classics of the future

been doing some reading, and ian mcewan is a good contender. fantastic prose.

i finally got around to reading some david mitchell; didn't like it all that much. it was a short story in a mcsweeny's collection, called "what you didn't know you wanted" or somesuch. struck me as paul auster-lite. i'll give him another shot, though, as i did enjoy the story alright.

will self is another contender.

Do yourself a favor and read muthafu*ckin' Ghostwritten. From there, you can read Number 9 Dream, and then progress onto the glory that is Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green.

There lie dreams.

just started reading will self. if he could tone down the transgressive stuff, he would be a definite contender.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
David Mitchell and Dave Eggers are where it's at for me. Safran Foer is working it though.

Originally posted by Thorin
Who?
What ever

-[B]JK Rowling´s Harry Potter . She´s already a classic, like it or not, and a classic for the future.
Who´s missing the point? those are you.
-Stephen King, he´s already famous, he will last till the future. [/B]

Have you ever read a Doc Savage novel? No? I'll bet most people on this forums haven't. One of the most popular pulp fiction heroes of his time, along with the Shadow.

Would you consider "The Czar of Fear" and "The Mystery on the Snow" to be classic novels. Would you consider Lester Dent to be a classic author?

You missed the point; you failed to realize that just because a lot of people are reading something now, it doesn't make it classic, enduring literature.

My money's on Pynchon, incidently.

pynchon's already in the bag, along with don delillo and a few others.

Originally posted by Gregory
Have you ever read a Doc Savage novel? No? I'll bet most people on this forums haven't. One of the most popular pulp fiction heroes of his time, along with the Shadow.

Would you consider "The Czar of Fear" and "The Mystery on the Snow" to be classic novels. Would you consider Lester Dent to be a classic author?

You missed the point; you failed to realize that just because a lot of people are reading something now, it doesn't make it classic, enduring literature.

My money's on Pynchon, incidently.

It's odd though, because in many ways the works that endure are dependent on certain people's championing of them.

Many authors that are currently 'classic' disappeared from the wider consciousness until someone decided to bring them back to the fore.

(General point, not particularly aimed at you).