> From: Brett Coster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> 1. A lot of these books I've not read for decades. Some of my
> judgements
> will be based on what I can remember feeling about a book. I
> know in a lot
> of cases I would think differently if I was to read the book now. (For
> example, at 14 I loved Alistair MacLean books. Nowadays I
> can't get passed
> the first few pages of any but a couple.) Is this taken as a
> given? Any
> ideas how we can identify the bias here? It will probably
> skew a lot in
> favour of Asimov/Clarke/Heinlein.
>
I have the same issue. I read a ton of the Heinlein juvie novels when I was
in junior high. I vaguely remember most and know that I liked them. But
have no idea how to rate them now. But a better example is Poul Anderson's
"The Avatar": I had completely forgotten about that book until I saw it on
the list. Then I remembered that I loved it so much that I read it twice in
high school. However, I cannot remember ANYTHING about it. Not one plot
nuance or anything. Hmmmm...not sure how to rate that one.
I think this project is going to lead me to reread a lot of books in the
near future...
- John
