine pointed out. </p><p></p><p>Furthermore, there's the problem of expertise and knowledge. I'm guessing that the staff of TIME is probably not only on the younger side, but generally without a huge amount of knowledge or reading of older fantasy works. </p><p></p><p>If we really wanted a "best fantasy of all time" list with any credence to influence and originality, those involved should probably have a solid grasp of the tradition. I'd love to see such a list compiled by a panel that is more balanced, with experts like John Clute and Farrah Mendelsohn, as well as well-established and knowledgeable writers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8112084, member: 59082"] I don't have a problem with the authors being on the list. Jemisin and Martin are great and deserving, Gaiman obviously too. Can't speak to the others as I haven't read them (although have been eyeing the James book, and possibly Adeyemi). A charitable view on the list is that it just wasn't thought out all that well, not unlike asking a bunch of folks, "What are your favorite films?" and then changing that to a list of the greatest films of all time. The films will inherently be skewed to generational demographics, and thus also fall into recency bias, as Gradine pointed out. Furthermore, there's the problem of expertise and knowledge. I'm guessing that the staff of TIME is probably not only on the younger side, but generally without a huge amount of knowledge or reading of older fantasy works. If we really wanted a "best fantasy of all time" list with any credence to influence and originality, those involved should probably have a solid grasp of the tradition. I'd love to see such a list compiled by a panel that is more balanced, with experts like John Clute and Farrah Mendelsohn, as well as well-established and knowledgeable writers. [/QUOTE]
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