On reading this again, I suppose the technically correct answer to my question is probably something like, “discussing books is not the primary purpose of this site, so the vast majority of books will never be discussed here. So it shouldn’t be surprising that [x book series] is not discussed here.” I guess I don’t really intend the comment to be asking that question literally, but more as 1.) a query of people’s opinions of the books, and 2.) a suggestion that these books might be good candidates to earn a similar status around here as e.g. Ender’s Game, for purposes of referencing for metaphors, inspiration, etc. (of course a big factor here is “how many people read these as a kid and were influenced by them”. If it turns out that just very few people have even read the books, then that would be a reason not to give them that status, because the references wouldn’t be gotten by many people. But if many people have read the books, what I’m doing here is something like putting in a bid to make the books more culturally salient).
On reading this again, I suppose the technically correct answer to my question is probably something like, “discussing books is not the primary purpose of this site, so the vast majority of books will never be discussed here. So it shouldn’t be surprising that [x book series] is not discussed here.” I guess I don’t really intend the comment to be asking that question literally, but more as 1.) a query of people’s opinions of the books, and 2.) a suggestion that these books might be good candidates to earn a similar status around here as e.g. Ender’s Game, for purposes of referencing for metaphors, inspiration, etc. (of course a big factor here is “how many people read these as a kid and were influenced by them”. If it turns out that just very few people have even read the books, then that would be a reason not to give them that status, because the references wouldn’t be gotten by many people. But if many people have read the books, what I’m doing here is something like putting in a bid to make the books more culturally salient).