I agree, but I suppose cyberpunk doesn’t make it into the category of ‘literature’ (although some of those included are rather stretching the point). Neither, I suppose, do 20th century children’s books, but if they did, my nomination would be one that has stuck with me for over fifty years:
‘It is a strange and terrible thing to listen to one’s own funeral service.’ (‘The Red Towers of Granada’: Geoffrey Trease)
I agree, but I suppose cyberpunk doesn’t make it into the category of ‘literature’ (although some of those included are rather stretching the point). Neither, I suppose, do 20th century children’s books, but if they did, my nomination would be one that has stuck with me for over fifty years:
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(‘The Red Towers of Granada’: Geoffrey Trease)