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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I can't quibble with that. But there's a difference between popular authors being liberal (aren't so many creative types?) and accusing publishers of only publishing politically correct leftists.
Stephen King is very liberal, and his first book was published in the seventies, well before this was a concern.
Granted, that series sounds pretty bad. But Riordan is an established author who probably has more say over what gets edited in his books. He didn't build his name on that series. So again, you can't say the publisher only publishes him because he is so PC.
Also, younger people are more liberal than older people, so it would make sense that to an older generation their books seem insufferably politically correct. They are giving the audience what they want.
It could be that your preference of YA books skews your view of how PC modern publishing is.
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Please note, I said that the overall point that YA is becoming more PC is correct, not that publishers are refusing to publish things that are not PC. You are arguing against something I didn't say.