donjohndijon OP t1_iu1mkkg wrote
Reply to comment by Escaho in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
To be fair, he didn't say you weren't a person. Just that you shouldn't consider yourself an equal person.
I'm joking. It's beyond abhorrent. I also don't think I can ever give him money again.
But I do wonder, how do you feel about reading books you own?
lohdunlaulamalla t1_iuhtzix wrote
>But I do wonder, how do you feel about reading books you own?
Bit late to this thread, but I can chime in here. Learning about Card's beliefs made me not want to read his books anymore, even though I'd enjoyed some of them.
I only ever had his books on Kindle, but I used to own several novels by a somewhat famous author from my country, who eventually came out as a racist and misogynistic asshole. The kind that gives speeches at rallyes. That was reason enough for me to ban him from my shelves, because I knew I wouldn't read those books again and I didn't want to be associated with his bigotry or seen to be tacitly endorcing his views by keeping them. Originally I'd planned to sell them and donate the proceeds to a charity that works with female refugees, but I couldn't find a second hand shop willing to take them. In the end, they landed in the trash and good riddance.
I haven't been able to stay away from my Harry Potter audiobooks, but I make a point not to spend any money on their author. No movie tickets, no "first hand" buying of books or merchandise.
donjohndijon OP t1_iuhzcf4 wrote
Yeah. I think it varies for me too. Not the money part, but the enjoying part.
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