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Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> writes:
> Well, Doctorow is not exactly a well-known author. He's known int he
> geek community, but beyond that? Where was he an "established" author?

Nor a particularly good one, IMHO.  Good ideas, poor execution.  But his
blogging / journalism / activism earned him a large and devoted fan base
which buys his books because they're his, and not necessarily because
they're good.

DES
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