Future Classics

The Telegraph has a great article by Nick Hornby, advocating reading what you enjoy. It's so obvious, and yet so many people slog on with books they hate. I get tired of snobbish readers who seem to think that if you enjoy it, it isn't worth reading (or alternately, if it belongs to a certain genre such as Sci-Fi, Chick Lit, Fantasy and so on, that it's trash). I always point out to people that Shakespeare was the "trash lit" (or Dan Brown) of his day. Take As You Like It - entertainment for the masses was the whole point. And who knows what will be considered "Classic" in 200 years?

Reading this is making me look forward even more to Hornby's talk at Foyles next month. He'll be talking about The Complete Polysyllabic Spree, (based on his columns for McSweeney's). I'm hoping for a bit of readerly inspiration (no pressure, Nick, of course...)