"redietz" wrote in message
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On May 8, 5:18 pm, Wayne Knight wrote:
On May 8, 1:36 am, "J & D Moe" wrote:

,picked
up a copy of John Gierach's "Trout Bum" about a month ago (I know it's
not
that old, but still..., I'm fairly young).

Trout Bum has been "re-published" as a 20 year anniversary *special
edition*. So much for not being 'that' old.

20 years is not enough to make a claim for having "stood the test of
time."

Exactly. I mean, sure, Chaucer is popular NOW......but it's a bit early to
be talking "instant classic."

Gilgamesh, on the other hand.....

Wolfgang
who has stood the test of decades a couple of times.