really like your nuanced differentiation between sanderson and card here.
finding out about orson scott card as a person was such a downer for me i must say. i used to love his ender and especially bean books in middle/high school. then i found out and well...cant bring myself to read him anymore.
happy sanderson is less of an arse because i quite like his stuff too.
my answer to first poll question wasn't exact. its not so much just the issue, but rather also as you said partly nuance, and partly how much of their views come through in their writing. if their writing does not reflect their messed up views much (that I can tell) i'm likely to give em more of a pass since it won't piss me off the way that writing that shows it would, though i'd still likely at least avoid buying it/giving the bigot author money.
i also probably have read some authors whose views i strongly disagree with unknowingly because, much like my taste in music, movies etc...i read books for the writing and rarely make much of an effort to learn *anything* about the author...
finding out about orson scott card as a person was such a downer for me i must say. i used to love his ender and especially bean books in middle/high school. then i found out and well...cant bring myself to read him anymore.
happy sanderson is less of an arse because i quite like his stuff too.
my answer to first poll question wasn't exact. its not so much just the issue, but rather also as you said partly nuance, and partly how much of their views come through in their writing. if their writing does not reflect their messed up views much (that I can tell) i'm likely to give em more of a pass since it won't piss me off the way that writing that shows it would, though i'd still likely at least avoid buying it/giving the bigot author money.
i also probably have read some authors whose views i strongly disagree with unknowingly because, much like my taste in music, movies etc...i read books for the writing and rarely make much of an effort to learn *anything* about the author...
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