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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by mytailorisrich on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:46PM (#34523936)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Nirvana, of course.

As it happens, Jurassic Park was published in 1990.

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by eahnbaetjhn on Thursday January 26, 2023 @01:46AM (#34528434)
Cormac McCarthy comes to mind
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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by longitudinal93 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:01AM (#34529373)
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Generation X by Douglas Coupland

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by crtified on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:28AM (#34529545)
Future algorithms will find online content that was ahead of it's time.

"Hi, algorithm!". :p

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by lostlogin on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:40AM (#34531458)
A bit of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld was squeezed into the ‘90s, so that can join Harry Potter. Both series appear to have had bans in various places, so that’s got to add to their credibility.
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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by prometheus76 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:47AM (#34531518)
Fight Club was published in the 90s. That book was responsible for getting a lot of people to read a novel who had previously not been interested in reading.

Also, American Psycho deserves a mention.

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by musicale on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:31AM (#34556374)
> getting a lot of people to read

Harry Potter is on the list. I wonder what other books might be in the category of gateways into reading at least one book.

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by treeman79 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:16PM (#34534784)
The Wheel of Time a huge epic. Got started in 1990.

Later completed in 2013 by Sanderson.

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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by musicale on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:24AM (#34556342)
A Song of Ice and Fire got started in 1996 and isn't finished. Maybe Sanderson can help.
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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by randomcarbloke on Friday January 27, 2023 @06:30AM (#34544910)
Chuck Palahniuk, DFW, Bret Easton Ellis, Stephen Chbosky, Donna Tartt, Christopher Buckley, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan.
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Re:What literature do we study from the 90s? by musicale on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:29AM (#34556361)
Interesting to see William Gibson on the 1980s list and Octavia Butler on the 1990s list. I wonder if Neal Stephenson will end up on more syllabi in the future or will be forgotten.

I noted that Watchmen was on the 1980s study list - I wonder if we'll see more graphic novels and manga.

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