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Originally Posted by darryl
Perhaps there may be a few examples where "investigative non-fiction" has played a major role, but I simply can't come up with one so far. I suggest that if there are such examples they are isolated ones. Such books generally involve far too long a lead time to have any significant impact.
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Darryl, overall I agree with your views. But Steve did have a point about decreasing advances negatively impacting the quality of non-fiction. I think he made a mistake taking it to politics. There are non-fiction books that have had an impact. Silent Spring for instance.