'War Stories'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
But I imagine if you were a collector - the cause would be of less import than the stuff that is being auctioned.
In an auction? I care about where the money goes. What I'll spend at Powell's is different than what I'll spend for auction. I know who I am supporting at Powell's. I want to know the same for a "cause" so I can judge it on its own.
I want to know the same for a "cause" so I can judge it on its own.
Granted. Apparently Windling has long-term health issues but I don't know anything about the legal issues, and for family privacy concerns nobody's saying. So it really does come down to: do you trust the people who say it's a good cause?
I'm sure it's on the up-and-up, myself.
Given the other authors donating, I'd be pretty confident it was a decent cause, but it is a little weird not to be given any story outside of "health and legal issues".
So it really does come down to: do you trust the people who say it's a good cause?
True. I wasn't commenting even on this specific case. Honestly, I don't have an opinion on this one because this was the first I'd heard of it. Just that I understand wanting to know the cause before spending or supporting it.
All I know about the authors involved is that they're good authors. I don't know authors, in general, well enough to have an idea of their ethical compass unless they've done something notable in either direction. It's not my biz. The names I've seen so far don't mean anything to me morally.
ION, oh, I love watching curmudgeonly authors tell people in what order they should read their (mostly non-related) books, and then get cranky when people tell them "But I really loved your first book!". There are times when I really believe that Caitlin R. Kiernan wants to grow up to be Harlan Ellison.
Oh, Caitlin Kiernan. She's a great prose stylist, but ooooh, such a drama-generator.
There are times when I really believe that Caitlin R. Kiernan wants to grow up to be Harlan Ellison.
To paraphrase a fannish response usually attributed to Robert Silverberg, "Shall we kill her now?"
Oh, Caitlin Kiernan. She's a great prose stylist, but ooooh, such a drama-generator.
Ahahahaha. Yes. Yes she is. Her loathing-filled rants about ebooks are kind of amazing.
Her loathing-filled rants about ebooks are kind of amazing
Seriously? Oh, dear.
I got to know her a bit during the Farscape campaign, because she's a big fan--she used to cosplay Chiana at con (dunno if she still does), but she got very spun up, and her agent recommended that she cool it. Which was wise, I suspect.