Yes. I hate the whole "write what you know" philosophy - it seems to me that there are so many wonderful books that fall outside that and many bad books written because of it. Personally, I prefer to read books and then decide whether there is a problem with it rather than assume that facts about the author will influence the book (although I listen if people I trust tell me there are problems that will annoy me, but I read a lot of old books and prefer to be able to read them without needing the author to have modern sensibilities) I agree that the best thing about his characters is that they feel so real and that makes them much easier to identify with, even as the books are so set in their period (I would say dated, but that is taken as a bad thing and I can't think of the right word for dated-in-a-good-way). :)
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Date: 2010-10-04 06:22 pm (UTC)I agree that the best thing about his characters is that they feel so real and that makes them much easier to identify with, even as the books are so set in their period (I would say dated, but that is taken as a bad thing and I can't think of the right word for dated-in-a-good-way). :)