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Originally Posted by Riocaz
Twaddle.
They owe a lot, if not everything to their fans. And in the genre he writes in his "fans" tend towards the geeky.
He claims to love reading, and while I agree with his love of libraries I can't begin to understand his comments about the internet. Particularly as it will gave more people access to his work. To be able to read it and to become new fans.
He's also failed to note that the demographic of his fans, means that a lot of them have put a lot of their time and effort into that "meaningless" "distraction". And by making such an uneducated, and frankly idiotic statement he has done little but push them/us away.
So by his actions he is going to slow the growth of his fanbase. By his words, he is alienating the existing ones.
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You don't understand his comments about the internet because you are not from his generation. You had to live then, before there was tv in homes, to understand it. Personally, I feel the same way about TV.....altho I watch it. And I think the internet is way overrated as well. Altho I use it.
It was a much more 'interactive' time before these things. We had to interact with each other, not with faceless beings across the world.
People had to use their imaginations, not depend on visual aids so much. And guess what? He obviously doesn't care about more access to his work.
Slow his fanbase? Are you kidding? Geeky? Maybe by todays standards.
No one familiar with his works could be alienated by his words.