Sorry to hear about the fever. I hope you're feeling better soon.
Not sure what I think of the list, but I'd expect The Grauniad and I wouldn't have quite the same notions of what to list. Glad they got Book of the New Sun and Snowcrash and The Third Policeman on there. Slightly puzzled that they list Narnia in place of the Space Trilogy, if a choice had to be made, but I suppose that's just me. Can't decide if I'm pleased that they're including stuff from mainstreamish authors like Atwood of "spaceships and talking squid" fame and Rushdie and Toni Morrison, or if I'm a bit put out that they're taking up space that might be given to "our people." Not sure why Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is included, but I suppose I can't look at that book rationally since it pressed all my borderline-mediaevalist buttons.
I'm a little puzzled that Discworld and Earthsea are reduced to series, whereas Harry Potter isn't.
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Not sure what I think of the list, but I'd expect The Grauniad and I wouldn't have quite the same notions of what to list. Glad they got Book of the New Sun and Snowcrash and The Third Policeman on there. Slightly puzzled that they list Narnia in place of the Space Trilogy, if a choice had to be made, but I suppose that's just me. Can't decide if I'm pleased that they're including stuff from mainstreamish authors like Atwood of "spaceships and talking squid" fame and Rushdie and Toni Morrison, or if I'm a bit put out that they're taking up space that might be given to "our people." Not sure why Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is included, but I suppose I can't look at that book rationally since it pressed all my borderline-mediaevalist buttons.
I'm a little puzzled that Discworld and Earthsea are reduced to series, whereas Harry Potter isn't.