[QUOTE=fjtorres;2480057]Heh, it looks like Turow inspired a *lot* of folks.
As always, Ms Rusch does it in detail and style:
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The problem with Turow in particular, and a handful of others in the same circumstance, is that they were bestsellers from their first novel. Which makes them rather like that Coach Barry Switzer quote: “Some people were born on third base and thought they hit a triple.”
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I disagree with Turow's Author's Guild rants, but Rusch is being stupid and dishonest with this quote. To the extent that Turow is on third base, he's there because he hit a triple. He's not there because he was born there; he's there because he wrote a very good, very successful book (his second; 1L was the first). The fact that he espouses silly opinions concerning publishing is no reason to retroactively attempt to deny him credit for having written some excellent books, and it's unprofessional of Rusch to attempt to do so.