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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I enjoy hearing what some of my favorite authors have to say about things OTHER than their own work, but their non-canonical (or extra-narrative) opinions about their own finished works, don't really interest me that much. Mainly because once I've finished reading a work/series, it's mine. I don't give the author permission to diddle with my perception of it after the fact.
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Exactly. I loved hearing Rowling say she could not go into a room with C.S. Lewis' Narnia books without picking one up and reading it. And it was fascinating for me to hear that Tolkien "rather liked" Howard's Conan stories. Would love to hear more of that sort of thing from authors.