Bookborn | They suck: supporting books when you don't like the author's views (an analysis) @Bookborn | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
Today we are talking about what to do when you dislike an author's views but like their work; but we are going to look through the lens of how famous fantasy authors really *are* in the grand scheme of things, and how much responsibility the reader has to know about an author's history. I also talk a little about the Wired article "Brandon Sanderson is Your God" but like...not in the way you probably want me to, because that's how this is going today.

It's not death of an author...cause that's not what it means...but I'm putting death of an author here for the search algorithm's sake ;)

Videos mentioned:
@merphynapier42 : youtube.com/watch?v=g4cqq0G2El8&t=78s
Hugos video: youtube.com/watch?v=sTeyQPuUvXo&t=988s

Chapters
00:00 - Intro: fame and author's views
02:41 - The relative fame of fantasy authors
07:46 - It's always about the internet
09:03 - A reader's responsibility
14:29 - Bad people can make good art
18:30 - Some ending thoughts

References
wired.com/story/brandon-sanderson-is-your-god
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathOfTheAuthor
imdb.com/name/nm0005544

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