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Vogue Muffin___x Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:42 am
Any of the books that we now see as 'the classics' have not always been considered so.
When they were first written and published, they were just books off the shelves, and were considered modern day pieces.
Which of our modern day books do you think will later be considered a 'classic'?
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:10 am
Classics of the Psychedelic Renaissance
Food of the Gods -Terence Mckenna
Archaic Revival -Terence Mckenna
Invisible Landscapes -Terence Mckenna
The Psychedelic Experience -T.Leary, R.Metzer, R.Alpert
Doors of Perceptions -Aldous Huxley
Brave New World -Aldous HUxley
Moksha -Aldous Huxley
The Secret Chief -Myron Stolaroff
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:28 pm
I don't know about general reading classics but for my field:
Animals in Translation by Grandin
Animals Make Us Human by Grandin
The Cat Who Cried for Help by Dr. Dodman
The Dog Who Would Be King by Dr. Dodman
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Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:02 pm
Hm... I know it may be rather cliche, but I think Harry Potter will be one, along with the Inkheart Trilogy, and though it isn't exactly modern day, I am almost 100% sure that The Outsiders will be two.
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Vogue Muffin___x Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:03 am
TheBlackViolist Hm... I know it may be rather cliche, but I think Harry Potter will be one, along with the Inkheart Trilogy, and though it isn't exactly modern day, I am almost 100% sure that The Outsiders will be two. I think you might be right about Harry Potter (although I don't actually like the series myself, I have read all of it). I think it's a good possibility.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:27 am
Definitely the Outsiders.
The Gentlemen b*****d Series by Scott Lynch will likely be a classic. I could also see most of Gene Wolfe's stuff making it to classic status.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:59 pm
I think that all of the Harry Potter books will be considered fantasy classics, much like Tolkein's books in his day. I also think that the Libba Bray books about Gemma Doyle will as well.
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:53 pm
I'm not certain, but if Twilight makes it, I'll be surprised.
No, not surprised...
What's the word...
Disgusted!
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Vogue Muffin___x Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:15 am
Sullen Horror I'm not certain, but if Twilight makes it, I'll be surprised. No, not surprised... What's the word... Disgusted! I doubt Twilight has the ability to become anything close to a classic. It'll just become and old novel.
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:51 pm
It's really hard to say, but Harry Potter seems to have held on fairly well. It's been 12 years since the first book came out, and people who loved it as a kid still love it as adults.
I don't see the same appeal for Twilight, but I have to admit that the sales are staggering. I read the USA Today top 50 list every week, and she has had four in the top 10 every single week all year.
Going back a little further:
A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (and probably some of her others)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (she's still the last American to win the Nobel Prize for literature)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (already frequently assigned for schoolkids to read)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (not sure all the praise is deserved, but I enjoyed it)
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:09 pm
I could see Harry Potter reaching that status...
And while I don't exactly believe it will happen, I think that The Dark Tower series would easily reach that status, assuming more people would pick it up.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:26 pm
Alucards Little Pet I could see Harry Potter reaching that status...
And while I don't exactly believe it will happen, I think that The Dark Tower series would easily reach that status, assuming more people would pick it up. Do the number of people reading the work actually count? I was told by one of my teachers back in grade school that man of the classics, like Moby d**k, were ill received when they were new. They went on to say that a work is only deemed a classic if it embodies the essence of its era or something in that direction.
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:44 pm
great gigi Alucards Little Pet I could see Harry Potter reaching that status...
And while I don't exactly believe it will happen, I think that The Dark Tower series would easily reach that status, assuming more people would pick it up. Do the number of people reading the work actually count? I was told by one of my teachers back in grade school that man of the classics, like Moby d**k, were ill received when they were new. They went on to say that a work is only deemed a classic if it embodies the essence of its era or something in that direction.
Definiton of a Classic
And I don't necessarily think that something that isn't received well in it's era makes it a classic later. The above link was the best definition of a Classic that I thought truly encompassed what makes a Classic a Classic. If a book or series is ill-received, such as Moby d**k, it's possible that not everyone had access to it. Perhaps people didn't have the money to buy it, or didn't have the ability to read it. Ill-received doesn't always mean that nobody liked it.
Harry Potter could become a classic because nearly everyone has read it. Not only that, but it embodies so many themes of love and friendship, not to mention the morals and whatnot.
The Dark Tower series, which is an incredibly written series by the way, meets all of those criteria mentioned in the link above. Readers can connect to it, there are connections to other works of literature, and it's one of the most beautifully written and amazing series I have ever read. Not to mention the recurrent symbolism and themes....
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:53 am
Harry Potter won't make it, it doesn't have the staying power. The reason it's still doing well at the moment because the films are still going on, once they're done, unless they think of another money-grabbing scheme to extend the franchise, it will die down after that. It won't make it, it's simply not good enough - they're certainly no where near the standard of Tolkien, who was writing a completely different "higher" (as in epic) style of fantasy anyway).
I agree about Atwood, I though Huxley already was. I think Pratchett will.
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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:04 am
I'm on the fence about Harry Potter. I can see it becoming one, but I can also see it dying out of favor. Generally what's considered a classic are books that have a life lesson to teach or imply. Like Moby d**k, The Odyssey, etc'.
I'd have to say The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It's already considered a modern classic, but I can see it still going strong later in the years.
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