http://reading.kingrat.biz/afflatus/power-to-the-people Books make me happy. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:09:18 +0200 hourly 1 http://reading.kingrat.biz/afflatus/power-to-the-people#comment-869 laurel Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:01:57 +0000 http://reading.kingrat.biz/archives/430#comment-869 My definition of great is how much it affects someone after they're done reading it. So for a personal definition I'm the only one that matters, but for an "absolute" definition it would have to do with the impact on society. So classics like Great Gatsby or 1984 that still influence us today would count. Or even something like the Simpsons that's insinuated itself so much into our language. My definition of great is how much it affects someone after they’re done reading it. So for a personal definition I’m the only one that matters, but for an “absolute” definition it would have to do with the impact on society. So classics like Great Gatsby or 1984 that still influence us today would count. Or even something like the Simpsons that’s insinuated itself so much into our language.

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