Okay, back to the point: I think that, even if not all of Asimov's or Heinlein's or Clarke's works will be read in a 100 years, I think a select few will survive as an example of how freakin' innovative human thought was back then and as an example to continue striving for innovation in writing. And, okay, I've never read Clarke, and I've only read one Asimov book, I have devoured Heinlein because like you, I read for the characterization in stories, not for the ideas.
But here's the thing: I know who they are and what they wrote, and teenagers of today even know who they are and what they wrote, even if they haven't read that much. So they won't vanish, but they probably won't be mainstream.
Who knows, maybe at least one of them will survive to become the next Jules Verne.
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Date: 2009-08-25 02:32 am (UTC)But here's the thing: I know who they are and what they wrote, and teenagers of today even know who they are and what they wrote, even if they haven't read that much. So they won't vanish, but they probably won't be mainstream.
Who knows, maybe at least one of them will survive to become the next Jules Verne.