• Leon@pawb.social
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    6 个月前

    I can see this, but at the same time there are classics that still hold up great. Frankenstein for example is still a good read. Paradise Lost can be a big hard to digest, but I really enjoyed it.

    Then again I don’t really read much Bible fanfic.

    • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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      6 个月前

      Frankenstein really doesn’t hold up, unless you’re on the younger side. The moral outrage on both sides is timeless and beautiful, but “I was put on bed rest because I looked at a cat funny” sticks out a bit too much in modern day.

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        6 个月前

        Ah, I’m talking about Frankenstein and 1984 as stories. Frankenstein still a fun read, 1984 is definitely not. But yeah, that’s obviously a subjective thing.

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          I enjoyed it a lot and honestly, while I could see the massive influence it had on other things, and even being impressed by the distopian technology that would seem really scifi at the time, but is normal today, I think there are some aspects that have been explored further, but not at the same detail.

          For example, doublethink and newspeak as a concept exists in other media, but I’ve never seen it explored to such details than in the book.