or, they still are, they still influence people, and influential people still write books, they are still the main source of political thesis, they are still the main source for university researches, they will be relevant for many generations to come. Have you ever heard a hipster saying "this blog changed my life, you should read it"? if you have...which I start to think it may be possible, it's very sad.
shame on you Eluvatar, you keep telling us to read Worm.