<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post2746214094989991290..comments</id><updated>2010-06-28T08:44:58.087-05:00</updated><category term='Dystopian/Utopian'/><category term='new post in forever'/><category term='Barnes and Noble Classics'/><category term='Classic Question'/><category term='Classic Book Review'/><category term='eBooks'/><category term='George R. R. Martin'/><category term='Penguin Classics'/><category term='Russian Authors'/><category term='Neal Stephenson'/><category term='Nobel Prize'/><category term='Audio books'/><category term='Harry Potter'/><category term='Snow Crash'/><category term='Classic Translators'/><category term='Pulitzer Prize'/><title type='text'>Comments on Classic Novels: Life does not stop the continued aging of good cla...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/feeds/2746214094989991290/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html'/><author><name>Mat Landers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07871684730200132934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-1210929985819467864</id><published>2010-06-28T08:44:58.081-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T08:44:58.081-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear, The Lone Reader, I am not familiar with Jame...</title><content type='html'>Dear, The Lone Reader, I am not familiar with James A. Michener.  I am not the authority for classics though.  Do you consider his work classics?  If so, which ones and why?  I would really like to hear a compelling case as to why one of his works would be considered classic!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/1210929985819467864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/1210929985819467864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html?showComment=1277732698081#c1210929985819467864' title=''/><author><name>Mat Landers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07871684730200132934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-2746214094989991290' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/posts/default/2746214094989991290' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1732451285'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-4563720756789566868</id><published>2010-06-28T08:08:05.615-05:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T08:08:05.615-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Mat,
Does James A. Michener count as a classic...</title><content type='html'>Hey Mat,&lt;br /&gt;Does James A. Michener count as a classic author yet?&lt;br /&gt;J.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/4563720756789566868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/4563720756789566868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html?showComment=1277730485615#c4563720756789566868' title=''/><author><name>The Lone Reader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06414157046217701197</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TF7cJRRGXLM/TBDmFBodAzI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rEkKvIzeaAk/S220/IMG_0138.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-2746214094989991290' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/posts/default/2746214094989991290' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-499560211'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-8159026873889119761</id><published>2010-03-22T13:54:21.045-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T13:54:21.045-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I actually enjoyed Catcher in the Rye and also tho...</title><content type='html'>I actually enjoyed Catcher in the Rye and also thought it was kind of tough to follow at times.  I read it with the curiosity of &amp;quot;What on earth does this book say that would cause someone to murder John Lennon?&amp;quot; Even after reading it, I am not sure why.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/8159026873889119761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/8159026873889119761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html?showComment=1269284061045#c8159026873889119761' title=''/><author><name>Mat Landers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07871684730200132934</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-2746214094989991290' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/posts/default/2746214094989991290' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1732451285'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-1505680302198335787</id><published>2010-03-20T22:32:52.147-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-20T22:32:52.147-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Out of curiosity, what did you think of Cather in ...</title><content type='html'>Out of curiosity, what did you think of Cather in the Rye? I&amp;#39;ve had to read it for a uni course, and I found it really hard to get into, yet it drove me insane because in some senses it was absolutely brilliant!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/1505680302198335787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/1505680302198335787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html?showComment=1269142372147#c1505680302198335787' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-2746214094989991290' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/posts/default/2746214094989991290' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-488023924'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-4309215391985694134</id><published>2010-02-12T20:42:46.883-06:00</published><updated>2010-02-12T20:42:46.883-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I consider it to already be a classic!!!</title><content type='html'>I consider it to already be a classic!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/4309215391985694134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/2746214094989991290/comments/default/4309215391985694134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html?showComment=1266028966883#c4309215391985694134' title=''/><author><name>Ed Jamison</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13986127820549435641</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.classicnovelsblog.com/2010/02/life-does-not-stop-continued-aging-of.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347337707798949715.post-2746214094989991290' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4347337707798949715/posts/default/2746214094989991290' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1482461341'/></entry></feed>
