Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years. I've read about eight or nine of those books. Yeah, that's an appallingly small number compared to some people. But then again, how surprising is that anyway? Whenever someone churns out a "best of" list for books, I don't make 50%. Or even 25%. It's depressing because all these lists are taunting me, telling me that I'm not "well-read."
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I went scouring for bookstores this afternoon and this is the second time EVER that I've encountered one that has a resident cat. It was a used bookstore in Lewiston. The first bookstore I've seen a cat in was actually in a large retail bookstore with a yuppie cafe in Dayton, Ohio--when I was ten.
Assuming you believe that someone in a magazine or on a blog has sufficient cultural-arbiter credentials to tell you what You Must Read. I am deeply suspicious of all such lists, especially if I appear to do well on them.
