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Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla Send a noteboard - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM
Although not really.

Dunsany is probably a better fit than Peake.

So I'll take your word for this. ;)

I assume you refer to Tolkien. I have noticed that people have a tendency to call books classics at a much younger age when it comes to genre literature, though. If you follow that trend, there will be more than the one.

Will there really, though? I don't see too many candidates. Some books or series that will stand out as superior examples of high fantasy - Earthsea (no, haven't read that either), Amber, arguably Fionavar Tapestry, some others - but I don't think any of them can seriously be called a "classic". And while a book like e.g. Dune might come closer to that status, you can hardly call it high fantasy what with all the science fiction elements.


Yes. That is in part what I meant. You get something called "genre classics" which are books not really able to stand on their own as simply "classics", but which are "classics" within a given genre. Perhaps that is just how I see things.
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1326 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1151 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1055 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1182 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 960 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 477 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1109 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 976 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 477 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1129 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1091 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1254 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 479 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1013 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1134 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1079 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1116 Views
Re: Sounds interesting. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:39:34 PM 1178 Views
King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 943 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1143 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1368 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1101 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 491 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1165 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 964 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1024 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1132 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1323 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1159 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1201 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 920 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1080 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 950 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1259 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1100 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1140 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 994 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1098 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1038 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1174 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 478 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1322 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1243 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1019 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1170 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1190 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1213 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1102 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1105 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1046 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1033 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 923 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 1599 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 997 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 1558 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1135 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 975 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 463 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 496 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 421 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1042 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1065 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1053 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1051 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1109 Views
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