Moon v. Wiscon Follow-up

[jimhines]

I’m still sorting through my feelings on Wiscon rescinding Elizabeth Moon’s Guest of Honor invitation.

It’s not the first time something like this has happened.  William Sanders’ GoH invitation to ICFA in 2008 was rescinded after his “sheet head” rejection letter, for example.  (Thanks to Nick Mamatas for that historical pointer.)

Basically, I

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[deborahblakehps]

This all continues to make me sad. (Like much else going on in the world, I might add--thank the gods for fiction

[jhetley]

+1

[sixteenbynine]

There's nothing wrong with admiring a writer for her work while finding her personality distasteful. I've read most everything Céline wrote, and I marvel at the guy's use of language while at the same time despising his personality intensely. Ditto Knut Hamsun, ditto Hemingway, ditto a fair chunk of other writers.

We can read them, I think, because we have the luxury of not having to be their friends.

[jimhines]

It does create some annoying cognitive dissonance sometimes, though. (Says the guy who still loves Ender's Game...)

[sixteenbynine]

Does it ever. I read many of Card's short fictions back when they were first published in OMNI in the '80s, and I remember liking them a great deal. Then I read "Ender's Game" and simply could not stomach it, and I haven't gone back to that particular well since.

[icecreamempress]

Yes, lovely. Free speech means that people have the right to express their opinions without fear of arrest or other legal consequences; freedom of association means that other people can choose not to throw a big party for them.