Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > 1% of 1950`s best still sounds awful when compared to 1% of 1790`s best. ;)
>
> I remember reading a book wherein the protagonist was chatting and said
> something along the lines of "I never bother to read a book that isn't at
> least 100 years old and still popular." The person he's talking to says
> "doesn't that rather limit your options?" The protagonist says "Not really."
>
> Several chapters later, you realize the protagonist is a vampire.
I'm no vampire. :)
Still, I think like this: do I know some given work of art already? If not, it
doesn't matter if it's 5000 years old: it's completely new to me.
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