Hey guys I'm Lou, and in today's video I'm going to be doing the future
classics book tag. I was tagged to do this video by my
booktube wife Vendi over at Caught Between Pages. If you don't know who she
is, definitely go subscribe, I talk about her a lot on this channel so hopefully
you do know who she is. I'll link her video and her channel down
below for you guys go see. This tag was created by Eric Karl Anderson and I'll
link his original video down below as well. So there's five questions so let's
get into it. Question number one: pick an established
classic that you think will still be relevant in the future. For this I pick
1984 by George Orwell. I picked this book because as society becomes more dependent
on technology, being the greater the possibility of big organisations and
governments infringing on our privacy for the sake of our safety or just for
creating a submissive society. This book shows these dangers of technology, and as
long as we use it, I think it will still be relevant. You also have the historical
implications of this book and as long as WWII and the Cold War is taught in
history, as well as English, this book will still be relevant.
The next question is: pick a recent book which you feel has gone under the radar
but which you're confident will be a future classic. This one will be a
complete under the radar unless you're like familiar with Thai literature and
Thai dramas, but the one that I chose is SOTUS by bittersweet.The book focuses
on a male-male romance which led to a TV adaption which was really successful.
It's probably become part of Thai popular culture. I would even say that it
led to a growth of other Thai lgbt+ TV shows is coming out there, because of just
how successful it was. I wouldn't necessarily say that it's probably a
classic in Thailand, but I do think that its prestige will become larger as more
people come aware of the TV show. But I think what's stopping it from reaching
the level of like fame/prestige, is the fact that it's not translated
into any other languages. It is translated by fans online, but as long as
there are no official translations, it really stops the literature of reaching
a wider audience. And I think the Western world would really appreciate that book
if it was translated into English. I really hope that it becomes a future
classic just so I can have an English edition of it, and I can keep it, and
frame it because it's such a cute book. Question number three is: pick a title
that won one of your favorite book prices recently which you think will
still be lauded in 50 years time. I mean how many awards has The Hate U Give won?
It's pretty much won everything and it completely deserves to win everything. I
can't wait for the movie to come out. I think it comes out later in the UK than
the US, but I'm really jealous. I can't wait to watch it. The Hate U Give is a
young adult contemporary novel which follows Starr. Her best friend gets
murdered by a police officer, and it's her dealing with the repercussions and
her finding her voice and speaking out against this atrocity. It's already being
taught in schools. When the movie comes out, I expect it to become more of a
classic and reach a wider range of audiences. I can honestly only see its
merit increasing. Question number four is: pick a recent book you haven't read yet
but which you think might become a classic based on reputation alone. With
this I would have to go with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor
Jenkins Reid. This book is literally all over booktube right now. I don't really
know what the book is about. I know it follows Evelyn Hugo, and she's in her 80s,
and she's telling her life story too like a biographer or someone. And it does
feature a female-female romance, and I can only see that book getting more
popular. I can imagine that book getting a TV show adaption, and once it does, I
feel like it's pretty much solidified its position as a future classic. And
question number five is: pick a favourite book that you want to save me your
grandchildren, or your friend's grandchildren, to read in fifty years time.
This can be a children's book, or it can be an adult book, just anything that you
connect with personally that you hope the future generation will connect with too.
For that question though, I think I would have to pick Wotakoi: Love Is Hard
For Otaku by Fujita. I really love this manga. It's really hard for me to
connect to books and mangas on such a level as I did with this book. This book
is all about supporting your hobbies and interests regardless of what society
thinks about that. And I think that's such an important thing. I really
struggled with that throughout my teenage years, and I think if I read a
book like this, then I would be more accepting of liking the things that I
did. Plus I think that the hobbies that this manga series talks about like; anime,
manga, video games, and cosplay, will still be around in 50 years time. So I
think it will still be relevant for the future generations.
Now as for who to tag, I really want to tag Rainie. So Rainie, hopefully you'll do
this tag. I'm really interested in seeing what you'll have to say, especially
seeing as you like to read poetry a lot more than me. And I would really like to
see like the poetry classics answers to these questions. That's all I'm going to
officially tag, but if you would like to do this tag then consider you tagged by
me. I hope that you guys enjoyed this video.
Don't forget to Like and subscribe if you want to see more of me, and I hope to
see you again soon. Bye!
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