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RealName: John Dovey 4:920/1
 RF>   Re: book: novelist as a vocation"
 RF>   By: Aug to All on Sat Feb 17 2024 10:29 pm
 RF> > In this engaging book, the internationally bestselling author and
famously
 RF> private writer Haruki Murakami shares with readers his thoughts on the
role of
 RF> the novel in our society.
 RF> THe more I think aoub it, the more I realize the role of the novel in
society
 RF> is to act as merchandise for something else.
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 RF> gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

That's an interesting take. Like everything, there are multiple levels of
motivation. I know plenty of authors who are only too happy to have their
works published and expect zero reward. The online webnovel phenom is
certainly largely based on that.

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