I think everyone sort of grapples with the feelings that an author has failed them in their own way. And definitely if someone's first experience with that author was running into them during RF or some other unpleasant association, I get having no desire to pursue their work in future - I haven't read anything by Charles Stross or Will Shetterly before, and now I don't think I will ever feel a need.
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Date: 2009-05-15 07:17 pm (UTC)I think everyone sort of grapples with the feelings that an author has failed them in their own way. And definitely if someone's first experience with that author was running into them during RF or some other unpleasant association, I get having no desire to pursue their work in future - I haven't read anything by Charles Stross or Will Shetterly before, and now I don't think I will ever feel a need.