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					Originally Posted by  sufue
					 
				 
				Wow, I had no idea of most of this (Eddings, Clarke), although I do remember reading, probably on this forum, some stuff about Marion Zimmer Bradley.    OTOH, I mostly read mysteries, and there is at least one prominent mystery author who did murder someone, albeit while very young.   I guess at its root, this is the age-old discussion of the artist vs. the art. 
			
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 I'm at the stage where I'm holding my ears and totally separating the authors from the books, especially if they're dead. Darkover was such a wonderful series! Why spoil good fiction with real life?