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|    John Dovey Firecat to Richard Falken    |
|    book: novelist as a vocation"    |
|    19 Feb 24 04:26:51    |
      MSGID: 2:460/256 00000550       REPLY: 1292.fido_litrpg@1:135/115 2a37c6f5       PID: tg_BBS_v0.7.1       TZUTC: 0300       CHRS: CP866 2       TGUID: 1932070264       REPLYTO 2:460/256 1932070264       RealName: John Dovey 4:920/1        RF> Re: book: novelist as a vocation"        RF> By: Aug to All on Sat Feb 17 2024 10:29 pm        RF> > In this engaging book, the internationally bestselling author and       famously        RF> private writer Haruki Murakami shares with readers his thoughts on the       role of        RF> the novel in our society.        RF> THe more I think aoub it, the more I realize the role of the novel in       society        RF> is to act as merchandise for something else.        RF> --        RF> gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken              That's an interesting take. Like everything, there are multiple levels of       motivation. I know plenty of authors who are only too happy to have their       works published and expect zero reward. The online webnovel phenom is       certainly largely based on that.              --- tg BBS v0.7.1        * Origin: Fido by Telegram BBS from Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/256)       SEEN-BY: 88/0 90/1 92/1 128/260 135/225 153/143 757 802 218/840 221/1       SEEN-BY: 221/6 227/114 229/110 113 307 426 700 291/111 301/1 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 460/58 256 5858 900/108 902/19 25 26 27 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 460/256 58 153/757 221/6 341/66 902/26 90/1 229/426           |
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