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Originally Posted by issybird
Except that there are many, many books in the Patricia Clarke Memorial Library that aren't classics (being old is not sufficient for qualifying as a classic) and there are many classics that don't fall under the Life + 75 rubric.
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Agreed. Is "The Old Man and the Sea" a classic? Certainly. But it's not in the Patricia Clark Memorial Library. OTOH, there are many books in the PCML that don't qualify as classics but that are certainly worth a read.
I'll second or third the PCML. (And Jon - reading a good book, wherever it comes from, is never a waste. )