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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
Almost all the books I read are either mysteries or sci-fi, so I'm less of a person or something?
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rant under discussion, Ms. Le Guin failed to name a single book among those she dislikes. Has she slammed books you like in the past?
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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
How incredibly prejudiced of her.
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Why? Because she's against a big corporation known for poor working conditions, harming small businesses, and outsourcing its labor to body shops? Or it is because there are some unnamed bestsellers she doesn't like? Or something else?
As for prejudice, I'm surprised to read such a charge right after after a post (#38) beginning with an idea not totally friendly towards a human grouping that, at age 60, I've recently entered.
P.S. Do not interpret this as agreement with Le Guin. Without knowing the titles she's against, it's hard for me to agree or disagree. Also, I like evidence, and in her article, I am missing it. She seems to be saying that Amazon is bad for the backlist. While Amazon's enormous selection argues against that idea, it still could be true. But I don't know why I should think it.