Thread: Should Robert Aickman be Published by Penguin Classics?
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Old 05-22-2014   #5
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Re: Should Robert Aickman be Published by Penguin Classics?
Quote Originally Posted by qcrisp View Post
Do you know what technical criteria (if any) there are for works to be published as Penguin Classics? (Of course, recently, whatever criteria there might have been were torn up to make way for Morrissey. Even as a fan of his music, I have to say I thought this was cultural vandalism, and it tends to convince me that practically no one in the world has a clue these days what good prose actually is.)
I think that particular case is only comparable to when Criterion decided that Michael Bay's Armageddon was worthy of being included in their catalog

So, yeah. Unsure what qualifies as Penguin material anymore, but sure, I'm up for anything that brings more readers.
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