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[[When Good Books Happen to Bad People (WisCon 31 panel)|125 When Good Books Happen to Bad People]]

Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Conference Room 4• Saturday, 10:30-11:45 p.m.

Do you feel the need to justify your enjoyment of the works of any authors? Is your enjoyment constrained by some aspect of the author, whether rumored or verified? Do you find yourself apologizing for admiring the work of any author? Some readers can still appreciate of [[Orson Scott Card]], while others can't get past his personal beliefs. Should the fact that [[William Burroughs]] killed his wife play any part in a discussion of his writing? Should it preclude serious discussion of his writing? Is it necessary that good books by bad (problematic) authors only be secret, guilty pleasures? How can we make sense of the seeming dichotomy of a bad person producing valuable material?

M: [[Nick Mamatas]], [[Cat T. Rambo]], [[Patrick James Rothfuss]]


==Notes, reports, etc.==
* [http://vito-excalibur.livejournal.com/139383.html Vito-excalibur]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/wiscon/90204.html#cutid1 jiawen] @ WisCon LJ


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