Apparently the entry has been removed. Understandable, I suppose, if a flame war erupted. Care to give us a summary of what the blog post was about?
However, I think it's sad that with the advent of blogs that a *potentially* good writer would be removed entirely from consideration simply because of a few socially repugnant beliefs expressed a little too openly on his *personal* site. While there is always a fine line between the writer and their books, if what he writes isn't dripping with scathing criticisms of certain value systems or stereotypical characters that we find blatantly offensive -- and if he writes good stories independent of his beliefs -- should we really care that he isn't a kind-hearted, world-oriented, family-values atheist? ;P
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However, I think it's sad that with the advent of blogs that a *potentially* good writer would be removed entirely from consideration simply because of a few socially repugnant beliefs expressed a little too openly on his *personal* site. While there is always a fine line between the writer and their books, if what he writes isn't dripping with scathing criticisms of certain value systems or stereotypical characters that we find blatantly offensive -- and if he writes good stories independent of his beliefs -- should we really care that he isn't a kind-hearted, world-oriented, family-values atheist? ;P