----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> > >Heh. I think it was Mark Twain who said that a book was a classic if it > >was one you want to have read, not > >one you want to read. > > Twain defined a classic as a book that people praise and don't read. I still need a definition for a book that's thick enough to hold up the corner of the couch in the basement, yet still makes people think you're educated because it's in your house, and no one wants to read it (see "Ulysses") . R.