Different sort of genre than regular novels. Perhaps you should post another thread about Best Science Fiction Book ever written. Even libraries have separate sci-fi sections from fiction novels.
Oh, you mean different from mysteries, historical fiction, Westerns, speculative fiction... (all of which are mentioned on this thread...)
Perhaps you should post another thread about Best Science Fiction Book ever written.
No thank you, I was just curious as to why you were excluding SF from your solicitation of opinions.
Even libraries have separate sci-fi sections from fiction novels.
Oh, well, I guess that's reason enough. Back to my (literary) ghetto I go...
See? We fans struggle for years against you mundanes, trying to get you to admit that our books - the ones we love - have value, and you keep throwing back this "well, SF isn't literature" stuff back at us. Romance novels get more respect, for pete's sake! You know what? Every book on my top ten list is SF or straight fantasy, and yes, I read mysteries and westerns and what you would consider regular novels. What makes Lord of the Rings less worthy than The Old Man and the Sea, why is The Moon is a Harsh Mistress less respected than Atlas Shrugged? Aside from the fact that ordinary people genuinely like the books I've mentioned without having to say, yeah, they're good except the characters are wrong, or yeah, it's a great novel but I fell asleep halfway through it.
I've never read From Here to Eternity. I have read Lord of the Rings, Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Doomsday Book, Dune, Foundation, Against the Fall of Night, 1984, Animal Farm, Lest Darkness Fall... classic SF or fantasy, and incredibly good books, deep looks into humanity and society... I cannot think of a more relevant genre than that of SF.
That came out a little harsh; I'm sorry. But I thought the days of hiding Astounding Wonder Stories behind the newspaper were gone forever.