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<blockquote data-quote="Haffrung" data-source="post: 8113676" data-attributes="member: 6776259"><p>It's pretty clear that the intent of the Time list is to present the fantasy genre as it ought to be, rather than the genre as it has been. I'd hazard several of the panelists have not read any fantasy novels written between 1950 and 1990, and many of the authors and works that fans would expect to see on the list were omitted due to being 'problematic' from the perspective of the enlightened intelligentsia of 2020.</p><p></p><p>The fact there's not a single sword and sorcery work, or any action-oriented fantasy by hugely popular and influential authors like Gemmell, Erikson, Abercrombie, and Lawrence, reveals the bias at work here.</p><p></p><p>Imagine if Time put together a list of 100 greatest films of all time, and almost half of them were from the last 15 years and fewer than a quarter were films from the 1950s through the 80s. The list would be ridiculed by film critics and Time readers alike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haffrung, post: 8113676, member: 6776259"] It's pretty clear that the intent of the Time list is to present the fantasy genre as it ought to be, rather than the genre as it has been. I'd hazard several of the panelists have not read any fantasy novels written between 1950 and 1990, and many of the authors and works that fans would expect to see on the list were omitted due to being 'problematic' from the perspective of the enlightened intelligentsia of 2020. The fact there's not a single sword and sorcery work, or any action-oriented fantasy by hugely popular and influential authors like Gemmell, Erikson, Abercrombie, and Lawrence, reveals the bias at work here. Imagine if Time put together a list of 100 greatest films of all time, and almost half of them were from the last 15 years and fewer than a quarter were films from the 1950s through the 80s. The list would be ridiculed by film critics and Time readers alike. [/QUOTE]
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