sometimes i am sad that i've come too late to a particular party -- i didn't read heinlein when it was groundbreaking, didn't read watchmen when it was amazing, didn't watch akira when it was revolutionary. and when i did come across them, i was already spoiled by things that had build on them.

not only can one not step into the same river twice, but sometimes the riverbed looks like just another canal years later, and who wants to step in it then.