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    From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to Aug on Sun Feb 18 16:59:53 2024
    Re: book: novelist as a vocation"
    By: Aug to All on Sat Feb 17 2024 10:29 pm

    In this engaging book, the internationally bestselling author and famously
    private writer Haruki Murakami shares with readers his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society.

    THe more I think aoub it, the more I realize the role of the novel in society is to act as merchandise for something else.

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  • From John Dovey Firecat@2:460/256 to Richard Falken on Mon Feb 19 04:26:51 2024
    Re: book: novelist as a vocation"
    By: Aug to All on Sat Feb 17 2024 10:29 pm
    In this engaging book, the internationally bestselling author and famously
    private writer Haruki Murakami shares with readers his thoughts on the role of
    the novel in our society.
    THe more I think aoub it, the more I realize the role of the novel in society
    is to act as merchandise for something else.
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    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.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Richard Falken on Mon Feb 19 12:09:00 2024
    Hello Richard Falken!

    Re: book: novelist as a vocation"

    THe more I think aoub it, the more I realize the role of
    the novel in society is to act as merchandise for something
    else.

    What do you mean, like RPG book/stories promoting other types
    of RPG products?

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  • From Richard Falken@1:135/115 to August Abolins on Mon Feb 19 13:25:49 2024
    Re: book: novelist as a vocation"
    By: August Abolins to Richard Falken on Mon Feb 19 2024 12:09 pm

    What do you mean, like RPG book/stories promoting other types
    of RPG products?


    Quite the contrary,

    Dragonlance novels existed to get you to buy Dragonlance gamming material and to play D&D.

    We don't really have that anymore. We have people or orgs that are already popular publish books as an extra source of income instead.

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