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Old 12-14-2010, 07:02 AM   #2
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No, I'm not. I don't know the nationality of many of the authors of my books, and I really don't care.

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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
So if my interest is fantasy or science fiction (or pretty much anything except perhaps historical fiction or locale-specific non-fiction), then why should I care where the author came from?
I read some historical fiction, and don't see any difference between that and other genres of fiction.

Some locale-specific non-fiction might benefit from a local author, who would potentially have a greater knowledge and understanding of the area, but it's certainly not certain that a local author would be better than a non-local author who did plenty of research.
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