[identity profile] peachespig.livejournal.com 2010-05-11 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, the Jasper Fforde comment is mind-boggling.

I liked GRRM's later post where he just said, Look I love my characters and I want them to stay under my control. I thought it was unrealistic but much more humanly understandable than some of the other rationales he had floated.

Valente's comment about the generational divide is pretty much the last word, IMO.

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2010-05-11 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right? I don't think I've ever seen a comment on fanfiction from a published author that was more hypocritical (or, to be generous about it, "showing a total lack of self-awareness").

I agree about GRRM's last post beinartar more sympathetic, although I still don't fully agree with it.